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Scott S. wrote:Are they still making those Chassis and Tower ? That is an Awesome build.

Asso_man! wrote:

LTO_Dave wrote:What the heck did you use to clean that diff pulley? It looks new!

Nothing special at all, just elbow grease...



... and this:

At first I spray the diff pulley with WD40, let it soak a few minutes, then brush it with a toothbrush, rince with hot water, then a second run of WD40/toothbrush and lastly rince with hot water, add a dab of dishwash soap, brush and rince, you're done!

The metal parts get treated the same way except I obviously don't use water and soap. First step is to spray them with WD40, let them soak a bit, then I use a steelwool pad to gently scrub them (it prevents to remove material at critical locations), the outdrives are gently polished with a 1000 grit sandpaper sponge (see pic above). Last step is to clean and dry everything with a cloth.

I've done the other diff today using this very method, here is the result (thumb pics are clickable):

Before: After:

Rebuilt diff:



Now the transmission is done, took me a good three hours to get this (thank God the kids still do a nap ):

flustorm99 wrote:Even though u am six months too late....Great job on the car! Very impressed with your work! How did you get the motor mount so schmick? Probably the best example i have seen so far! I have been using a dremel to get similiar results...havent tried to polish it as yet . Would be cery interested to know how you got it so nice!