Cascade Crew

turbo_jimi · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

After seeing those pics, I was inspired to start organizing my shed...found a bunch of stuff I forgot I even had. Smile

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject:

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:50 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject:

Hehe... Al that clutch and flywheel are so cooked their next gig should be with the blue-man group. Wink

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:07 pm Post subject:

Agreed

RSFreak · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:17 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:29 am Post subject:

The IHOP was at Cows or dyno or something, the Denny's was in Tacoma before the Gig Harbor car show.

I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. Al has burned out in front of many many restaurants. Razz

Richster · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject:

It's amazing how many hoses and wires...miles of the stuff are in these cars!
Nice progress!

Al Hasse · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject:

chevymad · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject:

Go to the dollar store and buy a bunch of oven cleaner. Works great. Also I think castrol superclean is alot stronger then simple green.

Al Hasse · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject:

Cool, thanks. I haven't thought of that. I found out that Super Clean works a little better as I had a little on the shelf in the garage.

91RSVert · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject:

the CSC is what I use. Works, but still needs scrubbed.

For the battery tray, Ive used Permatex rust treatment as the can recommends. Its stopped it for 2-3 years now on my car. Even some spots that were more then surface rust. But if its starting to flake, its had.

chevymad · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:08 pm Post subject:

POR15 will kill the rust in the tray and be just about impervious. You would need very very little of it just to do that job though.

SlackerTA · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject:

Oven cleaner is awesome stuff just watch out for the fumes. That stuffs nasty!

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject:

Al Hasse · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject:

Oven cleaner does quite the job. All the cast aluminum brackets look like aluminum now, not perfect, but presentable. Power steering bracket, pump and box were the worst. I only got 2 cans, could have used more, but I think except for repairing some of the harness, the bay is ready for the new motor Cool

chevymad · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject:

If you have a dollar store to buy from its a very cheap effective method. Learned it from the truck guys. They were using it for cleaning their frames and suspension.

Al Hasse · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject:

I received a piece today that will help the transmission survive at least a little longer. This will probably have to be replaced again when I upgrade to T-56, but I feel it's necessary to prolong the life of the T-5.

One transmission cross-member with torque arm relocation bracket Cool

turbo_jimi · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:45 am Post subject:

Where did you get that? It looks cool!