FTO AUSTRALIA

Cleared a space in Dad's workshop.
Layed out BC coilovers, drop links, bushes, Megan arms and other bits.
Gathered all the tools I need for the gearbox rebuild (minus the bearing puller and press).
Polished ARC pipe.
Cleaned out spray booth, ready for some bumper repairs.

Been a crap week and a half with no PS/aircon. Still waiting on Amayama to send my parts.

Busy week or two ahead.

FTOwnage wrote:Cleared a space in Dad's workshop.
Layed out BC coilovers, drop links, bushes, Megan arms and other bits.
Gathered all the tools I need for the gearbox rebuild (minus the bearing puller and press).
Polished ARC pipe.
Cleaned out spray booth, ready for some bumper repairs.

Been a crap week and a half with no PS/aircon. Still waiting on Amayama to send my parts.

Busy week or two ahead.

We need spring compressors to get the rear springs out right?
Can you write up a DIY with pics for the coilovers please? Am pretty much doing everything that you are...
- Rear sway bar
- Front sway bar bushes
- Coilovers
- Megan (Hard Race) camber and toe arms
- Rear trailing arm
- Rear billet control arm
- Front control arm front and rear bushes and ball joints
- Front and rear drop links
- Outer CV
- Steering boot

We need spring compressors to get the rear springs out right?
Can you write up a DIY with pics for the coilovers please? Am pretty much doing everything that you are...
- Rear sway bar
- Front sway bar bushes
- Coilovers
- Megan (Hard Race) camber and toe arms
- Rear trailing arm
- Rear billet control arm
- Front control arm front and rear bushes and ball joints
- Front and rear drop links
- Outer CV
- Steering boot

And bushes were sent today.

dstocks wrote:

We need spring compressors to get the rear springs out right?
Can you write up a DIY with pics for the coilovers please? Am pretty much doing everything that you are...
- Rear sway bar
- Front sway bar bushes
- Coilovers
- Megan (Hard Race) camber and toe arms
- Rear trailing arm
- Rear billet control arm
- Front control arm front and rear bushes and ball joints
- Front and rear drop links
- Outer CV
- Steering boot

And bushes were sent today.

Thanks Dwayne

Put my FTO Aus stickers on...went to take a pic and the camera battery is flat

My FTO told me it was 45 Deg outside on the way home from work

U don't need spring compressors just jam a block of wood in between the trailing arm and in near the trailing arm bush and step on it really hard, while doing this unbolt the control arm and all the shock bolts. If u still can't get it out unbolt the camber and toe arms

silverGPX wrote:U don't need spring compressors just jam a block of wood in between the trailing arm and in near the trailing arm bush and step on it really hard, while doing this unbolt the control arm and all the shock bolts. If u still can't get it out unbolt the camber and toe arms

Nah take the control arm out first as you're changing it anyway and then there is only the two top bolts holding it into the car...

You are all doing it the hard way. Undo the nut on the top with the full weight of the car on it. Then just jack the car up. Will all come apart as the car lifts. You can do the same with the fronts. Harder to get them back together by doing the reverse though.

And then to put the new coil overs in
Put the bolt in the camber adjustment side of the control arm and do it up a little bit. and then put the bolt in the control arm and through the coil over bottom bolt hole and jack up the hub side of the control arm to line up with the trailing arm hole for the control arm

dstocks wrote:You are all doing it the hard way. Undo the nut on the top with the full weight of the car on it. Then just jack the car up. Will all come apart as the car lifts. You can do the same with the fronts. Harder to get them back together by doing the reverse though.

he doesn't have to take the spring off Dwayne he's swapping out the shocks and springs for coil overs...

Ahhhh carry on then

Is a good trick though if you needed it

Removed gearbox.

Lots of improv tools (tent pole pry bar)

Thanks Rob for the help.

Now to rebuild the bugger

FTOwnage wrote:Removed gearbox.

Lots of improv tools (tent pole pry bar)

Thanks Rob for the help.

Now to rebuild the bugger

Who needs bonnets anyway...
I really need to do my gearbox at some stage...

Washed it. Stickered it.

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Vectose wrote:

FTOwnage wrote:Removed gearbox.

Lots of improv tools (tent pole pry bar)

Thanks Rob for the help.

Now to rebuild the bugger

Damn! That's a lot of undercover space to work in. Am not going outside till the sun tones down here!

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bjk wrote:

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