Something to be said for planning ahead

[patrick.bureau at gmail.com (Patrick Bureau)]

Yeah Brian is my prefer mechanic-model (grin). and he knows more than I
do.(something about a previous life as a certified mechanic)

 

PS Brian The texas 500 tickets arrived yesterday and I have a nice 14x14x14
cooler to drag to the racetrack. (yeehaa)

 

 

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From: Brian Wagner [mailto:dagnamit@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 8:58 AM
To: GGehrke
Cc: Patrick Bureau; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Something to be said for planning ahead

 

I think I was modeling in that one Patrick, the legs and arms look familiar
in some of this shots.


Brian

On 3/24/07, GGehrke < ggehrke@gmail.com <mailto:ggehrke@gmail.com> > wrote:

Yea, I was actually just looking at some of these the other day and 
thought, damn, "ATS" - now there's a throwback.

-Grant-




On 3/24/07, Patrick Bureau <patrick.bureau@gmail.com> wrote:
> OMG you still have my tech notes... well then my work is done here...lol 
>
> Patrick aka 'ATS'
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordy Stedman [mailto:ydrogs@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:38 AM 
> To: Lexan Blanchard; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Something to be said for planning ahead
>
> Read this carefully.  Ask questions if you are unclear about any step.
Good 
> luck.  It is rather easy once you do it but you will need a set of spring
> compressors unless you live dangerously and want to unbolt the springs
with
> out them.  Probably will not get tem back on though. 
>
>
http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/tech/Techtips/Timbotechnotes/struts/strut
> s.htm
>
>
> On 3/23/07, Lexan Blanchard < lexan_122874@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So, now forward to Gisele (yes, I named her and she is a girl).  We are
> > close to road time and I went ahead and ordered shocks.  Nothing fancy, 
> > just
> > plain old Bilsteins (I am not SpeedRacer, just like to drive a little
fast
> > in a straight line).  I had this crazy notion that the procedure would
be
> > similar to the Montero, so I figured it couldn't be that hard and would 
> > maybe take me 2 hours for all 4 corners (since the Montero took about 30
> > minutes per wheel).
> >
> > So, with nothing else to move forward with this evening (oil filter
wrench
> > is too big, pin is still stuck in fuel distributor and NOT coming out,
> > injectors have new seals and are re-installed), I decide to tackle the
> > shocks, or at least get started.  So, I remove wheel #1 (driver front). 
> > Open Bentley and begin to read about removing and supporting suspension
> > stuff and making sure things are straight... HUH?!?  I was WRONG about
> > ease.
> > You really gotta take all that stuff apart just to replace the shocks? 
> > And the pictures really don't look exactly like what I bought; and
bending
> > a
> > wire for support?  I don't have any wire hangers and don't really know
how
> > to fashion a suspension sling. 
>
>
> --
> Gordy
> MK1 x 4
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