Well at least is says Japan and not china, lol.

haha it does say that on ABS sensors but for knuckles I don't see an easy way to find out.

Just received confirmation from the seller that these knuckles came directly from Mitsubishi dealer overseas

Boys came over last night to help me pull my first motor. Everything went well....Bryan got wild (eating so much pizza calories) and started dancing inside engine bay.... sorry I didn't photograph that.

Terry Sikora on the left and Bryan Lawrence on the right. Thanks boys









Once she is all in pieces I will resume my work on the Talon. I decided to keep my 96 motor for another year and slowly rebuild 99 for 2014.

Fun times! To bad we couldn't convince Terry to do the Harlem shake

Party pooper

Damn. Had I of knows there was an old fashion engine hootenanny, I would of showed up!

When my swap happens I will be sure to announce it!

Looks like you guys had a great time!

Must have been pretty easy taking it out without a rad and rad support in the way

Yeah, and the tranny was already out too.

^wheres the fun in that?!
Lol

More work to take the tranny and engine out separately in a 2G. Should've just taken it out in one go!

Agreed! And with the whole rad support gone shouldn't of taken more then an couple hours

Alex was really wanted to know if the engine had walked so he jumped ahead to gain access to the flywheel to give it the crankwalk check. otherwise it would of come out in one foul swoop.

good times, after a long weekend for me I was in no mood to do any Harlem shake but I'm sure one will happen eventually.

Spyder is melting away....sooner the better. I feel anxious to start working on the talon

Hopefully you plan on holding onto the roof brackets. When mine broke, they were a real pain to find! I'm sure you can find any spyder owner who would want a spare.

Rest in peace Spyder

Rest in pieces

Amazes me that I saw that car ON THE ROAD back in November.

Now look at it.

I would have cut it into 4 pieces and stored it on a shelf, in case you need a panel or two.

Alex, how did the guy get that on the flatbed? Just hook it up and drag it? Did it scrap up the driveway? We were thinking of doing something similar with Ziggy's shell.

Kind of upsetting to look at too. Alex let me take it for a spin and I was considering on buying it last year. Did need some TLC though

Oh well. Onto bigger and badder things Alex!

He's joinging the ranks of the AWD Army

I had shell sitting on floor jacks inside my garage. I dropped it on wood studs evenly spread out under the body. Trucker hooked rear end and pulled it on to the flat bed. Shell basically slided on those studs without ever making contact with my garage floor. I had one company offering 50$ by they didn't show up as planned so I called someone else they came quick and it took it out my garage. I didn't get any money for it but at least I have space to start working on my talon

Don't worry boys, you'll soon forget about my Spyder when my talon hits the road this coming summer

Did you attempt to get the windshield off?
RIP buddy.... You still look good!

After you told me that you cracked 3 trying to take them out I didn't want to waste my time

I missed that!

And pulling a set windshield after so many years is near impossible. With out cracking it at least.

Beauty. That's what we'll do as well. Thanks.

Did the same thing with my blue talon. Pulled it right off the jack stands lol.

Damn had I known I would have joined in on the weekend festivities too... PS. Got a look at your block today at Rainbow Terry. We should have swapped lol

It's been awhile since I posted my progress...BUT I've been working on it quietly little every day.
FINALLY I completed my drive shaft rebuild project which took me a while. My goal was to restore to new as much as possible. First time experimenting with POR15 paint. So let the pics do the talking enjoy

I started with wheel brush but got tired after 30 mins and gave up. Sandblasting was the way to go. Thanks Terry Sikora for your SB.




Preparation for POR15. Sandblasted, marine clean, prep and ready



POR15. Applied with the paint brush. Self leveling of this product is truly amazing. I never had such smooth results using brush only.



I also painted engine mount brackets.



Lobro join inspection and cleaning.







Universal join installation

Final product





I followed step by step Jafromobile method for this job.
Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDl4TCJpgZ8

mmmm, shiny

Looks good, how long did it take? I'd be down doing this to my 2g before the summer if I have the room for it.

thanks



It took me about a month. Cleaning and painting were the most time consuming steps. Watch the youtube link. They have list of all OEM parts you need for this job.

Just fo future reference.. pulling abset windshield is actually easier then it looks. I thought the same thing untill Corts brother came over and pulled the windsheild out of one of my part out cars.. A 90 with original windsheild. He had a conversation with me and didnt even pay much attention to what he was doing. Tooknlike 20 minutes..Says if you what your doing its easy. I watched him do it and realized I was always doing it wrong.

Awesome job Alex!

Soooo, how do you do it??

He took off all the trim.. then used welding wire and an axacto knife with lots of blades. I said you bought it whether you broke it or not. He said no prob.. and continued to talk about cars with me till he was done. Mind you this is the same guy who redid his evo roof in carbon fiber.