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Disassemble - Take 2

Since I don't have a puller yet to finish getting the rear hubs apart I decided to turn my attention to another inevitable task, taking apart the front suspension. My newly acquired cordless impact really started paying for itself here. Do yourself a favor, if you don't own an impact and will be tackling some of this stuff, get one. I cant believe how much less I was swearing in the garage. It was almost unnatural. The only mishap I had throughout the entire process was breaking off one of the b

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Disassemble - Take 1

I started with just doing a really good once over of the vehicle to determine what needed the most help, it was by far the brakes and suspension. I knew the rear brakes were seized up since we had to drag it onto the trailer with a come-a-long. It was a miserable hot day in California then too (at least for my MN acclimated body anyway) so I was sweating like a whore in church. So I started jacking it up to get it up on jack stands and quickly realized how rigid the structure is. This thing did

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The beginning

I came upon this car one day during a visit out to California with my wife. We were out to see her moms God Mother while we were in Vegas. So we road tripped up for an overnight stay to see her. She is an elderly woman in her 90's with failing health. She and her partner have lived together for decades and while there mentioned some issues with their 1st generation Chrysler minivan not starting. I volunteered to take a look and deduced that it was likely a dead battery. Amazingly they actually o

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