What did you do to your 2002 today !

[Fortlauderdalian]

 

Are those the numbers for a 4 speed 

[its55]

39 minutes ago, Fortlauderdalian said:

I started cleaning the transmission and drained the oil when I found this. It’s a roll pin 😳

WTF could that be doing in there?

 

There’s a few of those pins inside the transmission…yikes…

Edited February 7 by its55

[Son of Marty]

1 hour ago, 2002iii said:

Or it could be a roller from a roller bearing that is coming apart.

Is it hollow, if not it's a roller from a bearing, either way it's not good, there's also a excessive amount of brass material on that plug IMO.

[Pablo M]

18 hours ago, Lucky 7 said:

I finally finished my custom carpet install!  I’ve been working on this for almost 2 months now. It’s been a lot of effort and a lot of learning, but I’m super happy with how it came out. It all fits and lays well and feels really custom tailored, which is exactly what I was hoping for.  
 

Initially I wasn’t sure I was up to the task and I almost went with an Esty kit, but I’m really glad I took on the project. I learned a ton about sewing and even tried my luck with some minor embroidery. 😬  The German square weave is beautiful, I love the charcoal and brown combo, and the floor mats make me happy.  

Progress!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful work!

[JKKH]

18 hours ago, Lucky 7 said:

I finally finished my custom carpet install!  I’ve been working on this for almost 2 months now. It’s been a lot of effort and a lot of learning, but I’m super happy with how it came out. It all fits and lays well and feels really custom tailored, which is exactly what I was hoping for.  
 

Initially I wasn’t sure I was up to the task and I almost went with an Esty kit, but I’m really glad I took on the project. I learned a ton about sewing and even tried my luck with some minor embroidery. 😬  The German square weave is beautiful, I love the charcoal and brown combo, and the floor mats make me happy.  

Progress!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stunning!

[JWT]

21 hours ago, Lucky 7 said:

I finally finished my custom carpet install!  I’ve been working on this for almost 2 months now. It’s been a lot of effort and a lot of learning, but I’m super happy with how it came out. It all fits and lays well and feels really custom tailored, which is exactly what I was hoping for.  
 

Initially I wasn’t sure I was up to the task and I almost went with an Esty kit, but I’m really glad I took on the project. I learned a ton about sewing and even tried my luck with some minor embroidery. 😬  The German square weave is beautiful, I love the charcoal and brown combo, and the floor mats make me happy.  

Progress!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're a fuckin' madman.  Well done.

[OldRoller]

11 hours ago, Pablo M said:

working on this for almost 2 months now.

Beyond top notch work there! Got another couple months? I need my 74 done  😎

[Lucky 7]

9 hours ago, OldRoller said:

Beyond top notch work there! Got another couple months? I need my 74 done  😎

I could barely justify the I time spent doing this to my own car…😂🤦‍♂️

[Leucadian]

Driver's side strut is assembled, safety wired, painted and new ball joints installed.  Ready to go back on the car (waiting on new hardware from Belmetric)

 

 

 

In the meantime, I removed the passenger side strut, broke one of three strut bolts, as is tradition.  

 

 

I wasn't planning on removing the control arms as the bushings are in good shape, but I wouldn't mind repainting them.  Is it as simple as removing the castle nuts and sliding them off?  Will I need to retorque the castle nut once the car is back on the ground, with weight on the suspension?  

 

 

['76mintgrün'02]

3 hours ago, Leucadian said:

I wasn't planning on removing the control arms as the bushings are in good shape, but I wouldn't mind repainting them.  Is it as simple as removing the castle nuts and sliding them off?  Will I need to retorque the castle nut once the car is back on the ground, with weight on the suspension? 

 

Yes, if you have rubber bushings you'll need to tighten them with weight on the wheels, plus the typical load, as per the Blue Book.  If you're using polyurethane bushings, you can torque them anytime, since they pivot on the sleeves like a hinge; they don't get stressed like rubber, which is fused to the sleeve.

 

If you do have rubber, I'd loosen and retorque them per the Book, since you're making big changes to the suspension.

[Leucadian]

2 hours ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

 

Yes, if you have rubber bushings you'll need to tighten them with weight on the wheels, plus the typical load, as per the Blue Book.  If you're using polyurethane bushings, you can torque them anytime, since they pivot on the sleeves like a hinge; they don't get stressed like rubber, which is fused to the sleeve.

 

If you do have rubber, I'd loosen and retorque them per the Book, since you're making big changes to the suspension.

 
Thanks!  I thought I had rubber, but i started to remove the arms and they’re urethane…good to know

[ErnieThe02]

It’s the little things that make this project fun!
Finally got around to installing the turn signal cancel ring I bought from @shermanmartinez

 

[Mark92131]

This is more like "What did you do to your 2002/1600 for the last 4 days".  Well I did something no one should attempt.  I pulled the heater core out of the heater box without removing it completely from under the dash.  Why, mostly desperation!  As you may recall, while running the S14 motor in the 1600, I had coolant running out of the heater box and pooling inside the driver and passenger floorboards.  Assuming that the heater core had blown a seam, I started the process of removing the heater box from under the dash.  Two 10mm bolts, a couple of ground wires, four fan wires and the heater and air control levers and it should come out, right?  Not so fast, I swapped in a 1 piece dash and it covers the mounting hardware for the heater and air control levers on the 1600, so the dash would also need to be removed to get the heater box out.

 

Rather than spend hours pulling the dash, I decided that I should be able to drop the heater box enough to pull the top off and extract the heater core.  If I was 5'10" and 165 lbs this would have been a good approach, but at 6'3" and 215 lbs this was stupid.  It took me 1 day to get it out, 1 day to test it and come to the realization it wasn't leaking, and 2 days to put it back together and reinstall it.  Turns out the inlet heater hose on the driver's side was leaking into the top of the box.

 

Some lessons are harder than others.

 

Mark92131

[0257]

15 minutes ago, Mark92131 said:

This is more like "What did you do to your 2002/1600 for the last 4 days".  Well I did something no one should attempt.  I pulled the heater core out of the heater box without removing it completely from under the dash.  Why, mostly desperation!  As you may recall, while running the S14 motor in the 1600, I had coolant running out of the heater box and pooling inside the driver and passenger floorboards.  Assuming that the heater core had blown a seam, I started the process of removing the heater box from under the dash.  Two 10mm bolts, a couple of ground wires, four fan wires and the heater and air control levers and it should come out, right?  Not so fast, I swapped in a 1 piece dash and it covers the mounting hardware for the heater and air control levers on the 1600, so the dash would also need to be removed to get the heater box out.

 

Rather than spend hours pulling the dash, I decided that I should be able to drop the heater box enough to pull the top off and extract the heater core.  If I was 5'10" and 165 lbs this would have been a good approach, but at 6'3" and 215 lbs this was stupid.  It took me 1 day to get it out, 1 day to test it and come to the realization it wasn't leaking, and 2 days to put it back together and reinstall it.  Turns out the inlet heater hose on the driver's side was leaking into the top of the box.

 

Some lessons are harder than others.

 

Mark92131

Welcome to the two steps forward, one step back club!

[Zeke]

Just be happy you otherwise have a beautiful car