talk about some crazy changes!! cant wait to see it come along. theres a guy with a current thread thats doing the same thing man, blue wagon super clean
yea i know i just saw it! 90shuttles iirc. im jelly like my belly! haha. i get to work on the car when i get off of work at 5 and i sleep at 9-10 so i dont really get much time to put in work. hence why my pictures are in the dark. i did manage to strip the bay down to bare so all it needs now is the subframe and knuckles removed, then i can drill. very limited on tools and extra hands. but i will be trying my best and FOR SURE hella pictures! haha.
i dont think i need that mirror cause i am able to look over my shoulders haha.
90shuttle: the weather is going down to like 29 and we are in cali! wtfeezy!. its so cold just to go into the garage. imagine the garage open..if im lucky, i can squeeze in 1-2 hours before i sleep but..i dont know, its just too damn cold..
what i was mad about was, the dash was attached to the rhd in the pictures. it showed the intake arm/box, ef5 badge, radiator, cluster and engine harness. i did not receive the engine harness. i did not get the badge, i did not get the intake, i did not get the radiator. but what got me was i got the center console apart from the clip and the bracket where it attaches the bar under the dash (the one 10mm bolt in the center under the radio) did not come with the car. the cluster didnt bother me because its automatic and it took off 50bucks. but i didnt understand the rest. i emailed them and said the picture is an example although it is the actual item. only thing they would send me as free, is the badge.
so no other beagle parts.
i tried to work on the clip today. but it turned dark and cold. i did what i could before it became too loud for the night. i will try to take as many pictures and hopefully some detail ones on how to remove the firewall and the spot welds removal.
heres a day time picture of the clip, finally.
went to Harbor Freight to get me some bits and i bought 4 of these at like 4 bucks. its cool cause they are flip flop just in case it gets dull.
some practice runs.
subframe out.
so i removed this piece to access the spot welds on the inside that connects to the firewall. which in havent got to yet.
here is the (rhd) passenger side near the hinge drilled out
this is the firewall connecting to the pillar where the windshield would go.
near the door
i gave up here for the night. its the passenger side firewall.
no hot ice but a chisel and a mallet does the job. i removed where the spot welds hide under the deadening and sealer.
aside from this, i actually havent drove the wagon in over a month. it doesnt hold charge for some reason so i was thinking the alternator is bad. i had a volt meter on the battery and it had like 13.40-13.50v. turned the car off after 15 mins and it just died like it never charged. i got a new alternator but need to get it tomorrow. after removing the old one, i notice this crap..the power from the fuse box to the alternator..fried.
ill get that fixed soon. also was glad the rhd clip came with the hinges! omg, cant find this in the yard anywhere! and i finally got one installed! been 2 years having to hold my hood up with a pool stick, hahaha
crazy. i was drilling tonight and thats exactly what i did after like 3 spot welds drilled out. haha! i wish there was a detail write up somewhere..but i guess ill be the 1st to do so. im so limited on tools..
i wasnt hoping to tare the side frame like this, but i was curious on what other welds were in place. gives me an idea for the other side and my car. but this was yesterdays progress and tonight i didnt even touch it. too tired from my 10hour day shift.
these pix are here for the record. its all self explanatory any who. got me firewall out!
i was actually going to save these and ship them to someone outside of CA that are in need of replacing rusted one. theres no rust on here but its unfortunate that i now have to move out of this house that ive been living for 23 years. project will be slow and all metals that i cut are going to the dumper tomorrow morning.
yes sir! i didnt find a really good write up with detailed pictures. so my goal is, take photos of the areas that needs to drilled/removed to get the firewall out. post it here for future reference.
the wagon goes with me. the parts are going to be inside the car. if i cant work on it at the new home, its going to a shop to get done. my turbo sedan, i posted it up for sale as testing water. cause if there are no room at the new home, im forced to sell it. but i might be taking the motor out for the wagon. other choice is to rent a storage and store the car in there.
Your build threads are amazing man I've always been a fan of yours. You inspired a lot of what I've done from the bodywork to the rustoleum paint videos even the wing I made. I just wanted to say thx and I'm glad to see you back on the site. Grab your pen and paper boys and take some notes from my sensei
Keep that turbo ls! that would make a sick swap into the wagon. Especially with the RHD? blowing cats out of the water! That's cool though man. This build gives me ideas and sparks up new things to do with my wagon. Hopefully everything works out man.
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i own this thing, so yes, i am static on youtube!
Yeah I'll be using all the ac stuff as well... I know that's going to be a pita....
90shuttle: the weather is going down to like 29 and we are in cali! wtfeezy!. its so cold just to go into the garage. imagine the garage open..if im lucky, i can squeeze in 1-2 hours before i sleep but..i dont know, its just too damn cold..
so no other beagle parts.
i tried to work on the clip today. but it turned dark and cold. i did what i could before it became too loud for the night. i will try to take as many pictures and hopefully some detail ones on how to remove the firewall and the spot welds removal.
heres a day time picture of the clip, finally.
went to Harbor Freight to get me some bits and i bought 4 of these at like 4 bucks. its cool cause they are flip flop just in case it gets dull.
some practice runs.
subframe out.
so i removed this piece to access the spot welds on the inside that connects to the firewall. which in havent got to yet.
here is the (rhd) passenger side near the hinge drilled out
this is the firewall connecting to the pillar where the windshield would go.
near the door
i gave up here for the night. its the passenger side firewall.
no hot ice but a chisel and a mallet does the job. i removed where the spot welds hide under the deadening and sealer.
aside from this, i actually havent drove the wagon in over a month. it doesnt hold charge for some reason so i was thinking the alternator is bad. i had a volt meter on the battery and it had like 13.40-13.50v. turned the car off after 15 mins and it just died like it never charged. i got a new alternator but need to get it tomorrow. after removing the old one, i notice this crap..the power from the fuse box to the alternator..fried.
ill get that fixed soon. also was glad the rhd clip came with the hinges! omg, cant find this in the yard anywhere! and i finally got one installed! been 2 years having to hold my hood up with a pool stick, hahaha
THATS ALL FOLKS!
i did get the cowl for the rhd.
Here's a diy on a crx: http://ef-honda.com/main/viewtopic.php?t=39570 It looks you need a lot of tools XD
didnt know which part to drill so i drilled out both.
also used a dremel to cut out this tab on the pillar to the firewall.
under the deadening at the footboard there are a few spot welds there too.
here i did some predrilling for the spot weld bit to be centered when im drilling away.
then some drilling here on those guides
took me some days to do the passenger side and the driver side was a breeze. went by fast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-mqwQgv0sc&feature=share&list=UUrB_gPpNYOj7ZjpJHyWILqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnz_Jb8vX5U&feature=share&list=UUrB_gPpNYOj7ZjpJHyWILqw
i was actually going to save these and ship them to someone outside of CA that are in need of replacing rusted one. theres no rust on here but its unfortunate that i now have to move out of this house that ive been living for 23 years. project will be slow and all metals that i cut are going to the dumper tomorrow morning.