[Shotimes] Clutch Time, Too!

[John Hamilton]

 My brother and I tackled his last year. We also used the engine suspend
brace and it worked great. The SHONut video is worthwhile IMO for first
timers. We had a 12" w/vcr set-up right in the garage. Josh was great to
deal with, we had to put in a couple of late orders for mounts and
SFB's. The SHOTimes list was also very, very helpful.

IIRC, we installed;

Stock clutch with the upgraded TOB 
Re-surfaced flywheel 
New seal 
New boots 
New Y-pipe
Re-built starter 
Engine mounts
Tranny mount
Sub-frame bushings
Plugs & wires

There's probably more we should have replaced but the rehab fund ran
dry. Felt like a whole different car when we were done though, very
satisfying. 

Hint: start soaking your Y-pipe studs/nuts now, can't soak too long. I
snapped two of them, very corroded as we're in salt country. Had to
drill out and re-tap, tis no fun upside down. 

John Hamilton
Ida,ON,CA 

'97 ES
'91 Mocha/Mocha
'89 S10 Blazer 2WD


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris "Zap"
Sent: February 23, 2003 3:22 PM
To: Shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Clutch Time, Too!


    Well, a friend and I have started the procedures for dismantling
Joy's
SHO in the garage here at the apartment.  It's been an interesting
experience so far, as I've never had to take apart so much of a car
before,
but we're running into some issues with getting all of the parts removed
to
drop the subframe.  (We also built a neat engine support similar to one
recently discussed on SHOForum, it appears that it will do a good job
and
it's built well.)
    I was curious if anyone had any comments on how accurate the
Chilton's
procedure for the clutch is, and any other friendly suggestions that
might
make the process go a bit smoother.  (Help would be greatly appreciated
too!
I'm here in the Cincinnati area..[You wanna see the MTX front end all
apart
Steve?  Here's your chance! :)])
    For those of you that have the SHONut video, would it be worthwhile
to
go ahead and order it?  I guess there's a discount if you order the
video
with clutch parts, but we're not sure what we need to order yet...  Any
suggestions or help are appreciated! :)  Hopefully we can get the '94
back
on the road soon :)

Thanks,
Chris
'95 Emerald Green MTX (Build Date: 12/9/94)
-Dynomax Mufflers
'94 Moonlight Blue MTX (Build Date: 6/14/94)
-On stands, attempting tranny removal to work on clutch!
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