[Shotimes] Fun with SHOs, Part 1 (of hopefully only two parts)

[Bob and Anonda]

I agree.  It's still one of those things ya have to take advantage of
though, in terms of b-busting.  :)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Bob and Anonda'" <bobnanonda@cox.net>; "'Kirk Doucette'"
<Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>; "'Shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Fun with SHOs, Part 1 (of hopefully only two parts)


Got it from Shawn Pasley early last year. Since you cannot see the bar on
the car anyway, cleaning and repainting/powdercoating is so low on my "list"
that it falls somewhere below waxing my strut housings!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Anonda [mailto:bobnanonda@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:13 PM
To: Ron Porter; 'Kirk Doucette'; 'Shotimes'
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Fun with SHOs, Part 1 (of hopefully only two parts)


And it's a cute yellow too!  :)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Kirk Doucette'" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>; "'Shotimes'"
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Fun with SHOs, Part 1 (of hopefully only two parts)


> If you look at the picture on my Picturetrail, behind the nut we put in
you
> can see the edge of the tab for the nut inside the frame. It is a serious
> deal, with a plate that goes up both sides of the inside of the frame a
bit,
> more substantial than what they use for the subframe bolts:
>
> http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=rsporter
>
> The stud idea isn't bad, as at least you can clean the threads to help get
a
> nut off. For those of use without welding tools handy, the
hole-in-the-frame
> actually worked quite well. The biggest PITA was getting the old bolt out.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk Doucette [mailto:Kirk.doucette@verizon.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:58 AM
> To: Ron Porter; Shotimes
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Fun with SHOs, Part 1 (of hopefully only two
parts)
>
>
> Ron this happened on my 93, I used a big punch and knocked the nut up into
> the frame enough to make my own stud. I took a bolt made the head round
> enough to fit in the hole where the nut used to be and welded it in its
> place.
>
> The nut never broke loose it just pushed up into the frame a bit, just
> enough to make a custom stud fit :)
>
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Ron Porter
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 1:36 AM
> To: Shotimes
> Subject: [Shotimes] Fun with SHOs, Part 1 (of hopefully only two parts)
>
> Had to laugh at reading Carl's comment about looking for a SHO for his
son:
> "I wanted to find a low miles car that was from down south to avoid any of
> the issues associated with northern cars of this age".
>
> If you do that, you miss out on all the fun that Ryan Dudek & I had today!
> Started out with a simple enough list: Install the brake plugs and 26mm
rear
> bar in my '94 (that has spent it's life in IL & MI), then new pads &
rotors
> all around, with a brake flush. Then new pads and a brake flush on Ryan's
> '98. Sounds easy enough, 3-4 hours tops!!
>
> Did the fun start when the head of the 5mm bolt that holds the lever to
the
> brake proportioning valve shed it's corrosion and not let the socket get a
> bite of it? No, I just manhandled it back & forth to get the valves out &
> the plugs in, then zip-tied it out of the way!
>
> Did the fun start when one of the rear swaybar links broke when I put a
> wrench on it? No, because I had one spare!
>
> Did the fun start when the second swaybar link also broke? Well, almost,
but
> another AZ farther down the road had two left!!
>
> NOW the fun started! One swaybar bracket bolt barely made it out. The
other
> wasn't so lucky it refused to budge after about two turns, then decided
that
> the corroded edges were no longer going to hold ANY 6-point socket. Nor
was
> it going to budge with vice grips. Nor was it going to fall out after
> drilling all night and mangling out the hole in the frame!!
>
> Now, we're talkin' REAL FUN!!
>
> The broken exhaust studs have nothing on this mess!! The only solution I
> have come up with is to hog out what's left of the bolt hole in the frame.
> Then, drill a hole in the side of the (thick, double-wall) frame rail so
> that I can get a nut & washer in there. That will be tomorrow's chore,
after
> a trip for new drills, a new drill, and something to hog out holes in
> metal!!
>
> Hopefully, Part Two tomorrow is the last part of this!!
>
> Ron Porter (Hopefully I took enough ibuprophen (sp?) so I can sleep!!)
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