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The location of the tie rod hole is different. Simon/TurboVanMan I think posted a picture some time ago showing the difference.

If melting stuff is becoming a problem you could always go to the Denso style starter.

Denso starter

The connections are on the side, nearly at the bottom vs the Bosch unit where they are...

I cannot speak for anyone else but if I was getting serious enough to spend $2k+ on a set of axles they need to be rebuildable.

Something like this is what I would have in mind to get away from the junk store replacement axles.

https://www.kustom1warehouse.net/All_new_IRS_axles_with_cv_joints_p/irsaxlescomplete.htm

It...

The proliferation of cheap, offshore cv axles has effectively killed the aftermarket for service parts. Look as DSS axles, they were just another middle man buying the semi finished components from...

The filler shaft for the equal length axle setup ?

old thread.

Never seen a van clutch cable adjuster. Totally different than the car ones for sure.

Nice.

Even more impressive to see your motor ground strap appears to be present and functional :eyebrows:

Those bullet splices are OEM. I have seen them used on front end lighting where the turn signal and side marker circuits come together and covered with friction tape. Total junk way of doing things...

The Acclaim/Spirit with the 3.0 could have come with either the 3 speed or 4 speed automatic in the later years. Something that the aftermarket service manuals may not clarify when they condense...

Good find.

Minivans live a hard life and when those were new no one thought anything different of them. Just don't see anymore of them on the road anymore locally. Even the 2nd gen units are...

Stainless will be a local shop or buy the bends and weld your own.

Every time I have to touch the exhaust its usually a last minute rush job, where I just need to get something thrown together...

No tinkering person should be without one of these. Thread-Checker

The center and rear exhaust pipes for a P body appear to be discontinued. I can get the rear one going into the muffler but the center pipe is not to be had anywhere. The same pipe section for the A...

Between work, out of town and the weather I have been without a stick shift for almost 4 months. Still not done but close enough I can do a power up check tomorrow and see what catches on fire,...

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90% there. The spray paint is temporary to reduce the flash rusting because it is so damn humid...

ARP makes a selection of universal application bolts with the reduced head diameter found on some automotive applications. stainless and non stainless, hex or 12pt head.

Page 156 and 157 of their...

Inner rocker piece back in place.

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Cannot say enough good things about the Millermatic 211, it just works :)

Not hard, just time consuming.

This car will never get judged at pebble beach. Sheet metal work is forgiving, steel sheet metal work and mig welding is even more forgiving. Start welding and...

Pulled the fender to get more room while cutting/grinding the crunchy stuff out. Also a good time to blow out all the accumulated leaves/twigs/ect that pile up inside the structure. While the fender...

The 3M panel bond is getting used on areas that are being worked. For overall recoating I have not decided what to use yet, most likely going back with conventional undercoating.

Got some more reinforcement added. Poured hard this evening so no outside work.

All masked off.
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Bottom side. Note how clean everything is, why I am going...

Exactly.

I converted the Shadow to use the same up stream sensor as the Concorde which is 9 years newer. The scan tool data stream is identical and the newer sensor is about $5 less. A win for...

Got more undercoating scraped off. Found a couple more spot weld locations that were cracked and floating. Got one side of the frame rail drilled for riveting. May do a doubler patch over it on the...