Short day, lot's of pictures.

Today was broken up by a variety of things and so I didn't get near as much done as I had hoped.

The radius arm bolt was stripped so I had to 'make' a new one.  They should have safety wire on them so they need a hole drilled in the head (they did not have safety wire from the last rebuild)

Don't know if you can see it but the original bolt's threads are stripped

Chasing the hole with a tap to make sure it's 'good'.  I think this time consuming procedure is good practice for all old fasteners

This is a picture of the rear IRS mount attached, the rear ones are fitted to the frame and the front ones are mounted to the cage during installation.

An issue came up with the new mounts, the corner had to be ground down to allow the bolts to fit, the corner that I'm pointing to kept the bolt from lining up.  Pays to pre-fit critical pieces.

Old vs new tunnel plugs

Removing the prop shaft bolts through this opening was a bit like operating through a small opening, decided to make a larger incision through the top and removed the transmission cover.  Noticed that there wasn't any foam noise/heat insulation so needed to come off anyways.

It was held on by only 5 fasteners, 4 on the firewall and one at the back.

should have a foam 'pillow' here to keep out noise and heat.

Prop shaft on the counter, may send it to the shop for balancing and replacement of the U joints.  Of interest the bolts holding the flange to the prop shaft were all loose.

Removed the anti-roll bar for cleaning and replacement of the bushings.

Cheers,

4 hrs