Project: Chan's Sloppy Seconds

[davej]

Hold on to your hat Taylor, here comes a second post in the same month.

first up, alternator died again, this makes the 3rd one from NAPA, I don't know if I'm getting junk units or if there's something with the wiring that's toasting them. The car had been converted to a GM 2 wire vs the original which had an external voltage regulator. I haven't changed any of the connection paths, nor have I researched to fully understand how they hooked it up. Either way, I bought one new one from NAPA and the others have been free99 replacements.


I also got sick of seeing the rear suspension sitting in a box for a year, so decided to do that one night this week. The springs were a pain to get in and out, I'm ashamed to admit how many times I had to compress/remove/re-compress as I was trying to work the springs in place. There just wasn't enough room for the Autozone compressor to fit with out all the stars aligning.

Highlight of my 'doh' moment was when putting the H&R in, I had put the compressor head in and screwed it up to the top of the spring where there was no space for the head to go directly in. (had to get it higher on the spring to compress it enough) Feeling like a champ when I get it all mounted up, and decompressed until I try to spin it back down the spring to remove and the head won't fit between spring and body, so compress it again, take out and swear at it.

I don't know if it's right or not, but they are on.