Welcome rust-belt brethren!
Yesterday was productive. At first my son was fine with the rusty coils until OCD kicked in and decided they had to be dealt with. The OEM coils got hand sanded and rattle-canned. Then suspension parts went back on the chassis. . . for what should be the last time. At least, all threads were treated with anti-size. He has a homework assignment to lookup all the chassis torque specs.
The left side fuel tank roll-over valve nipple was broken. So, we hand drilled the valve, insert a 1/8"x1" aluminum tube, and attached the tube
It's hard to tell from the pic, but the parts installed yesterday were:
- used, but beautified OEM springs
- coil spacers, rear rubber coil pads
- new jounce bumpers and front jounce bell thingies
- 4 Rancho 5000x shocks
- fuel pump to fuel line hose
- rollover vent.
- front sway bar
Up next: install fuel and brake lines, front and rear track bars, rear sway-bar, and steering linkage. At that point, the chassis is mostly done. While we wait for the machine shop, we'll turn our attention to the bottom of the tub and get ready to reunite the tub and chassis.