I am counting on my 2bbl intake o be fairly clean since it was off probably a year ago when the PO did the top end rebuild. I am waiting on AutoZone to open so i can order my Edelbrock gaskets and bolts and the a little prep cleaning and assembly and it will be ready. I am getting excited waiting and thinking but, it is all a matter of time before it gets done.

 

Watch out the edges of that pan are very, very sharp. Get cuts just like paper cuts.

 

Oh that valley pan thing? Yeah.

 

Tomorrow isn't going to be fun. I get to work tonight and probably get home by 3AM then get up and help a friend do the shocks/struts on his 93 Chebby Malibu... I have never used a spring compressor besides the ones for valves in a small 5HP single piston engine. Never a full sized one.

 

I have used them a few times. Pretty simple. I don't think you will have any problems.

 

Yeah we might end up using it. I am going to call down to a shop my brother used to work at and they do everything from brakes to oil changes to exhaust. I am going to see what they would charge and if it is $90 or less i am just going to pay him that and my friend can pay me back when he gets payed next. I just don't feel safe putting those springs under that kind of pressure.

 

Yes, I've always feared compressed springs. You could try lifting the car by the chassis or unibody, leaving the suspension arm to hang down, then you won't need to compress the springs too much to make them fit. I did this to work on the Bronco's front shocks, it worked great.

 

Nothing worse than a spring sticking out of your forehead.

 

The problem is we have to remove both the spring and the shock. The shock is inside the spring so you have to compress that spring then undo a nut to release the spring from the strut. There is a big risk of either the spring or the strut shooting off and injuring you.. like Zip mention nobody likes a strut in the forehead

 

You'll be fine. I have used spring compressors many times and never had an issue.
Just make sure to put them across from each other, you don't want to have them next to each other.
If they are placed correctly they are perfectly safe.

A control arm suspension doesn't droop far enough to unload the springs, so you really have no choice.

 

I have used simple hose clamps to do this. DO NOT TRY IT. I have also made compressors out of all thread that worked as well as store bought ones. I am glad to hear you will have a shop do it.

 

They aren't bad at all so long as you use them right. The first time doing anything always has that wall of fear you need to climb. Just read up on how to use then and what your project is. It'll be a snap.

 

May even be something on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf3wVBUYxAE

Has a little spot around 1:30 with the spring compresser.

 

Thanks for the input. We had it at the shop today but the techs never got to it so my friend is going to figured something out on his own. I found out that he also has struts in the back. For doing just the front 2 it would be about $100 But for the rear the guy who runs the shop said about $90 per side since their are a bit PITA to do. So my friend said he would figure something out.

On a brighter note, i have moved up the in Carburetor evolution I messed with my carb cause it wasn't running good. Well that and playing with the timing made it much worse so about 3 hours ago or so i was at a park taking with friends and decided to play with it again and without a timing light it appears i have set it at 10 degrees BTDC I think. I haven't hit it with the light yet to check but it seems around there. Then i played with the screws and turned them all the way in then out about 1 1/2 each and fired it up. From there i adjusted till it sounded smoother and kicked the idle up. Now there is very stuttering and missing but i have another issue. When i press the brake to come to a stop sign or light the motor starts cutting out and shuddering. My step-dad says the Low Idle isn't adjusted properly and i have to find out which one it is to fix it. Tomorrow thats the plan if it isn't raining. I just hope it isn't the left one cause that one is close to the upper coolant hose and the coil and there is plug wires everywhere... Makes it hard to adjust.

Anyways off to look for a 2150 Manual

 

Yes that left one is a little more difficult to get at.