Wisco Touring International

[Earl]

Progress so far on the front subframe.










Picking up the reinforcement kit at break time and then possibly having it welded in sometime today or tomorrow=)

[Mr.Squeelerz]

So Fresh!

I'm enjoying the continuous updates. This car is definitely getting lots of attention. Keep up the good work!

[Earl]

At times I feel it is too much attention, but I think that is for the best. I just fear that I will go into too much detail where I won't ever finish the damn thing

[Mr.Squeelerz]

Originally Posted by Earl

At times I feel it is too much attention, but I think that is for the best. I just fear that I will go into too much detail where I won't ever finish the damn thing

It's all part of having passion for cars. Most of the time you don't get to decide when something is really done...just go with the flow. You've taken it a lot further than most have/would/can/want but it will most certainly show in the end....if there is one..

This thread is a lot of why I come back and visit the forum. If you stop working I stop visiting and it'll be all your fault.

[Earl]

I can't let that happen then=) I enjoy your visits to my thread. I am hoping to have this done this year so I can make it out to Mad Further or something in your neck of the woods.

[Monkfish]

Very cool build. I love the ACS mirrors.

[Earl]

Thank you. The mirrors are one of my favorite parts=)

[BlackBMWs]

OK Earl, just read the entire build thread.. Very nice job, so did you mention this will be fully together next winter or did I misread that.

Very cool, looking forward to seeing the end product!

[Earl]

Thank you. The car eas actually supposed to be together last winter. Lol I ended up getting way more involved than I originally planned. I am hoping to have it done sometimes mid spring through early summer, but who knows. Lol

[Earl]

Here is how far the welder got yesterday. Should be done today or Monday=)




My CA Tuned front brake lines and clutch line came and they look great. I forgot to upload a picture to my photobucket though=/

I assembled my calipers last night. All of them except for one went together great. There is one that I cannot get the piston past the o-ring and it is frustrating the hell out of me. I will be trying at it more today.

Carrier bushings in


Inner seal in


All three that are done


Here is how far the other front goes in


I tried doing it all sorts of ways and then finally managed to get it stuck. I will hopefully figure it out but I know for sure the o-ring is the issue.


Side note: one of the axles gave out on my daily as I pulled into work today so I am both unsure of how I am getting home, how I am getting to the shop tomorrow, and what I am going to do for a daily in general.

[Earl]

Not much was done this weekend. I spent Saturday trying to fix my daily with my buddy John. We assumed it was the passenger side axle, due to axle grease being spun around by the inner cv. After replacing it nothing has changed. The issue has to be something diff or trans related and since the car got hit by the semi, it isn't worth fixing. Hopefully we are either missing something easy, or something pops up for sale at a reasonable price instead of all of the over inflated crap currently.

Anyways, onto the car that matters. Subframe got finished Friday=)






Then primered


And then painted



My ECS Tuning order shipped out Friday as well and should be here today or tomorrow. Once that comes I can assemble my front hubs, attach my caliper carriers, and get my calipers finished with their new bleeders.

I was looking through my phone pictures Saturday morning and happened across this one. Eventually the car will be finished...

[anassa]

Man, that last pic does give some motivation to imagine how it would look when done, its going to be sick!

(Hopefully your build comes out horrible so I won't be converted to form instead of function )

[Earl]

It would be quite mean of mr to convert you=)

[Earl]

My ECS order arrived yesterday. I started right away on assembling my hubs and installing my speed bleeders.



(the lighting was terrible for all of these phone pictures so I apologize in advance)



Here is where I started, bare freshly powdercoated knuckles.





I then took these rear dust covers





and fitted them to the knuckles.





After that I opened up these guys







and tapped them on with a mallet





Well, I only got one fully down. Reason is that I am an idiot and was tapping on the outer races/hubs instead of waiting to grab my socket and tapping them on from the inner race. From the multiple people I have asked, there shouldn't be any damage to the bearings since I wasn't bashing on them like Bam Bam with a wooden club. The use of a rubber mallet also saved me. I am waiting to do the other one until tonight when I will have my socket=)



After all of that I installed my speed bleeders.





I don't have any installed pictures because the sun went down and the lights in my living room are terrible.



I did however only install 3 successfully. The fourth one I threaded in by hand like the previous 3. However, after slowly threading it in with a wrench, it felt like it wasn't going any further or tightening. I backed it out to see this:





I am not quite sure how the threads stripped without applying any more torque than a simple turn of the wrench. I sent ECS an email about it, but I will probably just need to order a new one. I also made sure to take a cotton swab and get the stripped threads out of the bleeder hole so that they don't go into the bore=)



Never a dull moment I guess. More updates tomorrow I am hoping.

[Earl]

ECS is sending me a replacement bleeder free of charge. That right there is why I always order through them=) Great customer service.



On a side note, I picked everything up from the shop at lunch. I should be getting the stubborn hub down on the knuckle tonight, as well as bolting the calipers and rotors on to get an idea of how it will all come together.