Yep... Just Another Day At My House

[MR P-BODY]

Dropped the engine/trans on my fascia

[BlueCuda340]

A 904 sure looks good right now huh? You can cruise in the slow lane with me this year.

[TheSilverBuick]

That is a bad day

[BlueCuda340]

OUCH I didn't even see the engine setting on the car until I saw the pic on Moparts........sorry Mike that really sucks!

[Polyhead]

I wonder if the ECTA would consider that an aero mod. :/

[quick 52]

Mike didn't you take a pic. of the hoist piston it was bent to 90*

[squirrel]

bummer! still a couple months to fix it, hang in there

[MR P-BODY]

Mike didn't you take a pic. of the hoist piston it was bent to 90*

Yeah I did... I'll post that pic

[MR P-BODY]

I got all my parts ordered today for the car... I also ordered a new engine
leveler/tilter.. I have to see what I want to do about a cherry picker... rebiuld
or new.. I'm looking at new ones now

[STINEY]

Holy crap! Did they build that cylinder rod from cooked spaghetti? WTF!

[tsanchez]

That will leave a mark, bummer dood

[c2xejk]

Ouch... I have a knot in the pit of my stomach seeing that... On the plus side, nobody was under the engine....

[greenXpress]

Ouch... I have a knot in the pit of my stomach seeing that... On the plus side, nobody was under the engine....

so sad..........but ditto to the "on the plus side"......parts can be bought or made............Drag Weekers can't.

[MR P-BODY]

Seems like every damn thing I do I go backwards... I sure hope this
is the end of that... part of the issue is I am still recovering from having
my chest split a couple of weeks ago(had a 4 way by-pass done) so
I'm far from being at full power... I sure dont want to pop my chest back
open... that would be a major bummer... tomorrow I'll do the trans swap
but I need to do a valve body swap first so I need to get the trans up on
the bench(using my buddys engine lift)... I hope to have the trans work
done within a week... by then maybe my body parts will be here... of
course thats only if things dont go backwards

[Swede4]

Hang in there Mike and never give up or lose confidence in yourself. From reading your posts and meeting you and your buddies in person on DW2013 its my observation you clearly know your way around a race car - let me go out on a limb here and suggest that with your recent medical procedures you may want to take it a little slower and recognize that things take longer than they should or used to take. Indeed that's okay because remember you are one of the few that can still do his own work and loves it. I know first hand the problems one encounters after heart surgery, working (my wife calls it playing) in your shop on your hot rod is some of the best re-hab you can participate in, just keep in mind it's Ok if it takes tomorrow to finish what would have taken 3 hrs "back-in-day". My best to you and your family.

Hardy Handshakes, Swede