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Kosage Chavis

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  1. Nothing big, but I needed to break down the very last vestiges of the parts car (the rear end). I have never worked a rear end before. All of the cars I have ever worked on were front wheel drive. There was no intimidation, but I took my time. I had to grind down the heads of the rivets to get these arms off. I thought removing the drive shaft and torque tube would be simple......but not at all. I could tell by looking at it that it wouldn't. I went into the archives and it turns out @old-tank had to create a tool to pull the drive shaft off of this spline. I just didn't have the time. So, I just put this part back together. I opened the differential cover and inspected the gears. Everything looked pretty good. I then removed each piece of the differential, which was the fun part for me. It was surprisingly easy! After breaking down the differential and pulling out the casing, I wiped up all of the old grease and sludge.Packed everything up and it's all out of my way now. Next thing I would like to do is get a car lift for the garage so that I can remove the body from the frame of the car. That will have to wait a little, as I am "refreshing" the kitchen for my Wife right now.
  2. @john compono, that's a really nice set of parts you are selling. I won't be needing any of it however. I appreciate you letting me know. Thank you!
  3. Take a look at what I have left @The Creative Explorer. I did junk a few things. The status of each item will be at the end of each item description. If there is no status, it is still for sale.
  4. Hello Erik. It's nice to meet you. I have gotten rid of most of my parts car, but I might have a few smaller items that you named on your list. Give me a day and I will get back to you.
  5. I AM DONE! At least for this phase. I hid the elevator (to an extent) and put some feet on it.I framed out the attic ceiling doors and closed them off.And I added a couple of shallow shelves to get some use of the "dead" space over my work bench areas.A few shots of the finished garage.I appreciate all of the suggestions, advice and encouragement from you all. I am very happy with how everything turned out. I am going to take a small break and then it's back to the Buick...finally!
  6. @john compono, I apologize that I didn't answer this earlier. I am just seeing this now. I haven't had a chance to work on my Buick for a little over a year now. I had gotten to the point of being almost at the end of the removal/disassembly process and my garage was not up to par to go further. So, I had to switch gears and get the garage up a certain standard before continuing. I have spent months working on the garage and I am wrapping that up now. I have just a few small loose ends to tie up and I can finally pick up where I left off with the Buick. I appreciate what you said. And I am aware of the new sway bar. Please post lots of pictures of your progress so we all can eat it up.
  7. Thank you Guys! I do plan on taping and mudding the joints, but not anytime soon. I need a break. Plus, I already committed to my Wife to do a "refresh" for the kitchen. I do plan on getting back to working on the Buick now that the garage is more of where it needs to be.
  8. Close to the finish line. All drywall is up and it took longer than I wanted. I am just glad it is done. I also just got the lights installed. Now, just need to make a couple of shelves and clean up a little.
  9. I see the light at the end of the tunnel. This was the plan that I started with for this phase of the garage project.I only made one change for the plan. Instead of using R-15 insulation for the sloped ceilings and knee walls in the attic, I went with R-19 instead. I just needed to add a 2x2 for each 2x4 in the sloped ceilings to gain extra cavity space. A little extra work, but I am glad I did it. Started and finished most of the work on the main floor. Ceiling insulation was installed. Added an access panel on both sides of the garage for the unfinished attic spaces.Got the insulation pinned down at the knee walls.Got the recess lights hooked up, cut the foam boards and sealed each one up.All that is left now is to install drywall and build two hanging shelves (they will be small) above the work bench and I am done with it all!
  10. Thank you Mr @avgwarhawk! @EmTee, I think I could get three cots up there.
  11. Other gable wall was drywalled.Began with the last of the attic shelving.And finished the last of the shelving. I decided to scrap the idea of a two tier shelf (like I did with the others). It gives me more storage capacity. I am finally done with the attic! Everything turned out really well. Now to move to the main floor.
  12. It's been touch and go lately. I finally got one major side finished.
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