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<blockquote data-quote="akurma" data-source="post: 15759846" data-attributes="member: 184627"><p>another day, another update. </p><p></p><p>after getting the motor/trans bolted back in i started working on the other things that needed attention. i started with the front lower control arms. i was originally going to replace just the ball joints. however since these are press in style ball joints i would have had to take the control arms off anyway and then take them to get the new ones pressed in. So I bit the bullet and got Moog lower control arms. seemed like an easy job, as its only two bolts that hold them in place, however I didn't realize I would have to drop the steering rack, for the third time to get the front bolt out of place, not a horrible job but a little annoying. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449119[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449120[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449121[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449122[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>As you can see in the pictures above, the bottom spring isolator was stuck to the factory control arm, so I ended up getting new BBK spring isolators for it to avoid a metal on metal sound</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449123[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After the control arms were back in place I installed a new set of Sensen brand factory replacement struts, really nice quality struts for the price. not a big brand for Domestic vehicles but a lot of people run them on mazdaspeed3's (my second car) and love them so i figured i'd give them a shot. As anything has to be better than what was left of the original ones lol</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449124[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449125[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449126[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449127[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Got the front end all buttoned up and decided to put the new BBK Catless H-pipe in place, and accidently broke the driver side front o2 sensor :banghead so had to order a new one. after that was installed, I filled the trans with some new Pennzoil synchromesh fluid. I changed my 1999 GT with the same fluid and it was night and day difference so hopefully this will be the same.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449128[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449129[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After that, I put the rest of the cooling system back in place, connected the hoses and some wires, reinstalled the air intake and then put the front wheels back on it for the first time in a few months and rolled it out of the shop. Hopefully this weekend or next i'll finish connecting the rest of the wiring, add the rest of the fluids, give the engine bay a nice detail and start it up. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449130[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1449131[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akurma, post: 15759846, member: 184627"] another day, another update. after getting the motor/trans bolted back in i started working on the other things that needed attention. i started with the front lower control arms. i was originally going to replace just the ball joints. however since these are press in style ball joints i would have had to take the control arms off anyway and then take them to get the new ones pressed in. So I bit the bullet and got Moog lower control arms. seemed like an easy job, as its only two bolts that hold them in place, however I didn't realize I would have to drop the steering rack, for the third time to get the front bolt out of place, not a horrible job but a little annoying. [ATTACH=full]1449119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449122[/ATTACH] As you can see in the pictures above, the bottom spring isolator was stuck to the factory control arm, so I ended up getting new BBK spring isolators for it to avoid a metal on metal sound [ATTACH=full]1449123[/ATTACH] After the control arms were back in place I installed a new set of Sensen brand factory replacement struts, really nice quality struts for the price. not a big brand for Domestic vehicles but a lot of people run them on mazdaspeed3's (my second car) and love them so i figured i'd give them a shot. As anything has to be better than what was left of the original ones lol [ATTACH=full]1449124[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449125[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449127[/ATTACH] Got the front end all buttoned up and decided to put the new BBK Catless H-pipe in place, and accidently broke the driver side front o2 sensor :banghead so had to order a new one. after that was installed, I filled the trans with some new Pennzoil synchromesh fluid. I changed my 1999 GT with the same fluid and it was night and day difference so hopefully this will be the same. [ATTACH=full]1449128[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449129[/ATTACH] After that, I put the rest of the cooling system back in place, connected the hoses and some wires, reinstalled the air intake and then put the front wheels back on it for the first time in a few months and rolled it out of the shop. Hopefully this weekend or next i'll finish connecting the rest of the wiring, add the rest of the fluids, give the engine bay a nice detail and start it up. [ATTACH=full]1449130[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1449131[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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