Time driving all over picking up misc supplies: 1.5 hrs..
I entered the garage in mid afternoon and stay "heads down" until around 5:00 p.m. Good progress on reassembling the front suspension. I put the front of the frame on jack stands which provided a good height for handling the components etc. No challenging issues to report other than having to use wet and dry 220 grit sandpaper to remove a skim of the powder coating to install the lower wishbone bushings. This activity probably added 30 minutes to the work session overall. I am about 40 percent assembled at this point. I also completed the fabrication of my homemade spring compressor. Last night I went out again for about an hour and worked on prepping some unpainted parts by placing them in my Eastwood tumbler and letting them "vibrate" overnight...
I jumped in my truck and started searching out the "nuts" I require for the rear axle u-bolts. Two auto supply store visits yielded nothing so it looks like I will be forced to go to a fastener specialty jobber. There are a couple listed but they were not open on Saturday. A job for next week. I purchased a new grease gun and chassis grease...the gun is a good quality unit that was listed on sale for $12 off. I also purchased a tube of 105 lubricating grease for engine (new oil pump assembly)..total cost around $40.00
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