First thing’s first, we had to unload the Truck from the trailer of horrors and get it into the garage bay, which necessitated a fruitbasket turnover of the five cars in the driveway and garage ahead of it. Think Towers of Hanoi set to Yakety Sax.
After clearing the Jeep, Bumblebee, and Jaaaaag from the driveway, we freed the Volvo that was garaged and blocking the Saab into the rear bay. And then to clear space for the Jeep to drag the Truck off of the trailer (which couldn’t be started on its own since I drained its transmission, entirely on purpose), Ron’s Buick also had to move further down the street. Thankfully around this time one of the neighbors also left. Then we rolled the truck down the ramps and into the garage, and finally I took the trailer back to UHaul.
Then it was time to reinstall the propshaft and do some preliminary investigating. I am loving being up on blocks instead of rolling around on the street and bumping my nose on a muffler.
The install was much quicker, thanks to the generous working space and good light. And now the transmission is ready for a new serving of gear oil, which I need to go fetch from AutoZone in the morning. We have decided that the dust boot in the middle is in seriously rough shape, but has enough life left in it that I don’t want to rebuild the driveshaft this week.
While I was fiddling with that, Evan found the most likely culprit for the coolant leak. He tracked a stream of green up the firewall to the heater hose. If that’s it, it’s an easy fix.
So that’s our first pass. We’re planning on a big day tomorrow. Evan is also working on a list of scope creep proposals, and I think I’m going to try and trick George into 3D printing me a couple pieces.