Last weekend of January, engine's still in the car

Guess at this point I'm a couple weeks behind schedule, not that I really have much of a deadline set. Starting to get nervous about what this is going to end up costing when it's all said and done.

I've joked in the past about how that car seems as if the transmission was placed on a pedestal, then the rest of the car was built around it. I was reminded of that thought this weekend. I've decided to pull the engine and transmission together (good thing, since I found a small oil leak coming from the transmission) which means un-bolting the PPF. In order to remove the PPF, I had to remove 3 belly trays and 2 braces, plus remove the 4 very tightly torqued nuts. I broke a socket adapter in the first attempt, so after a run to sears for a impact deep socket (something I should have anyway, it's the same size as the lugnuts on all three cars) and a replacement for the adapter it was back home thinking I was done on the car for the night.

While I was cooking dinner, I had a thought of a workaround on my air gun problems (far too many quick connect options, and I'm still not fully set after 2 trips to sears) that after dinner I went out to try. The workaround seemed to be good, so I thought I would just give it a quick test, then go back in for the evening. The quick test worked so well, I found myself sucked back in, and it wasn't until a half hour later when Carissa came out to see what I was doing that I realized I'd been reabsorbed in working. On the plus side, the PPF is off the transmission, the fuel lines are disconnected, clutch hydraulics are off, and I just have to pull the starter wiring as the last piece connecting engine to body.

Guess it's time to line up another pair of hands to help out next weekend!