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I finally got the Monte out, had some delays getting it on the road. Now I can really get jamming on this car. I will be replacing the entire powertrain and rear suspension with all new parts. I just received my rear end from Strange and have started painting it. I should have had the thing powdercoated but its too late for that. It's an S60 with 4.10 gears and a 40 spline spool. I had them put 12 bolt housing ends on it, but they are a little different due to the larger diameter of the axle tubes. It's waaay overkill for the car, but I can add more power later without having to worry about stuff breaking.

 

Currently there's a Chevy 12 bolt in the car with either a broken posi, or an open differential. I'm thinking its an open because it doesn't make any noise or anything. I haven't opened it up, I just know it only spins one tire. I'm thinking it has 3.30- something gears in it. I should have it all out by the end of this week. I'm selling the entire thing, drum to drum with all the rear suspension parts. If anyone is interested, shoot me a pm.

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That's a pretty rear end.  I've said it once and I'll say it again, new parts are so nice to deal with.  Enjoy the build process. - Dave

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Pretty nice... B)

 

40 spline...well I am guessing those will be the last axles you will buy. They should last a lifetime.

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I got to ripping and tearing on the car this morning and made a lot of progress. I figured I would start with the removing the motor/trans and do the rear end after. First thing I did was remove the exhaust. It must have been apart recently because the bolts looked like new and it separated without having to use a torch. After that I removed the drive shaft and took off the speedo cable. Once the transmission mount was unbolted and all the fluids drained, I lowered the car down off the jack stands and unhooked everything up top. Meanwhile, my father was assembling our new engine hoist. The engine and transmission are ready to come out, but I have to take off the front bumper, grille, and radiator core support because the boom on the hoist wont reach in far enough lol. These Montes definitely have a nose on them for sure! Everything that's in the grass in the picture is for sale except the aluminum radiator. Here's some more pics!

 

 

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Good solid looking Monte there. I like the hood! :)

I thought the stick-on hood scoop was kind of goofy, but I don't think the stock hood is going to fit anyway with the new motor. Perfect opportunity to make it a functional scoop!   :grin:

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Hey Ryan,

 

I was able to R&R my engine by just removing the shroud and radiator. What I did was removed the right side tire and supported the lower control arm with jackstand. I was able to slide the engine lift in with the legs straddling the jackstand. I didn't even remove the hood. Now if you are pulling the transmission/engine together you will probable need to remove the hood. Going from the side may save you a teardown of the front clip. Just a suggestion. 

 

Car is looking good!!!

 

David

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Motor is out! Took the fender off and that gave me plenty of room to get the hoist in close enough. Now it looks like I have quite a large mess to clean up in my engine bay. Of course I found some minor rust issues...nothing critical, but I'm glad I found it so I can repair it before it gets too bad. I think I'm going to finish removing the front clip so I can paint up the frame and some of the rusty parts before the new engine and transmission go in. Also found some spots of the original gulf green paint. I think I would like to repaint the car the original color at some point.

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I got the rest of the front clip off the car and decided to strip everything off from the cowl forward so I can get all the rust off. I plan on repairing the small rust areas at the bottom corners of the cowl and painting up the frame and firewall with POR-15. I'm going to bring my core support and all the brackets and small parts to work and have them blasted and powder coated. I ordered a complete body hardware kit because some of the bolts were really rusted and made it a real PITA to get apart. Right now I'm stuck because the crappy weather shut down my program. I'll have to rig up some tarps so I don't have to worry about mother nature screwing up my plans. Also, I had my hood leaning against a tree and the wind blew it over last night putting a dent in it... :mad:

 

I inspected the steering, suspension, and brakes and everything is either worn out or rusted so it looks like I'll be replacing all those parts too while the motor is out. This entire project snowballed really bad from the start, I guess I'll just keep making it bigger. This project most likely wont be done in time for the EM, so I'll have to leave it home. Hopefully I'll have it done in time for the Syracuse Nationals at least.

 

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More progress! Got everything stripped off the car from the firewall forward and de-greased everything. Had to wash it 4 or 5 times to get all that gunk off. I took an angle grinder with a wire wheel to strip the remaining rust and paint then sanded the entire thing down to bare metal with 60 grit. I washed it down again and then etched it with the metal ready solution. Brushed on 2 coats of semi-gloss black POR-15. The paint is still wet in the picture so it looks glossy. I'm only doing the frame in the front for now to avoid taking the body off the frame and starting an even bigger snowball.

 

I decided not to coat the firewall with POR-15, instead I'm just going to prime and paint it with regular paint. I hope my compressor is up to the task. I started cutting metal out to make patches for the lower corners but too much is gone, I'll just replace the whole side part of the cowl with a replacement panel. Stupid rust!  :mad: I should get the front end parts back from work soon. Can't wait to see how they come out.

 

Got a pile of parts waiting to be installed- I ditched the stock suspension for tubular control arms and Viking coilovers. Steering box will be replaced with a rack and pinion kit. Just waiting for paint to dry and back-ordered parts to get here so I can get the front end finished up. I'm trying to wrap up the engine build and get it fired, but I'm a dumb-dumb and keep ordering the wrong parts. There's still a lot of work to do. :eek:

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Here's a small update, not much going on. I spent the whole weekend bead blasting and painting small parts. It really is a slow process. My compressor can't keep up, it just overheats and sprays water. I'm still waiting for cowl panels and brakes to show up. Should be in this week sometime. I did get my old spindles painted up and after some swearing and wrench-throwing, got the front suspension installed in the car.  :) Had to modify the lower control arms a little to get the coilovers in there. The new shocks are supposed to mount to the top instead of the bottom of the plate, and they had put weld nuts in my way. Fixed it with a little grinder and drill action.  B)

 

I'm planning to make a trip to the local you-pull parts yard for a Hydroboost unit. I'm not sure exactly everything I'm going to need so any input is appreciated.  :confused:  I checked out the other hydro boost threads on this forum too, lots of good info. Any specific vehicle models I should look for, or is any Hydroboost acceptable? I know a lot of heavy duty chevy/gmc trucks and diesels have them. Some vans too I guess. Also, does it matter if I attached it to my firewall with an angled bracket, or does it have to be straight-on?

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... Also, does it matter if I attached it to my firewall with an angled bracket, or does it have to be straight-on?

 

   Either adapter bracket will work, Ryan.  You just have to ensure that whatever bracket is used, that it places the hydroboost at an angle to provide a straight line for the actuating rod into the hydro.   The non-angled bracket will allow a lighter brake feel, as the leverage is increased using the manual brake hole at the top of the pedal arm. 

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  • 2 weeks later...

that snow ball jus keeps rolling...jus take the body off while the motor is out so you can change the body bushings to some poly ones..then while the body is off u can fix all the rust and paint the whole frame with por-15..and while your at it you might as well re do the rear suspension and rebuild the rear end while its out...might as well let the snow ball roll...

 

this is where i started..

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Thank you all for your comments and support! Attending the Eastern Meet and seeing all those beautiful Montes was all the motivation I needed to really get going on this project. I'm trying to complete what I can, at the moment I'm still waiting on my front brakes and other misc. parts to arrive. All of my front end parts are back from powdercoating and they look outstanding! The painters at my work really did a great job. Can't wait to see what it looks like on the car with the new engine! :yay: Lots of welding to do on the firewall before it goes in though. I'm sure there will be more snowballing as I move to the rear of the car, but I would hope to keep it to a minimum. I would love to do a full body-off resto, but just don't have the resources to do it right now. Maybe next year haha :rofl: Just want to get it rolling down the road for now. I will be doing more work over the weekend so I'll post pics as I go.

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I got some more work done today. I'm making slow progress...I lost a fight to a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder at work a couple weeks ago and couldn't get much work done on the Monte until my hand healed up. I also managed to smash myself in the face today with a pry bar. Broke a tooth and got a nice fat lip. :mad:  :mad:  Seems like the fun never ends!

 

Despite all the injuries, I still dropped the tank out and pulled the rear end. :->  Everything is out and ready for the new rear to go in. The frame and floors have been painted recently and don't really look all that bad. Snowball avoided for now! :yay: If I'm feeling motivated enough, the new rear might be in the car sometime this week. I also got all the new brakes installed, Wilwood Dynalite 6 piston fronts and 4 piston rears. Just need to run all the hard lines. Next on the agenda is to install the fuel cell and run all the fuel lines to the front. Might as well string the fuel and brake lines all at once and get it over with. I hate doing brake lines! I will update once parts come in.

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