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02-03-2016, 09:48 PM
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Well the M22 transmission has come back from Dennis Maroudas (DME LLC) and it looks good. He installed a master rebuild kit, rebuilt the shifter, replated the shifter, shift rods and reverse lockout, and replaced (free of charge) the heavily worn front bearing retainer with a barely worn used GM piece. In addition, at some point all the fasteners in the transmission had been replaced with aftermarket stainless bolts and he replaced these with correct replated fasteners. The guy is good. The trunnions on the shift rods are replated which I think differs from original, but I can probably live with that.
Here's a few pictures...     
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02-03-2016, 10:05 PM
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That is a thing of Beauty
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#3
02-03-2016, 10:36 PM
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Right looks great where is this guy??
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#4
02-03-2016, 10:59 PM
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Dennis is just across the WV line in Eastern Kentucky. About 1.5 hours from the garage. He's very well known in car restoration circles, and sets up at a lot of the eastern US car events. Here's his info.
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02-04-2016, 07:08 AM
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Thanks Bob thought about having mine gone through before spring. Cheers
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02-04-2016, 07:52 AM
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02-04-2016, 08:01 AM
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Is black a FBody thing? Dennis did my GT-37 linkage and it was yellow?
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02-04-2016, 09:06 AM
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Yes Mike. The F body's were Phos and the A bodys were Gold cad.
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#9
02-04-2016, 09:39 AM
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Darrell - are you still doing the radiator hoses for F-body's?
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#10
02-13-2016, 01:53 PM
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Wow, Looking Great!!
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#11
02-13-2016, 05:43 PM
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Dang, that MC looks nice! I'm hoping you'll bring the black car to Dayton this year...
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#12
02-13-2016, 05:44 PM
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SaaWeeeet
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#13
02-13-2016, 06:13 PM
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Some very nice craftsmanship there
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02-13-2016, 06:28 PM
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Well, a few more things got done. The air cleaner is all back together and ready, it just needs the 455HO sticker for the lid that has yet to arrive. I had it powder coated 90% gloss and it looks good. Also, I've been holding onto a new NOS ThermAC vacuum switch and finally used it. I attached the the vacuum actuator hold downs using stainless rivets and then painted them black.
Also, I went ahead and used the Prothane bushings on the upper rear sway bar drop links. Those are now pressed in and actually look pretty nice. They were a bitch to get in. Here's a few pictures.      
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#15
02-13-2016, 06:41 PM
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I get the plug, and the back patting...
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#16
02-13-2016, 10:41 PM
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okay I give whats up with the drop links?
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#17
02-13-2016, 11:14 PM
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#18
02-14-2016, 10:46 AM
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Doing the "big stuff" like air cleaners, alternators, manifolds, et cetera is where the fun is at because you get such instant gratification seeing big parts rejuvenated, Unforetunately, about 70% of the work is the small parts like bolts, washers, spacers...All of them get media blasted, wire wheeled on the pedestal grinder, and shot with clear satin. After that they are bagged, tagged and zip tied to the appropriate part or the best alternative. These are from the back of the AC compressor.
 
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02-14-2016, 01:25 PM
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You'll have the sticker next week! My bad. Looking good Bob. When's retirement and opening up your restoration shop start? You'll have a line.
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#20
02-21-2016, 06:26 PM
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Well, a few things got done.. I am beginning to enjoy the "benefits" of having a 15 year old driver though. My daughter Mini Me started out with my wife late yesterday morning to run errands and only made to the stop sign at the corner of our property before they were sidelined with a flat. Got it pulled, marked it with crayon, loaded it in my F350 and sent them to the tire store. Mini me drove the F350 Crew Cab Long Bed diesel which amazed me, but she loved it. They got home and the tire got fixed. She wanted to then drive around the neighborhood so we took my Suburban. She did great except when it came time to back up our driveway and whe ended up leaving it in a bush. This morning I woke up after a torrential rain storm to find that the west facing window on the F350 was down, and the sunroof on the Suburban was open....Uggg. I bet that will not happen again.
On the Black Car pieces and parts the A/C compressor is now done, the exhaust ports on the heads have gotten the fist coat of POR15, the front and rear sway bar bushing brackets have gotten coated with RPM, and an original 4 core manual radiator is coming my way. The A/C compressor looks really good. MPD installed a double lip Teflon seal, and it got painted with low gloss OER black.The old paint was removed using Brake Kleen. I also found a correct water pump with a decent date code range to replace the incorrect 488296 pump currently on the motor. It's being shipped to a Member for a rebuild. Here's some pictures.        
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