Hey Ryan you shot video and were editing it to share, but I haven’t heard a damn thing since, what happened?
First, a story:
In the year 2000, a friend and I decided to do an engine swap in my '91 CRX Si. We ordered the engine from Japan, and it arrived in working condition in a couple of weeks. We researched how to do a swap, borrowed a cherry picker and complete set of tools, and got to it. It went smoothly, right until we had to remove a tiny hollow brass pin that linked the (manual) shifter to the transmission. You had to use a tap of exactly the correct width and a mallet to push the brass pin out and disconnect the linkage, so you could remove the engine+transmission. We used a tap that was less than a millimeter too small, and ended up going into the hollow portion of the pin, expanding it more, and delaying us 9 hours while we took turns under the car hitting it between smoke breaks. Finally, with enough silicon lubricant and force of will, that ****ing pin came loose. I'll never forget that.
... okay.... so uh where's the video?
As I was taking everything apart, a cheap screw sheared off in the worst possible location. I had to buy a screw extractor kit and a tiny drill bit, which totally didn't work. I did not want to destroy my plaid SCCM to remove the screw, so I bought the smallest diamond cutting bit I could find and eventually etched enough of a channel into the remnants that I could turn it with a flathead screwdriver. Success! Except not. As I was turning it, it broke in another place. I then had to dremel out the side of a shift stalk to get the stalk out of my SCCM.
So, folks. I'm back in business, but I lost a lot of time waiting for things to ship (some of which didn't work) and then hitting further roadblocks, but they were all related to a single solitary fastener. I still have the brass pin, and I'll keep this ****ing screw forever. I may frame them both together.
cheers!
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