Type R Club of America

First order of business last night was something I have wanted for a long long time, and have never been able to do. All of my previous garages were tight on space, no wi-fi, or a temporary lease of space. I got myself a Amazon Firestick on prime day, and had an old TV and mount in a closet waiting to be used. A quick run to Home Depot for a concrete drill bit and some lag bolts, a half hour or so later and whallaaaaa!!



What a great setup for the garage. I have a wi-fi extender right next to the TV so it seems to work great! I streamed Dumb & Dumber last night while working and it didn't skip or pause 1 time. Highly recommended for anyone looking to add TV without adding a cable box to your bill every month.


Once I got that all done and got the garage cleaned up from 2 weeks of shenanigans, I was back to cleaning up the harnesses. I got the passenger main firewall harness pretty much done! I need to do some more work on the fuse box, it's pretty tired. Next up is the driver side harness. I hope to attack that next go round and then we can start setting things in place!






Things are looking fresh!! I got a pretty hefty parts order comin in soon to hopefully button up the engine and get heR ready to have a heart again.

Damn that harness looks mint! I also have a TV in the garage. Couldn’t live without it during football season.

Zzzzzz? Where's the updates?

Parts Order arrived a while back. Got a few things before they were disco'd. Bunch of misc covers gaskets and clips, radiator overflow tank, with cap tubes and clips, hood latch assembly, throttle stay for manifold and some other bits. Parts list and #'s below.

11810-P72-A00 - Cover B, Timing Belt
11820-P72-000 - Cover, Timing Belt Middle
11840-P72-010 - Cover, Timing Belt Back
11832-P72-000 - Rubber, R Back Seal
11925-P30-000 - Rubber A, Engine Mounting Bracket Seal
11926-PR3-000 - Rubber B, Engine Mounting Bracket Seal
90007-679-000 - Bolt A, Timing Belt Cover
90010-PR3-000 - Bolt, Timing Belt Cover
11812-PJ7-310 - Grommet, Timing Belt Cover
32757-P72-A00 - Stay S, Engine Wire Harness
17910-ST7-R01 - Wire, Throttle
19101-P72-000 - Tank, Reserve
19519-P54-003 - Clamp, Water Hose
19511-PH7-003 - Clip, Hose (36.5MM)(Chuo Spring)
19104-P08-000 - Tube, Reserve Tank
19102-PM5-A00 - Cap, Reserve Tank
19106-PA0-020 - Joint, Reserve Tank
19103-P72-000 - Hose, Reserve Tank
74173-SJ4-000 - Cushion, Radiator Mounting
94301-14200 - Pin, Dowel (14X20)
74120-ST7-A02 - Lock Assembly, Hood
90672-SJ4-013 - Holder, Rod
90135-SB0-003 - Bolt, Steering Yoke (8X28)(Nippon Seiko)
90511-671-003 - Washer, Toothed Lock
17662-S04-003 - Gasket, Fuel Filler (With Clip)



- RDOT Transmission media blasted and cleaned
- RDOT Block & head steamed and cleaned
- Mated Engine and trans with new dowels (Need fresh hardware)
- Timing covers installed (Need to get the info stickers)
- New motor mounts installed (Need to get fresh hardware)
- MOUNTED THE ENGINE IN THE CAR (Need to get a bunch of nuts and bolts to be 100% but used what we had to get the motor mounted and in place so we could drool for a few hours)
- Intake manifold cleaned and painted to look fresh and just mocked up at the end of a long night
- Some misc brackets and parts bolted in

Many of the major tasks have now been tackled. Lots of little things to find, clean, mount, and test. This has been a long road to get to this point... I picked this giRl up on June 24, 2015. She hasn't had a heart for 17+ years, but last night she got the transplant shes been waiting for. Take a look and enjoy!

Incredible!

Now this is what I call a perfect build! Love it

Nice progress Dan! Is that R-dot stamp on the tranny? Didn’t realize they were stamped also like the blocks...

CDMTypeR wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:45 pm Now this is what I call a perfect build! Love it

Thank you sir!! Coming along

9701TypeR wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:48 pmNice progress Dan! Is that R-dot stamp on the tranny? Didn’t realize they were stamped also like the blocks...

Thank you m8! The other RDOT is on the tranny, yes. Stamped just like the blocks. Head is stamped '97 also so without the VIN matching engine and trans, I figured this is closest and best replacement for restoration.

aklackner wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:38 amIncredible!

9701TypeR wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:48 pmNice progress Dan! Is that R-dot stamp on the tranny? Didn’t realize they were stamped also like the blocks...

Thank you m8! The other RDOT is on the tranny, yes. Stamped just like the blocks. Head is stamped '97 also so without the VIN matching engine and trans, I figured this is closest and best replacement for restoration.

Great info! And agreed that’s the best setup when original is no longer present.

I love this build. So beautiful.