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Old May 9, 2026 | 11:36 AM
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I have one of those in the Gladiator body style.



Sweet! Take it to the mountains!
I also use this:

Prior to my mom passing 3 years ago, she paddle shifted the TRX on the MN River Road. She was around 95 yrs young and mph! Great memories!!!

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Old May 9, 2026 | 11:39 AM
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The hood is on! My wife actually helped place it!!!

Next is Changing the oil/filter, then give it a bath and wax. Then drive it to get gasoline.
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Washed and waxed!

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50 miles on her. Runs great! Computer is mapping itself out. The TKX is awesome. I'm glad I removed the the 2 bigger shifting springs, very nice for me.

Friggin awesome car!

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Old May 10, 2026 | 01:26 PM
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Congrats! You zoomed through this whole project, and it looks awesome.
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Old May 10, 2026 | 02:20 PM
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She’s a real beauty, Ted, congratulations!
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Old May 11, 2026 | 01:03 AM
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Very nice project, you did some fine work. Glad it turned out so well for you.
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Thank you all. Lots of good people and institutional C2 knowledge here, which definitely helped!

Placing new rear bushing, etc so I can get it aligned. The guy at the alignment shop has done them before! I'll have a full set of shims and I'll try to drill the cotter pin holes.

I'm also wrapping the lead pipes to reduce heat soak. One down one to go.
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Your avatar looks like you took a bad turn in your new toy.
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Your avatar looks like you took a bad turn in your new toy.
Ha! No matter what I do with that avatar function, it will not change. New on shows up but that one stays. Goofy.
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Well crud, now it changed. Lol
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He's just illustrating that these cars look great from ANY angle!
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Finished wrapping lead pipes.

I then removed rear strut rods and removed the rotted bushings, only to find that they are C3 and my replacement are C2. So I ordered the Moog K6213 ones. Unfortunately, no driving until next weekend

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It's frustrating to be waiting on parts Ted, especially when you have had a taste of driving it. Hang in there, you're doing great!
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The larger C3 strut rods are considered an upgrade. Did the PO use polyurethane bushings? They won’t last very long under aggressive driving as the strut rods move in an arc.
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Originally Posted by Factoid
The larger C3 strut rods are considered an upgrade. Did the PO use polyurethane bushings? They won’t last very long under aggressive driving as the strut rods move in an arc.
They were dry rotted rubber. I just didn't measure and ASSumed they were C2. Just another $150 spent.



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Ted,
You're going to love the Moog K6213 strut rods. The rubber bushings are vulcanized to the strut rod not sleeved like the ones you removed. They're more sturdy, as well.


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Installed Moig links. Easy peasy. Reset to marks I did on the alignment bolts and tightened them down. Friday is alignment day. Then drive like i stole it!


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I used those C2 sized repair bushings and they didn't last.
I then went with the MOOG strut rods too.
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