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Don,

I didn't fab up the body lift but purchased it on the net. I will look at my paper work and see if I can find where I got it.
It was about between 3 to 4 hundred bucks.

I found it here it is>>>http://www.accessiblesystems.com/bl.php

Start a thread on your process.

Kenny needs to close the door and turn up the heat. I wonder what he's up to now? How many good parts on his new treasure?

Calvin

Calvin,

 I assume you're referring to my latest aquisition as the "treasure" (pictured here). I slapped the hardtop on my TR6 today. Should be good for the "shoulder" seasons up here in the Great White North. There's not too many parts I can use off this car though. I'll post a photo of the installation soon.


Ken

Are you saying you have a green TR6 with a red hardtop? Ewwww. Good for Christmas though I guess.

Jim

Excuse us Calvin but I need to show Jim I don't see any two tone here, do you?


Ken

Wow! another transformation by Ken . Alright who's car is that anyway?? Very nice!

I'm a color blind man here, so does that mean you have a red one for me or for sale??

It does look all green to me. Nice snap of the finger and walla its done.

Those factory hard tops sure look nice. Damn the price was right Ken, what a find.

Calvin

And Jim, that was a pretty funny remark, had me laughing.

It does suit the car well. Don't suppose it's any harder to paint a red one green than it is to go from white to black as I did. Only thing, mine wouldn't have shown as well in a B/W photo. Good find Ken.

Jim

Ok,

Kenny, no fare getting started on Christmas this early!

Here's to self gifting!



Debi and I had an unusual Christmas tradition. Each year we pick a letter of the alphabet and our gifts need to start with that letter. (we really don't need anything)

So this adds a little thinking to the Holidays.

This year it's "I", what the heck starts with I, a little help PLEASE!!!!!!!
(she never looks at this forum, so come up with some ideas)

Congrats on the hardtop!

Ice cream. Icicles. Itching powder...goin' downhill fast.

"Anything from Apple"

e.g. I-Pod, I-Phone, I-Book... (my wife Lisa just suggested this)

Or, you could buy a pair of plane tickets to Spain.

(The Iberian peninsula includes Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, and a little sliver of France.)

I suppose tickets to the Italian Peninsula would work too.

Or India, or Iceland too, if you want to get adventurous.
One final choice would be "ice" (diamonds).
You'll never go far wrong with that as a gift...

Now what I'm more interested in is how you get "yet another performance upgrade" to start with an "i"

OK, I'll give it a shot.

For her. Iris flowers if you can find them. An apple I-mac.

For you. Ignition switch for the TR6. 20 meg Internet.

I'll take this off to another thread as to not mess up you progress Calvin.

Ken asked for a color version of his early Christmas gift.( green car, red top)

(a few more things added)

I like the "I" ideas, I'll add them to my new forum. Do you think I'll get much help?

Sounds good Don. Calvin needs lots of space.

That doesn't look bad at all, surprisingly. But then, it is getting closer to christmas....

Jim

Wow! , This post has turned into a "Sticky" Thanks Curtis!

Was wondering how to use the original dash brace and use the stick shift hole at the same time.Took off all the black covering plus the old foam backing which was falling apart. With the dash brace mounted in the body , the dash put in to mock up where the now T56 stick shift resides, is about 4 1/2 " back from original hole.  So cut the dash brace at the radio face and took off the shifter hole piece. Proceeded with welding it back on with aluminum strips which added 4 ½" back so that the T56 shifter is center in the hole. The dash brace will be covered back up to look some-what close to original.

Before taking black covering off + old foam.


Extending hole 4 1/2" back to line up with T56 stick shift.








Used the new Miller 165 diverter tig AC/DC welder with staight argon gas. This welder works great for aluminum up to 3/16ths thick. It has the power control on the tig handle.

Next, need to work on making a transmission cover out of aluminum + move back the E-brake mount to clear stick shift area.

Is that a kit, or something you made up?

Hi Alan,

I made the original dash brace longer by 41/2". Used 2" wide, 4 1/2" long, .125 thick aluminum pieces. Tig welded all the pieces in to extend it out so T56 stick shift would come up through the hole. After welding all up, used a angle grinder to clean up.

The extention bracket thats on the transmission (4" forward) is from hotrodlane.cc for the T56.

Looking good Calvin. And yes, with over 7000 views,your thread should be a sticky. Alot of people on this planet look forward to news from you. It is, of course, a good exchange of ideas and sugestions.
 May I add, to you Calvin, and anyone else considering the T56 transmission, don't forget to allow for the extra width of  the "reverse lockout solenoid" on this unit. I had to go back into my custom transmission tunnel and refabricate it to give me more clearance for the seat. The seat would have fit without but it wouldn't have been able to slide forward.

I'm glad you chimed in about that reverse lockout solenoid Ken.

My Ls1 neighbor across the street here was telling me just to take it out for more room. Well that being said by him, I said "no it would be just my luck I would stuff it in reverse and blow the whole drive train out". I have read several places that people will do this in their swaps. Well what happens when you let someone else drive your car, not knowing about it being removed, and disaster ends your nice day. So I vote to leave it in, even if it is in the way some.

This photo shows the Aluminum 12.5 lbs Fidanza flywheel installed after cleaning all the clutch dust off the block.(Notice the removable steel surface on the flywheel that can be changed out). The pilot shaft bearing outer race that is pressed in the end of the crankshaft, is on the wood (Left side low in photo).I had to use a air body saw to cut a slot in, then was easier to pull out.


Cleaned up the bell housing from clutch dust and installed a new slave cylinder/ throwout bearing. GM T56 transmissions started having slave cylinders inside the bell housing I believe in 1998, in F-bodied cars. A quick diconnect for hydraulic fluid on the red cap and the bleeder bolt is above on top. I will make an access hole in my transmisson cover to bleed the clutch. That way 1 person can bleed the clutch.





Spec stage 2 + all installed ready to mate up the T56.

Engine installed again to check for clearances with accessories steering shaft and passenger side header.






Alternator is good to go.


Ac compressor needs more clearance for the cover and ears on the side. I was not happy anyway with this inner fender work so it was OK with me to re-do.

First 2 photos show how close the steering shaft is to the coil pack and footwell box.

This photo is looking up shaft towards the firewall.


This photo is taken looking down on shaft


Stll need to relieve a little more of the body here for the double u-joint.


This part of the shaft and heim support is good to go. The heim support and the tower crossmember all fits fine.

Compressor needs more room.




Passenger header needs more room.


So trying to get all clearance issues handled one last time. Then body goes back on rotisserie for adjustments again.


Radiator bottom brackets finished along with frame extention. I have a smaller condensor than the Camaro one that will fit better. Just need to make brackets for it. The 45 degree angle black line on the body mount I already cut off for radiator clearance.

74ls1tr6 Wrote:
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> The extention bracket thats on the transmission
> (4" forward) is from hotrodlane.cc for the T56.

Hi Calvin.

It was the extension bracket I was interested in. I'm likely to be needing something similar is why...
Thanks, Alan

btw: Those inner wings look GREAT. Really nice work on them.

Actually I'm curious about spacing on the solenoid as well. You reckon you could send me a couple of hi-res pics of the cutout you made.

TIA, Alan

Alan,

OK, any particular angle you want? Do you want a photo of the dash support along with showing the solenoid? I can take a photo from directly above that area to show how far it does stick out.
Just let me know and I'll shoot and send.
I will probably add some more aluminum to the end of the support, to cover all the shifting mechanics of the shifting yoke.

I still have your email address.