Transmissions and The Front End...

So, we've been cleaning up our Ford AOD transmission, getting it ready for its rebuild.  It came out of a 1988 Thunderbird without a lot of miles on it.  Since we drive the ISIS Power truck a lot, we don't want to take any chances.  We're going to rebuild it.  We have the rebuild kit and will start to take it apart this week. 

We wanted to clean it up so it was power washed and attacked with a wire wheel over the past few days.  Since Max the intern went back to school, that duty fell on my shoulders.  I don't mind because it is actually cathartic. 

After we rebuild the transmission, we need to protect the surface, just as we need to do for the chassis and the underside of the body.  Not knowing much about the best way to do this, I turned to my pal Tony D at Valspar for help.  He recommended their Plastikote line of products.  They have something for all of our metal protection needs.  I need to do a little more research on all of their options but I think that we'll be covered, all puns intended. 

We start welding the Heidts Superide II IFS in tomorrow.  We've prepped the frame rails and will start by welding in the boxing plates.  From there, the rest of the parts will fall into place.  We're shooting video for all of this so watch for the coverage. 

We also get the rear-end back from our friends at KVF Blasting tomorrow.  The axles, bearings and seals came in Friday so we'll get that assembled Tuesday.  From there, we need to grind off the old Mustang mounts from the Quadra-Bind and start to assemble the Heidts 4-link rear for the F100 truck. 

There is a ton of stuff to do.  Stay tuned for more details. 
We're also wrapping up production on more of the ISIS electrical install videos.  Another batch of those will be trickling out next week.  Keep an eye out for those to show you the details on how we wire our F100 truck with ISIS. 

Jay