Wednesday, May 25, 2005

The wheels that refused to play

Well, I see that it has been a month since I have posted anything about my car. Truth of the matter is that I have not done too much too it. All projects are currently held up by the fact I cannot get the wheels off. I have made some progress on the locks so far. I bought a 3/4" hole saw and was able to cut off most of the lock on one wheel. However, little piece of it that remained was still big to get the wheel over. I have tried everything I can think of to get that little piece off but do to its depth in the wheel it is hard to find tolls that can reach it or get needed angle on it. I have bought a lot of tools trying to get something to work. I think my purchases alone are enough to keep Sears from going bankrupt. Here is a picture of the weapon I used on the locks:

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Here is a link to the discussion I have been having on a technical forum about the wheel locks: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218867&highlight=wheel+lock+hell


At this point I have exhausted my abilities.My Dad is going to drive down and with a trailer and we are going to carry the car to SD. There I will have my Dads tools to play with. There I will attempt cut the bolt with the wheel lock on it from behind the wheel. Somehow that plan will fail I just have not figured out how.

In the meantime, I have a lot of spare parts backed up waiting for the wheels to come off. I did manage to get the driver's seat out and I am ready to put the racing seat in. Here is the car minus its shot driver's seat:

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PRICE:
Tools - near $400
Parts - $30 (S-tube for the oil system)