February 27, 2007 by Rob.

My son and general shop helper started posting today!  I’m looking forward to adding his perspective into the work that we do.  He definitely pulls his own weight in the work we have to do.

I also started looking online for an electric power steering (P/S) pump.  DriveEV.com used a salvaged MR2 p/s pump and I thought to just order one.  Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible to order auto parts by the part type!  Everything expects you to start with the Make, Year, and Model.  I could use a Prius p/s pump (also electric) except that it does not look like they sell them in the after market.

Suggestions anyone?

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February 27, 2007 by Alex.

Last weekend we cut the metal plate to fit the transmission, and it was a lot more work that I expected. Cutting with the ripsaw didn’t work out for the teeth wore down to fast and the blade when we used the grinder was ground down about 1.5 inches when cutting the aluminum. After that we started to drill the holes to attach it to the transmission but drildred some of the holes in the wrong place. We had to re drill one of the holes three or four times to get into the right place.

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