Sunday, March 3, 2013

Day 5: Slow Progress

I am currently writing this with multiple bandages on my hands. I was going to get as much of the engine harness and whatever other connecting bits in the engine bay I could remove done today, but fate thought it would be funny to try to remove my fingers, so I got very little done. Since my last post I don't have a lot to show for the work I've done on the MPV, I've mostly been working on the Bradley and a motorbike, so progress is slow.

Anyway, that's about all I have to say right now, so onward to the photos and their descriptions!

I took the front bumper off. Best thing I ever decided to do, it saves your knees while you're bent over in the engine bay. I also covered one side of the van because I got over-spray from another project on the door. Not happy about that.
 Also got the oil drained. You can see how greasy the underside of my van is in this shot, proof of the massive oil spill the quicky lube created.

This is a photo for a customer of the main crankshaft pulley. These old JEV6's have an interesting phenomena where the pulleys that make up the main crank pulley start to come apart. You can see where mine has about a half a millimeter of clearance between the alternator and power steering pulleys.

The arrows were for fun, kind of envisioning something here. Of maybe I was afraid I'd forget which side of the car was the front.

Another photo for a customer of the connector for the MAF sensor. Hopefully this unit worked out for him.