Wow, fun day yesterday. I'm trying to finish up some last minute things before the Winged Warrior event on June 3rd and I've only got a couple days to do it so I had to make good use of those few days.

   I started off yesterday by pulling the car in a nd removing the transmission as well as the other parts needed to get it out. The input shaft seal has been leaking a decent stream of fluid right into the bellhousing so I had to get it fixed before the oil got all over my clutch taking it out. The fun thing is that the seal is clear at the bottom of the transmission so you've got to remove literally everything in the tranny just to get to the seal in the first place. After removing the seal it was plainly obvious that the seal wasn't in the best of shape and the new one should hopefully solve any issues I had.

   Of course the fun thing about taking the tranny all the way apart is putting it back together. Kendal returned from job-hunting and was busy talking to me. I was trying my best to pay attention to what I was doing and her, but ended up leaving out the fifth gear oiling tube at the last minute so I had to tear the center case back off to get it installed. Gotta love dooing your work twice.

   After getting the tranny back in the car I threw on my new Hawk HP Plus brake pads into the front. I've got a set for the rear as well, but I've got to wait and pick up some new rotors for the rear as they are pretty much toast back there. Hopefully I can get that knocked out this Sunday.

   While I had the battery out I decided to see if I could switch back to my fullsize battery on the car as the mini had nearly stranded me a couple of times. To do this though I had to shrink the catchcan which I was able to do relatively easily by simply removing the center section, sanding down what was left to smooth and level and then gluing them back together with pvc glue. Since it's never under much pressure I don't anticipate any issues with the bonding technique I chose.

   Now onto today's issues. After ordering up a set of hoodpins the other day from http://www.hrpworld.com/ I began the task of tracking down my new carbon fiber hood. Problem is that there is a world wide shortage on carbon fiber and since I need this hood by June 3rd I don't have time to wait on a couple of the shops to build me one at their leisurely time. I'm trying desperately to track down one that's already made and ready to ship. I think I might have found one from VIS Racing, their Invader hood may be in stock in their California warehouse and as I type this the boys at VIS are checking in on it for me. Hopefully I'll get a call back from them sometime soon.