- How's it going everybody?
Welcome to installment three
of the Sunbeam Tiger Redline Rebuild 289 project.
This was a pretty cool day.
I am filthy, it is yet another Saturday afternoon.
I got to use a tool that my buddy
who does a lot of welding made for me,
you'll see that in this video.
The main crux of everything was getting
this front subframe out from under the car.
You get to see that whole process,
or at least some edited chunk of it.
This is a really big deal, 'cause with this out of the way,
now the engine's exposed,
now I can get to all the other stuff underneath it
like the motor mounts, like the exhaust, all that,
to get it out of the way.
So, you'll get a chance to see all that today.
And I hope that you're enjoying this process.
'Cause I'm having a lot of fun taking this car apart.
And fortunately, because I did this a couple of years ago
with the other motor, everything's kinda
comin' apart pretty easy.
I will say that I almost did this right the first time.
Of course there was a hitch in it
where I forgot to loosen a line
that I should have remembered.
But no harm done, I caught it before I gnarled it
to a twisted chunk of unusable brake line.
So actually, I'm pretty far ahead of things
of where I normally am.
So, I hope you enjoy this.
We'll get it edited out and you'll really love it.
(hammering)
(fast-paced rock music)
(ratcheting wrench)
(clunking wood)
(fast-paced rock music)
(clunking wood)
(fast-paced rock music)
(thudding metal)
(fast-paced rock music)
Ah, you're a moron!
I knew it, brake line!
(laughing)
Always somethin'!
I got all those brake lines, and I forgot one.
(exhaling)
That's all right.
What fun is this job if you don't have
to remove the a brake line every single time you do it?
(clunking metal)
Ha!
(clattering metal)
Need it to come off there.
(laughing)
Okay, let's try that again!
Comin' down!
(soft rock music)
(fast-paced rock music)
Actually maybe I put it up too tall.
That's all right.
(clanging metal)
Not a problem.
(grunting))
(clattering metal)
Too tall!
Wow, I could never remember (mumbles).
(clunking metal)
(grunting)
(fast-paced rock music)
(clunking wood)
(slamming metal)
(laughing)
Yes, that's how you do it.
(clunking metal)
Gotta make my car taller.
(murmurs)
(clunking wood)
(grunting)
(laughing)
(fast-paced rock music)
That is the front subframe on the Sunbeam Tigers.
You could see, you got a brake line
that you should really disconnect
before you start screwin' around with all that.
I have disconnected the steering knuckle,
really in four big bolts.
And the hard part behind this is,
I don't know if you could see before (clinks),
but when you go all the way up through,
this is a big hollow welded together thing.
So, when you go all the way up (clinks) in there,
you have to be super careful not to knock your socket
off your extension, as you're goin' up in.
'Cause if you lose it, it'll just roll around
and end up down in here somewhere, which has happened.
And that's a real pain when you have to finally get it off,
and then suspend this from the end of a crane
and shake it until it ends up back down
at one of the ends, where you can dig it out.
I've made a lot of mistakes over the years.
Anyway, (clinking) okay that's out.
We're still jack stands, it didn't fall over.
I didn't get killed doin' that by myself.
And, I'm super happy.
So, that's a big chunk of work.
Now I can kinda drag this around a little bit.
I've got a hoist that I'll put on it
and lift it up and move it around safely,
so I'm not diggin' it up, draggin' it around, anyway!
So now, I can get to really easily, pull the starter,
pull the fuel line, loosen all the exhaust,
move the downpipes out of the way, probably pull 'em.
Motor mounts go in from the sides, so then you have to
get a cradle underneath the motor, which I have.
And then when you pull the motor mounts bolts out each side,
of transmission crossmember.
Yeah, I gotta do the topside stuff,
I gotta get the shift linkage out of the way,
gotta do the clutch fork,
yeah there's still kind of a lot of work to do.
But anyway, havin' that subframe out really helps open it up
and it's a big step.
I'm proud I got that done.
(grunting) Happy Saturday!