Thanks, this was a big help
Do I still need a transmission jack if the entire drive train, engine, tranny, driveshaft are out of the car? Can I put the jack stand under the frame rails? Hemi-Itis: That is a real good question and I've asked myself the same. Please allow me to explain my thinking. I plan on going the rattle can method. There is no rust, as far as I can tell, on the shock towers or where the torsion bars and shocks attach. So I was going to sand around and primer those areas. But there is major surface rust on the upper control arm, brakes, and so forth. Since I was thinking of going with disc brakes, a friend suggested I roll the entire assembly out, dismantle it, have the K frame sand blasted (I have a place that will do the hood, K frame, bumper brackets, and other parts for around $300) and then rebuild the K frame and suspension (tie rods, ball joints, pittman arm, idler arm, and all the rest while it was out. Maybe even do the disc brake conversion on the front at that time. Now I am an older guy but have no idea how to do any of this and can't afford to farm it out so I am going to have to learn by doing. If I am eventually going to redo the front suspension, it seemed like a good idea to finish the engine bay with all of that out of the car. Does this make any sense? You bet I'm going to think this through. I was already to do it last year when someone asked me if I had bought Mancini's kit of tools for this yet? Oops. That is next.
