I'm from Southern California as well, but am a bit North of Steve in the High Desert. I am an Embedded Software Engineer at a large Aerospace company for the last 28 years. My TC5238 was originally purchased by my Pop in 1955 and was his daily commuter through Topanga Canyon along Pacific Coast High...

I just installed one in my garage about 4 months ago. Assembly was a piece of cake. The drilling and installation of the concrete inserts was not. The manual says you need 4" thick concrete at a minimum. As I have a tract house, the concrete turned out to be around 3 to 3.5" thick. When I drilled us...

Great pic Steve. I too took the flight on Saturday. Wish I had thought about the picture opportunity, nice work!

Personally I don't know of a way to tell. I live in Southern California so there is no harsh winter or road salt. I just do it once a year in the spring (no pun intended).

Excellent, thank you very much. Learn something new everyday!

If I fill the radiator to the top when cold as it heats up it naturally expands and overflows. I just thought there might be some level below the top that is recommended to avoid overflow when hot.

Does anybody know how full to fill the radiator?

I use Wurth HHS-K, a high pressure resistant highly adhesive synthetic lubricating oil. It penetrates the tightest of gaps and after a few minutes the solvent evaporates leaving behind the adhesive, waterproof load bearing oil. I usually jack the car up to help open up the gaps as much as possible a...

Thank you very much, just tried this and it's better, still have to push and shove more than I would like, but better than my previous attempts.

Does anybody have a procedure or pictures on how to properly pack the 4 side screens into the rear storage compartment without mucking them up? Each of mine are in a very thin cloth storage back, but I find it very difficult to get them all to fit.

The key is the ground down hardened washer, when it lays loose it fits through the slinger, then as you tighten the bolt, it stands up straight and no longer fits through the slinger and out the slinger comes.

No, I did both sides with the rear end still on the car, just as in the final picture in the article. I didn't think it would work, but I didn't want to take the rear end out of the car, so I tried it and was amazed at how easy they came out.

Take a look in the Technical Articles section under Resources. There is an article "Oil thrower bushing removal" that details how to build a puller. I spent days trying all kinds of things before I came across this article. A trip to the local hardware store and 5 minutes later and out they came!