Post 4: Fitting a Tow Bar

    I have no easy way to pull the block here, it's way too heavy, I have no hoist, no bridge. My friend Landers suggested I took the car down to his shop.
  So I  bought a basic tow bar for Harbor Freight:

   I figure I will use it in the future if we go to the Dragon, or the Beach, or wherever I might not want to drive the car. It will also come in handy if we go to an Autocross somewhere and have a mechanical problem...

   I had to slightly modify the attachment brackets to fit the 1" square tubing at the front of the car. When the radiator is back in place, I may have to re adjust them to leave them in place, or possibly weld four lugs into the tubing.

    Anyhow, this is the way it looks at the moment:

   

   I will need help in the morning to push the car up out of the driveway, and will tow it to Landers' shop behind Rachel's Honda Elements. When the engine block is out, I will bring the car back up to my tent and do some cleaning up in the engine compartment while it is empty (straighten up wiring, clean metal, polish aluminum, repaint. A high polish on the aluminum head cover would look good. I also want to add a fuse box and wire a cigarette lighter/USB unit.

  One thing I want to do in particular is put a high polish on the Cast Aluminum Head Cover;