Status:
Brake booster removed and its sitting till I work on it later to install the new/used one.
EDIT: Removing brake booster's from our cars is MURDER on your back especially if you are a "fluffy" fella who isn't used to doing a contortion act. 
lol With most of the cushion worn out on my seat there was little to pad the left side of the seat poking into my back the whole time I was down there unbolting the booster.
*TIP: To alleviate fully evacuating the master cylinder and lines of all brake fluid I simply removed the master cylinder without taking the fluid cap off the reservoir. The vaccum inside kept 99.9% of the fluid in it. I put 4 pieces of masking tape over the 2 lines and 2 holes on the MC to prevent any lil seepage. I have to rebleed the system in either case, but it seemed easier to deal with the system in this manner rather than having brake fluid bled out completely first.
What is left to take her for a spin?
Vac Leak test
Resolve the unstable IDLE/KILLING issue
What is left to DO in general?- Rack & Pinion remove/replace (new tie rod ends too)
- Alignment
- Throttle body remove/replace (perhaps twice if new TB doesn't fix cause then I'll be putting the old one back on; FIAV issue/theory)
- Seafoaming of everything you can and exchanging/flushing all fluids with drive/run time in between when the Seafoam is in
- A/C System overhaul or just new A/C clutch? Decisions decisions
- Possible ignition switch replacement; how to do that? Need new key or what?
- Shift Stick (lever) bushings
- Strut tower covers install (may need to obtain nuts for these); this is to cover the top of the Ksport struts and the grease I put on the ball
- Heat shield install on hood
- Aesthetics - Replace rear driver brake lens, repair rear bumper crack and repaint, repaint rear hatch surface area below rear windshield, obtain non-cheesy seat covers and stick cushions underneath them
Does anyone have experience with A/C's?
See here:
http://www.3si.org/forum/showthread....88#post4489388
Rantings:
Andrew - Thanks! I sent you two LONG PMs. lol - FYI - I have amassed a pretty decent armory of tools and right now I believe I have all I need. More below.
No one should take this the wrong way so I hope you can understand where I'm coming from when I say this, but getting my car back on the road for a nice 1st test drive with the new suspension and brakes already in (in and not driven for over 8 months now) is something that means a lot to me and that I must complete on my own. More than anything else I like company while I work on the car and the occasional assistance, but when it comes to torquing down bolts and putting things all back together exactly the way they were my mind is too anal to let anyone else do it because after all it is the primary reason I do stuff on my own to begin with (because so many mechanics have messed my car up in the past) saving money being a close 2nd. I don't insinuate you or anyone that offers help would do shotty work at all, but that simply "I know me." and I'd be double quality inspecting work with my own eyes, hands, and wrenches so I can trust it and get that warm/fuzzy feeling. I wish it wasn't the case and I probably do need more exercises working in a team with someone, but fer now I think there is some strange significance here that I'm about to get the car on the road in the next few days.
At the 2 year anniversary of Katrina in 5 days (August 29th) that will mark 2 years that I've been working on my car off and on to get it road worthy again with it all starting the week after Katrina hit when I had nothing else to do, but bake in the heat everyday while we waited a week for electricity to come back. Limping so my baby did get me through the Katrina evac and back, but I knew maintenance was long overdue. There is something strange and "neat" about me coming to this moment right now where in the next day or so I will be able to take her out for a spin coinciding with the Katrina anniversary exactly 2 years ago when I put her in storage status. Hell I'd love it if I could take my car to one of the anniversary locations as they will be having them in at least 3 places that i know of cause that'll be kinda nostalgic in a weird sense for me seeing as the last time I really "drove it" was on the way home after Katrina passed.