Ed B's Journal
December has closed; time to post the "annual". Another trip around the Sun, here we go...
Recapping the year in brief goes like this: The differential leak got repaired & the front brake system is done.
The [leather] differential input seal was replaced with a new rubber/synthetic seal, and upon further inspection, so were the others seals and bearings. This was the easy part of the job. The worst part proved to be a personal challenge during the re-installation due to the rear diff. lug-poly/bushings not fitting the chassis mounts, and then lining-up for the long cross-bolt. Eventually it went in with new poly-bushings up front and hardware. The re-built/finished leaf-spring was re-installed, bolted up and the whole assembly looks superb! ...and no leaks!
The front brake/hub assembly was rebuilt as well. The EBCs and newly painted calipers look fine. The dust plates got cleaned & refinished [sorry, 'can't afford the new SS plates from Moss yet]. The real problem was the inner seal assembly; felt-seal inboard or out? Well, too many references with apposing directions... I picked one, cleaned, inspected & re-packed the bearings & re-installed it all. Everything rolls real smooth now! Very clean too. While there, I had purchased the adjustable sway-bar linkage some time ago, and that replaced the stock OEM linkage.
Battery compartment got a make-over: compartment cleaned & re-painted/sealed, new drain-hose, batt. felt liner, new clamp-down system, & new battery cables. All the age-old corrosion on the starter relay was carefully removed and the steel got buffed & clear-coated, matching other buffed engine compartment items.
Stay tuned for more.
Ed.
Recapping the year in brief goes like this: The differential leak got repaired & the front brake system is done.
The [leather] differential input seal was replaced with a new rubber/synthetic seal, and upon further inspection, so were the others seals and bearings. This was the easy part of the job. The worst part proved to be a personal challenge during the re-installation due to the rear diff. lug-poly/bushings not fitting the chassis mounts, and then lining-up for the long cross-bolt. Eventually it went in with new poly-bushings up front and hardware. The re-built/finished leaf-spring was re-installed, bolted up and the whole assembly looks superb! ...and no leaks!
The front brake/hub assembly was rebuilt as well. The EBCs and newly painted calipers look fine. The dust plates got cleaned & refinished [sorry, 'can't afford the new SS plates from Moss yet]. The real problem was the inner seal assembly; felt-seal inboard or out? Well, too many references with apposing directions... I picked one, cleaned, inspected & re-packed the bearings & re-installed it all. Everything rolls real smooth now! Very clean too. While there, I had purchased the adjustable sway-bar linkage some time ago, and that replaced the stock OEM linkage.
Battery compartment got a make-over: compartment cleaned & re-painted/sealed, new drain-hose, batt. felt liner, new clamp-down system, & new battery cables. All the age-old corrosion on the starter relay was carefully removed and the steel got buffed & clear-coated, matching other buffed engine compartment items.
Stay tuned for more.
Ed.
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