Low Slung T
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dwsatt21
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Gerry that’s really nice. I’m going to sit on this headlight wire thing for a bit while I get some others things done.
On to rebuilding my rear end. picked up a donor rear a couple weeks ago with a good differential and some 3.08 gears. Tore it down last night and checked it over. Time to get these parts in my T rear.
On to rebuilding my rear end. picked up a donor rear a couple weeks ago with a good differential and some 3.08 gears. Tore it down last night and checked it over. Time to get these parts in my T rear.
Indycars
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I have a separate light for turn signal that is not shown in my photo. The the three wires are
Ground, Low Beam and High Beam.
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dwsatt21
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Alright. Donor rear and T rear are both torn down. This adds up to a whole lotta parts. Spent most of the day clearing up my T rear and then laid some primer on it so it stops rusting. I would have never guessed I could have gotten this thing in my parts washer without making a mess but it worked out well. A dollar store toilet brush works well for cleaning out the axle tubes.
Next is to put it back together. I have all the parts I need now assuming the summit box that I haven’t opened yet is my rebuild kit. Should be interesting swapping them out. I’m going to do some measuring on the pinions and the pinion shins and see if I can make a very educated guess on where to start with that. I suppose in theory I should be able to just use the factory shim but that is making a huge assumption that two 10 bolt housings made 18 years apart are exactly same. I’m just going to assume that it’s not going to work out that way...
Next is to put it back together. I have all the parts I need now assuming the summit box that I haven’t opened yet is my rebuild kit. Should be interesting swapping them out. I’m going to do some measuring on the pinions and the pinion shins and see if I can make a very educated guess on where to start with that. I suppose in theory I should be able to just use the factory shim but that is making a huge assumption that two 10 bolt housings made 18 years apart are exactly same. I’m just going to assume that it’s not going to work out that way...
choppedtop
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Okay, I give up,,,,,,,,where is da fun?
Okay, I give up,,,,,,,,where is da fun?
The 'fun' part is when you're done, and there's no 'extra' parts on the work bench.
(I hate it when that happens!
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dwsatt21
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Got the brakes all together today after giving my wife’s car some attention. When I was a looking for the projectiled spring cup last night I saw her car was leaking oil out of the drain plug. So a fresh oil change and a new plug seal was in order. Then of course it was nearly out of gas, so I took it to fill it up and ran it through the wash for her. Hoping that scored me some brownie points for what’s coming next...
After all that I decide to put the axles in my rear. They slide right in and I seated the c clips nicely. Gave the diff a spin and it made some crazy noises. Hmm. Spun one of the axles and the diff didn’t spin with it. Turns out I must have mixed up how many splines my originally rear had. New diff has 28...axles only have 26. I checked the sliders to see if I could just swap them out from the old diff. No go there, so now I need some new axles. Got some ordered. Was tempted to get some nice moser axles but I figured some stock replacements should be plenty.
After all that I decide to put the axles in my rear. They slide right in and I seated the c clips nicely. Gave the diff a spin and it made some crazy noises. Hmm. Spun one of the axles and the diff didn’t spin with it. Turns out I must have mixed up how many splines my originally rear had. New diff has 28...axles only have 26. I checked the sliders to see if I could just swap them out from the old diff. No go there, so now I need some new axles. Got some ordered. Was tempted to get some nice moser axles but I figured some stock replacements should be plenty.
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