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1.5 ohm for V8 and 3 ohm for 6 cylinders
Cruising in downtown L.A. yesterday[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Washed my car for the first time in a long time.going on a cruise today in la somewhere[ATTACH]
Well the one that showed up later in the day was incorrect so I installed the regular stock open type ball bearing one and the retainer with the...
I got home today and installed the new rear bearing and retainer plate. Installed the new throw out bearing and spring, got the new sprung clutch...
I just got the open ball bearing from the parts store and it's correct. I also have a sealed one coming in about 2:00. If that one's correct also...
I plan on putting some 140 in it with a little Lucas
Yep the parts store is sending me down a sealed one and they open one
Hey Woody the water was all the residual rust that was in the trans that I couldn't get out I believe. As far as the corn head Grease I was going...
Well even though I told the lady to ship ups only she shipped all the parts in the order that I need to put this thing back together through the...
The number that I thought I saw on the seal was actually the cast in number on the rear bearing retainer. I do have a main shaft oil baffle but a...
Well what I thought was a seal with part numbers is actually part of the housing. So perhaps I have a early and late tail shaft housing. Seems...
While waiting on parts for my transmission swap I noticed that my old transmission had a seal on the rear of the transmission. And my new used one...
No worries man always need a second set of eyes when working on old junk
It's not an optical illusion. The flywheel side of the clutch is definitely not touching completely flat. I should probably take the flywheel off...
For sure water contamination. I've changed the trans fluid about four times since I've had the car and the rear end about the same. The rear end...
That's not too low haha. Here's mine when I built it million years ago[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] here's a picture of the replacement trans with the nice gears. Going to go soak all the hardware and clamshell today at work and order a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] it ended up taking about 2 hours to get everything all apart and out. Figured I'd check the...
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Getting started now see how far I get tonight[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's what I figured myself. I just got wood floor board so that's easy. And the rear ends probably less than 15 bolts to roll it back. I've...
Either pull the engine and transmission and front sheet metal or move the rear end and torque tube back. I'm thinking that moving the rear end...
Nice looks like fun , my first hot rod was a T-Bucket
When I found it and now[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This doesn't exactly apply but on my 64 El Camino when I first got it it would never go to full. Turns out there's two screws holding the face of...
I didn't talk to anybody at the show Saturday but it was nice to see all the cars lined up.
Cool thanks I'm headed over now
Those tail lights look bigger than 50 Pontiac like 1952 Maybe. They are a little thicker than the 50 units
Wow that add looks serious. Wish I could make it or was closer, it was a hoot when it was on the west coast the one time
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