Hello guys,
Wah, already a year since my last post in here, can't believe it!
A lot have been done during that time. But yet, the car is still not running...
First of all, we finally bought a tranformer Kmember form Magnum Force, with manual rack and pinion, double adjuster viking coilovers. It was a real pain to get it. It was during their moving to Las Vegas, so it added some delay on the preparation etc etc. After 5 months it finally showed up here in France what a relief especially after such an investment. The only thing was that the rack and pinion bushings were missing... So I called them letting them know about that, and I would say that it was pretty cool from them as they recognized their mistake and shipped some right way to me free of charge. Even after 9 months so I was pretty happy about that.
What about the car now :
- Bench seats :
Front one, has been tore down completely
Sanded the shell
primed it then painted in black
Bought some new foam
rebuild it and reassembled it
Put back the upholstery on it as it was new when we bought it
strengthened the spring on the shell to get a firm sat
Same operation for the rear bench seats
- Transmission :
Disassembled (except for the countershaft end play was good and rotated freely)
removed all the gears from the shaft
Changed the bearing as well as the needle bearing in the input shaft
Every single seal has been changed on the levers and so on
Sanded to bare metal the case and the tail
Epoxy primed it
Painted it with metallic grey then clear coated
Fully reassembled
The shifter mechanism is back on and adjusted properly (I presume lol)
Installed the bellhousing too
- Rear end :
Bought everything new except for the main case and third member.
Every internal parts are new
New tapered Timken bearings
New axle shafts from Moser
New axles, flange, plate, carrier seals
New ring gear and pinion from Richmond : it's a 3.73 ratio
New Eaton truetrac
Assembly of the third member is finally done with a good centered pattern on the ring gear tooth
Back lash is set good too between the tolerance of the service manual
With the third member installed we installed the axle shafts in
Set the end play between the tolerance of the service manual too
Rotates freely
- The car :
Put back the leaf springs on the rear end
installed the rear end on the car
Suspension attached to the rear end
Put back the drums & the old wheels
The old wheels will stay on the car till we finish it completely
Once it's one will put the new rims on it! can't wait to see that
Finally the car is back on the rear wheels after 4 years!! What an emotion it was to see her on the rear wheels!
With that done, the car is now in the paint shop for the final stage, which is the flat black hood stripes and the clear coat on the rest of the car.
Then once the car returns from the paint shop, we can start the reassembly process.