05-10-2004, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Hoytsville, Utah
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Got my '68 panel home
Thank you, '68 Suburban, for being an honest, straight-up guy to deal with.
I had tow vehicle trouble on the way home from Pheonix, so I had to drive the panel the last 250 miles or so. It ran and drove great. I forgot how cool the three-on-the-tree was. It got 20 mpg over 250 miles of back road Utah. That little straight six keeps it up with traffic OK. I have a couple questions today. I pulled one of the front wheels off to see how the brakes looked, and there were three 5/16 bolts that held the drum to the hub. I don't think I've ever seen this before. I undid the first one, thinking it was threaded into the hub, but then I heard the nut fall off inside the drum. I undo the other two, and same thing. I get the drum off, and I see a brake job in my near future. I decide to put everything back the way it was when I notice that there is no way (to my untrained eye) to hold those nuts in place while putting the drum back on. Could this all have been put together and installed as a unit? I don't see how. I'll take pictures of the other side when I take it apart. The other thing is- The ignition switch does not seem to have an 'ACC' position. It all seems original, but if there was no radio, would they have put in a key switch like this? |
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