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Re: Restoring Rusty
so after transfering all the rust and dust off of the driveshaft on to me, I gave it a little acid wipe (that's what discolored it a bit, heck it might have even been flash rust) and then it was time to POR it on
last pic not too good, cause of shadows and the sun, but I wasn't gonna pick up a wet piece just to move it in the shade for a pic |
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spent the day painting with POR15, so here are the bottom brackets of the transmission cross member (cause I could not remove the actual cross member for the life of me)
hey sonny be careful with them OEM parts it's not like they grow on trees (ah yikes, never mind) |
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kinda hard to tell but all I used was a lid full from an aerosole can and I still had half left over, this POR15 stuff goes a long long way
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yes I had to go back and remove that drive shaft middle support bracket off the car, I could not see myself bolting up a nice shiny drive shaft to a rusty crusty bracket
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the drive shaft middle bracket also got it's back scratched with the angle grinder and a wire brush and a soaking in some Phosphoric acid for good measure, then a coat of POR15
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so that brings us to current, we can't go any further cause we are waiting on
1. Super Duper "White Lightning" Lithuania Grease fer the clutch linkage and pedal assembly 2. We are waiting on SM465 FelPro gasket set fer the Transmission 3. We are waiting on THE PAINT TO DRY 4. And Eastwood Blackening solution for nuts and bolts Last edited by Gregski; 02-22-2015 at 11:19 PM. |
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You might as well order some Tite Seal (medium weight) to seal up the valve covers with, too, because it is gonna drive you nuts when (not if, WHEN) they start leaking without it, and I know how you are going to feel about waiting for it to come in.
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I just love the good humor in this thread!
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bnoon ,Im with you on your humor thoughts ,he is working his but off and having fun too and making a lot of headway .
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Doing a lot of stuff I would have skipped! Makes me really pay attention to see that it's possible to just not cut corners in order to achieve a better finished product.
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Helluva thread! Just spent the last 2-1/2 hrs reading it. You are as detail-oriented as I am, kudos to you, Sir.
And my wife wonders how I can get excited about restoring stuff...
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You da man dude.
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thanks, I really enjoy learning and wrenchin'
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Dang, my readership just doubled, LOL
your build thread see I must yup, mine calls the truck, "The Other Woman" well shoot honey, she don't mind if I look at other trucks, or if I come home smelling like another truck, well you git the idear |
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lets just say the wife is out of town for a couple of days, and keep this on the down low
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My wife thinks its normal to have car and truck parts all over the house .
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^^^ Love the tools on the floor. Those are the same three tools I have been using the most for my new 1975 K-10 rebuild. PB Blaster (More is Better) Cheater Bar (Longer is Better) 5 Pound sledge hammer (When all Else Fails) Thanks for your great thread. You are helping me with my restoration.
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Go ahead and paint the chairs while your at it. So if she does find out you can say, "But honey I painted the chairs with POR15. They'll last a long time.....
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If you want to see a build thread that takes a 180° turn, then go here: http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f8/je...build-1261179/ That's my other toy, patiently waiting for me back in Texas. Once the house is built, I'll go get her.
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just trying to keep the Devil out of them details while I wait on materials, gaskets, and paint to dry
these are the metal bands that hold the universal joints of the driveshaft to the differential |
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ok, these are my clean eight (minus one, that's missing) bolts that hold the top of the Muncie transmission cover to the transmission
Have you seen those cuts on the bolt threads before, I have never seen that before? Is that some sort of method of preventing them from backing out, a locking type mechanism? |
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