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My buddy at Oreillys gave me a great deal on all three. They will all outlast me I’m sure!
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My buddy at Oreillys gave me a great deal on all three. They will all outlast me I’m sure!
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Tonight’s project was to get the bolt bin up. Bought a kit online that came with everything. 1/4-3/4 grade 8 assortment. I had ZERO hardware in the shop before this. Going to save my pennies and get a metric set next.
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On my list!
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Loctite, a few sheets of gasket material, engine assy lube.
Actually, a darn good shop vac. I envision one hanging on a tensioned cable, able to slide across the shop near the ceiling....
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Couple of neat old things I found while mushroom hunting the property this eve. I really stoked about the Ford emblem! I’m not even a Ford guy, but I can’t wait to hang it up somewhere in the shop.
Kyle_in_Tex
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That kind of looks like a 55-56 or so Ford car. If so, it was the first car I remember riding in (around 1963). Ours was 2 tone blue and white.
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I would say a 1957 on the car and tree picture...
The 85 Ford emblem would place it between 1932-37... my knowledge bank of early V8 Fords is lacking compared to Model A's
The 85 Ford emblem would place it between 1932-37... my knowledge bank of early V8 Fords is lacking compared to Model A's
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Finally got the other building torn down and hauled off Friday! Looks so much better around the shop now. We have a landscaping guy starting next week. Can’t wait to see all the progress he makes. Doing a ton of stuff around the house and the shop.
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The latest couple of projects in the shop.
The RZR got an oil change and new front driveshaft u-joints. And it needed them! Factory nongreasable replaced with greasable ones. The Prowler is getting a rear end rebuild and all new greasable u-joints as well. I thought the pinion bearings were out of it but it ended up being the ujoints in the rear driveshaft when I tore into it.
The pinion is like a third member in the Prowler and there’s no preload on it that can be adjusted.
Turns out the ujoints were locked up in the rear driveshaft making it out of round. It’s the second set of ujoints that have been put in it too. It exploded the original driveshaft with only a couple hundred miles on it. They are basically in a straight line and the rear end and tcase are both solid mounted. It has around 4000 miles on it so the second set last a bit longer.
The front driveshaft is an engineering marvel, as in what engineer thought this was a good idea! You have to remove the ujoint on the vehicle to change it, or even to remove the flanges on the tcase and the front diff. Replaced the ujoints on the front driveshaft to greasable ones too.
Built me a $15 dollar ujoint press to service them on the vehicle. It worked ok, at least got the job done.
The RZR got an oil change and new front driveshaft u-joints. And it needed them! Factory nongreasable replaced with greasable ones. The Prowler is getting a rear end rebuild and all new greasable u-joints as well. I thought the pinion bearings were out of it but it ended up being the ujoints in the rear driveshaft when I tore into it.
The pinion is like a third member in the Prowler and there’s no preload on it that can be adjusted.
Turns out the ujoints were locked up in the rear driveshaft making it out of round. It’s the second set of ujoints that have been put in it too. It exploded the original driveshaft with only a couple hundred miles on it. They are basically in a straight line and the rear end and tcase are both solid mounted. It has around 4000 miles on it so the second set last a bit longer.
The front driveshaft is an engineering marvel, as in what engineer thought this was a good idea! You have to remove the ujoint on the vehicle to change it, or even to remove the flanges on the tcase and the front diff. Replaced the ujoints on the front driveshaft to greasable ones too.
Built me a $15 dollar ujoint press to service them on the vehicle. It worked ok, at least got the job done.