mongoose2231

Yes, I am going to post some pics once I take it apart. Just waiting on the parts to get here.

Ok, so 3 months later, I found the issue. I must admit, I haven't really tried to diagnose the problem any more. Got everything renewed in the driveline, so that is a plus. Should last a good 20 years more. Now, onto the exciting part. The...

If that is just the axle tube with a steel sleeve in which the bearing gets pressed, I'd say clean it and get a new bearing in there and you should be good.

This is what my rears looked like.

Are we looking at the outter race of the bearings?

Ceck my last post in the old thread of mine. 🍻

I had a simillar issue years ago on my gasser. Turned out that aftwr doing everything under the sun to get it to idle right, it was seafood that fixed my problem...

On another note, upon returning home, I found that my headliner had arrived. Now gotta figure out how to get it in the truck.

Been away for a bit, drove across the country again in our Chinook. Finally got to check out the land cruiser heritage museum. What a place!

My daughter loved the mega cruisers!!

I managed to visit as well! Was there on the 4th of this month. What a great place to spend time and be checking out land cruisers!

What a beast!

Chassis is rolling. Will get the body test set tomorrow/thursday

Back from the paint shop! Cheers

Switch blanks so that you have room to grow in the future. Only three of the pictured carling switches are currently wired to something.

Found some switches. Filled the holes. Will eventually reassign them in time. For now, they are just there for one single purpose, and that is to fill the holes.

Now, I will take @GLTHFJ60 's advise and possibly explore cig lighter removal and the ashtray even. How many switch locations are too many? I think adding a full line of switches on the bottom right, such as I have done on the top right might be...

Couple more pics.

The bezel arrived. Looks good. Will test fit this evening to check alignmentof holes and such. Came out real nice, and the finish is primer and paint ready.

Rear is mocked up. Local dealership had 6 bushes in stock so the rear is set.

"Italian tune-up" :cool: Several of my buddies had old Saabs when I was a kid their mechanic recommended driving it like they stole it from time to time to keep things in good working order.