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Happy Earth day every one. Keep the earth clean by keeping our vintage cruisers going instead of buying new cars!

I wish I had seen this a couple weeks ago...

Big progress day today. I’ll hit the highlights - finished up seat recoverings and installed - bled front brakes and master cyl (capped rear because I don’t have the right flex line) my 9 year old ram the pedal for me. His first time bleeding...

I had to clean a little paint out of the bore for the speedo bullet, then installed it once it fit properly. I put the gasket material on both sides of the paper gasket, cleaned all mating surfaces, then installed the new housing. The bolts...

Clean and rebuild the speedo bullet. The small o-ring is a little more tricky. It is about halfway down inside the bore of the bullet. Use a pick to reach in and gently dislodge the o-ring, then pull it out. Once I got it out, I greased up...

Remove the speedo cable and unbolt the seal housing. With the housing on a bench. work on getting the speedo bullet out as this will have to be transferred to the new housing. I used PB Blaster, a little heat, a small pry bar and gentle...

Remove the parking assembly

If you are not rebuilding the parking brake, ignore this. First, remove the springs and adjusting mechanism, then compress the spring on the cable and pull the cable out of the lever arm. Then remove the retaining clip. This is a soft steel...

First things to do are drain the transfer case oil and remove the drive shaft. Its recommended to remove the nuts on the transfer case end first so the drive shaft isn't hanging while trying to remove them. Next up is remove the stake nut...

I couldn't find a clear set of instructions for upgrading the rear output shaft seal to the Valley Hybrid dual seal housing. This is my attempt to create one. Thanks for all the help for @orangefj45 working through this. What came in the...

Looks great! What did yo use for the hinge and the clamp? Suppliers and part numbers would be really helpful!