If your going in to change the rotors you might as well rebuild the birfs. I have had luck with after market calipers but would stick with higher end rotors. Look into pad upgrades. I've used 100 series pads on 80 series cruisers.
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Let me know if the carb drips. If you were coming out I had an insulator you could have.Not sure - it's on the list of things to check, maybe I'll fire it up tonight and let it get hot.
Definitely can't make it to the trail ride - unfortunately it's about 3 hours away. Someday I'll pony up the three tanks of gas itd take round trip, but without a front driveshaft, decent tires, a new clutch, and a non-flooding carb the truck wouldn't so much good anyway - IF it survived the drive up.
Got a good deal on an used Challenger two post lift. Working on finishing installing it. It'll be nice not having to crawl around under vehicles anymore!
Now you can get the lil' red and yellow Cozy Coupe up on the rack for a rotation!
Rust removed from crankshaft with electrolysis process engine block went in the tank tonight
No sense in rotating them, can't find a shop anywhere that will give it an alignment...
19 mpg not to good was hoping for 24mpg but I got good Orange Juice
Boy would I love to ghave a lift and a garage high enough to use it! All the work I've done over the years on a creeper, wow...............
Boy Mike you relly get around! Vacation? And where did you leave the keys for me for the 40? Gary
Gary a little road trip to Disney for fathers day
Redoing the knuckles this weekend as well as calipers and rotors. Got a seal kit coming in and bearings. I didnt order any clips for the axle to birf. Do you guys remove and axel and repack, or just clean out the old grease and repack by hand? Or should I hit up the dealer to see if they have the C clips?
brian
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clean and repack, no disassembly of the birf/axle. a 5 gallon bucket and kero or diesel works well enough.
Just my 2cents but I don't clean mine out with any chemical you can't get it all out I just clean them out the best I can and repacked it forcing the old grease out.
Like I sead just my 2 cents. This and $5.00 will get you a cup of coffee.
Like I sead just my 2 cents. This and $5.00 will get you a cup of coffee.
Working on catching fish
brian
SILVER Star
finally decided that the 60 needs an antique plate.
Installed a set of tube door that I got from Gary's Landcruiser Parts
Next project this high end sound system
Next project this high end sound system
Mike- trucks looks awesome(r)!!!! with the tube doors!
Checked the timing on my engine - based on the balancer mark, my 283 was idling at 60 degrees advanced...
Used a piston stop to determine the balancer was set to the exhaust stroke on piston 1, instead of compression
.
Drew a new timing mark based on the compression stroke. The engine seems to like about 18 degrees advance, but with the vacuum advance plugged it is maxing out at about 30 degrees advance under load.
In addition, when I put everything back together, I now have a weird "tap" around piston #1 and smoke coming out my valve cover breathers.
Never ends...
Used a piston stop to determine the balancer was set to the exhaust stroke on piston 1, instead of compression
. Drew a new timing mark based on the compression stroke. The engine seems to like about 18 degrees advance, but with the vacuum advance plugged it is maxing out at about 30 degrees advance under load.
In addition, when I put everything back together, I now have a weird "tap" around piston #1 and smoke coming out my valve cover breathers.
Never ends...
