That's a good one Howard, makes me wish we had a LIKE button like in Facebook to show our appreciation.
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Hi Ken, I see you have the gray dollies. I don't know about yours but I got mine from Harbor Freight. They worked great when I first got them, had no problems pushing the car around by myself and I enjoyed being able to slide under the car to work on it. But after being on them for a couple of years the wheels sprung and now it is impossible to move the car, I thought maybe old age getting weak but even with my sons help we couldn't move it. And it's not that easy or cheap to get replacement wheels.
Just to let you know.
Wes

Maybe also see if you can turn it 90 degrees.
Now you got me thinking maybe I better look at my cable and make sure this won't happen to me.
Thanks for posting!
Wes

Ross did an excellent video on setting up the timing, so give that a look and see if that helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiY11rwjQ6A

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Yes, I also had got the feeling if you read one article you've read them all, just a little change here and there. Plus I learned a new word "boon", that's what keyed me on the repeat wording in the articles.
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I was just thinking maybe I could use gasket material to make two new washers with. Just a thought.
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Yes Howard, the fiber washers look to be part number 3.302 and they're labeled WASHER IDLER LEVER FRICTION. They look to be almost 1 1/8 inches wide with the hole about 1/2 inch and about 0.04 inches thick.
Thanks for the information on the spring washer in McMaster, I'll have to check it out since one on the washers looks in pretty bad shape.
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Howard, I had thought I had seen photos of your shift bracket that you talked about a couple post back before but when I went looking for (also checked your Blog besides searching the Forums) it I couldn't find it or maybe I had just imaged it. O'well moving on.

Well I did another stupid thing, I didn't realize the washers on the Shaft Idler Lever are not metal and are some kind of fiber material that breaks easy when cleaning the grease off them. So far I need two, I didn't learn after the first one broke.

So getting everything else cleaned up, grease was caked on pretty good. I'm also posting photos of the bushings.
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Thanks Howard for all the information.
So moving on, I figure this would be a good time to get the Battery Tray out of my way, since it does need to be clean and painted. Removed the four bolts and then for the life of me, I couldn't figure why the tray wouldn't come out. I had forgot about the two bolts behind the Drivers Front Wheel. Stupid me!
Got that out and moved on to removing the Shift Linkage from the side of the motor. Hardest part unhooking the arms going to the transmission. Found one of the bushings froze up. Next on the list start cleaning everything and another question about lubing the linkage. I would be afraid to use grease, due to it would collect dirt and act like a grinding compound or am I just over thinking this?
Also one last thing to remove are the arms going to the transmission and cleaning those up then I'll be ready to put everything back together.
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Well finally got around to cleaning up the Shift Housing. Took a tube closed off one end and filled it with Evapo-Rust. Let it sit for a day while I cleaned up the shifters. Just wondering what Packard says about lube for that area. I was thinking maybe wiping all the moving parts with a film of oil?
Thanks for any advice.
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