Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2009/4/17 23:25:48
well, back to the garage, because i am broke and can't go do anything and the Packard is the best fun i have ever had not spending money. cleaning parts and painting...pretty cheap.
anyways, my wife spent some time cleaning off the pieces in the bucket-o-degreaser. yeah, she is a good worker! ;0)
i also rebuilt the seal end of the cylinder for the power steering. it took a lot of work to get the seal that was in there out. it was kinda pressed in w/ a metal jacket. the new on is all plastic, it presses in too, but really what a PITA to get the old ones out. put it all back together and done. i also sucked up the degreaser into the cylinder and pumped back and forth to clean it out. then filled it with power steering fluid to re-lube it and make it easy to push in and out again. greased the ball end too. ready for paint.
the shaft has a bad spot on it, but i bench grinder wire brushed it and it smoothed it out pretty good. any reason why i shouldn't just leave it like that. i don't know if there is anywhere i can get the shaft repaired and shinny smooth again.....any ideas on that one? otherwise i will just leave it that way and i am sure it will be fine.
i put the new lines side by side to the original ones so you can see the difference. the small hose that is part of the larger one is separate on the new on and pressed together on the old one. oh well, whatever works. the other hose is smaller than the original and thus the rubber pieces that hold it to the frame, etc.....the holes on it are too big. oh well, i will figure it out.
more to come and i promise i will get to updating that post on the piston soon. i just need to get the block out from infront of my z3 and pull the pistons from the shed.
on a crappy note....my spare tire from my F150 got stolen during the day right in the hospital parking lot! i should have chained it up, but still how crappy is that. it was a fill size aluminum rim too. dang! camera was broke at work and the lady that saw them doing it called the security guard, but they left before he got there. oh well, guess they needed it worse than me and that is all they did, so it could be worse. i located a new one for 55 bucks with the tire.....
later,
Hank
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anyways, my wife spent some time cleaning off the pieces in the bucket-o-degreaser. yeah, she is a good worker! ;0)
i also rebuilt the seal end of the cylinder for the power steering. it took a lot of work to get the seal that was in there out. it was kinda pressed in w/ a metal jacket. the new on is all plastic, it presses in too, but really what a PITA to get the old ones out. put it all back together and done. i also sucked up the degreaser into the cylinder and pumped back and forth to clean it out. then filled it with power steering fluid to re-lube it and make it easy to push in and out again. greased the ball end too. ready for paint.
the shaft has a bad spot on it, but i bench grinder wire brushed it and it smoothed it out pretty good. any reason why i shouldn't just leave it like that. i don't know if there is anywhere i can get the shaft repaired and shinny smooth again.....any ideas on that one? otherwise i will just leave it that way and i am sure it will be fine.
i put the new lines side by side to the original ones so you can see the difference. the small hose that is part of the larger one is separate on the new on and pressed together on the old one. oh well, whatever works. the other hose is smaller than the original and thus the rubber pieces that hold it to the frame, etc.....the holes on it are too big. oh well, i will figure it out.
more to come and i promise i will get to updating that post on the piston soon. i just need to get the block out from infront of my z3 and pull the pistons from the shed.
on a crappy note....my spare tire from my F150 got stolen during the day right in the hospital parking lot! i should have chained it up, but still how crappy is that. it was a fill size aluminum rim too. dang! camera was broke at work and the lady that saw them doing it called the security guard, but they left before he got there. oh well, guess they needed it worse than me and that is all they did, so it could be worse. i located a new one for 55 bucks with the tire.....
later,
Hank
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