Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie
Posted by kevinpackard On 2024/4/16 0:35:06
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Thanks, I'll see if I can find any marks. The driveshaft was never apart in an the time my dad had it. And as far as I know the transmission was never pulled. So I'm not sure how the drive line would've gotten out of phase. I don't recall this vibration at all before, but then again I only drove the car twice before the engine failed, and that was nearly 10 yrs ago.
I was about to charge the battery and take the car for a quick 2 mile test. The vibration isn't much better, if at all. The squeaking remains in both rear leaf springs. I will probably have to do some sort of live on the leafs.....silicone?
Nearly all dash lights are inoperable. Fuel gauge reads 0, but not sure how to test that on a negative ground car. Positive ground you just ground the terminal to check functionality. On negative ground that just makes sparks. This is what I get to look forward to under the dash. No idea what any of these switches do underneath.
TxGoat wrote:
That is the slip yoke. It needs to be assembled correctly, or you can get vibration due to incorrect "phasing" of the U-joints. In many cases, the slip yoke spline can be inserted in many ways, but only one is correct to put the front and rear u-joint in the proper relationship to run smoothly. If you clean up the two halves of of the slip yoke assembly and look very carefully, you will may see an arrow and a mark stamped into the metal. The arrow and mark should align.
Thanks, I'll see if I can find any marks. The driveshaft was never apart in an the time my dad had it. And as far as I know the transmission was never pulled. So I'm not sure how the drive line would've gotten out of phase. I don't recall this vibration at all before, but then again I only drove the car twice before the engine failed, and that was nearly 10 yrs ago.
I was about to charge the battery and take the car for a quick 2 mile test. The vibration isn't much better, if at all. The squeaking remains in both rear leaf springs. I will probably have to do some sort of live on the leafs.....silicone?
Nearly all dash lights are inoperable. Fuel gauge reads 0, but not sure how to test that on a negative ground car. Positive ground you just ground the terminal to check functionality. On negative ground that just makes sparks. This is what I get to look forward to under the dash. No idea what any of these switches do underneath.
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