"...The absence of chips or noise tells me the diff is fine..."

... or vibrations.

As to the hard rubber I've tried almost everything (talcum, glycerin, diesel, soft soap, hot water, ...). Hot water works but only short. The same goes for a rubber mallet. It works but the effect is too brief to be useful. Soap is necessary. Summer and sunshine help and one or another friend.
I know that's not much consolation, but the stubborn battle between man and rubber shapes the character.

-> Video on how to properly install car windows.

Gentlemen, please be kind enough to PM me your offer for a 1939 Packard Twelve 2/4 Passenger Coupe.

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Don (Packard Don), thank you very much. I've never understood the criticism of reviving old posts. In real life, too, we remember previous questions and comment on them as soon as we have found an answer.
Well done.

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Al (acolds), the ability to generate friction is not a unique feature of asbestos. There are a number of other substances that outdo this material. It is the heat resistance of asbestos that prompted automobile manufacturers to use it for brakes and clutches, as well as for hood insulation and seals. That is why asbestos is also found in oven seals.

Stop! Don't read any further! YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR!


When & where I trained as a car mechanic, the carcinogenic effects of inhaled asbestos fibers were already well known. But the countermeasure taken was limited to a glass of free milk for breakfast for anyone who was "machining" (drilling, sawing, grinding) brake pads.

The use of asbestos has been completely banned in Germany since 1995 and in the EU since 2005.


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The image above only shows a section of the original photo.

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Karl, I'm not sure if only laypeople do this. I have often seen something like this in Eastern Europe. Self-made jacks, compressors with fire extinguishers as pressure bodies, widened open-end wrenches, self-forged tools, cars that consisted of three other cars, soldered-on filaments, self-cut gaskets, run-of-the-mill screws with recut threads, potato capacitors etc. etc.
There are situations where the lack determines the direction. I'm thinking of roadside repairs on a winter night when driving home for Christmas, repairs in the village blacksmith shop in the 1950s, a godforsaken chicken farm in Alaska. Sometimes it's a time crunch, when you have the birthday presents in the trunk or a vacation trip after a hasty departure to a neighboring country with a poorly developed service network.
While all of this is just mind games, one thing I know for sure is that real amateurs don't touch gearboxes (and if they did, a tow truck would be needed afterwards).
But please don't get me wrong, dear Karl, I am a great admirer of your craftsmanship.

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Really impressive images, especially for someone who only knows tornadoes from apocalyptic films. Do you have shelter in the basement?

We have already created a nice and informative -> channel for the Water Injection Kits.

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Karl, with the practiced eye of a trained car mechanic, I'll tell you that Skippy is a slightly lighter shade. However, I also have to acknowledge that Nutella is darker. I therefore conclude that it could be a mixture.

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