When I replace the rear axle pinion seal I tried to be very careful to return the nut back to the same position. I had to install it and remove the yoke twice and on the second time I lost track of where the nut should have been placed.

Now after driving the car it seems that there's a noise coming from the rear axle. I am not very familiar with this car because its my dads car so I do not know if it made noise prior however he did not complain about rear axle noise nor do I remember hearing it when I rode in the car previously.

I've looked through the service manual and it seems somewhat vague on diagnosing rear axle noise. Does anybody have any tips or suggestions to identify the noise coming from the rear axle?

if the valves are sticking then they can be observed by removing the right side tire and lower inner wheel well and valve cover and watching the show.

If they all can be seen moving up and down then you can try a compression check.

The PS pump began to drop oil from the input shaft so I had to send it back to the re-builder...I instructed him to ensure the output pressure was a real 900 PSI this time and to really run it in to make sure I do not have to send it back (this was the second time).

The power steering pump had a reservoir that says "Purilator" on it so perhaps that was the vendor that was used by Chrysler. Were the Packard reservoirs also made by this company?

The Chrysler manual stated that the pump output was 650 PSI max so it was either the leak introducing air into the system or the lower initial and max pressure.

Comparing the Chrysler and Packard manuals, it appears the pumps are identical except the manner in which the pumps were mounted to the engine.

On this website is a Power Steering Training Manual however it is only for the Bendix system. Is there also one available for the Monroe?

THANKS AGAIN!!!

Hmmm... Thanks Howard... the Chrysler pump service manual says 650 PSI max.

The Power Steering Manual on this site is for the Bendix system.

Is there any literature for the Monroe power steering system available?

I finally got the Monroe power steering actuator and power steering system up and running.

It seems to have a humm when the tires are on dry pavement and the car is not moving and you turn the steering wheel (meaning when the system is under load) however the system is completely quiet when driving down the street or when driving slowly.

I have bled the system by first filling the reservoir up with fluid and then turning the steering wheel back and forth about 30 times and then I started the engine with the wheels off the ground and turned the steering wheel back and forth about 30 times slowly.

It sounds like the noise is coming from the Monroe unit.

Does anybody have suggestions?

THANKS!!!

Thanks Owen... yes a charger connected to the timing light works great..

>When using a 12-volt timing light to time a 6-volt car I just power it from my 6-volt trickle charger which has more than enough oomph to power the light (though I don't know if a battery tender would) - this works very well.

At first I thought that the timing light would need to have a circuit between the car battery and the sensor of the #1 spark plug for the timing light to flash however I discovered yesterday that if I used my 12V battery charger and connected it up directly to the leads of the timing gun that it would work as usual. It has a clip on type sensor so I guess that it does not need to complete the circuit...it only needs 12V power from the red and black leads and then the sensor looks for static electricity passing through the #1 spark plug wire.

Thanks for the info.

Yes the engine is very new (only about 2 hours cumulative running time).


We are at 238 feet so I would think 118 PSI should be fine.

After 1000 miles I will try it again.

Thanks guys...greatly appreciated.

I will go back to 7 BTDC and see how the engine breaks in.

THANKS for your help!!!

What should the compression check numbers be on a stock Straight Eight?

I removed all spark plugs and placed a compression gauge in each cylinder when the engine was hot and came up with numbers that were between 107 and 118. The numbers were generated after cranking the engine for 5 compression cycles using the starter.

Are these normal readings?

This was done after I adjusted the valves today with the engine hot (took about 45 minutes to complete the valve adjustment procedure) using the Peter Toat method.