Thanks Don, will keep that in mind

Froze my nards off Sunday , pulling one off the parts car. Don’t know how I used to work outside in the winter. Sure don’t like it now
The drive shaft is in decent shape, I have repacked the front and rear joints and Will order a new rear universal joint later on

Thank you very much BDeB!

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Hello Webmasters

Found this post but can’t open the files attached to it. I believe the will be of interest to my project

Your help is appreciated

Thank you!

thanks for the feedback guys!

Yes Riki the bell has some damage. Going to brave the cold today and pull the driveshaft off the parts car, only 4 bolts, -28 windchill

Shouldn’t be too bad🥶🥶

Hopefully that one is in better shape

too funny!

So it looks like someone less mechanically inclined than me worked on the driveshaft previously
The ball and rollers look fine but inside of cover shows unusual wear

I assume this means I am pressing the pin out now and looking for a replacement cover? Am I correct?

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Thanks for the suggestion PackardDon. The old tube was cut short, and I can’t find the other piece of it. I will look up classic tube

Thanks

Thanks Howard, will give the boot a go this way
For grease a #2 extreme pressure grease will suffice? Will do a search for trunk lock rekeying also, tips are good thanks again

an update, then a few questions hopefully you folks can answer.

picked up a oil pan, better shape then mine but still needed a repair to stop it from leaking. will hold for now till I find another. pan was pretty rusty, mechanically cleaned it then had it cleaned up further by the radiator shop. keeping my fingers crossed.

discovered my trunk lock is broken. acquired some parts for the repair. has anyone switched out the wafers so the original key can be used? if you pop the littles wires out can they be replaced? I haven't discovered a post for that as yet.

prior to removing the oil pan had to remove the exhaust pipes. as all of you have warned the bolts broke so I had to drill them out, found a flexible drill extension that made that easier, still took a long time though.

while waiting for parts I ordered, decided to remove the driveshaft as I want to replace the dust boot. the service manual says to press out the pin, but I saw an earlier service counselor Vol 27. NO 7 in 1952 that shows you can slip the boot on without pressing out the pin. Has anyone tried this on a 1956 car?? Advice please?

and finally, on one of the parts cars found a ground strap laying inside the engine bay. is is period correct? It is about 19" long which from what I read is the correct length, any suggestions for how to clean it up? the baking soda and water trick from when I was a kid only did a "soso" job

anyone have any good phots showing the routing of the fuel line that goes from the pump up to the carburetor? saw lots for the dual carb engine bay, but not so much for the single carb, I need to make a new one.

thank you and good night!

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thanks for this site. I have donated also

big help Howard, thank you so much!

Sean

wow. amazing, found something locally, finally!