I received the new lower inner bushings from Max late last week. I have been inspecting the existing bushings and can not figure out how I am to press them out.

My only other alternative is to beat them with a pneumatic hammer. Anyone else ever press them out. If so I could use a hint.

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Got the Axle shafts out today. Looked all over town for anything that had 7/8-14 threads and all I got was the one lone nut I found a couple weeks ago. Big box stores, little box store, construction equipment and auto parts. No one had it.

I remember that I had a few dumb bell weights so with those, some all thread and that one nut I finally got them out. Only took about 3 or 4 good whacks to do the job.

Should the pinion gear assembly lift off at this point or I need whack it also?

I really have no desire to dig into this thing. I am just opening it up and make sure there is not old gunk in there and then planning to put it back together. I will replace the seals and bearing for the shafts but that is all. Everything else seems to be OK.

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Also it appears that only the first 52 cars are from this barn find. Number 51 is a 1938 Packard Super Eight cabriolet

All of the cars from this now famous French barn find have been towed from the barns and photographed in a studio.

I believe this is an auction or sale site.


http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&ps=18&st=D&sale_no=2651

TROYT
It was -3 at 6:30 this morning with no windchill difference.
This is the coldest yet this winter. I have an oil heater down in the well house. I am not letting the well freeze up on me like last winter.

I have some parts on order but no plans to do anything with them until it warms back up some.

Dang it! That was going to save me $80. Its not much but how often do we save money on Packard parts.

I'll attempt to press them out next time I am in the shop. I know Max has replacements.

We are expecting really low temps this week so it may be next week before I can get back out there. When it gets down in the teens I don't like wasting kerosene trying to warm it up out there. to bad I can't heat with gasoline. That's only $1.89 here right now.

I have not replaced the lower bushings. The popular opinion here is to leave the originals alone unless there is visible damage. Mine are rough on the exterior, which is normal. There is no indication that the interior is in bad shape.
I have loosened up the bolts on the bushings to neutralize the suspension until I get the engine and body back on the frame..

Got all the front suspension parts painted as I planned today. Planning to order some of the rubber parts from Max this week.

On the Parts Cross Reference page someone has listed some Upper Control Arm Inner Bushings from Moog. There was also a comment that they "Need to verify". Well, today I verified it.

Advanced Auto Parts had a kit listed on their page with that same part # MOOG K8083. It did not say if the kit contained 1 or 2 bushings. The guy behind the counter thought it would be just one. For 14.99 I order 1 kit and it contained 2 as I hoped. I have not pressed them in yet but they look good, image below. I will stop by this week and order the second kit. I got 2 for $15. Max has them at $15 each.

Lastly, as requested I have added an two images of the oil pump where I had to grind the corner off to allow the pan to fit. I believe I ended up grinding more than necessary. I kept expecting the holes (block to pan) to line up perfectly but they do not. The bolts go in but the holes are not perfectly aligned. I even removed the pump and adapter and the holes to not align.

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If I didn't already have a project I would not be posting this. I'd be buying it.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/4819114702.html

Thanks HH, that is essentially what I did but welded three nuts together to achieve it. I'm not going to post a picture of it as its embarrassing. I'll weld it back together tomorrow and see if it works. If not I'll find a large slide hammer and try your idea.

TroyT, the 60 degrees for tomorrow is just a one hit wonder due to rain coming up from the gulf. Its 35 today and expecting low 40's Sunday. I'll paint everything I can tomorrow and maybe put in my cellar to cure.