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A brake drum lathe at a sale might be a worthwhile investment....
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Happy to report one drum just needed a very light pass. The other drum had a bit of a warp and needed a little more attention.

The guy that did the work recommended a good wash in dawn dish soap to remove all the traces of metal from turning.

So a good wash in the laundry room sink, a thorough dry and the a repack of the bearings and back together it went.

If anything, a heads up that if you have drums needing to be turned, don't wait. Who knows how hard it may be to find one.

Today I spend too much time underneath both cars getting them prepped for next weeks trip.

I've been having some vibration when taking off from a stop on the '37. I discovered the cause. Both the front and rear u-joint bolts were loose, and backed out. The fronts are missing the sheet metal lock tabs. So I'll have to locate a set of those.

The rear has the lock tabs, but they were not in use. So the rears, I torqued down the bolts and bent the lock tabs over. Just more evidence that I need check every bolt on car for proper tightness and missing lockwashers, cotter-pins and locking tabs. Assume nothing.

Since I am missing the tabs on the front you joint, and probably not going to be able before find them before I leave on Wednesday morning, I figured some lockwashers and blue locktite will have to suffice for now.

Also, I greased the slip yolk. It took way more grease then I had expected.

Also, for some reason the diff was low on fluid. Not sure why as I drained it and refilled it last year. There is no evidence of a leak anywhere on the diff or out back of the backing plates.

It was very cold when I changed it before. Perhaps it was so cold that it wasn't flowing that well and I thought it was fuller then it was. Who knows? But it's for sure full now.

Also the leaky shocks near more fluid again and so did the leaky steering box.

Who needs a chassis lubricator system, when you have leaky shocks/steering box and a Jaguar motor. Not a lick of rust!

Proof that you can polish a turd.




300 grit sandpaper to level all the paint/rust/crust, copious wipe down with Prep-All until clean,.and the two coats of pasta wax.

That looks sharp Kevin.

Gold with black

45 mile shake down drive on both two lane highway and city driving. Oil pressure stayed above 30 PSI at hot idle and temp never got about 180f. Outside temp 80f and sunny.

I think she's ready for the 120 mile back road journey.

Nice!

Refilled the leaky shocks with some more oil for the trip.

Much harder to do with the fenders and inner fenders on.

I found a 5 pack of these curved tipped syringes on Amazon for $4.99.

They work perfectly for refilling leaky shocks.

Kev
Check out this listing on Ebay. He gives the size down in the description. It looks like the same plates I used for my '40. I have several on my shelf, but I've forgotten which shelf it's on.