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Howard

I hope something here helps you. If not let me know and I can try something else.

I did not get the chance to add the rubber coating this past weekend so I am shooting to get it done this coming weekend.

I called Max's to ask about that o-ring in the kit. I am to call back tomorrow for an answer while they look into it.

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Glad I could help. There are several instances where I laid everything out like that.

Stewart, thanks for the photos. I will send a couple to the fellow and have him check his assy.

Its a beautiful Sunday morning here in KY. Supposed to be 70 degrees today.

I am getting ready to go out to the shop for a couple hours to work on the Packard. I plan to spend most of my time out there doing some body work on the right rear quarter panel.

The rest of my time will be used to begin a complete disassembly of the T/L compensator and transverse bar. After spending the last several weeks getting it all together and working I posted the pics for Howard last week and realized that I forgot to install those four mother flipping seals/boots where the ball joints of the compensator and the transverse bar come together.

I was just getting ready to grease those things when I noticed something there was missing in the pictures I took.
At least this time I know how it all goes together.

oh buddy, that stinks!!!!

Stewart Quote:

I didn't forget those seals on my Panther, but I couldn't buy any new ones either, so I made them. I started with 4 of these:



I modified them to look like this:



One of the custom cut seals on a link ball end:



Craig

Got the tension off the traverse bars yesterday. The short bar on the left side was easy. Had it off in 5 minutes. The longer bar was a pain. I kept trying to place a chunk of wood between the frame and the arm but I kept crushing the wood. So I finally took this old rusty piece of angle iron that I have and cut off a chunk to hold it in place. I cut a notch out of it to fit around the bar. It worked perfect. Disassembled the rest of it tonight.

Craig
I saw your post on what you did here last summer. Went to ebay at that time and found two packs of the same item for $5 so I bought them. I got the first one on tonight.

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I got the T/L compensator all hooked back up week before last. I hooked up the battery to test and everything ran perfectly the first time. The only thing I did different this time was to use a washer as a spacer on one side of both the solenoids mounting bolts. I said before that the new solenoids are larger. So when I connected the limit switch it sits higher under the compensator. I believe it may even have been touching the under side. I added the washer to lean the limit switch down and now it moves freely.

I got the control valve the steering cylinder back together and painted along with the tie rods. Got it all roughed in this weekend. You may even be able to see the bungee cords holding it up since I have not applied a wrench to it yet.

Now that those are done (or nearly so), I dug out the steering gear to start breaking it down.

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Looking good. love watching it come together

I am working almost everyday.

Got the steering gear cleaned, rebuilt, painted and ready to bolt back in place. If it were not for the leaky seal I would have left it alone. $10 seal compared to a $250 rebuild kit. The original bearings appeared to be in good shape but they are all new now.

I pulled the mechanical fuel pump off the shelf and intended to rebuild it. Then I discovered that I can get a brand new one for half the cost of the rebuild kit. No brainer there.

I just received a roll of 5/16 tubing for the fuel line so I will get started on that soon. I am planning to do it in two pieces so I can put an electrical fuel pump midway along the frame.

I am almost finished with rebuilding the right rear quarter panel. Lots of welding so, getting it a little at a time. At least the fender skirt fits rights.

I am preparing to rebuild the 700R4 tranny that I got last fall. I won't bore you with this blasaphmy again until I go to bolt it to the engine.

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