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Mainer311 wrote:

notoptoy wrote:It is never appropriate to make jokes about the size of any man's suspended parts.

You mean "unsprung" parts?

So are we talking about sagging or lowered suspension and parts?

Woman have problems with sagging parts.

I just finished rebuilding my steering idler box. What a pain it is to ream that lower bushing! I think I'm going to drill and tap it for a secondary 1/4-28 zerk down by the bushing.

Did you took the pins out the housing into the bushing, there are two of them!!!
look closely at the side of the idler arm and you will locate a dowel or locating pin that needs to be drilled out for the top threads to be removed.

I put 3 pistons back in the block this morning.

I put 3 pistons back in the block this morning.

You are going to need 4, Curtis.......

Linda

peter wrote:Did you took the pins out the housing into the bushing, there are two of them!!!
look closely at the side of the idler arm and you will locate a dowel or locating pin that needs to be drilled out for the top threads to be removed.

I did the "minor" rebuild with just the lower seal and lower bushing. I left the top threaded bushing alone.

Linda wrote:

I put 3 pistons back in the block this morning.

You are going to need 4, Curtis.......

Linda

Yep, plugged it up with 1 last night. The poor thing is fitting in between all my house projects now.

I torqued my (cylinder)head today.
(I put 3 pistons back in the block this morning.)

I hope you connect them to the rods

peter wrote:I torqued my (cylinder)head today.
(I put 3 pistons back in the block this morning.)

I hope you connect them to the rods

My favorite part is tapping the piston in to the bore and of course the rod bearing drops out of the rod from tapping.

yep, or a bolt from the rod-bearing that falls into the piston.

@curtis - make sure you put the gudgeon/wrist pin retaining circlips back in the right way.

mraitch wrote:@curtis - make sure you put the gudgeon/wrist pin retaining circlips back in the right way.

They weren't removed, but thanks.

After a few days of stripping paint, removing rust, sanding, stripping, removing rust, stripping, here's how the dash is looking today. Almost ready for fresh paint.