While waiting on the return of all the suspension components from the galvanizer, there is not much to do. One thing is to prepare the rear hubs for buildup. I started to put in the bearing tracks. The fulcrum ones are relatively easy. The innner and outer bearing track is a different story though. Even with the …

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Having all the parts but one, i did a trial assembly of the differential, brake discs and handbrake calipers. This is relatively straightforward, except for the lower bolt of the brake calipers, which is hard to reach. The n/s handbrake retraction fork seems a bit too long? Might just be the trial assembly, i'll …

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Spent the better parts of two days with my hands in the blasting cabinet, peeking through a window which doesn't reveal a whole lot of what is inside, due to the dust. After a while I fabricated a suction device from an old vacuum cleaner. That helped a lot, until the vacuum cleaner decided to short out and smoke a …

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The amount of dirty parts is shrinking considerably now. Especially after blasting the parts that are 'ready for painting' look amazing. It makes the parts almost look like there is a paint finish on them. I also got my hands on a broken bench drill. It's a new machine but the motor does not start well. Bit of a …

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I did not trust my efforts of replacing the pinion seal; it looks kinda funny with the rubber <strong>on</strong> the axis instead of behind it. Add to that the fact the procedure could not be finished properly because of the front nut being loose to start with, I decided to have Kolvenbach take a look at it. Glad I …

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