Originally posted by STINEY
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Dan
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The Panhard on Dick's is a big ol' aftermarket one about 2X the diameter of yours. His handles pretty well for a wagon so I'm guessing it works. The guy who built the wagon's exhaust did a great job (want a pic?) though I'll have to modify the right rear tailpipe when I install the deep fuel tank. BTW - those tanks are $118 (includes freight) on line and they have a built-in drain plug so they're relatively easy to replace. Hope you don't need to know that but just in case.
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Gonna leave this here. The panhard bar on these really limits the real estate around the rear axle.
Last edited by STINEY; September 26, 2019, 01:21 PM.Leave a comment:
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Extraction complete.
Wes bought a Harbor Freight stand and its in the shop awaiting new seals, gaskets, and a fresh paint job.
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Could be worse ! Had this happen to my suburban last week . I put the one in on the right then noticed after tightening the bellhousing bolts and front shaft universal bolts that it had 3 missing teeth. And in my haste I also put it in backward .Leave a comment:
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The van hasn't moved under its own power for 14-15 years, so while my guess is that it appeared right before the new starter was installed that particular moment was far in the past, lol. PLENTY o'time for that crack to rust.
My original intent was to pull and reinstall the engine/trans as a unit. I just last week decided to change that and have Wes pull the trans from underneath just for the experience.
Glad for that!Last edited by STINEY; September 12, 2019, 12:14 PM.Leave a comment:
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better to catch it now before it's settled and bolted up in it's new home!Leave a comment:
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Youngest got the trans pulled this past weekend. Everything is done ready to pull the engine next.
I really wanted him to fire it while still in the van, just to make sure all was still well. The ring gear had a bunch of munched teeth from a failed starter that the rear main leak put too much oil into, and the starter shorted in the "spin engine" position. Ate the ring gear before I could get the battery unhooked. This was also the last hurrah for the yellow van as it was too rusty to haul the kiddos in when they were babies. So it has sat since then.
The good news is it fired right up with only a couple of seconds of cranking. I cheated - pulled the starter, removed the shims from between the starter and block, and reinstalled the starter. Figured that would help make up for the chewed up flex plate teeth, and it worked. Vroom. Oil pressure was a nice 60 at high idle, charging at 14v, no temp gauge as the coolant was already drained. Perfect.
Yanked the gauges and starter, noticed this on the flex plate. Guess that episode with the runaway starter did more damage than I thought.
Oh well. The teeth were shot anyways, and I have spares.
Last edited by STINEY; September 11, 2019, 12:57 PM.Leave a comment:
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Oh Bob, you and your stories, everyone knows the Fed Up guy doesn't exist....Originally posted by Deaf Bob View PostLeave a comment:
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So far mine saved me from the old couple walking hand in hand, the teenaged dog walker, the UPS man and the mailman all before noon,
Afternoon they saved me from the Fed Ex guy, the local church charity door knockers and the Kirby salesman...
They are now sleeping, exhausted from saving my old ash...Leave a comment:
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they all have jobs at my house. they keep the elephants away.... so far, a perfect job.Originally posted by Russell View PostLeave a comment:
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