Well after three days tied up in chemo and then a week of aches and pains recovery, I got my first time to do some work in two weeks.
The 216 still in the truck but transmission was pulled and clean but after two weeks is rusty again.
My plans to build an adapter for my engine stand to hold the transmission for cleaning, refreshing gaskets and any bad parts is still on hold. BUt maybe tomorrow I will bend some bars for the mount bracket and weld them up.
Today was warm out but I had to get one front hub pulled. I had to see how the new disc brake conversion fit up.
But like life snags and disruptions slowed things down a bit. A 60+ year old rusty truck has its cancer also. I tried to remove the drum from front hub but the two screws are stuck. I managed to get the drum and hub off as one piece so now can work at the screws on the bench.
Thinking I was moving along and went to pull the backing plate and spindle off the truck for refurb left me stuck again the four blots for backing plate one had to be stuck. Beating, impact wrench, breakfree, crow bar and still stuck.
At last my energy runs low the temperature runs high and now it will wait till tomorrow (I hope).
Way to many frozen bolts and screws.
Maybe I will sell that old 26 dodge that I was planning to make a rat rod out of, as bad as this is, it has to be worse.
Oh I do so get a kick out of the old ball bearing for the wheel hubs.
