The New, Newer Project: Part Tres...

[njsteve]

And the underside view of the axle tubes, one side with black paint and the other, not so much. (and the shinier-looking exhaust after I wiped off the surface rust.)

[njsteve]

Cleaning continues. I used some dishwashing soap and water in a bucket and sloshed it all around the wheelwels with a soft carwash brush. Got most of the road dust off. I then used the diesel-damp rag to wipe everything down including the frame rails. It seems like the assembly line used a bit more black-out paint on the passenger side than the driver's side. Looks like they were just trying to cover the white frame rails and a bit of the wheelwells. By the amount of non-coverage on areas shaded by things like the lower lip of the inner wheelhouse and the sway bar bracket, you can deduce that they didn't move the paint gun around much and just blasted it from one position.

I also pulled the brake drums and gave them a quick dip in the evaporust which removed the surface rust immediately (once it was warmed up to 70 degrees in the sun). They look asssembly line fresh now.

[njsteve]

BTW, what I previously thought was a small section of black paint on the flange area was actually the portion of the drum that mated up to the wheel, and as a result never surface rusted.

[napa68]

What a car Steve. I always enjoy your threads!

Tim

[njsteve]

Thank you! I always enjoyed the archeological aspects of the hobby: unearthing things that haven't been seen in eons. This one is fun because there is a lot of hidden markings and manufacturing idiosynchracies that I have noticed while laying on the mechanic's creeper underneath this old bird. More photos to come when I get towrd the front of the car!

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: napa68</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What a car Steve. I always enjoy your threads!

Tim </div></div>


Times two!

[njsteve]

The cleaning continues. I got the entire floor wiped down. It's nice and clean and shiny now. Even though I was wearing gloves, I got slashed quite a few times from the sharp edges on numerous original spot welds. It's like trying to wipe down a rose bush - lots of thorns everywhere. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]






I started on the transmission and found some interesting things here and there.

Notice the fact that the passenger side, top mounting screw on the converter cover is coming from the wrong side! It had never installed any other way, as there were no mounting marks on the outside of the surface like the other three screw holes had. I documented the positions prior to removing the cover to wipe down the insides. From the position of the drip marks on the inside and the outside of the cover, it must have been suspended from that opposite side top screw hole when originally dipped in gloss black paint and allowed to drip-dry.







The three rubber nubs are still intact from the rear oil pan seal. (It's hard to get a good focus due to the depth between the oil pan and the converter cover)






Once the cover was removed I found a whole lot of blue paint overspray on the flexplate. The rear main seal and the front converter seal were bone dry. The only oil residue looks to be from seeping valve covers over the past 43 years.




Super Duty starter part number 1108436





Here's an interesting marking: a blue arrow pointing to the starter shims:

[njsteve]

Here's a weird thing: What on earth is the terminal that is bolted directly to the rear of the driver's side cylinder head?

[njsteve]

Found the answer: The cold feed switch for the TCS system.

[MosportGreen66]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Found the answer: The cold feed switch for the TCS system.


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Steve, I was going to say the same. It is nearly identical to the one on my LT1...

Keep up the good work

Dan