1973 Rebuild

[Captain Obvious]

Looks good!

So I'm assuming after you filed off the burrs of extruded metal in the lug holes, the lug nut search got a lot easier? Everything made sense?

[Matthew Abate]

Yes, and it ended up only being seven of them that really needed it.


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[Captain Obvious]

Excellent.

One other thing to double check... I've seen situations where the shank on the aftermarket lug nuts is a little too long and will actually bottom out on the rotor or drum face before the wheel is clamped tight. The problem occurs when the shank is longer than the wheel flange is thick. Yours are probably fine, but you should check that if you haven't already.

[Matthew Abate]

I’m good there. If anything I’d like them to be a few millimeter longer, but it’s fine.


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[Matthew Abate]

Update:

 

So the Subaru dif is mostly done. It needs to be flushed again and I think the cover gasket is leaking, but since I bent the dust shroud on the input flange I’m putting this in storage until I’m in the mood to mess with it again.

It needs to be sitting on the wheels to get that front lock nut torqued to 195 nm, otherwise I’m only going to continue messing up my hard work (see 2nd to last image).

[Patcon]

What are you using for half shafts?

[Matthew Abate]

I picked up some way back. Can’t remember who from. I think Z car depot.



I also using one of these:

[Patcon]

So those stub axles will mate up to the original halfshafts...

[Patcon]

What was the purpose of removing the carrier from the diff?

[Matthew Abate]

The diff had been sitting outdoors with no axels and was full of mud. I took it apart to clean it out, inspect it for wear and rust, and replace all the seals and whatnot.

Thankfully it had enough grease on it that everything was peachy.

Edited March 25, 2019 by Matthew Abate

[Matthew Abate]

So my painter waited until the week before he wants to spray the car to tell me I need a new hood. Anyone have any ideas on where to source one that doesn't need body work? I'm watching a few on eBay that look like they would need filling or welding. And then there are the repros.

[Patcon]

I have an old reproduction hood on my project. It's ok, not great. It needed work to get mounted properly, properly arched and slotted the mounting holes to get it close to lining up.

As for used, have you searched craigslist yet? (searchtempest) Shipping might be an issue but there are usually a few spread out around the country. Rust is an issue on many used ones