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Those two pics of the 56 Super are great, Dave.

To be clear for people following this. There are no points gained or lost for clocking tires. I agree with Al on the proper way to mount the propeller emblem.

Jpage, Do you work for Restoration Specialties. It's ok, I shop there, it's a great business. Just want to be out there. There are many vendors who post here. More curious than anything else. Heck, I like to have an insider to deal with.

New wallpaper courtesy of Mr. Martin

This sums it up^^^^^

That's interesting, David.

Y'all bring the chairs, I will hire the pinstriper... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Go ahead and post it, since this is a general info type thread, Dan.

I had to move all of my loose sheet metal outside in anticipation of a few customers coming in this week. All of the big work is done. I just need to smooth out 40 grit sanding scratches in the Filler, as soon as my help shows up. Your chair is waiting, Sir Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I picked up a known working unit from just down the road a piece yesterday (TGFW) which is why I know all of this now. I am really thinking the vanes are too sticky in the slots. The second one definitely was tighter, so it doesn't appear to be a "worn out" issue. I installed it yesterday and am going to fill with gear oil in a minute to make sure I fixed that leak (before putting column etc. back in). It is 34 outside right now, but I am getting a car shipped to me today, so I gotta move this out of the way...

Yes. And I didn't know that until yesterday, which is why I didn't know the pumps were bad. That would have been nice, since my steering gear was assembled correctly, NOT LEAKING, and installed already.

It was the pump. BOTH pumps! There is a reason some things end up in junkyards or somebody's back shelf. If you don't have the gauges as described in the manual, do this: Pull the wheel all the way one way or the other while the drill is running. I used an 18 volt Dewalt cordless with a 3/4" socket to drive the nut clockwise. When the wheel is all the way to one side, the pump will bog and try to rip the drill out of your hand. Do this twice and all of the bubbles stop foaming, at least they did in my case. There you have it. Bad pump.

A friend of mine had an old Louisiana fire chief's car with a red bubble top. He got pulled over in Texas cuz the light needed to be covered when not in service.

Thanks John, I have checked both pumps and you are correct, they can be "reversed". I just don't know how tight those vanes should be in the slots. Slots seemed looser in pump one than pump two. I know I don't sound like I'm speaking English right now.

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I was going to call Mudbone, but decided to ask here for those of you following. Page 268 figure 8-29. It says to install five centering springs and ten plungers in valve housing with drill spotted ends of plungers inward. I have installed the drilled ends facing the inside of the valve. Is this correct, or do they mean inward toward the pump? This is seriously bumming me out. Here is my latest guess. The steering gear worked in my wagon, it just leaked. I tried another pump today before disassembly. Since I am not seeing anything wrong with the gear, what do Yall think the chances of having two bad pumps are? Yes... I rebuilt them both, but maybe the vanes are bad, and I don't know how to tell. Eff. Ess. And other abbreviations for the words in my head.

Eric, I have done the same thing as you have done for "Cherokee red" on later model cars. Realistically, for judging it would have to be REALLLLY off to be judged as incorrect. On cars I know will never be judged, I have used Rustoleum "safety red" and it looks good to me. Ok, now somebody can tell me how wrong I am and send E the proper red...

Yup

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Since I am only familiar with small series washers, I have to ask. Isn't there some sort of fancy washer system on the Roadmaster? A coordinator or something. They have a different washer lid from what I recall.

The only one that is supposed to be painted is the parking brake release knob. I have seen them all painter white, and to me it gets a bit busy. For Andreas, The gear shift knob just twists off. The turn signal black knob can only come off with some heat. Like when you are going to chrome the stalk. Then it has to be epoxied back on.

Yes, BUT, one of my other standard trick alterations I do, is to move the seat back about two inches on the track. Even though I have midgety legs, I like to stretch out when driving.

Nobody should do this often enough to be able to remove all of this column stuff in less than an hour. Gear is coming out again... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would re-disconnect the Speed Minder.