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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 02:36 PM
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Scared me half to death, but I think I found the cause...
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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 02:38 PM
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That will do it. Replace with rubber. I used poly and it resulted in my driveshaft hitting the body tunnel. Jerry
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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 02:39 PM
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That's just nuts.
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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 02:48 PM
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^^^^ I see what you did there, like it!
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Old Sep 25, 2020 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by stingr69
That's just nuts.
Go right to the head of the class!
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Dalton...This is the C-3 section...why are you posting up pictures of your British car with the 'total-loss' oiling system! LOL.

You have bigger fish to fry!

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You’re lucky that’s all it was. I don’t think replacing a nut is going to fix mine.


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You’re lucky that’s all it was. I don’t think replacing a nut is going to fix mine.

That looks painful. Ouch!!
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Originally Posted by Eddie 70
That looks painful. Ouch!!
That right there is exactly why I am doing a frame off on my 68. I heard that same loud clunk, and the scraping of the driveshaft against the body, and I knew something wasn’t right. But 50+ years of rust and decay leaves the steel pretty weakened, and fortunately that is what gave out, and not the actual frame rails.
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Eddie...I've worked on dozens of rusty NEW ENGLAND C-3's.....man! that one takes the cake. Gives me the heebie-jeebies just looking at it.

Good luck!

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