no shop press needed
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St. Jude Donor '09
no shop press needed
Hi all, I just want to put the "rumour" to rest , You do not need a shop press to do front upper and lower control arm bushings , I did mine this week, read the article from Lars, No press needed , but an air hammer is a good thing , the lower one is a little more difficult, but do the upper one first and you will get the idea . When you put them back in I used a 5lbs sledge and two sockets , lub the bushings and tap them in , I ended up doing coil springs too! piece of cake, Ron
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Glad to see the tech info came in handy for you - as noted in the paper, you don't need to use a press for the bushings. In fact, I see more people screw up their a-arms using a press as opposed to using the air chisel as recommended in my paper. Good job!
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I do all my own work ,but sometimes I read what others are doing , somebody always has a better way, anyhow things went well , only one thing left to do is the carb , Ive done the kit a few times over the years but with a new cam a few yrs ago the idling is not so great , I'll play with that next. Canadian Beers to you all! Ron
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I do all my own work ,but sometimes I read what others are doing , somebody always has a better way, anyhow things went well , only one thing left to do is the carb , Ive done the kit a few times over the years but with a new cam a few yrs ago the idling is not so great , I'll play with that next. Canadian Beers to you all! Ron
I have a kit for you with Viton internals. I can drop it off where you work.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Thanks Paul , but I think I need to check the power valve due to the vacuum of the new cam , or lack of vacuum , not sure I'm reading the paper that Lars wrote , but I'll let you know! Ron
PS Paul let me know when you get your car you are first on the list!
PS Paul let me know when you get your car you are first on the list!
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On the carb I wimped out and got one (#7044206, 1974 L-48 automatic) from Alberta.
I'll pull the old intake in late April, hopefully in time for the first Club/Reuben cruise.
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Given what you have seen above I really do not need the kit. If it is not of use to you perhaps another Club member can use it. Let me know. No charge; a donation to the good cause of C3s.
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I just did my bushings about an hour ago. Went out and bought a press, but probably could have done it without one. The lowers were a PITA, but the air chisle was the way to go.
Did you freeze your bushings before putting them back in? Mine are in the freezer, cause I figured it couldn't hurt. Will most likely try the BFH and sockets on the first try to install them, and see how it goes.
I'll have to look for that post of Lars, looked up bushings in the search engine a couple days ago and didn't see it.
Did you freeze your bushings before putting them back in? Mine are in the freezer, cause I figured it couldn't hurt. Will most likely try the BFH and sockets on the first try to install them, and see how it goes.
I'll have to look for that post of Lars, looked up bushings in the search engine a couple days ago and didn't see it.
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St. Jude Donor '09
Good work, nope no freezer , but I did think about it ,I just sanded the ends and lub them , I used a 5lbs sledge and my wife just held the control arm while I beat it in , the lowers are easy , put a socket on both the bushings , when you hammer the one the other will start going in, Ron
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All my papers are available by e-mail request. Do not use papers downloaded from various internet sites, as they tend to be grossly outdated and obsolete.
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All my papers are available by e-mail request. Do not use papers downloaded from various internet sites, as they tend to be grossly outdated and obsolete.
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Your advice and expertise is appreciated by the majority of us. I do understand your reasons for leaving. I have had similar issues recently and thought about just not posting anymore.
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I have a set of spring compressors, but the vette springs don't seem to be as bad as some I have done(63 Galaxie). They were uncompressed before the A arm was all the way down. Is this typical? it's a BB with F-41 springs. I have to assume they are original, since the shocks were the original 68 dated.
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I have a set of spring compressors, but the vette springs don't seem to be as bad as some I have done(63 Galaxie). They were uncompressed before the A arm was all the way down. Is this typical? it's a BB with F-41 springs. I have to assume they are original, since the shocks were the original 68 dated.