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Slowly I'm making progress - I ended up locating a tub that's in much better condition, so I took the time to do some quick repairs on it and it's painted now. I'm really hoping to be able to be stree ...

I am incredibly excited about this project.

It's been a long time since I did an update here, but yesterday I got it to drive under it's own power for the first time. The records from previous own ...

My dream would be that at some point copies of the blueprints are available so that fabricators can make for themselves the various 'this part is not available from anyone' parts. Going from a bluepri ...

That is how I took your direction - that I should try new oversize ball and then check.

The reason I reassembled to check with the existing bearing balls to give myself a baseline of your "If you ...

Just assembled thru the hub and tested by hand on the axle housing. If you had a serious bump before then you should have been able to feel that bump just pivoting the knuckle assemblies by hand. Same ...

Wes,

When you say "traverses smoothly" are you referring to "in a vice as per TM9 check for play" or " with wheel mounted, on jack stands, turning by hand at different steering angles" or "road tes ...

I'm working on my steering knuckles and would like to beg the benefit of experienced eyes.

Here is the level of pitting on the axle side of the closed knuckle - will this make a poor seal? Damage ...

Most likely what you think is solder was actually Brazing (Brass). If they used an oven they probably took the tank to approx 600 degrees, Brazing or brass melts at about 3-400 degrees. If you h ...

I have a used original tank that had be repaired by RENU when owned by a previous owner. The liner has failed badly. I tried aircraft stripper without success and tried to find someone locally that wo ...

Thanks for the info. My hat channel situation is definitely "creative" (trying to be kind toward the PO).

I'm not sure what the correct term for this bit is, so it's possible if I could figure that out, I'd have an easier time answering this for myself. My apologies if this is a commonly asked question.
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I've done a huge amount of work since last update. In "these uncertain times" I'm working from home and not going out much on the weekends, so this project has gotten a lot of attention. Just this wee ...

Then lube the rubbers with some light oil or similar. Push them back off of the terminal up the wire. Lube the contact. Then slide the rubber back over the contact. it is IMPORTANT that the rubber doe ...

The reproduction Douglass connectors are crap. I hope that isn't what you are using.

I built all my Douglas harnesses and I learned the following trick to aid in mating:

Disconnect the connectio ...

Any idea if there is a defined 'correct' length or is it a matter of "50s manufacturing variability"? Was "trim to fit" normal expectation back when Douglas connectors were contemporary?


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