Report from The Crypt

[Tinster]

Thanks one and all, Wendy and I had a splendid time
on our sea cruise. I've got a web slideshow about 75%
completed to share our grand adventure. I gained 10 pounds
from all the great food. (8# gone already, HA!)

Did a lot of thinking about the nightmare car and the wheel
coming off while driving. Can't trust anything that belonged
to DPO Pedro. Team Crypty is replacing Pedro piece by new
piece. I am going to start pretty much all over from base
zero, in terms of the suspension and steering.

The passenger rear end is now 100% completed after much sage
advice from the experts helping this know nothing DIY
mechanic. Three times now, I have ripped it apart and put
it back together with additional new pieces. Nothing of DPO
Pedro remains except a good axle and probably good wheel
bearings. Everything else replaced- Paul's trailing arm,
bushings, mounts, bolts nuts, shocks, springs, total brake
system and emergency system, dizzy mounts, all u-joints,
Paul's drive shaft, dizzy oil, even down to the lug nuts,
hubcaps, tires and even frame paint. I now trust the
passenger rear as being safe to drive with my wife in
the car.

I gutted the driver's side rear this afternoon and I'm going
to re-do my own work- since I've learned a bunch in the past
16 months. My original efforts are probably sadly inferior.

Here's a photo of my NEW passenger rear. I belive it is
sound, safe and installed according to Bentley standards.

Thanks everyone who contributued to this effort.
I may get in the dumps sometimes but I never quit.
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thankyousign.gif dale

 

[Guest]

Bravo Dale! That's the spirit of the English.

<span style='font-size: 17pt'>PRESS ON REGARDLESS.</span>

<span style='font-size: 8pt'>I guess it was the English that said that. Piman?</span>

 

[Guest]

Now where are the pictures of the babes you saw on your trip?

 

[martx-5]

Yeah, the pictures of the vacation... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif

One other thing Dale, you certainly are creative when it comes to painting the various parts on 'Crypty'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif

 

[PeterK]

One other thing Dale, you certainly are creative when it comes to painting the various parts on 'Crypty'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif

Very colorful, like a cabana on an island.

 

[RonMacPherson]

Hey Crypt Keeper,..

Glad you're learning.
A couple of observations(queries) Those welds for the shock mount and stopper look like someone abused the factory welds. Does the other side look like that also? If so, maybe just my imagination, If not I recommend you take it to someone who does good welding who can redo the bracket and stop properly.

Also, I didn't see any collar on top of the spring. Believe there should be a rubber or hard nylong spacer on top of your spring. Did you replace the spring with non stock springs. Did the spring mfr. recommend doing away with the spacers?

 

[kc_doyle]

yeah Dale........ Babes

 

[TR674]

Tinster
good to hear you and your wife enjoyed your cruise. The Crypty is looking better and better every post.
Keep up the momentum and the posts, we live for them.
Regards
Craig
P.S. Those welds do look dodgy........

 

[Tinster]

Hey Ron,

Yup, one of yer eyes is pretty good. The Crypt Car
was wrecked some time in it's past and the weld
buggered up along with buggering up the trailing arm
that caused the wheel to seperate from the car while
driving. The Crypt Car is not streetable and on jacks.
That crummy looking weld will have to remain.

Yer other eye needs attention concerning the coil spring.
Both mounting rings are present. You can see the black piece
at the upper right of the coil spring in the photo. But you
did in fact get me to pull the wheel off and check on it
myself. LOL!!!

Because I lack most auto mechanical skills, I work with a
parts board. I layout and name all my parts and that way I
know I installed everything required. If I have parts left
over, I know I messed up. I had no parts left over but ya
got me to check anyway! Peer review, I call it.

My trailing arm replacement parts board:

PS: Bill- The higher priced the cruise, the greater the
number of women OUR age. I have tons of photos of nice
looking 50ish wives. A few bikini babes, I post later!

 

[Tomster]

Dale, If the salt didn't get ya, neither will crypty!. You go Boy!

I also think it's high time to place a new silver dollar under it's mast and rename "It" something far more positive.
Cannot hurt to help shake out the gremlins, right?

 

[DrEntropy]

/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gif "recommission" the beast.