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tban52

tban52

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Hi All,

I thought I would post a picture showing the progress of my winter project. I just finished the propeller shaft this morning. The Diff was an unrecognizable ball of grease. New bearings, oil seals and U-joints. Now I have begun de-gunking the underside. I came to the conclusion that the easy part has already been done. It is all progressing much slower than anticipated, but I have been treading that fine line between the "woman" in the garage, and the one that lives upstairs...

Terry
 

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Really looks great so far Terry, keep at it and keep the pictures coming.
Yep you are treading a fine line! My wife is very understanding and really is a very good wrench, one of the reasons I married her, heh. Though "She who is to be obeyed" sometimes has to prevail!
Don't get discouraged at the time it takes to do simple projects even. Thats why it's a hobby. Your doing great keep it up!

Tinkerman
 
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Don't get discouraged at the time it takes to do simple projects even. Thats why it's a hobby.

Tinkerman
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That statement puts everything in perspective. Very profound Tinkerman. Everyone keeps asking me when will the car be done. I try to explain to them about the 'process' and how more important that seems to be then 'getting it done'.

A friend of mine finished an eight year restoration on a TR3 about six months ago. He's said it's great driving the car around, but it was a little anti-climactic. He continues to tinker around with it. Hey, tinker around with it! Is that how you picked your name...Tinkerman?
 
Terry-

Looks great! It always takes longer than you think, but the work you've done is time well spent. Last week, I started the "quick" job of replacing the speedo cable on my TR4. The replacement wasn't a perfect match for the original unfortunately, so I had to pull the trans cover to get at the hookup. After pulling the cover, I mistakenly wiggled the u-joint and found it had a lot more movement in it than engineering intended. All day yesterday spent under the car and at the bench changing out the u-joints. Finally buttoned it all back up today. And my prop shaft doesn't 1/10 as nice as yours!

Randy
 
Hi TR4 nut, I am guessing that is for a TR4.. was the diff making any noise? I see you did seal and u joints
 
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