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61farnham

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  1. Nice looking Bus. Coupe Steve, good to see another over here. Ask Robin if you can borrow his door locks, they're no use on a vert!!!! regards......... Simon.
  2. Sorry to hear your news Don, I've enjoyed reading your input on the forum, keep it coming. Best wishes from across the Pond.
  3. I used KYB 344068 after much searching, they measure 9.76" compressed 15.28" extended with a 5.5" stroke, but had to change the lower shock mount on my car as these shocks have a smaller hole in the bottom mount. This is also using the shorter F1 bracket I mentioned in my previous post. By your description it sounds like you've measured wrongly, you should be measuring the distance between the centre lines of upper and lower shock mounts on your car, with the spring out and control arms reassembled lift the front hub fully up to give your compressed measurement and hanging right down for your extended measurement.
  4. What f1 shock mounts did you use, original or aftermarket? The original ferd ones measure 6 1/2" between top mounting hole and the shock mount Places like Speedway offer two lengths 6 1/2" and 5 1/2" as the hot rod boys prefer the shorter mount, if you've used the shorter one this could be your problem. I found this out the hard way when I fitted stock length springs back in my car, previous owner had done the f1 shock mount conversion with short mounts.... As said above you need to remove the spring, reassembly and measure your min/max travel between the upper and lower shock mounts and find a shock that will work. You can be a bit shorter fully extended unless your planning on getting airborne but you need a little bit extra fully compressed than your measurment to stop the shock bottoming out. Hope this helps.
  5. Hey Robin, The tall Edmunds looks good it'll give you a boost on the sand over the Sharp . Post a pic when it's fitted I'd be interested how the linkage looks. Saw your car on Friday, looked good. Regards.......... Simon.
  6. Hi all, Just updating this thread,the new seals arrived and my axles back together. I guess the lesson I learned was not to trust suppliers and pull the parts first to see what you need before ordering. regards to all ............... Simon.
  7. Saw this on ebay, nothing to do with me, may be what your looking for. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1946-1947-1948-ORIGINAL-PLYMOUTH-OWNERS-MANUAL-SERVICE-RADIO-46-47-48-6-ITEMS-/361355784093?hash=item54227baf9d:g:4zYAAOSwLVZVv4h3&vxp=mtr
  8. Good job on the axle Clay. You wouldn't happen to have the part no's for the seals you used please, been having a little trouble getting the right size inner hub seal. Regards............ Simon.
  9. This has turned into an episode of CSI !!! I've done a bit more research on these seals and i think I've found where the confusion lies In my P15 parts book, which is Oct '48 version, it shows two conflicting no's for the rear inner seals as below 1139896 measures 2.69" Outer Diameter 1.375" Inner Diameter 0.5" Width and cross references with Timken 450776 National 450776 Skf 13892 Victor 49577 Victor 49573 Mopar 1115938 1139898 measures 2.44" Outer Diameter 1.375" Inner Diameter 0.5" Width and cross references with Timken 470950 National 470950 Victor 49143 Also found this in the download section I was originally supplied with the larger seal by Rockauto but my axle, which I assume is the original one, takes the smaller seal. Has anyone else come across this when replacing inner axle seals on a P15? The other thing with the second pic out the parts book is that it doesn't list cars built in L.A., which mine car was, only Detroit and Evansville. I'm assuming they used the same rear axle for all? While I'm at it here are the details for the outer grease seal I found Original Mopar no. 859164 2.44" Outer Diameter 1.375" Inner Diameter 0.25" Width Cross references with National 6241s Skf 13797 Victor 49209 I got most of the cross reference info from this Timken site http://www.timken.co.uk/en-us/products/Documents/Timken_Seal_Interchange_and_Cross_Reference_Guide.pdf It is already in the links section under Timken Catalogs I'll update when the new seals arrive and get fitted. Regards ...........Simon.
  10. Great photos, you even got the weather to hold off for the weekend.
  11. Welcome to the forum, nice looking coupe. Some larger res. pics would be good. Regards...............Simon.
  12. Welcome to the forum Dave good to see another Mopar coupe. Plenty of info here. Regards............ Simon.
  13. This is turning in to a right saga, I only want a couple of seals! I've just done some searching with the last 2 Victor no's given by Rich and came across MI bearings website which gives the following info VICTOR SEAL 49209 SEAL OEM PART NUMBER: 49209 OEM Manufacturer: VICTOR This product is manufactured by Timken and provides a compatible interchange with the VICTOR 49209. Timken Part Number: 6241S VICTOR SEAL 49143 SEAL OEM PART NUMBER: 49143 OEM Manufacturer: VICTOR This product is manufactured by Timken and provides a compatible interchange with the VICTOR 49143. Timken Part Number: 470950 Timken 6241s matches the outer seal no. on my car Timken 470950 cross references to National 470950 which is listed on Rockauto for a Dodge truck '46 - '50 but has the dimensions as follows Housing Bore (Inch)2.437 MaterialNitrile Outer Diameter (Inch)2.441 Shaft (Inch)1.375 Width (inch)0.375 which is looks spot on for my axle maybe I have a truck axle ? I've taken some pics of the serial no's on my diff housing so if anyone can decipher them I'd be grateful 1115941-23 3 28 4J Thanks again ...................... Simon.
  14. Thanks for that info Rich, appreciate your input. Those National no's tally up with the seals I was supplied with, my problem is the inner seal looks too big to fit my axle housing. It has an outer diameter of 2.690" but my P15 parts book is giving the outer diameter as 2.443" which is the same as the seal I removed. Not sure what I'm missing here, hopefully time will tell! Hoping to source something locally later on today. Regards ........... Simon.
  15. I've just found these old posts http://p15-d24.com/topic/7820-rear-axle-bearing-part-numbers/?hl=13892#entry66408 http://p15-d24.com/topic/37906-rear-axle-outer-and-inner-seals-new-skf-numbers/?hl=13892 looks like the Skf 13892 fits '49 P18 cars and onwards and the 13797 is an alternative no. for the outer seal which means a previous owner fitted an outer seal in place of the inner no wonder it's leaking. All becoming clearer now just need to find a replacement for the inners.
  16. Cheers for the link Tod, I didn't realise there are two different inner seals for for early/later P15's. I've checked my parts book and it gives the dimensions for the two seals with both having an outer diameter of 2.443" and a width of 0.5" the early seal an inner diameter of 1" 7/32 and the later at 1" 27/64. My car having a serial no 25041904 should use the later seal. I'm still a bit confused though, on your Plymouth Parts Interchange it gives 2 alternative no's for the early seal - 651678 Axle drive shaft oil washer assembly (inside) Interchange/Vendor: C/R 13892 NAPA NOS 13797 and one for the later seal- 1139896 Axle drive shaft oil washer assembly (inside) Interchange/Vendor: Skf 13892 Per posting by P15-D24 forum member. with the skf 13892 listed in both. I've checked that no on Rockauto and it gives the dimensions as follows- SKF 13892 Width (in)0.5 Shaft (in)1.375 Bore (in)2.686 Outer Diameter (in)2.69 The napa 13797 which was the same part no. as the inner seal I removed measures up at Part Number: NOS 13797 Product Line: NAPA Oil Seals Attributes:Wheel Seal I.D. : 1.375" Wheel Seal O.D. : 2.441" Wheel Seal Width : .25" The inner seal that Rockauto supplied to me, part no. National 450776, measures up the same as the Skf 13892 but this doesn't fit in my axle being a too large outer diameter. I've also measured up the outer seal Rockauto supplied, part no. National 6241s which matches the part no. off the old outer seal from the car, and it's the same as the Skf 13797 !!!!!! I'll have to see if I can find anything locally tommorrow to match the dimensions given in the parts book regards .........Simon.
  17. In the middle of renewing my rear axle seals and I'd thought I'd show some pics of how I got the brake drum off after reading lots of posts here of people having trouble. I used a proper five legged puller but instead of a BFH and lots of pounding I put a breaker bar/socket on the puller with a 4 foot scaffold tube over that and with a little leaning it popped off nicely. I left the axle nut on loosely to to stop it all flying across the workshop and also put a wrecking bar thru the puller and resting on the floor to stop the drum rotating . The last pic shows the piece of plastic pipe I made up to remove the halfshaft after reading on here that somebody had done something similar, sorry I can't remember who posted that but I'm grateful they did. Once the piece of pipe, about 2" long, is in place with the brake plate removed I just put the brake drum back/axle nut back on and by tightening the nut against the drum it pulls the axle/bearing out from the housing. Nice mess Piece of plastic pipe in place
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