M.Klapp

Hey Guys, Thanks for all you input. Unfortunately, these seem to be mostly discontinued or "unavailable". Good news, McMaster and Grainger both carry them, bad news, I have to wait and the shipping is more than the part . . . . Have a great father's day everyone! Mike

Any idea on what they're calling them, I've been searching high and low, without any luck. Thanks, Mike

Hey All, Anyone have any ideas as to where to find some king pin grease/welch plugs? The ones that came in my king pin kit are way too small. Upper one needs to be ~1.00" OD and the lower one is slightly smaller. Hoping there's a substitute out there, as I'm trying to get this thing rolling by Monday, if possible. Thanks, Mike

Yeah, might be. Marking was sort of what I did. Installed the bushing with about 1” of thread left and then started threading the shackle. Slow going is quite literally the understatement of the year....... Got both fronts done and still have the tears to do, but they can wait a little bit. Some pics including my contraption for keeping pressure on the bushing to get them to thread. Without it, they just spun in place. M

Here are the pics. As you can see bushing isn’t quite all the way into the spring, but the shackle is fully threaded into the bushing. Appears to be a matter of timing on getting the bushing started into the spring then staring the shackle. I’ve got an extra bushing I’ve been playing around with to try and get it right. Not quite there just yet. Mike

Got the right ones, and the match the old ones on demotions. I've also got the clearances from the manual, so I'm OK there. My issue is the Shackle is being threaded/pulled all the way into the bushing, before the pushing is threaded into the spring all the way. Will try and grab a picture. Think I might also need to keep pressure on the pushing as its threading into the spring.

OK, That's what I figured. Any tricks or recommendations (other than the grease)? I seem to be pulling the "U" shackle into the bushing and bottoming out before the bush is all the way into the spring.

Hey Guys, Hope everyone is doing well! QQ on this one: working on installing my new Possie's Super Slider springs and these bushings are a bear! Question is: are the shackles installed while you thread the bushing into the spring? Or, shall I install the bushing all the way, then the shackle? Thanks, Mike

Yup, we’re all good now. Thanks M.Klapp

Well, rear shackle hangers are shot, so we'll add those to the list!

Got it up and running again, was having a starting issue, but have some seepage on the driver side front edge of the bowl still. New (2nd one) gasket and torqued down as much as I dare without ripping the threads out. M.Klapp

Nice! Let me know if you're ever out this way. M.Klapp

Hey Guys, Didn't see a "Spotted Thread" so I'm just gonna post regular like. Headed to work this AM around 6:30 this AM and spotted a great looking hotrod truck. Cab and bead appeared to be 39-47, grill looked like it was from a pre-39, but didn't get a good look. Definitely NOT the wedge nose of the 39-47 trucks. Truck had old school California black plates. Anyone know this truck? Would love to get a closer look and chat with the owner. M.Klapp

Hey WarriorDog, Its not that we don't have machine shops/engine builders here, we do, more than we need. Problem is a good portion are shysters. Some think everyone is a big time racer and want to charge $10k and 8 months to rebuild anything. And, as soon as they hear its "something special" they double the cost. I've dealt with a couple and have been less than impressed. Figured I'd throw the question out here and see if anyone had a recommendation. I know of one guy, but he's not really a builder, he's my cam guy Thanks, M.Klapp

Anyone? Or, anyone willing to help me rebuild the ole 251? M.Klapp