plymouth 1948 coupe build thread

[Jerry Roberts]

5 minutes ago, Cudan said:

I first tried with the nylon hammer because i did not want to damage the threads.

I will soak it with the penatrting oil for a few days more and wil use the heavier hamer on the nut flush on the thread .

Dan

Um , not quite flush , you don't want to mushroom the threaded end at all  . Leave the nut proud a little bit . And use an old nut that you can throw away when you are done as the old nut will mushroom . 

[Don Coatney]

Use a short piece of  2X4 lumber laid flat and a heavy hammer. The wood will crush a bit but will not damage the threads and the heavy hammer is much more effective than a wimpy nylon hammer

[Cudan]

the lumber trick and a heavy hamer worked, thanks for advice.

next is cleaning and painting all the parts.

 

[Cudan]

after cleaning i painted all the parts

 

 

 

 

first layer owatrol and leadpaint, second leadpaint, third an fourth finisd with black metal paint

[Cudan]

this saterday i mounted teh painted parts, the rear axle, spings and shackles with new rubbers and silence blocks.

 

 

next job is the front.

[knuckleharley]

4 hours ago, Cudan said:

 

 

first layer owatrol and leadpaint, second leadpaint, third an fourth finisd with black metal paint

What is owatrol?

[greg g]

http://owatrol.com/en/

[Cudan]

Ttoday i hamered them out with the help of a socket, and i ordered all the parts for servicing the front suspension.

 

 

 

Also cleaned, sanded and painted the front springs with a first layer.

 

 

Dan

 

 

[Cudan]

Hi,

Time for an update.

I received all the parts for the front suspension and found a machine workshop to ream the bushings for the kingpin.

 

After that i painted all the parts black.

For mounting the bushings i did not have the miller tools for the upper/lower arm and made them out of the old pivotbars.

 

 

The next step was mounting the lower and upper arm with steering knuckle. I found a lot of info from other forummembers, i did really guide me in this.

I had to improvise compressing the spring with a jack because the engine is out and so no counterweight, so i put a lotof weight on the chassis, rims/tyres, containers with water and that worked well

 

[greg g]

Nice work.  Did you drive the car before renewing?  I wonder how it will feel now as compared to riding on70 year old components.

[Andydodge]

I like the pivot bar "Miller" tool..........you should add a couple of pics of this to the "Show your Tools" thread.......good job............andyd

[Cudan]

13 hours ago, greg g said:

Nice work.  Did you drive the car before renewing?  I wonder how it will feel now as compared to riding on70 year old components.

no i did not, so no comparing. but will drive like new

[Cudan]

11 hours ago, Andydodge said:

I like the pivot bar "Miller" tool..........you should add a couple of pics of this to the "Show your Tools" thread.......good job............andyd

I already did :  http://p15-d24.com/topic/44621-low-cost-home-made-miller-tool-for-upper-control-arm/?tab=comments#comment-475875