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All glass, C30 (single) drums, rear leaf packs in Twin Cities MN area.
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38, I love the way America built things before I was born.- tpripps
- Post #89
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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All glass, C30 (single) drums, rear leaf packs in Twin Cities MN area.
Sorry, I didn't see that I had gotten a reply. I'm ideally looking for a slider rear window, that's what it had before. I just need the drivers vent glass, the frame is still there and the handles are easy to come by. I have the Driver's door glass but I need the passenger side still. The... -
HOLY BRAKES! Enough to get me by?
This was all after the BFH proved fruitless. I was surprised how much insult a cast iron drum could take.- tpripps
- Post #9
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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HOLY BRAKES! Enough to get me by?
Everything on the inside of the drum was one rusted mass from sitting for 28 years. I tried finding the adjuster but I couldn't tell what was adjuster and what was other piles of rust.- tpripps
- Post #8
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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HOLY BRAKES! Enough to get me by?
So a while back I had posted about a rear drum that was stuck and some of the methods I used to unstuck it. One of the methods I tried was to drill two holes (one on each side) of the brake drum, about 3/16" dia, and used a punch to try to drive the pads free from the outside. Being that there...- tpripps
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- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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All glass, C30 (single) drums, rear leaf packs in Twin Cities MN area.
I'm working on getting my square body back on the road after sitting for nearly 30 years. I'm looking to get it drivable for as cheap as possible, then I can figure out what it REALLY needs and focus on fixing that. I don't want to buy thousands of dollars of new parts only to find out that... -
Seized Brake Drum '78 C30 - HELP!
I finally got it. I drilled a hole through each side of the drum and whacked at the pads with a punch. I pulled out the axle shaft to make sure it wasn't a seized bearing, which it wasn't. I soaked everything with penetrating oil and heated it all up with a map torch. Lastly I put a huge gear... -
Distributor Wrench Alternative
Actually, I never did figure it out. I tried all of the wrenches I had and nothing worked. After I got it all buttoned up I remembered I had one of these combination "socket" wrenches and was curious if it would do the trick. -
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Backing Plate for 14bolt Full Floater
I found everything I needed on rockauto EXCEPT for the backing plate...- tpripps
- Post #6
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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Backing Plate for 14bolt Full Floater
Just referring to the brake lines and master cylinder ;-)- tpripps
- Post #3
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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Backing Plate for 14bolt Full Floater
It's likely a ways out yet but I'm putting plans together to replace all of the brakes on my '78 C30, front, rear and middle, and i'm compiling a list of parts and where I can find them for a reasonable cost. I don't think it's totally necessary, but i'd like to replace the drum backing plates...- tpripps
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- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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HA!!! I WIN!!!!
Seems like the pads were, for lack of better term, "glued" to the drum. I know they aren't iron and they shouldn't "rust" to the drum, but they were so stuck tight to that drum that I couldn't pry or pound them off of the drum till I got the gear puller on them. I haven't tried the other side...- tpripps
- Post #4
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
