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Pete, I don't believe your responses are coming through on my end.

I'll be replacing the axle seals tonight when I get home and putting everything back together.

With how close the pinion bearing is to the seal (literally against it) I didn't want to risk drilling into it or contaminating the bearing with metal shavings or even damaging it with a self tapper. I love the idea, but those parts are getting harder and harder to get. Honestly just taking the...

Millions of these cars were sold so I'm sure someone else will run into replacing the pinion seal on a Shoebox and not have the incredibly specialized Ford brand puller designed specifically for this rear end. Here is what I did and it went smooth as butter: Pull both axle shafts out of the...

The manual seems to call out several specialized tools and stock parts which don't seem to exist anymore, at least as far as my internet digging has found. That is why I have brought these questions forward hoping that there are some tricks to getting it done in 2024.

Don, thank you for referencing page 105, as I have that manual in front of me currently. The problem is that tool just doesn't exist anymore. I have a slide hammer puller, but the gap between the pinion and the inner wall of the seal is incredibly tight to get a tool between. I can completely...

Pete, I don't believe your replay came through correctly.

Hello everyone! I'm getting close to being able to finally drop the car down and take it for a spin. Over the last few months working on the weekends I completed a 289/C4 swap, full rewire of the car, LED lights, new gauge cluster, all sending units, new clock, welded the floor patch panels...

Thank you Pat and Pete!!! This is perfect!!!

Does anyone have a '50 that they can take a picture of their trunk strike please?

Does anyone have a line on a trunk strike for a 1950 shoebox? I have searched high and low to even find a picture of one and I can't. When I purchased the car, it didn't come with the trunk key and it looks like they must have removed the bottom strike in an effort to gain access. This is the...