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A few years ago, I bought a 29 Phaeton (nearly scrap) and since then my hair went grey because of all the trouble making it a nice one again. It was from somewhere South America I guess, because it was a right hand driver. Was, because someone has begun to make a left hand driver out of it. I...

Now, that I`m done with the front axle of my 1929 Phaeton, I have to take care of the rear axle. First, I only wanted to put in new axle housing gaskets, because it leaks there. Loosen all housing bolts, took away the braking plate cleaned the sealing surface and saw the mess. Massive wear at...

Yesterday I hammered out the king pin bushings from my 29 Phaeton and found a thin layer of metal like from a coke can inside the bottom drilling hole between axle housing and bushing. My new bushing will fall through the drilling hole now. I don`t want to work this way or try a pepsi can...

The balls on my tie rod and drag link looks like easter eggs. I bought the "Weld in Replacement Type Balls". Now I`m unsure, where to weld them. After cutting the old balls off, do I have to drill the hole for the new ball completelely through the arms and weld the new balls from the bottom of...

Today I would like to stop the oil dripping out of the rear of the transmission of my Phaeton with the transmission seal kit, what I've already done on my Town Sedan a few years ago. So no big deal, I've thought. Big mistake! I didn't watched the reverse idler shaft, when I pulled the old shaft...

I wonder, if I have to oil the felt with W600 before install it in the universal joint cap or if they have to be dry? Joe

Yesterday, I worked on the rear brakes of my 29´ Phaeton and wonder about the free play of the axle. I can pull and push each brake drum about 1/4inch with the axle shaft tight in the brake drum. Is this play too much and where exactly arises that play, inside the differential? Where and how can...