Awwe Crap!

Capt Kirk said:
Not sure of the right way to do this here but I'm officially in the market for an axle shaft that's 32 7/8" long with 16 teeth. Anybody have one of these in their inventory that they'd be willing to sell. Thanks!
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Try Third Gen Automotive at McMinnville, TN. 844-327-5988.
He had two or three NOS sets of these axles about a year ago.
As others have said, be sure of what rear you have before you
buy anything. Your length and tooth count looks to be an 81A-4235
axle that fits 39 to 41. If they are still available, I would buy a pair
guaranteeing, to the extent that you can guarantee anything, that you
won't have an axle break in the future. Ken
 
Capt, sorry you had this issue but I'm learning a lot from this thread. One thing is I had no idea JM35 was so knowledgable about rear-ends...... other than the ones being held up by a pair of shapely legs !!!!.....Mark
 
flatford8 said:
One thing is I had no idea JM35 was so knowledgable about rear-ends...... other than the ones being held up by a pair of shapely legs !!!!.....Mark
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Yeah, the smilin' guy! Well-versed in all sorts of parts. DD

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How can you tell he's smiling, he's not looking at the camera. He's looking at the headlights on that Cadillac!! ....... Mark
 
Hey guy's, whoever that old bald headed guy in that picture is.... I'm thinking he's probably "feelin" pretty good right there.

COOP, where in the heck are you diggin' up these incriminating photos?? ;)
 
Took the day off from working on the rear end. I could have cleaned some parts but I'd rather have them oily for now since stuff likes to rust in MI. I've been searching for an axle...have some leads but nothing has transpired yet. I'll get my gaskets and seals ordered tomorrow. My thoughts are also turning to brakes. I've never been completely happy with the way the car stops but attributed it to being a conversion. Was thinking about throwing some new shoes on the back. I'll go snap a pic to show you what I have.
 
Here's the current state of affairs. I didn't change the brakes when I restored the car because there was plenty of meat on them. My concern is if they're saturated with whatever and making stopping a little more sluggish.
 

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Capt Kirk said:
He's thinking "Cadillac" right there!...and probably a 1998 model
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Cap, sorry, I hope this doesn't hijack us from your very important repair. As I recall she explained, being only 17 years old, she couldn't partake what she was serving. Might have got that wrong, the game on the TV was distracting me. But that would make it your '98 model year pretty close. Maybe '97.

JM, Sorry that one is my fault, I posted it on the meet thread. Folks we're in the restaurant next to the venue in Springfield for the Central National Meet in 2014. That one isn't the only FordBarn photo I've posted that went viral! Great buddy, and 'Barn'er, Glenn Sanders at left.

These guys are great road-buddies. Two other shots from this trip.

It's my car that's blown a fuse after the side-trip shown. Totally worth it, except that I'd just lent three fuses to a dude that morning! JM had one that got me back to the hotel.
 

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Not wishing to take this thread any further off course, but I have to "confess" (with fingers crossed behind my back) it was Glenn who convinced me to go there because it was within walking distance of the hotel, and it was Cecil and Redneck who told Glenn about this place, and how nice it was ;) ;).
 
Tangled, please hijack away if you're going to post pictures like that.
Geeze, I guess I need to start going on some of these road trips with you guys!
 
VeryTangled said:
...It's my car that's blown a fuse after the side-trip shown. Totally worth it, except that I'd just lent three fuses to a dude that morning! JM had one that got me back to the hotel.
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Jeff, I thought you were smarter than that. Most guys would have learned their lesson after the first two fuses!
 
ford38v8 said:
Jeff, I thought you were smarter than that. Most guys would have learned their lesson after the first two fuses!
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Hi Everyone. Wait here. I was smarter than that. I'd given gave away my three spare fuses to a dude who was trying to get onto the show field and popping them like popcorn, all of his and some of mine, stuck at trailer parking at dawn. My brother Steve and I helped troubleshoot and left him with all my extras for safety (for him, as I'd find out).

Much later in the day, after the judging and before I could restock, my car blew one fuse that killed the headlights and we were, ahem, out after dark. I drove a little while, but after the locals were waving at us and not in a good way, I ducked into a large lighted parking lot where JM and Glenn came to the rescue while I snapped pictures, apparently. We were lucky to leave that Tilted Kilt joint when we did.

Back on topic. The wheel cylinders aren't leaking.

Those brake shoes, and I'm no expert, don't look like they've been making satisfactory contact with the drums. Also looks like newer material versus the fabric/asbestos of original, but you've got a later hydraulic brake setup that I know nothing about. I'll stop now. Not a mechanic, just playing one on TV.
 
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Capt Kirk said:
Did the Dream Cruise several weeks ago and that's nothing but stop and go. Had the car up to highway speed last weekend....
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Cap, My Spidey-Sense says that's when it got broke to 99%, it just fell off close to home. No telling how broke it has been for how long but that is a crazy separation.

I'm also curious about comments regarding the ring gear shown in post #157. I can't tell where the contact is, so help us here with more photos please.
 
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