56 Ford Fairlane hardtop.

[soltz]

Not sure my fat hands would even fit in there
Good thought with the guide pin

[MercuryMac]

Thank you Soltz. Yes, after you make a guide pin, you find there are only five different ways you can put the flywheel on wrong. Before the guide pin, however, while working blind, you'll find there are one hundred and forty three ways to put it on wrong.
Anyway, onwards and upwards.

[zzrodder]

That's your weight lifting exercise for the day

[Torchie]

Torchie

[MercuryMac]

I, naively thought that mounting the flywheel would be a piece of cake, like it usually is, out on the floor, with no bellhousing on.
So, holding that dang flywheel up there with one hand [so it doesn't fall onto the floor], holding the trouble light with one hand, [there was no place to hook it], wiggling the mirror around with one hand to try and see if the flywheel holes were matched up to the crank flange holes, [all of the holes], and trying to start the bolts with one hand brings out a bitter taste in my mouth.
Anyhow, it built character.

[MercuryMac]

To bring you up to speed on my '56 Fairlane, I've been chasing a higher revs vibration, without success. Today, I went out to my old high-school car motor, a '56 Meteor 292 cu-in. V-8, and robbed the vibration damper. It is now cleaned up and primered.
I will pull the existing vibration damper off the Fairlane after I check it with the timing light. Hopefully, it will be turned on its rubber bond and therefore out of balance.

[soltz]

Good Luck

[MercuryMac]

The vibration damper is now painted. pic one. That's flat black, honest.
I had taken the clutch and flywheel to town to get balanced and they were good, so now I'm reinstalling everything.
clutch in -- pic two
transmission in -- pic three.

[lowbudget50]

So frustrating!! Hope you get it figured out mac!

[MercuryMac]

Thanks, LB.
This was our Thanksgiving week-end so I've had less shop time but I'm struggling along. The transmission is all bolted in and clamped down, the overdrive wired up and the driveshaft is reinstalled. I did catch a small error in the emergency brake hold down and changed it better.