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08-01-2021, 11:15 PM
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56 Ford Fairlane hardtop.
There is a vibration in the driveline at over 80 kms or 50 miles per hour. I knew this when I test drove it, but I liked the car and I like diagnosing problems, [well, the ones that I can beat, anyway]. I tested the U-joints right away and found that wasn't the problem, but the slip yoke was fairly loose in the extension housing. So today I popped the seal out of the back of the transmission and proceeded to try and get that pesky bushing out. I made a few different tools and hammered, beat, pried and cursed until I got the old one out and then installed the new one easily. The slip yoke fits in the new bushing a way better. A downer is when I ordered the new bushing I also ordered a seal and you'd think that a good partsman would assume that they should be roughly the same size. Well, the bushing has an ID of one and a half inches and the seal won't fit over my little finger. 
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08-01-2021, 11:42 PM
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Your Fairlane is one sharp looking ride.
 Frustrating when parts guys don't know parts....  I see it has the Overdrive tranny, I drove my brothers 56 Delivery to California in 1978, the OD was great on the highway, freewheeling on the down hills made it cheap on gas even with the 312.
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08-02-2021, 03:48 AM
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My favorite year of Ford
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1933 Pontiac 401 GS Nailhead 1935 Dodge pickup Blown Big Block 37 GMC 38 Ford Bobber 1948 GMC 5 window 51 Chevy 5 Window 53 AD Chopped, sectioned and narrowed 53 International Nova 63 LS swap 65 GTO LS swap
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08-02-2021, 06:04 AM
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One of the only Fords I really like.
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08-02-2021, 11:35 AM
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It was the best year for Fords, and black is the best colour, too. I could have accepted a wee bit of other colour on there also, but it is what it is. I'm quite happy with it.
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08-02-2021, 02:42 PM
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From my experience, the worn bushing is likely due to an out of balance drive shaft. Something else to worry about.
 Oh yea, beautiful car.
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39 Ford PU Build. http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36459 1928 Ford Tudor Build http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?p=538231#post538231 The thing about a '39 Ford pick-up is that that ugly grille kinda' grows on ya' after a while. Not taking anything too seriously. 
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