Gerahead's 71 Dart
I was outta town last week for work, so I didn't get much done. Before I left though, I did get the driver's side fender and the orphaned quarter extension in a fresh new coat of grey. So tonight I pulled out the power washer to do some dirty work. I blasted out the inside surfaces of the fenders to clear all the crud out to see what kind of work I needed to do on the invisible side. I was pleasantly surprised, I might not have to do too much other than some touch up where the paint has been scarred. All the undercoating looks really good and is well attached. While I had the washer out, i thought it would be a good time to clean some of the schmutz off the real axle housing. That old lube and dirt concoction was bound and determined to stay where it was. I found some treasures under the gunk.
Some white dot markings at both ends of the tubes, maybe to verify that the u-bolts had been tightened?
A painted number toward the outside end of the drivers side tube.
Some of it is hard to make out in the pic, but it looks like G14. Does that make any sense to anyone who might know these markings much better than me?
The pinkish looking stencil is hard to decipher . . . looks like maybe 129V. Anyone have an idea what this might be? The gear ration tag on the pumpkin sez 2.76. As far as I know, this is the original axle to the car. There was also a yellow swatch underneath the pinion yoke and what looks like a stroke of white on the lower drivers side of the chunk. There is also a yellow daub on the end of the pinion shaft. None of this was visible before I cleaned off all the goo!
There is also a large A, laying over on its side, in white paint pen on the back side of the diff. I will likely reproduce all of these little gems when I get the axle all cleaned up and ready to go back in. That's it for tonight, I'm beat! L8r
Jim
I was outta town last week for work, so I didn't get much done. Before I left though, I did get the driver's side fender and the orphaned quarter extension in a fresh new coat of grey. So tonight I pulled out the power washer to do some dirty work. I blasted out the inside surfaces of the fenders to clear all the crud out to see what kind of work I needed to do on the invisible side. I was pleasantly surprised, I might not have to do too much other than some touch up where the paint has been scarred. All the undercoating looks really good and is well attached. While I had the washer out, i thought it would be a good time to clean some of the schmutz off the real axle housing. That old lube and dirt concoction was bound and determined to stay where it was. I found some treasures under the gunk.
Some white dot markings at both ends of the tubes, maybe to verify that the u-bolts had been tightened?
A painted number toward the outside end of the drivers side tube.
Some of it is hard to make out in the pic, but it looks like G14. Does that make any sense to anyone who might know these markings much better than me?
The pinkish looking stencil is hard to decipher . . . looks like maybe 129V. Anyone have an idea what this might be? The gear ration tag on the pumpkin sez 2.76. As far as I know, this is the original axle to the car. There was also a yellow swatch underneath the pinion yoke and what looks like a stroke of white on the lower drivers side of the chunk. There is also a yellow daub on the end of the pinion shaft. None of this was visible before I cleaned off all the goo!
There is also a large A, laying over on its side, in white paint pen on the back side of the diff. I will likely reproduce all of these little gems when I get the axle all cleaned up and ready to go back in. That's it for tonight, I'm beat! L8r
Jim
