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>Comatus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>Living in Jawjuh, I know what a 'mess' of something is... I've just
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>>>never known exactly how much of something makes up a mess. <g>
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>>>Matthew
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>> --Yes, and it's a Canadian mess, too. Probably metric.
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>...and worth more than ours!
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>JT
Well, a metric "mess" is spelled me$$. LOL.
Today I washed the bellhousing and transmission in the solvent tank, using
a half-pail of
leftover d-Limonene solvent I'd used at the wellsite for wa****ng samples
drilled in invert
mud. It still cuts grease pretty well, despite having a fair amount of the
mud's base oil
dissolved in it. And it smells pretty, just like lemons.
So the bellhousing is cleaned and painted, and the clutch cross=shaft
installed and
greased; all ready to install.
The transmission has been cleaned, all the iron powder washed out of the
front bearing.
Partially disassembled it, washed it inside and out, and put it back
together. Everything
seems to move OK. Gears look real nice. If it were an overdrive tranny,
I'd have treated
it to new bearings, but it's a straight 3-speed, so I didn't bother.
Chances are it will
get changed out in favor of an overdrive if this car gets any use at all.
Got the release bearing cleaned up and packed with new grease. All that
remains is to take
the disc sander to the flywheel to clean off the heavy rust, and then
button it all up.
It was colder here today; scarcely got above freezing, but I wore my
insulated coveralls,
and was comfortable enough. No snow, though, but Calgary got hit this
morning. I had
planned to got into Calgary today, but decided to avoid the snow.
Gord Richmond
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