Project Wild Weasel M1009

[cucvrus]

Last night I made a little progress. The lift kit springs are a huge PITA. I replaced the pinion seal and yoke. The original yoke had a broken bolt on it. Moving along. I hope to get the rear axle under the truck tonight.

 

[cucvrus]

Today after working 11 hours at my ft job I made a simple goal to get the rear axle installed and get the vehicle up on jack stands under the rear axle. My goal as met and the axle is back in the vehicle. My goal was met early and I went out to eat supper with friends

 

[WWRD99]

Last night I made a little progress. The lift kit springs are a huge PITA. I replaced the pinion seal and yoke. The original yoke had a broken bolt on it. Moving along. I hope to get the rear axle under the truck tonight.View attachment 926462

What size lift is it with a base spring that big?

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[cucvrus]

I have no idea of what lift it is. I am just installing it. Normally I remove lift kits for local car dealers and return vehicles to stock. 2 years ago, I removed 2 lowering kits from vintage square body 2WD pick-ups and a 454 Suburban. I returned them to stock. People add this lifting and lowering kits to classics, and they don't realize how they are devaluing the vehicles for resale. Dealers either choose to send the modified vehicles to auction or return them to stock. The dealer I worked with has since retired and that is looking like a good idea to me lately. Take Care. Be Safe.

 

[Sezzo]

These lift kits hurt my eyes.

 

[cucvrus]

After work I thought I would do some work on the Wild Weasel. I wanted to change the transmission mounts. That wasn’t going as planned. I needed to remove the crossmember because the steel bushings were seized in the mounts. The crossmember bolts needed changed anyway. They were very rusty and lacked the flat washer on both sides. That was easy. I moved onto draining the transfer case. Both plugs were blood tight. That means they weren’t coming out unless I bled trying. That wasn’t happening. I used the 30mm impact socket and BAM. I gave the Milwaukee vise grips another try to get the seal from them output shaft. After many attempts they failed. I used an old beat up pair of Peterson originals and they worked on the first grip. I am letting the transfer case drain until next time I get to work on the truck. Everything went relatively well. Take Care and Be Safe.