Cob webs now showing up and need to be cleared . Any thoughts on the following.
1:So I'm driving along and it occures to me that the rear end is making some noise. It almost sounds like an out of round tire. Thump thump thump with a slight grind/rub.
My thoughts are wheel bearings. I'm hoping its not the rearend it self as I would like to not put a ton of money in fixing it when it will be pulled for the 8 3/4 in the future. Do the rear drums have cone bearings? I'm guessing my drums are 9" all around as it's a manual brake system. I haven't put her up and got intimate with her yet but will do so this week. Just not familiar with this set up yet. Is it like this. Axel, Axel bearing, drum bearing, drum, drum bearing or am I way off on this. Just trying to understand the set up.
2: Filled up fuel tank to the top and seam to have a leak. Will try to get under her this week and see if I can determine where it's coming from. Hoping a dried out seal. Only leaks when right full. 3/4 and under,
No leak.
3: Leaky master cylinder. Car stops great but pedal slowly and I mean slowly starts to sink to the floor. Takes about a minute with the pedal depressed before it very slowly starts to make its decent. A quick release and reapply starts the process over again. No fluid loss at all. Is there a rebuild kit for this or just replace it. Seems cheap enough to replace.
4: Transmission hard shift out. First to second no problems. Second to third fine if I power into third. If I stay in second and release the pedal there is a thunk. If I power into third and relase the pedal no thunk. There is a shift rod that heads from the carb down to the transmission and is free moving. Was told to check that.
This car was sitting for a long period of time. I then woke it up and drove it from NYC to north of Toronto over a period of 5 days. So I'm guessing its very cranky.
Any thoughts guys?
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