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Re: BEN GRIMM 73' WESTY

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:29 am
by SUMTHING
Well, back on the road and took a road trip to Bangor Maine !
Drove just under a total of 1000 miles for the trip, it ran great, but I still have some oil leaking from somewhere. (think it's still may be a valve cover leak)
It wasn't alot 1/2 a quart or so, but it sure makes a mess.
Now I have to clean it up, find the leak (hopefully) and move forward.
Looking forward to VOLKSFEST !!

Re: BEN GRIMM 73' WESTY

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 2:59 pm
by SUMTHING
Long story short, was driving out on Montauk and all of a sudden I felt an extra few inches of play come along at the steering wheel. Steering box looks wet but an old wet, so before I go changing that, the drag link looked shot.
http://s828.photobucket.com/user/SUMTHI ... sort=3&o=0
Replaced that and no more play AND the Steering wheel is still staight when moving straight ahead.
Whahooo!

Re: BEN GRIMM 73' WESTY

Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 9:45 pm
by AoT
Always more fun to drive a bay when the steering is good. There was a big difference in my bus after the ball joints and tie rods were replaced. Also had the drag link done and the steering damper. The walled tired helped a lot too.

:P

Re: BEN GRIMM 73' WESTY

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 1:51 pm
by SUMTHING
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