Item Subject: cc:Mail Text I am rebuilding a '65 type 225 1500. (No, of course I'm not going to keep it 1500) I'm looking for someone who's been this route before. I have taken the body to metal, using POR 15 Stripper and protected it using the zinc phosphor coating and have it in my garage to keep it out of the rain (it hasn't rained since May) so I'm not worried about rust. I have all the glass out and have stripped the interior out. The tranny is being powercoated to match the new outside red, as well as the tins. I have treated all the floor pans with the POR 15 metal preservative and rust preventative. I am restoring the speedo to prime condition. I have a 1776cc being built, even now. All the interior that will go back in will be in leather (man, am i crazy or what?). To say the least, I am trying to do a right job here. My question is this: Should I drop the front axel an rebuild it, since I'm this far in it? It didn't have a steering problem to begin with. There was no play in the box, no noise, no hard steering, anything. But since I'm this far down, should I go ahead and rebush it, re king pin it (or whatever), etc. Is there someone who can give technical assistance while I'm doing this, kinda talk me thru it while I'm in the process? I have Muir's idiot manual (it had my name on it, so I took it) and Bentleys Shop manual. It doesn't look like that much of a job, specially since I dropped the transaxel. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Cecil Turner '65 Delux Microbus (without top windows)
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