[Tigers] Fw: Questions\Issues

[Jay Laifman]

When you put the front end together, did you leave the A arm bushings loose
until you drove the car around the block for a little while?

And also we are going to see pictures of this car, right?


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Joel Martin <jmartiniii at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The ride height on the front of my 66 MK1A is too high - car slopes front
> to
> back with stock springs and the CAT rubber insolator which are 5/8" thick.
>  It
> has been suggested to use Mustang II insolators as well as possibly
> changing
> to Rick's 450 pound springs, which if I remember right are 1" shorter.  Any
> ideas without changing springs or cutting stock springs as I do not like to
> cut any springs?
>
> The front brake dust caps have a small hole in the center - is this
> correct?
> If not source and part number to get new ones - We have taken to NAPA to
> match
> up new ones to no avail.
>
> Is there suppose to be a rubber seal that goes on the 'inner fender where
> it
> meets the wing?  Possibly like the MGB - cannot seem to determine.  Little
> too
> wide a gap for using sealer.  Ideas?
>
> Rebuilt brake calipers or getting yours redone source?  I rebuilt both
> calipers with MGB SS pistons and rebuild kit and also put in new split
> caliper
> seals, though I cannot for the life of me find where I got them.  One of
> the
> rebuilt calipers is leaking at the split seal location.
>
> Regards
> Joel Martin
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