Accumulators, valve bodies, reservoir and pipes Reservoir Click on photos for full view. Reservoir removed from car. Remove the 4 screws from label. Showing flush mounted screws under label. Special Allen Key to remove screws. If screws are seized, use a smalll center punch to free them up from the taper. Now the screws can […]
Accumulators, valve bodies, reservoir and pipes – 1969 Silver Shadow Read More »
Shock Absorber & Spring Removal Tighten securing nuts down on removal tool putting pressure on the spring bed. Remove the bolts around the top of the spring tower. Remove the nut from the shock ball joint. Lift the spring and shock out of the tower. Spring and shock removed from tower. Spring bed shown in
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Heater box removal and disassembly Click on photos for full view. This shows condition of heater box where upper controls are located. More detail of flap actuator. Removal of the heater box from the bulkhead. Coolant feed at the bottom of heater matrix. Air flaps inside heater box. Showing A/C connection to evaporator. Close up
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Rebuilding Silver Wraith Transmission This is a pictorial explanation of rebuilding a Silver Wraith (after 1948) transmission. Click on photos to enlarge. Right side of transmission Left side of transmission showing the oil pump for the “Hard” and “Soft” ride control. Servo drive closeup Closeup of output shaft Stripping down the transmission. View of front
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Replacing Power Steering Low Pressure Hose With the warmer weather on us at the Kansas/Missouri border, it is time to address the issues the car had when it was parked for the winter. It had and has a power steering leak which is covered in this posting. This will leave the remaining work of replacing
Spring Maintenance – Fixing the faults on a 1977 Silver Shadow II Read More »
An interesting week… I have had a very interesting week. I asked to rebuild an engine on a 1969 Silver Shadow. The education I am receiving from this rebuild is amazing. I have rebuilt more engines than I care to remember but easily into three figures. This example must have been driven extremely hard and
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