Hey Look what the UPS man dropped off....;)

Odds & Ends:It's probably been a couple weeks - I've been giving the front axle a Go-Jo bath to clean up all the grease and crud. The front axle is almost completely torn apart except the steering knuckles are still intact. Unfortunately, we didn't have the tools large enough to remove the ball joints - our local auto parts stores and hardware stores didn't have the right tools either. Patience is a virtue in this project - always waiting on something!! The rear axle is torn apart once again and is currently at a local shop WAYCOOL ROD SHOP in Lancaster PA to get the spring perches welded. THANKS and lots of KUDOS go to Mike Heim for doing this work for us cheaply (I owe him a few beers!).

Brake Lines: The brake line clips arrived today so it's time to get working on setting the rear brakeline in place. When we test fitted the rear axle, I had 'gently bent the brake line tube to fit around the u-bolts and to better contour the Dana 44. We used brake line clips from Inline Tube and new brake lines from Lancaster County Auto Parts in Lancaster PA 1-717-397-7485. I used some clear tubing to wrap around the lines for protection & rust prevention.

POR 15 Party! The rear axle is once again torn apart (can we make up our minds??). We used some POR15 on the back plates of the drum brakes, painted the new brake lines and left the rear axle apart. The rear axle is ready - we're going to wait until the front axle is ready before sending them away for gears & locker install. But until then, we had a POR 15 party!! We prepped many other components off the axles for applying POR 15. The axles will get painted once they are done with the gears & lcokers.