a couple of car-rejuvenation questions: crake cailpers and old gas

[Eric Waterman]

The axle won't move too much since the CV joint is further out, but it
might give you the room needed to get to that bolt. I have not done that
job before, so I'm not 100% sure.  As far as the gas goes, it depends on
how much is in there and how long it's been sitting.  I had about 1/4 tank
that was ~3 yrs old and chose to empty the tank and refill with fresh.  The
easiest is to pull the fuel pump and remove it from there.  I bought a hand
pump from Harbor Freight and it worked just like it should.  Make sure to
replace the gasket around the tank when you are done.

Eric Waterman

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:17 AM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Last weekend it suddenly occurred to me (I had taken a break from the rod
> bearing job to do other things on the car, and work on my Fiat) that I did
> not have to entirely remove the RHS axle to get to the one upper oil pan
> bolt - all I appeared to need to do was unbolt the center support bearing
> from the block and let it drop down a couple of inches, or however far it
> will fall. Doy! Can someone confirm this? I'll test it the next time I have
> time to do car work.
>
> Two other things:
>
> 1) Eventually I am going to fire the car up again. The gas that is in the
> car is rather old by now. The car was run once to back it out of the garage
> and pull in facing nose-out before tearing it down, but otherwise the last
> time the car ran the gas was fresh. Am I well-advised to drain the tank and
> refill with fresh gas, or can I pour something in there (will stabilizer do
> any good now?) or will I be OK just firing it up and fillin the rest of the
> tank with new gas?
>
> 2)My rear brake calipers need rebuilding. I have an OE rebuild kit, and
> also a spare set of calipers (I'm not sure if these need rebuilding, but I
> should assume they do.) I am aware that rebuilding rears is something of a
> PITA compared to doing the fronts (presumably because of the handbrake
> mechanism), so getting remans at the part store is certainly easier, but
> are good-quality remans still available? I'd rather rebuild the originals
> (I'd strip and refinish them, too) then put remans in if there is a big
> differnce in quality.
>
> thanks,
> David
> Chicago
>
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