Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Found my last pack of smokes, Jan 22-1992

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

This is my Grampys old coat, all washed up for working on my car:-)

I miss Grampys, Grammy, and Papa! (Grandma is still going strong, she came to my son's hockey game today:-))

Ryan

[Postsedan]

Well done Ryan - nice and cozy......Heat is next.....A/C in the summer too :-)

Dan

[Postsedan]

You need to start making a list of part you're going to need......I see a bunch of stuff already.
You should come to Jefferson with us.....your are sure to find some goodies.....and it's a blast!

http://www.madisonclassics.com/car-s...-jefferson.php

Dan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Now that I am a little more organized I can start a list of what I need.

#1: Battery...what looks correct and cranks in the hottest and coldest days?

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

So let's figure out this rear end!

Jamie and I jacked her up nice and high, pulled the fill plug, and the diff cover. I was careful not to hurt the posi tag!

3.42:1 gears!! posi!!

We counted the pinion gear has 12 teeth and the ring gear has 41 teeth, just as the GM docs and our masking tape calculations suggested. So the Dealer BOS was wrong:-) and Al thought they were 3.91 gears all this time.

You can see orange daubs on the right side of the carrier.

You can see a white daub and yellow marks on the ring gear

Ryan

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

The stamp on the ring gear looks like:

12A 41 GM. C. 200 1

The car was built 03B March (second week), does the 12A represent December (first week)?

41 would make sense if it represents the # of teeth?

GM General Motors

200?

1?

Ryan

[njsteve]

I can smell that old gear lube from here. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Yup, can't get the smell off my hands!!

Ryan

[iluv69s]

That looks like original oil lube... anything original seems to be worth $$ nowadays !! Id save it and put it on Ebay !!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]