{"id":2160,"date":"2019-08-05T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2019-08-05T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T00:49:37","slug":"driveline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2019\/08\/05\/driveline\/","title":{"rendered":"Driveline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"IMG_7222\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/idiotking\/48464118041\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48464118041_de30e0c4a4_b.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_7222\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Scout is finally home after two weeks in Essex having the rear driveline worked on. The issue, as mentioned before, was that the rear U-joint was beginning to disintegrate, taking the yoke and driveshaft along with it (and in the process one of the rear brake cylinders). The shop rebuilt the U-joint and yoke, had the driveshaft rebalanced, and repaired the rear brake line.<\/p>\n<p>Jen drove me out to Essex this morning and we picked it up; the transmission shop (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimjenningstransmissions.com\/\">Jim Jennings<\/a>, who I recommend highly) provided some pictures of the damaged parts before sending me on my way.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2162\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-caps.jpg?resize=1024%2C539\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-caps.jpg?resize=1024%2C539&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-caps.jpg?resize=500%2C263&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-caps.jpg?resize=768%2C404&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-caps.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The work made a huge difference in how she drives. Shifting into and out of gear is smooth and crisp again, and the repair to the brakes also made a big change in how she stops at speed.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-ujoint.jpg?resize=917%2C800\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-ujoint.jpg?resize=917%2C800&amp;ssl=1 917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-ujoint.jpg?resize=344%2C300&amp;ssl=1 344w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-ujoint.jpg?resize=768%2C670&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/driveline-ujoint.jpg?w=1091&amp;ssl=1 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s good news. I&#8217;m going to clean her up and get things ready for the drive to Ohio, which means stocking up on oil, coolant, and ATF. I did smell coolant on my way home from Essex this morning, so I&#8217;ve got to look over the coolant system and see how full the radiator is (and if the overflow tank is pulling correctly).<\/p>\n<p>I also called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audioconnection.com\/index.php\">a company in Columbia<\/a> to inquire into adding a kill switch sometime in the future; they figure it&#8217;ll take about an hour and be a pretty simple procedure. Scouts are getting more and more desirable, and I&#8217;m conscious that it&#8217;s a rare vehicle with a 1970&#8217;s-era ignition lock and no roof. And opening the hood to pull the coil wire all the time can be a drag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scout is finally home after two weeks in Essex having the rear driveline worked on. The issue, as mentioned before, was that the rear U-joint was beginning to disintegrate, taking the yoke and driveshaft along with it (and in the process one of the rear brake cylinders). The shop rebuilt the U-joint and yoke, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repairs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-yQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}