Hi Jim, Edouard and other Readers,
Sometimes long lead times on parts can be good, it gives me a chance to catch up on where I need to be when they arrive. Luckily there is an importer here in my home town who ships a container over from the US around every 6-8 weeks. He charges by the cubic meter so weight doesn't matter, handy when its a disc brake conversion kit, or a car. My Skylark made its way to Australia through the same guy. I do admire how fast freight moves in the US. I ordered parts from Summit (the order I'm waiting on) and they were in California two days later with free shipping. The importer I use has a warehouse in California. Australian postal system is not as efficient, I sent my steering drag link to a guy in a neighbouring state 300 miles away for repair. He received it in 5 working days and completed the repair in two days and posted it back to me. Two weeks later its finally arrived home, after travelling about 2500 miles across three states the wrong direction to South Australia. I guess I should be happy it made its way home.
While I'm on my diff (perhaps I'm in the wrong forum here) has anyone had to seal where the axel tubes fix to the center housing? looking at old photos mine had a weep. I would hate to think of the machining required to drill out the welds and unscrew the axel tubes to reseal them. Perhaps they can be sealed from the outside, being a plumber in another life I don't like sealing anything from the outside.
Spring time sure is here with anger, last week we had 5 days straight of 40 degrees ( that's 104 for you guys) I cant wait for summer.... Its almost too hot to work in my shed, we don't get snow here. I almost prefer to get work done in the winter, its just the daylight hours are a bit short.
Marcus
