The Ford Barn

rotorwrench · 01-05-2020, 06:33 PM

A lot of folks go to the rubber ball set up on the radius rod. That wouldn't necessarily need any oil on it. When building the ball back up with weldment and profiling it back to OEM specs, it can take oil and grease better but was never really set up to be lubricated and isn't included in the chart. They certainly got oily from the usual seeps most model As tend to have.

I'm not sure what dash or cowl brackets could be used to hang the transmission from either. A person could hang it from a cherry picker type engine hoist though. Most folks install the engine and the transmission as a unit but it can be removed by pulling the rear axle & drive assembly back out of the way.

Since your using seal bearings, you could seal the bore in question. Oil that gets in there will have no where to go with the sealed bearings in there.

01-05-2020, 06:33 PM	#22
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,440	Re: Revising gear box A lot of folks go to the rubber ball set up on the radius rod. That wouldn't necessarily need any oil on it. When building the ball back up with weldment and profiling it back to OEM specs, it can take oil and grease better but was never really set up to be lubricated and isn't included in the chart. They certainly got oily from the usual seeps most model As tend to have. I'm not sure what dash or cowl brackets could be used to hang the transmission from either. A person could hang it from a cherry picker type engine hoist though. Most folks install the engine and the transmission as a unit but it can be removed by pulling the rear axle & drive assembly back out of the way. Since your using seal bearings, you could seal the bore in question. Oil that gets in there will have no where to go with the sealed bearings in there.