Springs and Tailshaft

With the springs out I gave them a wire brushing and a few coats of 'Chassis Black' some paint that K&H make. It's okay paint, adheres really well and is supposedly chip proof. I prefer the Motospray Acrylic black for finish, alas it doesn't stick as well to any leftover greasy bits and is not chip proof.


I replaced the rubbers with Nolathane. Unfortunately it's red, but there was no other option, all auto parts suppliers could only get the Nolathane ones. Autopro did manage to track down one set of black rubber in their warehouse interstate, but one set is still one too few :(


So here's the springs repainted and rebushed ready to go in.


Following this I replaced the uni joints in the tailshaft, the ones in there were originals it appears (or genuine replacement at least). Still reasonable but wasn't taking any chances. Under all the grime (the auto trans leaks so it was covered in stuff, I discovered the tailshaft is painted a dark green. Kind of like early Holdens that had light green or brown tailshafts.

It was hard to find the exact colour but I did find an enamel in a similar dark green. Final finish is much darker than it appears in the picture.