Headed back home...

Pinion seal completion

New seal installed.

Pinion washer/nut re-installed

Driveshaft going back in

Adding gear lube to the carrier

Rear-end drain plug re-installed. 

Pinion seal continued...

Marked the pinion nut/location (white-out)

And a close-up of the number of threads (for re-install)

Removed & draining

Really hard to see, but there should be a 1/8th" clearance on the seal.  This one was nearly pressed all the way in.  Maybe a 32nd.

The old seal is out.

Our new seal...

Before installing, we needed to drain a bunch of gear oil from the rear carrier, so we can clean/dry before applying the silicone.

Fuel pump/fuel line reassembly...

We got the fuel pump back from Corvette Stop (who rebuilt it for us).  Let's get it in...

Cleaned off all the old fittings (lots of teflon tape...a no-no for fuel fittings)

New fuel filter.

All done.  Alternator back on. We'll wait on the fuel filter bracket until after we fire it up and ensure there's no leaks.  Onto the pinion seal completion...

We were looking around under the car after the fuel pump was completed and Jerry noticed this.  Yikes!  One of the engine mount bolts was loose.  Very loose.  : 0

All Good.

Pinion seal debug and disassembly...

We started off w/some parking brake fine tuning adjustments.

Grabbed a pic of the rear carrier #'s

We pulled off the rear/passenger wheel to check the possible wheel cylinder leak.

Good news.  Dry as a bone!

Def. not the wheel cylinder, that slight leak seems to be coming from the trailing arm seal.

Removed the rear carrier bracket ("snubber") bolt

And the 2 threaded bolts in the front of the carrier bracket

Loosen the long rear bolt from the carrier bracket, and...  

And the carrier bracket pivots down and away

Pinion seal continued to leak - even during the process today...

Close up of the pinion nut (and # of exposed threads, for when we reinstall the new one).

Shifter linkage cotter pin was rubbing.  We also lubricated all the shifter linkage.  I believe we have some correct spring retainers (to replace the cotter pins).

First Day - Dec. 26th

Jerry and I started the day by giving a quick car wash to get all the dust off.

The rear-end (front seal) has a bit of a leak

We noticed this ground strap wasn't attached.  Done.

Rear/passenger brake fluid leak (minor)

Had to remove the alternator to get to the fuel pump

Fuel filter is kinda tweaked. We have some extras, so we'll replace that.

Fuel pump off.

Old fuel pump on the left, new (reproduction) on the right.  Note: the fitting alignments are different.  Hmmm...

Fuel filter fitting a bit bent.

We noticed the upper radiator hose is collapsed. We'll address this after the fuel pump work.