We went for a nice ride along the Gulf last night. My wife says the car sounds sooo much better and she thinks she cannot feel the bad wheel bearing anymore. I take that as a good sign. Overall I'm happy with the work I've done so far. Everything is working as it should including the electrics. Headlights do not flicker when hitting a bump. Brakes are fair, need to check the front calipers. Motor sounded real good out on the highway. Though I wish we had the overdrive. We don't plan on going more than a hundred miles away from home.
The ice cream cones we had in Crystal Beach were very good. The same ice cream stand I used to take my high school girl friends to over 40 years ago! We really had to wolf them down though as the temps are in the 80's even after sunset. Thought we may have to put the top up as it started misting some. Turns out as we got closer to home the rain was ahead of us. The roads were wet but we got into the garage with minimal moisture exposure.

Got most everything done last night. All I had left to do this am was hook up the parking brake and adjust it. Then bleed the brakes. I ran up to the hardware store and got a two foot piece of clear 5/16" ID plastic tubeing, 49 cents. Utilizing one of my empty beverage bottles from last night I was able to bleed the brakes by myself. Why didn't I think of this when I was a teenager? Open the bleeder valve put the tubeing on it and the other end in the bottle with a little loop in the tube. Making sure the brake canister is always full, slowly pump the brakes. About ten strokes and then check the hose for air bubbles and see that there is brake fluid coming into the bottle. Check fluid level and repeat. I did this three times. The idea is once there is some brake fluid in the bottle covering the end of the tube air cannot get back up into the brake slave cylinder. Brakes are working good. I'm going to check the front calipers to be sure they are working well. Oh, pour out the extra brake fluid and dispose of properly so as not to get it confused with a cold beverage later! Cheers!!!

Got allot done today. All the parts came in yesterday to replace the right rear axle. Just alittle disappointed with the axle. The packaging failed and the outboard end managed to break through the box and was buggered up threadwise. Was not much of a problem for Glen in St.Pete as he fit it all together in no time. Spent the afternoon in 95 degree heat and humidity putting it together. All I have left to do is hook the hand brake and bleed the hydrolics. All I'm hopeing for is the rear end to be a bit quieter so we can move on to the transmission. Really I would have gotten it done tonite, but the mosquitoes kept flying off with my tools!

Good grief is there anything worse than waiting for parts? I've spent the last couple days sanding and painting parts. At least one side will be looking good for awhile.

I finally found a new axle shaft with the universal yoke already installed. Can't beat the price compared to the parts house that sells the shaft without the yoke. Price the same! The bearing and seal kit is also a nice savings over buying each separately. It sure pays to slow down and do some internet shopping comparison. Another plus is they charge half of what others do for shipping.
I've been cleaning up parts and getting them ready for a little paint. I want to sand blast the brake backing plate, so tomorrow I'll go in search of a place that might let me do that myself.
Because of water restrictions here in Florida we are still not allowed to pressure wash unless it's for safety or health reasons. With all this rain I hope that's lifted soon. I'd like to clean the under carriage
and put a fresh coat of sealer on.
Well that's about it. I got an email from UPS saying they've received my order and it's on the way. I don't expect it until Monday.

We took a big step yesterday and took apart the right drive axle. Every thing went good until we got to the hub flange. My flywheel puller wasn't quite heavy duty enough to get the job done. It did pull the flange off about 3/8's of an inch. I had found Glenn's MG repair down in St. Pete. I got there and within minutes Glenn was working at finishing the job with the right tool. We found that the roller/needle bearings has scored the axle shaft, rendering it useless unless I could fine a machine shop that could weld on some metal then machine it off to the original specs. Well that proved to be easier said than done. So after several hours on the phone I relented and ordered all the parts I need to replace the axle. With shipping, $230. That's just for the right side now. We'll see if the growling noise has stopped. Note that some of the needle bearings were missing from the cage. If so I'll move onto the next step and see about replacing the clutch and seeing what's causing the clunk in the tranny.
Glenn charged me a couple bucks for his time, but gave me a hundred dollars of advice for free. Thank you, Glenn.
Here's a pic of the car up on a home made castor a friend loaned me. Thank you John