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Category: Cadillac 1958 Repairs

Fuel pump leakage repair

Posted August 11, 2013January 22, 2018 adminPosted in Cadillac 1958 Repairs, News, Repairs

Fuel pump leakage repair At some of this summers cruises I noticed a slight fuel smell in especially in hot conditions, as has been many of this summer, and as this is somewhat scary and doesn´t improve fuel economy etc I tried to localize the problem and finally found a small leakage at the fuel […]

Rear Axle Leakage & vent repair

Posted April 7, 2013April 7, 2013 adminPosted in Cadillac 1958 Repairs, News, Repairs

Rear axle vent repair Rear axle vent repair Noticed a pool of oil under my rear right wheel and as this did not feel right I took of the rear drum and this is how it looked inside… yiaak!. As oil on brakes is filed under not so good things I started to ponder how […]

Cooling Fan Shroud installation

Posted February 17, 2013March 10, 2013 adminPosted in Cadillac 1958 Repairs, News, Repairs

I found a decent fan shroud on Ebay and also won the auction for a reasonable amount however the postage and customs fee added 50% to the amount. But when received and unpacked it really looked in very good condition. As the fan shrouds for late 50s Cadillac was used on AC cars where the […]

Wiper vacuum hose exchange

Posted October 16, 2012October 16, 2012 adminPosted in Cadillac 1958 Repairs, Repairs

Due to suspected vacuum leaks in dry old hoses with some redneck repairs done by earlier owners, I had to change my vacuum hoses that connects the washer jar lid to 1. Dash wiper switch 2. Firewall vacuum mfld 3. Wiper motor 4. Windshield washer nozzles. The old hoses were during sometime in history also […]

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