Turn signal cancel / rear axle seal

Yesterday I decided to replace the passenger side rear axle seal. It's been leaking since I put the rear end in. Just a little but enough to put gear oil on the driveway and make a mess on the inside of the tire. I had purchased an axle seal a while back, assuming that the rear end was out of a 'sedan'. However when I pulled the old one out it wasn't the same size. After some research I determined that it was actually out of a Ranchero. The rear bearings and axle seals are bigger. Since none of the local parts houses had one I had to make a run to Escondido to pick one up at C&G auto. The new seal was a snap to install.

I also bought a turn signal cancel switch since the one that was in the car was broken. Left hand turns never cancelled. The one I purchased has 2 wires and in reading I wasn't sure it was the correct one, however it was so after removing the steering wheel I pulled the old one and soldered in the wires. The retainer clip was tough but I finally got it installed. Works great.

New motor mounts installed.

My new motor mounts came in so I installed those. Ya gotta love old cars. Only about 15 minutes to install both sides! I did a bit more research on my distributor, engine combination (1971 Ford Torino points type distributor in a 1975 Ford Granada engine) The manuals say to use the 'sticker' to determine the correct initial timing, however since the engine didn't come in the car, no sticker. I searched the internet but there isn't much info. Since the engine is a 1975 Ford had just started with the smog stuff. It originally had a 'duraspark' ignition but since that was swapped out I wasn't sure what I should set the timing at. I had played with using manifold vacuum to set it and found that it was setting is above TDC. I did find some references of setting timing to 0 TDC so figured I would give that a try. The motor starts better now and the 2500 rpm vibration has reduced. Guess I will stick with that for a while.

I ordered a turn signal cancel part for the steering column, hopefully I can get that installed this week. I also need to install the passenger side rear wheel seal as it's leaking just a bit.