Jafro, thanks again for the excellent info. Now it looks like I need to do wheel bearings I checked out your pictures and noticed 2 things....

1. no pics of wheel bearings. I assume that again I can do this at home. Circlip holds them in from the outside, and I'll use the old bearing as a drift to coax the new one in if required.

2. You have a pic showing gas at 1.89 a gallon! ahhh..... the good old days!

Thanks again, Dave