rcarlisle Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Went to my first judged show today. Stock class with 3 trucks, a Lighting and a 92 extn cab. Not bad for a driver, the others don't get driven much. Dave. ---- Congratulations for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Went to my first judged show today. Stock class with 3 trucks, a Lighting and a 92 extn cab. Not bad for a driver, the others don't get driven much. Dave. ---- Congrat's, Dave!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Congrat's, Dave!! Awesome! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 Awesome! Congrats! Thanks guys. I went into the show just to show it off and if I got anything great. I almost felt bad as all I did was wipe the truck down from dust in the garage and drove to the show. Guys were wiping and shining the whole time up to judging time even under the cars. Waxing was to much work for me and no way I am doing any more than that! I have a sheet I printed up I tuck under the wiper of what I have done to the truck and I built it to drive and use for weekly trash runs. People could not believe after all that work that's what I do with it and not just pull it out for shows. There was a 68 Ranger PU behind me, really nice truck and great body work & black paint. He wipes it down before shows, drives it to the show & back home parked in the garage till next show. He has had it done a few years now and only has about 1500 miles on the truck and other than shows dose not enjoy the truck. I have had mine done a little over a year and a half now and have over 5000 miles and enjoy it most of the time even in the rain! Guys enjoy your truck! Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Thanks guys. I went into the show just to show it off and if I got anything great. I almost felt bad as all I did was wipe the truck down from dust in the garage and drove to the show. Guys were wiping and shining the whole time up to judging time even under the cars. Waxing was to much work for me and no way I am doing any more than that! I have a sheet I printed up I tuck under the wiper of what I have done to the truck and I built it to drive and use for weekly trash runs. People could not believe after all that work that's what I do with it and not just pull it out for shows. There was a 68 Ranger PU behind me, really nice truck and great body work & black paint. He wipes it down before shows, drives it to the show & back home parked in the garage till next show. He has had it done a few years now and only has about 1500 miles on the truck and other than shows dose not enjoy the truck. I have had mine done a little over a year and a half now and have over 5000 miles and enjoy it most of the time even in the rain! Guys enjoy your truck! Dave ---- As we all know over time our trucks need a little help with little things that pop up and we keep putting off till that "one day" comes, that was yesterday. The choke needed a little "tweaking" when it was 90* out it would not come on (I think as I never looked) or up the idle speed and if it did as soon as I hit the throttle the idle would drop. Even when colder out the fast idle would kick down but I could drive the truck with out any worming up. So being lazy all I did was turn the black cap, after marking so I know where I started at, and will see what that gets me. The right side mirror would move with closing the door so took up on the 3 screws on the bottom, they were a little lose, so will see if that fixes it. Added a little oil to the motor as it was down 1 qt. The dome light for the right door stopped working a few weeks back so dug into that. When I removed the switch it did not have a wire on it? That's why it did not work! My son came out and helped as 1 person had to fish the wire from inside to get close to the hole for the switch and the other to grab the wire / plug and pull it out the hole. He worked the plug & switch so it would not come apart again (I hope). At that point he asked what else needed to be done? I did not want to get into this but I had some of the dash lights stop working and did not think it was the bulbs as they were replaced with LED's I know some would flicker or like the right turn light would work for a bit then stop then start / stop over time till it just stopped. He said he would do the work if I guided him how it had to come apart so on we went! He had issues with the light & wiper knobs but got them off. When he got the bezel off a bolt fell out? I had one do that months back and could not find where it came from. He was able to find where they both came from and installed them back. When the gauge cluster was pulled out the speedo cable popped off, more on this later. So we pulled all the bulbs, cleaned the strip and the bulb holders all shinny again and used dielectric grease, hope that will keep the lights on. Tested and all worked as should but he said the "brake" light did not? He check if the 2 wires at the valve had power and they did not. I dont ever remember the light coming on as a test like the seat belt light dose? I told him to forget about it as I did not need a light to tell me the brake peddle went to the floor! So on to the speedo cable. He could not get the cable to clip onto the cluster and when looking the inner cable was pushed out and would not let the cable clip on. Told him to remove it from the transmission for now. This fixed the gauge end and he got everything back together inside but ..... Now at the trans end the inner cable was sticking out so the gear would not fit on so you could get it's clip on the gear and the end of the cable. The only fix I could see was to cut the inner cable to fit so the gear could go on and the clip installed so that's what my son did. During the dash light work a storm came thru and of course we were out side the garage with fan blowing and the fur kids were outside. So I got the fan & cords in the garage and then the fur kids to the house, son the truck into the garage and it came down. So much so son had to close up the garage as the wind was blowing everything around and flooding it. It was late and still raining on & off so did not do a road test. Dave ---- Forgot I also painted the Over Drive knob so it shows up its over drive and not a 4x4 lever that some thought it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 As we all know over time our trucks need a little help with little things that pop up and we keep putting off till that "one day" comes, that was yesterday. The choke needed a little "tweaking" when it was 90* out it would not come on (I think as I never looked) or up the idle speed and if it did as soon as I hit the throttle the idle would drop. Even when colder out the fast idle would kick down but I could drive the truck with out any worming up. So being lazy all I did was turn the black cap, after marking so I know where I started at, and will see what that gets me. The right side mirror would move with closing the door so took up on the 3 screws on the bottom, they were a little lose, so will see if that fixes it. Added a little oil to the motor as it was down 1 qt. The dome light for the right door stopped working a few weeks back so dug into that. When I removed the switch it did not have a wire on it? That's why it did not work! My son came out and helped as 1 person had to fish the wire from inside to get close to the hole for the switch and the other to grab the wire / plug and pull it out the hole. He worked the plug & switch so it would not come apart again (I hope). At that point he asked what else needed to be done? I did not want to get into this but I had some of the dash lights stop working and did not think it was the bulbs as they were replaced with LED's I know some would flicker or like the right turn light would work for a bit then stop then start / stop over time till it just stopped. He said he would do the work if I guided him how it had to come apart so on we went! He had issues with the light & wiper knobs but got them off. When he got the bezel off a bolt fell out? I had one do that months back and could not find where it came from. He was able to find where they both came from and installed them back. When the gauge cluster was pulled out the speedo cable popped off, more on this later. So we pulled all the bulbs, cleaned the strip and the bulb holders all shinny again and used dielectric grease, hope that will keep the lights on. Tested and all worked as should but he said the "brake" light did not? He check if the 2 wires at the valve had power and they did not. I dont ever remember the light coming on as a test like the seat belt light dose? I told him to forget about it as I did not need a light to tell me the brake peddle went to the floor! So on to the speedo cable. He could not get the cable to clip onto the cluster and when looking the inner cable was pushed out and would not let the cable clip on. Told him to remove it from the transmission for now. This fixed the gauge end and he got everything back together inside but ..... Now at the trans end the inner cable was sticking out so the gear would not fit on so you could get it's clip on the gear and the end of the cable. The only fix I could see was to cut the inner cable to fit so the gear could go on and the clip installed so that's what my son did. During the dash light work a storm came thru and of course we were out side the garage with fan blowing and the fur kids were outside. So I got the fan & cords in the garage and then the fur kids to the house, son the truck into the garage and it came down. So much so son had to close up the garage as the wind was blowing everything around and flooding it. It was late and still raining on & off so did not do a road test. Dave ---- Forgot I also painted the Over Drive knob so it shows up its over drive and not a 4x4 lever that some thought it was. I hate when you fix something and you wind up breaking something else When the son & I fixed the LED dash lights he found the 4 ways did not work? and everything had worked up to that point. To me it was not a big deal they did not work but it was to my son so late yesterday he dragged me out to dig into this. Before I got out there he found the stop lights did not work and that is a big deal to me. He found the fuse blown, replaced it but as soon as the brake lights came on it blew again He was thinking it was the turn signal switch but I could not really see that as the turn signals worked. So I told him to unplug the stop switch and we would jump it to see if the fuse, we installed a CB that resets, would blow and that would tell us if it was the switch or something else. A while back he removed the plug end but left the wire ends on the stop light switch to tie into the trailer brake controller as not to cut any wires. So he took the "tie in" out of the picture and the stop lights worked and did not trip the CB. Add the "tie in" and it tripped the CB? He then unplugged the wires at the back of the brake controller to rule it out and it tripped the CB, so the short was the wires from the "tie in" to the controller. Looking deeper he found wires were pinched between the column and the dash frame. Now you ask how could this happen when it all worked before? Well when removing the dash bezel a bolt fell out and months before 1 fell out and I put it in the ash tray. Son found where they went and installed them but did not see the wires for the trailer brake controller that run over the top of the column. He pulled the wiring out and it was smashed pretty good so he cut that part out solidered it back together and srink wrapped it and fished it back over the top and plugged back in and all is good again. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I hate when you fix something and you wind up breaking something else When the son & I fixed the LED dash lights he found the 4 ways did not work? and everything had worked up to that point. To me it was not a big deal they did not work but it was to my son so late yesterday he dragged me out to dig into this. Before I got out there he found the stop lights did not work and that is a big deal to me. He found the fuse blown, replaced it but as soon as the brake lights came on it blew again He was thinking it was the turn signal switch but I could not really see that as the turn signals worked. So I told him to unplug the stop switch and we would jump it to see if the fuse, we installed a CB that resets, would blow and that would tell us if it was the switch or something else. A while back he removed the plug end but left the wire ends on the stop light switch to tie into the trailer brake controller as not to cut any wires. So he took the "tie in" out of the picture and the stop lights worked and did not trip the CB. Add the "tie in" and it tripped the CB? He then unplugged the wires at the back of the brake controller to rule it out and it tripped the CB, so the short was the wires from the "tie in" to the controller. Looking deeper he found wires were pinched between the column and the dash frame. Now you ask how could this happen when it all worked before? Well when removing the dash bezel a bolt fell out and months before 1 fell out and I put it in the ash tray. Son found where they went and installed them but did not see the wires for the trailer brake controller that run over the top of the column. He pulled the wiring out and it was smashed pretty good so he cut that part out solidered it back together and srink wrapped it and fished it back over the top and plugged back in and all is good again. Dave ---- Good job getting it fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Good job getting it fixed! Thanks but I got to say it was my son that found the issue and fixed it I was just there for support LOL Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Thanks but I got to say it was my son that found the issue and fixed it I was just there for support LOL Dave ---- That’s even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 That’s even better! I am beginning to not like my truck so much Lately sometimes when I go to start the truck the solenoid will clunk but no starter action! I can do this a few times and then the starter will kick in and motor will crank normal speed and start. When it does it I dont have the time to go digging into it to find out why. Also you may hit the key 1 time and clunk and the next it may turn over or you hit the key 5 or 6 times before it turns over. Because of this & time it happens its going to be hard to track it down. BUT what really bugs me is the AC! On the way to work at 1;30 am the AC stopped working then started again? Well whole different story when I got out at 3pm and it is hot as you know what! No AC. Everything looks good under the hood, no wet / oily areas like a loose fitting (again) or bad hose. I shook the wires thinking bad connection but no go. I cant throw gauges on it as I lent them out but will check for power to the PSI switch and if I dont have any power there I will need to dig deeper. So the truck will be parked other than the trash run on Saturday till its fixed again. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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