Gary Lewis Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Off from work today so did a bunch of little things as most of the big things are done. Took a lot of time looking for screws, etc. One of the things was my box of cotter pins for the tie rods. I looked everywhere and found things I did not know I had but no cotter pins. Put the grease fittings in the kingpins and greased them & the tie rods, that is all the truck has that I found. Put screws in the kick panels I placed in the truck the other day. Picked the best set of door sills, drilled holes and mounted them. Worked on the door mirror mounting hard ware. Lower nut inserts went in with no issues but the first upper one did not work and looking at the others a nut insert will not work. The upper screws are right where the sport mirrors would mount but the nut have been drilled out but it left part of the nut. Because of this it is to thick for the nut insert to work, cant be thicker than sheet metal. I picked up some longer bolts & SS washers, forgot nuts, and cotter pins from the hardware store and will make them work. Don't want to mount the mirrors till the windshield is in so it will not be in the way. Cotter pins installed and checked suspension bolts & nuts, I did not find any loose Wired up and mounted the speakers in the doors, got to have tunes even if the sound is not that good. Looked into why the back up lights do not work. Found the plug on the harness that plugs into the switch on the trany was missing 1 of the barrel contacts. I did not know if the parts truck harness was the same or not as it had a different model trany so what to do? Pulled out the weather pack kit and a test fit of a 2 pin plug looked like it would work. Cut old plug off and crimped on the weather pack, plugged into the trucks harness and did a test and that part worked. Plugged into the trany and we have back up lights! May need to pull the trany to reseal it as it is leaking and from the top and I have not driven it just moving in & out of the garage. I will have to look at it closer to see just where it is leaking form maybe I can seal it in place? Pulled out the baggie with the old badges in it for the "FORD" letters and to see what I need to get them on the truck. I have clips but would like to get new ones as some are bent and I straighten out. I have new "F100" & "Custom" badges and they came with clips. Late start for work tomorrow so going to hit my auto paint supplier to see if they have any thing or know where I can get some clips. Dave ---- Wow, details, details, details. Lots of little details. But it is coming together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Wow, details, details, details. Lots of little details. But it is coming together! Thanks guys LOTS of details! Now all the little things that did not look that bad when I first started are now looking pretty bad LOL Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Wow, details, details, details. Lots of little details. But it is coming together! Thanks guys LOTS of details! Now all the little things that did not look that bad when I first started are now looking pretty bad LOL Dave ---- Ordered window crank handles and hardware as my truck was missing the hardware and the handles broken & painted over. I also ordered new rear brake cables as the ones I have now (new) I think are the wrong ones because I cant get the park brake to adjust. I also tried to order a new booster / master (loaded) and no one has any and I did not want to buy 1 of each at this time. Dave ----- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Cecil Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Ordered window crank handles and hardware as my truck was missing the hardware and the handles broken & painted over. I also ordered new rear brake cables as the ones I have now (new) I think are the wrong ones because I cant get the park brake to adjust. I also tried to order a new booster / master (loaded) and no one has any and I did not want to buy 1 of each at this time. Dave ----- Rockauto should have the booster/master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Rockauto should have the booster/master. Not "loaded" they don't, out of stock. Loaded is you buy the booster and the master comes with it as a unit. I checked 4 other places and they were all out of stock. I think I could have gotten a booster and then a master but I did not want to do it that way. I am going to drive it a little to see how it feels. I know the booster has a leak when you step on the pedal but it still stops when moving it. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 3, 2019 Author Share Posted November 3, 2019 Rockauto should have the booster/master. Not "loaded" they don't, out of stock. Loaded is you buy the booster and the master comes with it as a unit. I checked 4 other places and they were all out of stock. I think I could have gotten a booster and then a master but I did not want to do it that way. I am going to drive it a little to see how it feels. I know the booster has a leak when you step on the pedal but it still stops when moving it. Dave ---- I was told yesterday my glass helper will not help till Sunday, don't have a time but hope early morning. My part order came Friday, window crank handles & hardware and rear brake cables. Also checked on insurance as I wanted it covered for more than book value so for about $400 a year it is coved for$11,000 if the un-thinkable happens. A little nap and hit the garage at 7pm till 10pm Pulled the wheels to do the cables and before I pulled everything apart I measured the short cable and found they were the same and being both cables ended at the adjuster the cables were not why the park brake does not work. So will need to look in to why. Hunted down the windshield chrome. I was freaking out because all I could find was the bent up ones from the parts truck. I found them above the work shop to be safe. I then looked over the door panels to see just how bad they were and the A pillar covers. Decided to do a quick repair and paint of the door panels and started on them. Today started with washing the door panels, doing the needed repairs and paint them. Someone drilled screw holes across the bottom of panels and 1 had a chunk missing around the slide lock I had to fill in. They are not great and will have to do till I get money for new ones. Went digging thru my parts bins looking for the front park brake cable to see if I used the wrong one. This one is about 5" to long but based on wheel bases I cant see why it is only 5" longer? Found the other cable and I am using the shortest one I have. So I did a Rube Goldberg on the front cable to make it shorter and I now have a parking brake. I then worked on the badging. I picked up mew barrel clips for the FORD but they did not fit the holes in the hood and fell over the pins on the letters. I wound up using the old clips and drilling the hood holds bigger. I also had to ream the fender holes for the badges there also. Under hood is not complete with out the jack & handle and lug wrench so I prepped and paint the handle & lug wrench. I went and tried the jack and found it did not work so I am trying to fix it otherwise it will be a prop under the hood till I find a good one. I picked out the best the windshield chrome and cleaned it up. I also tried to straighten the bent parts. One I think can be used if I had to but the other is bent in a way I can not fix. I will get pictures after the windshield is in tomorrow. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I was told yesterday my glass helper will not help till Sunday, don't have a time but hope early morning. My part order came Friday, window crank handles & hardware and rear brake cables. Also checked on insurance as I wanted it covered for more than book value so for about $400 a year it is coved for$11,000 if the un-thinkable happens. A little nap and hit the garage at 7pm till 10pm Pulled the wheels to do the cables and before I pulled everything apart I measured the short cable and found they were the same and being both cables ended at the adjuster the cables were not why the park brake does not work. So will need to look in to why. Hunted down the windshield chrome. I was freaking out because all I could find was the bent up ones from the parts truck. I found them above the work shop to be safe. I then looked over the door panels to see just how bad they were and the A pillar covers. Decided to do a quick repair and paint of the door panels and started on them. Today started with washing the door panels, doing the needed repairs and paint them. Someone drilled screw holes across the bottom of panels and 1 had a chunk missing around the slide lock I had to fill in. They are not great and will have to do till I get money for new ones. Went digging thru my parts bins looking for the front park brake cable to see if I used the wrong one. This one is about 5" to long but based on wheel bases I cant see why it is only 5" longer? Found the other cable and I am using the shortest one I have. So I did a Rube Goldberg on the front cable to make it shorter and I now have a parking brake. I then worked on the badging. I picked up mew barrel clips for the FORD but they did not fit the holes in the hood and fell over the pins on the letters. I wound up using the old clips and drilling the hood holds bigger. I also had to ream the fender holes for the badges there also. Under hood is not complete with out the jack & handle and lug wrench so I prepped and paint the handle & lug wrench. I went and tried the jack and found it did not work so I am trying to fix it otherwise it will be a prop under the hood till I find a good one. I picked out the best the windshield chrome and cleaned it up. I also tried to straighten the bent parts. One I think can be used if I had to but the other is bent in a way I can not fix. I will get pictures after the windshield is in tomorrow. Dave ---- More and more details, and pretty soon it'll be DONE! Keep on keeping on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 More and more details, and pretty soon it'll be DONE! Keep on keeping on. More details: Not know when my glass helper would show up, he did about 4pm, and it being about 9am I did a few things. I worked on the door panels putting them together and got them installed, this will come back to bite me Here you can see the chunk I had to fix by the lock opening, it is that black triangle. I also used hot glue to hold the door handle gaskets as the studs were broken when I got the truck/ That white (silver) square is tape I used as a dam to hold the Plastex to fill in the screw holes. I also used the same tape to fix that chunk area. Here they are installed. Don't look to closely they are ruff and could of used a few more coats but ran out and did not want to waste it on something that will be replaced. Next was to wire up the driving / fog lights in the front bumper. Directions were NFG because you have 3 or 4 of the same color wires, blue / yellow / black that go to the lights / relays & switch. Had to do a lot of bench testing before I found what set of wires went where. With the glass installed I still need to do the chrome and wipers that I painted today also but want to wait a bit. So figured I would install the mirrors before a test drive and that is when I got bit! I need to get inside the doors to catch nuts on the mirror brackets and guess what .... door panels are installed I did not feel up to pulling the panels so called it a night. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 More details: Not know when my glass helper would show up, he did about 4pm, and it being about 9am I did a few things. I worked on the door panels putting them together and got them installed, this will come back to bite me Here you can see the chunk I had to fix by the lock opening, it is that black triangle. I also used hot glue to hold the door handle gaskets as the studs were broken when I got the truck/ That white (silver) square is tape I used as a dam to hold the Plastex to fill in the screw holes. I also used the same tape to fix that chunk area. Here they are installed. Don't look to closely they are ruff and could of used a few more coats but ran out and did not want to waste it on something that will be replaced. Next was to wire up the driving / fog lights in the front bumper. Directions were NFG because you have 3 or 4 of the same color wires, blue / yellow / black that go to the lights / relays & switch. Had to do a lot of bench testing before I found what set of wires went where. With the glass installed I still need to do the chrome and wipers that I painted today also but want to wait a bit. So figured I would install the mirrors before a test drive and that is when I got bit! I need to get inside the doors to catch nuts on the mirror brackets and guess what .... door panels are installed I did not feel up to pulling the panels so called it a night. Dave ---- Yes, but two steps forward and one backward is still PROGRESS! And, as Jim says, progress is good. Seriously, it is really looking good. And complete. You are making great progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n42679/20191103_171354.jpg It must feel good to be this far along finally Dave. You must be (and should be) proud! Man, that is A LOT of work to have done, and to be able to stand back and say that you did all of it is very cool. A tip of the hat to you sir. Man, I'd be out driving the wheels off that thing. If the wife asks where you're going and when you'll be back, just say you don't know...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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