FuzzFace2 Posted November 4, 2019 Author 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. Thanks It does feel good that I can say "I have done all the work" as good or bad as it may be for being done in a garage. I don't think there are many that can say that. I am just waiting for someone to ask who did the work, like they do at shows, and start picking away at it that I can ask where their car / truck is and who did the work? That is if I don't beat the s*** out of them first As for the wife and going for a ride, she cant wait to go with me. She keeps coming out to see when "we" are going for a ride. She has been really good thru out this project, that she did not want me to buy as I have 2 AMC Javelins & Gremlin to work on. Then the time it took, 4 years come next month, and the money I kept putting into it. But her seeing it now looking like new she is happy and cant believe how nice it turned out. Heading out to garage, home from work already, to see if "we" cant go for that drive Dave ---- ps; did you see I got the badging on the truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 ps; did you see I got the badging on the truck? I see it now! I had to go back and look at my old pics because I was pretty sure my old 1980 Flareside was an F100 Custom. See pic below from 25 years ago...and like yours, you'll notice there's no mirror...lol. There was no mirror on the passenger side when I bought that truck, and there was none on it when I sold it either! Nice work Dave, Can wait to see some photos of her out in the wild! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 ps; did you see I got the badging on the truck? I see it now! I had to go back and look at my old pics because I was pretty sure my old 1980 Flareside was an F100 Custom. See pic below from 25 years ago...and like yours, you'll notice there's no mirror...lol. There was no mirror on the passenger side when I bought that truck, and there was none on it when I sold it either! Nice work Dave, Can wait to see some photos of her out in the wild! Well we have no grin or smile from the test drive, closer to crying Home early from work so I hit the garage. Got the chrome around the windshield, wipers on, pulled the door panels, broke 2 of the clip holders, to get nuts on the mirror bolts. Wife helped with the mirrors and did a great job. I was going to wait till traffic was less but what the he11 lets go for it. Not even out the drive and the brake pedal is almost to the floor, master is toast and the booster leaks. If I don't get both got to get the master but we are still on for the test drive. Not 200 feet up the road and I cant get it in gear between shifts so had to pull over. I spend to much time in my work truck and I was to shift this the same way, float the gears and you cant really. So going to have to get use to the way this truck shifts, no big deal. Speedo does not work so don't know how fast I was going but don't think the speed limit of 55 MPH and the truck wants to dart so toe may still be off? I also found the wheel will not return to center so caster may be off also. I will have to take it to a shop to have it checked. Get back to the house after about 5 mile run and going to back it into the garage clutch in and BANG! Clutch pedal to the floor and truck still moving toward a 3 foot drop off back onto the street. Shut the truck off, remember no brakes, and it came to a stop in the middle of the yard. Well that Z bar pivot on the block side I fixed twice before broke again! Well at least it broke down in the yard. Tomorrow I will order the master and will see what time I get home if I want to deal with that clutch linkage. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Well that Z bar pivot on the block side I fixed twice before broke again! Ya know Dave, if only you had a hydraulic clutch, none of this would....hahaha. Sorry, I'm just picking on your because I know you don't like hydraulic clutches!! On the up side, the brake issues are all easy repairs. I'm not sure about the clutch linkage repairs, but I know you can handle them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Well we have no grin or smile from the test drive, closer to crying Home early from work so I hit the garage. Got the chrome around the windshield, wipers on, pulled the door panels, broke 2 of the clip holders, to get nuts on the mirror bolts. Wife helped with the mirrors and did a great job. I was going to wait till traffic was less but what the he11 lets go for it. Not even out the drive and the brake pedal is almost to the floor, master is toast and the booster leaks. If I don't get both got to get the master but we are still on for the test drive. Not 200 feet up the road and I cant get it in gear between shifts so had to pull over. I spend to much time in my work truck and I was to shift this the same way, float the gears and you cant really. So going to have to get use to the way this truck shifts, no big deal. Speedo does not work so don't know how fast I was going but don't think the speed limit of 55 MPH and the truck wants to dart so toe may still be off? I also found the wheel will not return to center so caster may be off also. I will have to take it to a shop to have it checked. Get back to the house after about 5 mile run and going to back it into the garage clutch in and BANG! Clutch pedal to the floor and truck still moving toward a 3 foot drop off back onto the street. Shut the truck off, remember no brakes, and it came to a stop in the middle of the yard. Well that Z bar pivot on the block side I fixed twice before broke again! Well at least it broke down in the yard. Tomorrow I will order the master and will see what time I get home if I want to deal with that clutch linkage. Dave ---- Bummer! Did you go off the 3' dropoff????? Hang in there, you'll get these problems sorted, quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 Well that Z bar pivot on the block side I fixed twice before broke again! Ya know Dave, if only you had a hydraulic clutch, none of this would....hahaha. Sorry, I'm just picking on your because I know you don't like hydraulic clutches!! On the up side, the brake issues are all easy repairs. I'm not sure about the clutch linkage repairs, but I know you can handle them. Hydraulic clutch ..... to tell the truth I did give that a though if not for the different pedal set up as I hear they are different. Then the firewall plate and would not have to worry of that pivot breaking again. I will get after it tomorrow if home early. Bummer! Did you go off the 3' dropoff????? Hang in there, you'll get these problems sorted, quickly. No did not but it could have gotten ugly if I did. Truck has to be running for the show Saturday and I got crazy work hours. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Hang in there, you'll get these problems sorted, quickly. Did someone say onion layers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny G Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Hang in there, you'll get these problems sorted, quickly. Did someone say onion layers? Dave did you already post a write up on how you did the fog lights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Dave did you already post a write up on how you did the fog lights? Gary had asked how I was going to mount my selective yellow fog lights. I was hoping for very much what Dave has. I'm all ears! 🤓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 6, 2019 Author Share Posted November 6, 2019 Dave did you already post a write up on how you did the fog lights? I did not really do a write up it was more of a post in here as part of my project. Gary had asked how I was going to mount my selective yellow fog lights. I was hoping for very much what Dave has. I'm all ears! 🤓 This is the finished product I wanted driving lights but not mounted on top or below the bumper. Looking thru LMC site I seen the late 70's truck had a front bumper with the lights in it but not so for the 80's trucks. They sell just the lights as replacements and listed the size. I then made mock up light size from card board (green in the pictures) and placed them on the bumper to see where they would look the best. The 70's they were to the center but we have the frame / mount that moved them in more and just did not work for me. Thing is if you move them to the outside of the frame / mount that puts the light on the bumper that is angled back so the lights would be pointing to the outsides and not in front. So to get them to point straight I had to angle them in the bumper and to make it look right I had to frame it out so you doing see a gap between the light & bumper. The openings could have been a little bigger to aid in light adjustment. Here are links of picture when doing this. http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=54 http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=55 Hope that helps. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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