FuzzFace2 Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Not if you have a 460 and a heavy foot! My driving to work with the parking brake on (and subsequent need to adjust) attests to that. And I have the big 12x3 1/2 shoes. Thanks guys I am on stand by for work, read no work unless they call me, so I will get out and adjust the rod before I do some running around for the honey do list before family shows up Thursday. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Thanks guys I am on stand by for work, read no work unless they call me, so I will get out and adjust the rod before I do some running around for the honey do list before family shows up Thursday. Dave ---- Yesterday I used the truck for what I got it for .......... trash run. Loaded the trash in the bed and my brother & son in the cab and off we went. They were busy so did not get a picture so I guess it did not happen right LOL Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Yesterday I used the truck for what I got it for .......... trash run. Loaded the trash in the bed and my brother & son in the cab and off we went. They were busy so did not get a picture so I guess it did not happen right LOL Dave ---- Never happened! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Never happened! 😂 Yup, 'tis a Fig Newton of someone's amalgamation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Yup, 'tis a Fig Newton of someone's amalgamation. Marry X-Mass everyone :-partybud My family was here earlier in the week so today was just the wife and I so spent an hour or 2 in the garage. The rear tank sender stopped working shortly after I get it on the road so I worked on that toady. Know what it's like to drop the rear tank even empty? I checked to make sure the wiring was good by shorting out the wires so knew it was the new sender. Once out I knew what it was, the float was full of gas. I did test the sender and it works great. Swapped float from the old sender, drop unit back in tank and tank back up in place. I hope it dose not leak once I have fuel in the tank. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Marry X-Mass everyone :-partybud My family was here earlier in the week so today was just the wife and I so spent an hour or 2 in the garage. The rear tank sender stopped working shortly after I get it on the road so I worked on that toady. Know what it's like to drop the rear tank even empty? I checked to make sure the wiring was good by shorting out the wires so knew it was the new sender. Once out I knew what it was, the float was full of gas. I did test the sender and it works great. Swapped float from the old sender, drop unit back in tank and tank back up in place. I hope it dose not leak once I have fuel in the tank. Dave ---- Yes, even an empty tank is a pain to drop. But good job with the float. Does the new/old one have an obvious hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Yes, even an empty tank is a pain to drop. But good job with the float. Does the new/old one have an obvious hole? Depending on the truck and it's condition, it's sometimes easier to just lift the bed off. Glad to hear that you're finally getting to drive the old girl Dave! I'd say a lot of Bullnose Flaresides have been saved from the crusher these past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Yes, even an empty tank is a pain to drop. But good job with the float. Does the new/old one have an obvious hole? Yes you can see where it weeps out and before I removed it from the arm I shook it and could hear the gas in it. Because I had 2 old senders / floats I used 1 of the floats other wise I would have picked up a new one. Yes, even an empty tank is a pain to drop. But good job with the float. Does the new/old one have an obvious hole? Depending on the truck and it's condition, it's sometimes easier to just lift the bed off. Glad to hear that you're finally getting to drive the old girl Dave! I'd say a lot of Bullnose Flaresides have been saved from the crusher these past few years. I did not want to remove the bed and risk hurting the paint on the bed or cab. I also don't have a good way to attach straps to lift it. If I was to use the stake pockets it may bend them. I would have had to undo the fuel fill doors & hoses, again may hurt the paint on them. The only thing doing it the way I did is if the vent / fill got hurt as I was able to fill the tank at full blast before this and hope I still can. The only other thing is hope it does not leak or I will have to drop it again I did my part on saving a flare side even if I did add "my touches". I am going to try and get the truck out this weekend, I started yard work the other day I have to finish, and et some good pictures and up date the picture for my avatar. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Yes, even an empty tank is a pain to drop. But good job with the float. Does the new/old one have an obvious hole? Yes you can see where it weeps out and before I removed it from the arm I shook it and could hear the gas in it. Because I had 2 old senders / floats I used 1 of the floats other wise I would have picked up a new one. Yes, even an empty tank is a pain to drop. But good job with the float. Does the new/old one have an obvious hole? Depending on the truck and it's condition, it's sometimes easier to just lift the bed off. Glad to hear that you're finally getting to drive the old girl Dave! I'd say a lot of Bullnose Flaresides have been saved from the crusher these past few years. I did not want to remove the bed and risk hurting the paint on the bed or cab. I also don't have a good way to attach straps to lift it. If I was to use the stake pockets it may bend them. I would have had to undo the fuel fill doors & hoses, again may hurt the paint on them. The only thing doing it the way I did is if the vent / fill got hurt as I was able to fill the tank at full blast before this and hope I still can. The only other thing is hope it does not leak or I will have to drop it again I did my part on saving a flare side even if I did add "my touches". I am going to try and get the truck out this weekend, I started yard work the other day I have to finish, and et some good pictures and up date the picture for my avatar. Dave ---- I spent a little time with the truck today. I have had 2 head light relay harness from LMC for years I was going to use on another projects. My son used 1 on his YJ Jeep till he swapped to HID head lights and did not need the relays. I have had them out to add to the truck before I got it on the road but never got to it till today. Went pretty easy as it is mostly plug-n-play. Because the harness was used I had to clean up the eye lets for a good ground. The kit also did not come with a fuse so I went thru my electrical bin and found a 20 amp breaker and wired it in. There is only a 3" 10 ga wire between the battery hot & breaker so no fear of a short on the "hot" wire to the breaker. I also gave a few turn up on the head lights as they were a little to low for my liking. I will take the screw driver with me next time I have it out at night to do a better job of aiming them. I may also take a wrench to see if I can aim the fog / driving lights but have a feeling I may have to get creative as I don't have the adjustment I thought I built into them. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I spent a little time with the truck today. I have had 2 head light relay harness from LMC for years I was going to use on another projects. My son used 1 on his YJ Jeep till he swapped to HID head lights and did not need the relays. I have had them out to add to the truck before I got it on the road but never got to it till today. Went pretty easy as it is mostly plug-n-play. Because the harness was used I had to clean up the eye lets for a good ground. The kit also did not come with a fuse so I went thru my electrical bin and found a 20 amp breaker and wired it in. There is only a 3" 10 ga wire between the battery hot & breaker so no fear of a short on the "hot" wire to the breaker. I also gave a few turn up on the head lights as they were a little to low for my liking. I will take the screw driver with me next time I have it out at night to do a better job of aiming them. I may also take a wrench to see if I can aim the fog / driving lights but have a feeling I may have to get creative as I don't have the adjustment I thought I built into them. Dave ---- The relays should make a big difference on the amount of light awa peace of mind that the wiring nor switch will burn up. Let us know how much diff you see. On the fogs, did you go with oversized holes in the brackets? Or what was the plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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