Rembrant Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 That is my question, David. With the new motor it seems to work fine. I spent some time today trying to rehabilitate my bumpers to squeeze another year or two (or many) out of them. They were in pretty rough condition, and partially covered in blue over spray. I scrubbed the backsides of both of them previously and soaked in Ospho to try and settle down the rust. The rear bumper I stuck in the press at work to massage the dents out of it, and that worked reasonably well. So today I scrubbed them down with lacquer thinner and white Scotchbrite pads and that got rid of the over spray. Then a scrub with SOS pads to clean and remove the rust, and then I worked them with some chrome polish and a Mother's Power Ball mini in my cordless drill. It took a while, but they turned out OK for 35 year old crispy parts. I ordered two sets of Chrome bumper bolts from LMC (That's two sets of front bumper bolts, since they appear to be the same for the rear) and they seem to be pretty nice pieces too. I had to drill all four of the front ones out, and I cut all of the rear ones off since they were easier to access when the bumper was removed from the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I spent some time today trying to rehabilitate my bumpers to squeeze another year or two (or many) out of them. They were in pretty rough condition, and partially covered in blue over spray. I scrubbed the backsides of both of them previously and soaked in Ospho to try and settle down the rust. The rear bumper I stuck in the press at work to massage the dents out of it, and that worked reasonably well. So today I scrubbed them down with lacquer thinner and white Scotchbrite pads and that got rid of the over spray. Then a scrub with SOS pads to clean and remove the rust, and then I worked them with some chrome polish and a Mother's Power Ball mini in my cordless drill. It took a while, but they turned out OK for 35 year old crispy parts. I ordered two sets of Chrome bumper bolts from LMC (That's two sets of front bumper bolts, since they appear to be the same for the rear) and they seem to be pretty nice pieces too. I had to drill all four of the front ones out, and I cut all of the rear ones off since they were easier to access when the bumper was removed from the frame. Very nice! Good job! Do you get the SOS pads wet when you clean with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Do you get the SOS pads wet when you clean with them? Yes, I just used a little plastic ice cream container with some warm water in it. The SOS pads do quite a job all on their own...there's not much improvement with the polish after that, but they sure turned out nice for crappy old parts. This old truck is seriously over budget this year, so I have to make do with the bumpers I have for the time being. Truth be told, I don't mind a little bit of patina on the bumpers...it will give the truck some character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Do you get the SOS pads wet when you clean with them? Yes, I just used a little plastic ice cream container with some warm water in it. The SOS pads do quite a job all on their own...there's not much improvement with the polish after that, but they sure turned out nice for crappy old parts. This old truck is seriously over budget this year, so I have to make do with the bumpers I have for the time being. Truth be told, I don't mind a little bit of patina on the bumpers...it will give the truck some character. PLEASE don't talk about there being a budget! Janey might read this! Seriously though, those bumpers do look good. They'll look great on the truck, and the truck itself is going to look wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 PLEASE don't talk about there being a budget! Janey might read this! Seriously though, those bumpers do look good. They'll look great on the truck, and the truck itself is going to look wonderful. Indeed! Looks great! I saw a bullnose flareside today, looked like a work in progress, but drivable. Hope to see it finished. Edit: Thanks on the SOS pad info.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamm0ckjames Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Indeed! Looks great! I saw a bullnose flareside today, looked like a work in progress, but drivable. Hope to see it finished. Edit: Thanks on the SOS pad info.! As you know I'm new here, still poking around and reading about y'alls accomplishments and projects. Still feel a bit out of place, but thought I would toss my two bits in. I pulled the motorcraft 2bbl carb off of Moco this morning, my 86 F150. I picked up a carb kit at the local Carquest this morning and went through the carb durring lunch. Later this afternoon when it cools off a bit I'll go out back and reinstall it. Hopefully it will run a bit better. I found an Eddelbrock 4bbl intake manifold for sale online for $100.00 + shipping. I'm hoping to snag it and then find an appropriate Rochester 4bbl carb to match it. But the days accomplishments are a fresh rebuild on my 2bbl carb and a possible 4bbl manifold.Not too shabby for a Monday anyway,,,,,lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 As you know I'm new here, still poking around and reading about y'alls accomplishments and projects. Still feel a bit out of place, but thought I would toss my two bits in. I pulled the motorcraft 2bbl carb off of Moco this morning, my 86 F150. I picked up a carb kit at the local Carquest this morning and went through the carb durring lunch. Later this afternoon when it cools off a bit I'll go out back and reinstall it. Hopefully it will run a bit better. I found an Eddelbrock 4bbl intake manifold for sale online for $100.00 + shipping. I'm hoping to snag it and then find an appropriate Rochester 4bbl carb to match it. But the days accomplishments are a fresh rebuild on my 2bbl carb and a possible 4bbl manifold.Not too shabby for a Monday anyway,,,,,lol You aren't out of place! You fit right in - especially if you are going to put a Q-Jet on that truck. I like the Carterbrocks, but the Q-Jet is my favorite. Very flexible and capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 This old truck is seriously over budget this year, so I have to make do with the bumpers I have for the time being. Truth be told, I don't mind a little bit of patina on the bumpers...it will give the truck some character. Rebuilding an old truck and budget cant be used in the same sentence The bumpers do look nice. On your rear bumper when you go to install it watch that you don't go to tight on the bolts as it will pull the dents back in. I think the bolts pull into the brackets so if you use maybe washers between bumper & brackets to close the opening of the brackets might work? Because of the holes I had in the rear bumper I had to weld up and the front being bent and me beating it back into (some what) shape cleaning them with SOS pads would not cut it LOL. That is why I welded the bolts on from the back side and cut openings for the fog / driving lights in the front bumper. It would have been nice to have them wrapped but it was not in the budget so they will get painted silver after the body & bed is painted. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 As you know I'm new here, still poking around and reading about y'alls accomplishments and projects. Still feel a bit out of place, but thought I would toss my two bits in. I pulled the motorcraft 2bbl carb off of Moco this morning, my 86 F150. I picked up a carb kit at the local Carquest this morning and went through the carb durring lunch. Later this afternoon when it cools off a bit I'll go out back and reinstall it. Hopefully it will run a bit better. I found an Eddelbrock 4bbl intake manifold for sale online for $100.00 + shipping. I'm hoping to snag it and then find an appropriate Rochester 4bbl carb to match it. But the days accomplishments are a fresh rebuild on my 2bbl carb and a possible 4bbl manifold.Not too shabby for a Monday anyway,,,,,lol Progress is Good! As Gary knows ANY progress is good, even if it's two steps forward and one step back, it's still progress... Anyway, welcome to the Forum. Rebuilding your Motorcraft is enough accomplishment for a day. Lining out a 4V manifold is icing on the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamm0ckjames Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 You aren't out of place! You fit right in - especially if you are going to put a Q-Jet on that truck. I like the Carterbrocks, but the Q-Jet is my favorite. Very flexible and capable. Well, reinstalled the motocraft 2bbl. Moco's sounding better, but it still has a hesitation or a slight miss. Throttles up nicely, but at idle she has a little shimmy. Could be plugs or cap and rotor. Most probably its because she sat in a barn for the past 4 1/2 years. I put 10 gallons of fresh gas on top of whatever old stuff was left in the front tank. The Guage read empty prior to giving her a drink. Will definately have to clean out both tanks in the near future and flush the lines. I did put an inline filter in addition to a new filter on the carb but I imagine there's plenty of trash in the system after sitting for so long. I hope I'm not boring you folks to tears, but I do enjoy dinking around with this old truck. Hopefully in the not too distant future she will be willing to get out and about and back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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