That is sweet, Missed the thread earlier but that truck looks to have the best of the best for the year it was built in it. I like your improvements. Not change for the sake of change but things that make a nice truck a really nice truck. Question, what year are the front brakes? I need to start looking for some for my Model A project.
53-56 f100 front brakes, you can use f1 brakes (48-52) but they're slightly wider, just make sure you use the matching drums/hub for either the F1 or F100.
Some more pics. Wheel spacers: Found this under the stack of stickers......it's not even the first sticker on there .
One small hiccup last night while driving, it would shut off by itself while driving. After doing it a few times I traced it down to a faulty connection on the fuse panel....the ignition fuse. It has a panel like this one and the piece that holds the fuse is riveted to the piece that holds the wire. The connection between the two, so a zip tie got us running again.
Yea, the zip tie was just to finish cruising that night. I'm wrestling with idea to either upgrade to a blade style fuse, stay with the glass (new cheaply made one) or repair the made in USA one to keep the originality of the build.
Just finished reading this entire thread! Awesome find and glad to see that you are fixing things right to make it a true pleasure to cruise in ! Have one of these I have been gathering parts for and hopefully this summer is the Summer of building a nice 41! Thanks for the inspiration !
After a full day of driving it, I started to get a valve tick. I took off the covers today and found they they were all loose (zero lash), except for 2 intakes that were VERY loose. Re adjusted the valves, put a new belt on, replaced the spark plug wires and toyed with Brite Boy again. The engine looks pretty fresh, PO said 10k and I believe it: Check out the valve cover with a half ass cleaning of Brite Boy: Here's the fuse panel in question, now that I really had a chance to look at it there were 5 fuses at one time. I'm going to replace it next week.
Awesome work on the trans cooler mounting, I really like how you did that. Some of my favorite details are the ones you have to search for. From your picture, it does look nearly invisible from the outside.
It had a universal lower hose, after 2 hours of looking on the gates hose id guide (and google) nothing would fit. I gave in and went with another universal, it installed ok but kinked as soon as the hose was warm...so I ditched it. I made a hose connector from aluminum tube (mind you I'm NO machinist): Cut into the hose and voila lower hose... BTW if anyone needs some good bends with a long 1 3/4 id hose I used a Gates 23507 hose, super pricey $45-$78 BUT Rock auto has a closeout deal for $8.
Thanks, when your looking into the grille you see something but you cant tell what it is unless you know.
Starting of the buffing process.....compound, polish, #7 polish and wax.......hopefully no repeat. I think the big key to bringing back old paint (granted this truck wasn't oxidized, but I've done others that were) is Meguiars #7.........love that stuff. ALL Meguiars products work great, I finished at 2 am....total time around 7 hours which is why I only do this once and then wax after that
Hey Scott, never heard of it...I googled it, sounds like #7 but in black form.......this is the first black vehicle I've owned (primer doesn't count). Took the week off to work on the truck and other things. Going back over there to replace the fuse panel, I found this at a local parts house that has a big boat section.
Have a 40 I'm slowly collecting parts for (actually my 4yr old tell's every one it's his! ) you've done very well. Both the find & the recovery. A very nice truck!
Now the caps are back on and I'm driving it....trying to get it dirty again . Next posts hopefully will be stock gauge repairs.
Ok, another fun fact......if you have 2 different bolt patterns, you then need to run an adapter for a spare (to carry only one spare tire) and you need a skinny tire. I found an adapter to go from 4.75" to 5.5" (1.5" thick), so to be able run the spare on the rear with the adapter, I found that a t155/90r16 fit the bill also for height. So I now have a temp tire on a '40 Ford rim for a spare.....
Wait what !? That reads like "If two trains leave the station at the same time but both have to travel different distances but arrive at the same time to their destination how is this done ?"
Another fun fact.......tires don't last 20+ years . The tires are most likely from the 80s or possibly the early 90's, but have brand new tread and only slight sidewall cracking. So what do I do........I run them HA!. The front lasted about 300 miles and just after I got the spare setup going.....luckily. I was driving today and started to feel a front end shimmy, kept driving of course, it got worse after another 5 miles so I headed towards an empty parking lot, as I pulled in I heard the familiar sound of an angry tire in the final stages of a tread separation. On the plus side I actually got to use the jack and spare, negative side is I need tires now.
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