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Need to make Brad get over there and hustle it on up. lol.

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great build, love the attention to detail on all the hose and wire routing !

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Because I eliminated my in-cab tank, I wasn't sure how I was going to fill the open hole in the cab. In the past, I would have made a filler panel and welded it in, but because I was trying to keep the original patina, that wasn't an option. I was going through some stuff the other day and came across an old mag wheel cap that measured out perfectly. I needed a way to secure the cap, so I went to Lowes and got the stuff I needed. I bought a 4" expanding pipe plug ($4.99) and a bronze bushing with a 1/4" i.d. and a 3/8" o.d. ($2.91).
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To make the cap fit flush to the cab's filler neck grommet, I milled down the four raised areas inside the cap and opened the 10/32" hole to 1/4-20. The cap is soft, so I just ran the 1/4" tap down the existing hole and used a lot of penetrating oil to lube the tap and flush out the chips. I used a section of the pipe plug as the backing plate, as because it has a bevel on the backside, it'll fit perfectly into the cab grommet.
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I popped the bronze bushing in the center hole and did a test fit using a 1" 1/4-20 bolt and washer.
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Here it is in it's installed position. It's nice and tight, also waterproof!
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Neat idea. It looks good!

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Yup....

My kind of engineering.

Clever.

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Very Cool!!!:metal:

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I like it!

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:agree:

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Survey says: Right on!

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That's totally cool dude.

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I got some time this week to work on the truck, so I bent up some hard lines to use as wiring conduits on the top of the engine. These hold the A/C and the choke wiring. I used 3/8" line (30" lengths, bought at NAPA), and supported it with 8.5mm plug wire seperators. I bought the separators on eBay for $14.99 for a complete set. They work perfectly when supporting a 3/8 line. I also snuck in the vacuum advance line by sliding a 3/16" line inside the 3/8" and plumbing the ends with the rubber line. The ends of the 3/8 line are capped with rubber caps that I trimmed and drilled the center out for the wire to go through. This keeps water out of the hard line and prevents corrosion.
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[QUOTE=chevyrestoguy;7492859]I got some time this week to work on the truck, so I bent up some hard lines to use as wiring conduits on the top of the engine. These hold the A/C and the choke wiring. I used 3/8" line (30" lengths, bought at NAPA), and supported it with 8.5mm plug wire seperators. I bought the separators on eBay for $14.99 for a complete set. They work perfectly when supporting a 3/8 line. I also snuck in the vacuum advance line by sliding a 3/16" line inside the 3/8" and plumbing the ends with the rubber line. The ends of the 3/8 line are capped with rubber caps that I trimmed and drilled the center out for the wire to go through. This keeps water out of the hard line and prevents corrosion.

As always, awesome job! Such an affordable detail that makes the truck much cleaner!!

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Very nice!

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Such clean work!

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Awesome tube work. We're going to make a pipe fitter out of you yet.

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Ha! You should see the badass drain pipe and water feed line job I did on the sink in the guest bathroom last weekend! Turned out awesome, just a shame you've got to lay on your back upside down on the bathroom floor to see it.

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Lol

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Great,

You can come do my truck and my kitchen. :lol:

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Started working on the brake booster vacuum line and came to the conclusion that I was going to need to move the PCV over to the passenger side because the PCV fitting on my carb was on the passenger side(!) of the baseplate. So, I had go with Version 2.0, which I like a lot better than the original version. Had to buy a couple of molded 3/8 hoses, whipped up a new hard line, and changed the route slightly.
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Cool

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Spent the last couple of days cleaning up my tailgate. I absolute despise rust, so it had to go. After many applications of CLR and scrubbing with a Scotchbrite, it was ready for many more applications of Naval Jelly. A final application of 50/50 bleach and water, and then a bath of baking soda and water to neutralize the acid. I should taken a "before" picture of the backside of the tailgate. It was way worse than the front, and it looked like it was used a shelf to store rusty parts. It was 100% covered in rust that felt like 60 grit. I'm going with a clean, rust-free patina on this truck, and when it's all said and done, I'll probably have more time in preserving the original paint than if I had just done a complete paint job!
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That turned out great. Looks much better.

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Very Nice!

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Great job cleaning up the tailgate!

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WOW, that looks great...Jim

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Nice job on the gate.

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Came out clean! Gives a neat effect.

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[QUOTE=chevyrestoguy;7579144]Spent the last couple of days cleaning up my tailgate. I absolute despise rust, so it had to go. After many applications of CLR and scrubbing with a Scotchbrite, it was ready for many more applications of Naval Jelly. A final application of 50/50 bleach and water, and then a bath of baking soda and water to neutralize the acid. I should taken a "before" picture of the backside of the tailgate. It was way worse than the front, and it looked like it was used a shelf to store rusty parts. It was 100% covered in rust that felt like 60 grit. I'm going with a clean, rust-free patina on this truck, and when it's all said and done, I'll probably have more time in preserving the original paint than if I had just done a complete paint job!

NICE!

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Thanks, fellas!!!!

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Starting to do a lot of the detail items that aren't much fun. Built an A/C idle solenoid bracket, a throttle spring bracket, and modified a Holley TV cable bracket. The A/C solenoid bracket was made from one off of a Quadrajet that I chopped up. The throttle spring bracket was made from a piece of scrap angle iron, and the TV cable bracket was one from Holley that I cut all of the unused appendages off of. Then, I sent them all out for powdercoat. They sprayed them in Super Chrome and added a clear coat for extra protection.
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Awesome attention to detail.

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Small attention to details is what puts this build in the top 10 on my list.

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Yep. Verrry nice work!

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I think one of these fine days I'll be standing in your driveway with my 76 waiting to see your truck. You laugh now but you never know. Then maybe we can hop over to Brads so I can see his truck.

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Neat and tidy!

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This week's project.......rebuilding a broken hood latch.

As far as I know, nobody reproduces a hood latch for the 60-66 trucks, and I have to think that a lot of them got pitched in the trash because they were considered to be broken. The main culprit is usually the secondary hood latch spring, also known as the safety latch. With the huge size of our hoods, you never want to use a latch without an operating safety because you'll fold the hood back on the freeway and destroy a lot of other stuff in the process. Unfortunately, none of the aftermarket companies make a replacement spring, but with a little research, you can find a suitable substitute.

First of all, you have to remove the spring by grinding down the head of the locating pin and driving it out. A suggestion would be to make marks on the latch before you pull it apart in order to ensure that it goes back together in the right position. Once you remove the pin, you will have to open the hole in the latch arm to 5/16 (.312). The pin will be replaced with a 2.25" 5/16 bolt (grade 8) and a Nylock. The biggest problem I found with finding a replacement spring was that nobody made one in the same outside coil diameter as the original spring. I went to McMaster-Carr and found a spring that was as close to the factory as I could find. Part# 9271K589 (Music wire torsion spring, 90 degree angle, .848" spring OD, .105 wire diameter, left hand). Make sure it's wound in a left hand orientation, same as factory! Now, the spring has a tight winding and will need to be stretched in order for the spring legs to align with the locating tangs on the latch, so I put mine in a vice and stretched it to give a little spacing between the windings and increasing the edge to edge length. In order to locate the spring correctly, I had to make a spacer that fit inside the inner diameter of the spring. The reason is, the added diameter of the replacement spring with cause it to sit cocked when it's installed because the spring is under pressure. The fix is to make an aluminum spacer, 1.5" in length, .600 in outer diameter, and a center hole of .312. If you've got a lathe, it's a simple piece to make, or any machinist can whip one out quickly. Tighten the 5/16 bolt, but not too tight to cause the latch movement to bind. I ground the height of the Nylock slightly to ensure that there was enough threads protruding out of the end. Reassembly is a little tricky because you have to compress the spring, and a word of advice is to NOT trim the excess length of the spring ends until you install the spring for the final time! Here are some pictures of the final product. Works great, and it saved the latch from being tossed in the scrap pile.
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Always endeavorous you are.

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Nice!

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:diablo excellent job, hope updates:diablo:

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I've been referencing the work you did on your evap AC box for awhile (trying to do the same but with small extension fittings, no luck yet.)

Saw you just redid the hood spring, had the same issue with mine! Used a pin from tractor supply and i think a spring i made from a coat hangar?

Glad to see i'm not the only one fickle on these details!

You wouldn't happen to remember the # sizes on the a/c lines would you? Best i can guess larger one from evap is #10 and from valve is #6?