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Congratulations Rian!
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Congrats on getting that job, Rian! Happy belated B-day also...take care.
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After bailing out early last night, I worked at the day job most of today.
So only got into the garage around 6pm. It was chilly down there. So I completed disassembling the rear end. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pszectm3cu.jpg Removed the springs and shocks. Followed by washing the shocks and chassis with petrol to get them clean and applying the Vactan rust converter to all surfaces. I then cleaned the springs with Cif and a Scotch pad. After which I washed them down. Hound my wash bucket had already frozen over with a 10mm thick plug. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psre1smjjd.jpg Once washed I brought the inane put them next to my study heater to dry and warm up. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pskhom8f1g.jpg At this point Nicola had not seen what I was up to as she was getting ready to go out with work friends (I prefer to stay at home) Then once she left....... The mouse got ready to play. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshhcb8krm.jpg At -2'C outside, it just makes sense to paint indoors and deal with any objections tomorrow. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pszgsmg02k.jpg Hopefully I will get some time tomorrow to paint the chassis and axle. Little by little |
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Second coat done this morning.
Looks much better. Also the milk bottle painted and left outside looks great and is ever so slightly tacky. So I think drying time is delayed but still worth doing. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psltr5xq9n.jpg Today I had to choose a car. None of the tree choices appealed, so I have actually selected from a band lower, which is closer to what I want but also saves £80.00//month in Benefit in Kind taxation. When I got home, I went and set up two oil heaters that I will start up first thing in the morning, and eventually go down to paint chassis and rear axle. I also received in the post today, a bunch of very cool plates from Aiken. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pssygbgnj3.jpg There are a few I really like. |
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No wonder I cant get plates from all 50 states ,you are getting them all ,LOL .I like the Budweiser plate ,never seen one of those and Im a recovering Budweiser collector .
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Looking good Rian!!:metal::metal:
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Thanks for the follow up letter today Rian. And happy belated birthday! Truck is looking great, will be nicer once the steering parts get sorted out. And the rear springs turned out very nice. Congrats and good luck on the new job. Hopefully it will last longer than the previous version. Regards, Mark.
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Well, the chassis paint is now complete. And I am very pleased as it means I can get on with some other jobs.
One of the things to do is to start preparing the cross baces for the bed strips that I will be making up at some point. However, my truck has a plywood floor with minimal steel braces. Martin may have one or two for me, or else I will go to the scrap yard and make up something that works. My loadbed currently looks like this with only one brace ahead of the wheel arches, toward the cab. There should possibly be two more. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psz8eht5wf.jpg This is a diagram taken from the LMC catalogue, showing all the braces needed. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspcjap6b6.jpg This is a Short Fleetside bed pulled by DaddyOh in Southern California recently, showing all the braces in place. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psinol6p4c.jpg So my question is this: Can one live with bed strips, without any of these braces? In case I do not get any from mate Martin. Last night I pulled out my oil filled garage heaters and set them in place between the chassis rails as I wanted to see if I could push the 0'C temperature down there, up a bit so that I could paint the rest of the chassis and rear axle and prop shaft. I had wanted to do this for a long time. This morning at 07.00 I went down to the garage to switch them on so that they could start breaking the cold and dry the air out. When I opened the big door, I realised the heaters had been on all night. Checking my thermometers ( I have a few of them around) I could see the temperature had gone up to 5'C so I decided to leave them on and come back down by 10.00 to see if it was warmer. By 10.00 it was up to 6'C, so I decided to mask up the last bits that I did not want to get paint on. This was what I started painting at 11.00 then. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstjluykg4.jpg It took about three hours to complete and by the time I was finished, the garage temperature had gone up to 10'C which is a good temperature for the paint to dry and harden. Finished, really pleased with the way this has turned out. I find it really rewarding to see where I came from and where the chassis is now. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psuwzxriji.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspj8vhsnb.jpg And of course tonight........ http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psu6rvvxop.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psoomrzsyc.jpg I also painted the rear brake drums while I was at it. Did the fronts in silver, but decided to go for a light industrial grey instead as the Rallye wheels will cover them anyway. So may repaint the front as well in the grey. Heater up close to help the drying. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspgmjz6uq.jpg After all that I was a bit bored, so I decided to paint up all the rolling wheels in the same red as the springs. Should look better than the rusted look they had before. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstnxmhodg.jpg Next up I will remove all the brake lines and mark them up. Martin has found a guy some distance from where I live who will reproduce all our brake lines at a reasonable rate. So this is the next little job I never planned. An then I want to fit a new fuel line from the tank to the front. Happy tonight. |
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Wow ,that looks great and the wheel looks good too.
Now to your question about me being a recovering Budweiser collector .I used to collect anything Budweiser except for the beer itself ,not a drinker ,just loved the brand I guess .I have all kinds of steins and other Bud stuff all stored away in boxes with no room to display it so I no longer collect any more of it .I may even sell it all off one day .I also collect Coca Cola stuff and Zippo lighters as well as any kind of transportation toys ,license plates and road signs . When I get a chance Im going to try to dig out a few plates to send your way .My shop is so cluttered right now I cant seem to find them . |
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Take a look at Herbs thread here, he has some very cool stuff, including Coca Cola stuff that "does not exist" Slight change of pace today, no real truck time. Only checked up the wheels I painted yesterday, as well as the chassis, all good. Went over to help mate Martin today. ( This redundancy thing has its perks) after work, well, his work, as I am not really doing much at the moment, other than keeping things ticking over for my boss. It will be very different when I start the new job on the 15th Feb. Collected a rear loadbed cross brace from him that he got off Del's truck last year. My truck is missing some braces. Anyway, Martin showed me this pic, of myself and Chad on the rear bed of Clem's flatbed truck up in the Ozarks when we were in the USA. I had not seen it before, and seem pretty relaxed and happy there. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psl442bjya.jpg It reminded me of just how great this trip was. All the incredible people we got to meet on the trip and also those we missed out spending time with like Donnie Johnson, or meeting like Steve in Arkansas. Possibly the best time of my life......... Maybe time for a "Replay" |
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How do I find Herb's thread .
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on the cross brace question. as long as you have the rear brace thats attached to the bedsides, you should be able to make the rest out of channel. you being such a big time crafty wood guy… can't wait to see what you do for a bed. |
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Sure nice seeing the progress on the truck and getting to chat with ya this morning.
Going to try my hardest to get to go to Clems again but things currently the way they are I think Im outta luck. Don't count me out. My life flies by the seat of my pants. |
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Went down to the scrappy today to look for some steel for Martin to modify his gearbox mount. Nada, zilch.
Also looked for some steel to make up the thinner load bed brace to go with the one I got from Martin. So a bit of welding should see me with the brace I need. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psvmllmvxf.jpg Then home to unload and pack a ton of chopped Oak logs for the fireplace. Back down to the garage to get the rear back together. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps6zflozo6.jpg Inbetween, the whole day was filled with Whatsapp, texts,and Messenger as well as FaceTime chats with mates around the world. Eventually got it all together. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psbpenglwh.jpg Roll around wheels painted red yesterday made me grin too. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psjkffuvtm.jpg Spoke to Greg "Bomp" in Kaiser, Oregon again tonight and been chatting with Paul "NevEno" in Oklahoma. Told them I am really happy with the way things are starting to get together now. Once I had marked out the brake lines, I looked over the work I had done so far smugly........ Until I saw this lot. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshvdl6f7f.jpg Then realised there was still a long way to go. Yup, it will be interesting. |
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Looks good Rian, I like the new wheels!! See you at Clem's! ... If my truck is done..
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Looks great ,starting to look like a cool truck again.
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Had Martin over for a bit this morning.
We had planned on doing some work on his gearbox cross member, but that did not happen. NOW FOR QUESTION TIME. I want to replace all my brake lines while the truck is in bits. It has the super sized master cylinder up front, with two lines fitted, one for the front brakes and one for the rear. In the case of my truck there are joiners with bolts screwed into two at least, the lines are untidy, bent and obviously just thrown together despite always working perfectly before I blew the truck apart. But they are a mess. I can get the brake lines remade by someone, as long as I take samples and templates OR I can make them up myself. What does the collective say. Is this a job that I, as a rank amateur can take on myself? Who has done it before? What to look out for. I want some sexy spirals in the lines too above the engine. You can see the straight brake lines that were fitted. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps6bjuwcam.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pszb1ug7fb.jpg While here, Martin also had to collect the Christmas prezzies we had been sent by Bret in Texas, which had been delivered on Saturday. Perfectly timed, a beany hat for the garage that is rather chilly now, and a key ring for the truck. When I saw these advertised previously, I loved them, but could not justify buying one...... Thank you Bret. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psakccpis3.jpg Once Martin went off, I had a choice of shopping with Nicola or going to see JohnnyBravo. Easy. So off I traipsed to Johhny's shop, packet of biscuits on the seat next to me. Coffee, biccies and much discussion to come. As some of you know, Johnny is restoring a 1972 Mada RX2 His build thread here: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thre...rm-infestation Not content with the usual weld, grind, patch n cut type of restoration for this build, Johnny of course has made all the tooling to press his own panels, so I got to see panels V1.0 in the skip bin. Part of his home made tooling and press. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps4u4jzvvt.jpg Impressive in my book, and inspirational. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psyaderowb.jpg Later, after the second round of coffees we went around to the skips. Treasures aplenty. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psgnddezje.jpg I pulled a load of steel plate offcuts ranging from 1-10mm for myself and mate Martin. My favourite find was a load of nuts, bolts n washers. So I collected what I could and brought them home to clean up and add to my stash in the garage. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psme3ujzp6.jpg To me this is all "Free Money" Washed and cleaned, I threw them all out onto an old bedsheets and used a hot air gun to dry them all. So thanks again to John, great day spent with you and your machines. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pscy6wq14g.jpg Tomorrow I will finish off the marking of the brake lines and remove them all, ready for reproduction. |
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Nice score!
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You just cant beat free nuts,bolts and washers .
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Rian, you can bend the brake lines yourself. With what you and Martin do there it shouldn't be any issue if either of you have the flaring and bending tool. Only thing I can't see in your picture is the distribution block off the master (on disk brakes they call it the proportioning valve). I've never run a drum brake vehicle with a dual master cylinder that didn't have one. I imagine you can, but supposedly it allows both brakes to work right if one cylinder is low in the master. Maybe the picture will make more sense.
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Truck is Looking good Rian. Bending the brake lines is a job that you can easily do yourself. Practice with the flaring tool and bender before you start. Then just measure carefully and make sure you bend in the right direction.
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So this morning I sorted out and matched the pile of nuts n bolts I picked up yesterday at JohnnyBravo's place after washing them and drying them overnight.
Happy with my pile of free fasteners now all bottled up in the garage. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstqyxfjty.jpg Then I made up a couple of parcels to send off to the USA and went to post them out. On the way back home I passed the local Gulf fuel station and saw this Subaru Brat/Brumby/284/MV/Shifter in various markets. I have always has a hard spot for them, despite the fact many just disintegrated over time. Swung around to go look. As I got put my car, before even walking around to look at it, the driver who had just filled up, greeted me with a "Hallo Grizz !!" Huhhhhh....? I did not recognise him, but he knew who I am, anyway, turns out he is Mark, a regular on Auto****e car forum. So this is his pride and joy. We spoke for at least half and hour, and I was in and out and all over his truck. We even agreed that maybe we will investigate importing a pair of them from Australia at some point when it suits us both. Small world. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pstngy4bqk.jpg Original Four cylinder Boxer engine, high and low range gearbox, 4x4 http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps7kneqx9p.jpg Then off home again. Had lunch, and was just headed out to the garage at about 3pm when an email landed....... Security and background checks to be done, so I had to sit down and deal with all of that. Then down to the garage after 4pm. Finished marking up the brake lines, then started to undo them from the rear....... This dribbled out the front of the brake line when I released the rear end. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pswwcdanto.jpg So, at last...... Never ever thought my truck would end up looking this sad. Brake lines all removed. Why ?? Measure up the pipes and they seem to total up at around 30 foot or 10 meters. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2db9sz5w.jpg Remember Paul who helped me remove the lower ball joint from the burgered LCA? Well, he replied on Garage Journal that he had a full set of tools that I could use. So tomorrow evening he will be around to check out my hoarding space and hopefully have a coffee/tea and a chat. Will go look for a roll of brake pipe tomorrow as well as the fittings and some P clips and some B clips as the fuel line runs along the same route from the rear to the engine bay. Then we are in business. |
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Rian,I always loved those Brats ,dont see them here at all anymore .Any Suburu around here is hard to buy unless it's got way too many miles on it .Im waiting on a friend of mine to get ready to sell a 4 door coupe thats allwheel drive ,I get first shot at it.
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Flashed, I have no idea why I like them, but I do.
This is a weird time for me..... Being made redundant, finding a new job quickly, being on gardening leave but being asked to carry on servicing the company that made us redundant..... So today there was a bit of admin, I ordered a new car to replace the existing one that is at the end of its corporate life as I am staying with the same agency. I opted to not order a C220 but instead after being given permission to go to a lower level, placed an order for a Focus 1.5 Zetec. Perfect Womble Wagon as the seats go down and it saves me over £900/year in tax. Once all the other admin stuff was sorted, I cleaned the house (trust me, it scores me great brownie points with Nicola) then out to get the brake lines and couplings. I feel the need here to give a public acknowledgement of these guys. They are local to me at 5 miles and I have used them a few times before. Always ready to help, advise and will even tell you where to save money. My friend Paul_F also used them before and only had good stuff to say. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psx4e22odd.jpg So I fitted all the brake lines into my car and took them down there. Being told to ask for Gaz, I did so and he turned out to be the same guy who helped me with all the fittings to adapt my old compressor to new style fittings and make up cross over connectors. He grabbed them all and disappeared upstairs for about 15 minutes and came down with a hand full of couplers and a puzzled look on his face. The one fitting that serves the rear brake line off my supersized Master Cylinder has a different fitting, ultimately they could not supply it, so I will reuse it. So here it is.... The one to the right serves the rear circuit and has the odd sized fitment. The one to the left has an adapter and is normal 1/4" http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pshrlha74x.jpg He also had some 3/16" pipe fittings drilled out for 1/4" pipe as my trucks front brake lines and the line feeding the rear up to the point where it switches to a flexi hose coming out the chassis to cross the rear axle and then those rear drum feed pipes are 3/16" This means I have two sizes of fittings to replace like with like. But, these different size brake lines do make me wonder about what was done before. Service with a smile all the way from Gaz. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psonjydq0v.jpg So came home with a roll of 25' of Kunifer / Cupro-Nickel pipe at 1/4" and another 2 meters of 3/16 of the same to replace the rear pipes. Also a hand full of fittings, the T-Joiner that splits the front brake lines was £14.60 on its own. The whole lot was £80.00 and I am sure could be had for less than that off EBay and elsewhere if you know what you are doing, but for me, the service and help I got was worth the price over and over. My little pile of joy back home. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps61msny5a.jpg Paul came around night, along with his full flaring, cutting, bending kit. We spent some time chatting and looking at all my "stuff" enforce we got on and looked at the kit. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pspnizqs7p.jpg Also showed me how to assemble the kit and then made a test flare. Looking good to me. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psplixqe9z.jpg On to another question. I will be wiring up my Custom reversing lights as indicators with amber light bulbs when the time comes. So have been looking for options on reversing lights. As I reverse down the drive with the truck and having decent light is a good thing of course. What experience does the collective have of modern LED lights? It will be fitted under the bumper, off the chassis or tow bar, so needs to be weather and water proof. Opinions and advice please. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psjj0qigaa.jpg |
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Nice looking stuff Rian. I am still looking at what I want to do for actual reverse lamps (other than stock) I thought about one of the long LED light bars, but I think it will be too out of place on the 64. Curious to what you find.
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Looks like you've been flaring brake lines for years.
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I am hoping that hiding it behind and under the bumper will be sufficient to Cammo its modernity. However another idea is to mount it on the cab like a hi level brake light. Again, got to figure a way to Cammo it. Probably will not happen that way though. |
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the way i do the backup light is to use a tractor headlight and mount it on a rear crossmember. i then wire it to a single pole light switch that is mounted in the choke hole of the dash. if you have an electric choke on your engine then you have the empty hole in the dash to fill anyway.
this makes the backup light operate manually which can serve as a work light behind the truck and gives plenty of light for backing up. tractor headlights are available from most parts stores and still look period correct for our trucks. black metal case with 4 or 5 inch round seal beam lamp. just a thought… but it is kind of a hillbilly solution. |
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i used that Cunifer stuff on my truck when i just redid all of the brake lines. Awesome stuff to work with. much easier than the steel.
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ohh backup light!! didnt think of that one... mine doest have one, need to figure out where abouts that is on the original wiring.. did these trucks have a reversing light?
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