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[gdavis]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Work looks great, George! Keep it up!

thanks so much

[cubber]

Just plug the extra. As long as you have 1 vent, it's ok. Also, does that metal ring that the sending unit ring snaps under come off? If so, one of those rings (the smooth one) might go there.

[gdavis]

Hey guys here are the instructions for installing the sending unit in a poly tank #2042 and more

http://www.mtscompany.com/images/jeep/tabsheet.pdf
http://www.mtscompany.com/images/lockrings/gmor-2.jpg
http://www.mtscompany.com/images/lockrings/jwlr-1.jpg

[gdavis]

I didn't do anything on my truck today. Just took it easy and trying to get motivated a little. To hot here to work.
But, I guess I did do something. I made a deal with a fellow board member on a black dash pad and a set of black arm rest. They look real sweet

[gdavis]

I had to take it easy today. My blood sugar dropped to 38. That is way too low.I was seeing black spots and my vision was fuzzy. So now I am down untill I get it up to at least 100. Maybe tomorrow I can do something. I need to run my gas lines and finish my brakes lines.

[cubber]

Hope you feel better, George.

[gdavis]

Today I over sleep due to my sugar count. It is coming up. But on a lighter note. My drive shaft came in today. I pulled all three u joints off and I will sand blast the shaft after it cools off a bit. around 6.oo. I have to change the yoke on the transmission side. It seems that 72 has smaller yoke than the 68. And 1 1/2 inch shorter. But it will still work. I now need to figure out the center carrier bearing support for the drive shaft. My 68 did not have it. If anyone has a 2 piece drive shaft could you take a picture of the cross member. So I will know where and how to make one.

[gdavis]

I sand blasted the two piece drive shaft, primed and painted the first coat of gloss black. It came out rea nice. Now I need to get three u-joints to put it back together. I need a lot on motivation. Not getting much done it seems like.

[Mustard72]

Post 171 in my build thread has a pic of the cross member with the 2 piece drive shaft still installed. That one has the larger midship bearing that mounts to the bottom of the cross member.
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[gdavis]

I seen it on post 171 and now I see what it attached to and thanks.

[gdavis]

Today I painted the drive shaft. And did some clearing out of old parts. Took them to the salvage yard to make some new fords.

[gdavis]

drive shaft

[WIDESIDE72]

Originally Posted by gdavis

drive shaft

It looks like the ds you swapped me for the bed cross sills turned out good. Of course you had good Texas parts to start with!

[gdavis]

I had to remove the spark plugs today to turn the motor over. I have a lot of compression on this enging. I need to get my started looked at to see if it is strong enough.

[Bomp]

Nice job on the drive shaft.

Your starter is probably okay, the battery cold cranking amps makes the difference. just my .02

[gdavis]

Thanks Mr. Bomp means a lot thanks so much.

[cubber]

Keep at it, George! You are going to have one of the nicer trucks I have seen when you finish.

[Xeen]

Hey George;
Unless the heads were shaved quite a bit it probably didn't change the compression enough to overpower a stock starter.
It is likely the starter is tired, or if it is new or rebuilt it just isn't strong enough to do the job, either way if thats the case buy a heavy duty version and if that fails as a last resort a high torque version and try that.
It's also possible that the battery you have isn't strong enough to do the job, I recommend a 800-900 CCA battery.
It's also possible that the positive wire to the starter isn't large enough to carry enough power and the starter is starving, or the ground isn't sufficient.
Do you have a ground wire going from the negative terminal at the battery to the fender?
I would troubleshoot the electrical first before you do anything else.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by Xeen

Hey George;
Unless the heads were shaved quite a bit it probably didn't change the compression enough to overpower a stock starter.
It is likely the starter is tired, or if it is new or rebuilt it just isn't strong enough to do the job, either way if thats the case buy a heavy duty version and if that fails as a last resort a high torque version and try that.
It's also possible that the battery you have isn't strong enough to do the job, I recommend a 800-900 CCA battery.
It's also possible that the positive wire to the starter isn't large enough to carry enough power and the starter is starving, or the ground isn't sufficient.
Do you have a ground wire going from the negative terminal at the battery to the fender?
I would troubleshoot the electrical first before you do anything else.

Nice talking to you this morning. I got a few ideas from our conversation. keep it in the right side my friend.

[gdavis]

Here is the seat that I had reupholstered about 10 months ago. This will show the colors I will be using. Solid orange on the outside and black and orange in the enterior. The enterior will be the old school roll and tuck. With solid orange smothies and chrome centers on the wheels. I hope to have this truck driveable in 6 months. My plan is to enter it in the Christmas parade Dec 15th in Crystal River, Florida. There is always a lot of classics in the parade. I made a deal with a fellow board member on a set of sun visors,padded dash and arm rest 1 year old. He is changing them to blue. We did some swapping of parts so both of us is satified.

[Mustard72]

Cool seat. Sure seems like you are closer than 6 months from being done, but I'm obviously a bad judge of timing with truck projects. Looking forward to seeing some pics of Patches rolling down the street in the Christmas parade!
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[gdavis]

Originally Posted by Mustard72

Cool seat. Sure seems like you are closer than 6 months from being done, but I'm obviously a bad judge of timing with truck projects. Looking forward to seeing some pics of Patches rolling down the street in the Christmas parade!
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The reason I said 6 months is my cash flow. I could be done in 1 month if I had the money. But, I don't. I will keep on doing what I am doing and one day she will be done. As far as the Christmas parade well that is a few months from now. I will get a lot of pictures on that day.

[cubber]

That seat is NICE!

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by cubber

That seat is NICE!

The seat was the first thing I got done. I was going to drive it awhile when I first bought the truck. Then I went to the muffler shop and put a new exhaust system in. On the way home fron the muffler shop I came up with this idea. Been working on the idea ever since. 10 months now. I done things and changed them several times. But now I am on the way to the finish line. so the seat has been covered up in my mother-in-law cottage. The muffler system I traded a friend for some parts. I could not use it anyway. It was for a inline 6 and now I sporting a 350.

[gdavis]

Next, I need to get my door panels over to the upholster shop. I am going to do the same thing to the panels. Orange and black old school roll and tuck. I was thinking about putting a boe tie in the center what do you guys think? Will it be too much with the arm rest there also. Looking for ideas. I wany to far some kick pannels under neath the door pannels. but they will be solid black roll and tuck.