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Hey Pat and Everybody -- Merry Christmas.
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Working on my truck outside is inconvenient this time of year, so I'm going to focus on tasks that will allow me to roll it into the garage. It is parked on a slope right now, and I'm afraid to try moving it without brakes. I'm going to get the brakes working so I can have my daughter sit in the truck and steer while I push it around.
This evening I removed the hard brake lines and fuel lines from the frame. I will be replacing them with new stainless lines. |
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Hey Pat,
Are buying prebent lines or making up your own ? Gary
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That should make it easier. I bent all mine, and stainless is unforgiving. If you make a mistake on your last bend or forget to put the flare nut on before flaring it's back to square one!!! Ask me how I know..... 😂...
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You probably ended up with better fitting lines in the end though. I debated going that route, but I've bought pre-bent lines in the past, and they fit reasonably well after a little massaging.
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Spent some time with my dad today repairing heavily worn mechanical clutch linkage parts. We both did some of the welding using his TIG welder, although his welds looked way better than mine. Filed them down smooth and then tempered the welds with an oxy-acetylene torch followed by quenching in water.
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We tried that on the L6 Upper Clutch Push Rod on my Stepside, back about 20 years ago, when we rebuilt the current 292. I abandoned the result, but my Machinist had the idea of threading both ends of a same-length steel rod, and screwing Heim Joints on the ends. LMC has now 'stolen' the idea, but mine was considerably less, made up from available components.
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The Heim Joint Linkage has given me Zero problems. [Although I should inspect it tomorrow, so I'm not Jinxed.]
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Yup, Heim joints work good for that application...
Nice work on fixing those worn push rods...
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