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Yea you don't need anything but a standard oil pump.
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Awesome work man. Loving the progress
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Metal work looks awesome!!
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Thanks you'se guys!
Ugh... welder crapped the bed last night. On/off switch no worky. Welder is 8 years old and out of warranty. Part is only 6 bucks. So I need to order it and put the new switch in. I'm only assuming that's what it is as the rocker in the on/off switch feels loose. If this doesn't fix it, I'll have to take it in to the dealer for repair. Which is about a 3 to 4 week turn around time. ![]() Gary
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Take the switch out and test it?
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Will do that when I get home from work. The internal breaker wasn't tripped either. Hoping that it's just this bad switch.
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Well, was it the switch?
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You are doing some good metalwork, I'm glad to see that you are still at it, keep up the good work!
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I forgot to come back here to tell you guys. Yep... I had tested the switch and it indeed was bad. Got a new one today finally from my Lincoln dealer (Central Welding Supply), installed it and I'm back in business!
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Buttoned up the oil pan and pump issue today. So I'm hopeful to have the engine and transmission in the rig soon!
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Spent a day and a half removing all of the thick black overspray on the lower half of the firewall from the factory undercoating. What a PITA. Used a heat gun and some soft wooden paint sticks as scrapers. Then after I got most of the thickest stuff off, I used rags soaked in mineral spirits to get the rest off. I used a little Goof-off too, but the mineral spirits worked better. Here are a few pics of the during and after.
This week should be engine and tranny install week! Slow and steady wins the war! ![]() Gary
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Yeah, I have some of that on the lower cab/tunnel area of my truck too.
Was that simply overspray from the factory when they gave a couple of quick sprays from below onto the frame? or was it applied earlier and 'strategically'? Coley
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Well, if you ever want to do a perfect factory color match... there's where you take your sample from
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Well whaddaya know... it still fits!
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That's awesome! Glad to see more progress.
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Whoot Whoot!
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As promised... here is the skinny on the drivers side outer rocker panel. I received the panel from Wes at Classic Heartbeat lickety split. I did a trial fit and was pleased with how it was lining up. So after a few hammer shots here and there and some slight tweaking to get the front to line up, I had it fit in place with a few sheet metal screws in about a half an hour!
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Pics of the labels.
Dynacorn = 2 labels ![]() Key Parts/Tri-plus = 1 label ![]() Gary
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And the double labels are being sold by a number of different places, I won't mention where I got mine but lesson learned.
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I bought mine at Dreamers Rods and Pickups in Everett, WA. Whether they knew about it or not, I don't know. But I will buy stuff from them again if I need it. They are close enough for me to drive there. So I can now check to see if there are double labels on parts. I would also still recommend them for other parts if you live in the North Puget Sound area.
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I bought floor pans from Dreamers, Dynacorn, yea not very good stuff.
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So I got after the surface rust on the cab floor. Then sprayed some etching primer on the bare metal on the cab floor today. Next up will be some seam sealer and then a bit more primer. Then some paint. After that I will lay down some Fat Mat.
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