What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[lgoodso1]

Installed new radio and got my rear speaker mounts installed.

[mr48chev]

Nice work there Igoodso1 That truck is turning out pretty nice.

In other news I am one who voted for Blacksheep's truck as I have always liked that truck and it is a finished painted and upholstered truck that is not dated.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

In other news I am one who voted for Blacksheep's truck as I have always liked that truck and it is a finished painted and upholstered truck that is not dated.

Alas, no one from our 47-59 Forum won the award. But if the builds I've seen here are completed in time, next year is a lock!

[lgoodso1]

Thanks,mr48chev, It’s been enjoyable getting the old girl back on the road, been in a lean to since 1973 . I started on full rebuild about 4 years ago .

[lgoodso1]

Thanks,mr48chev, I’ll have to check out Blacksheep truck

[MiraclePieCo]

I fabricated a wooden shift knob to match my steering wheel. I like the wood controls, they stay comfortable in hot sun.

[Kevin Mac]

I have been putting trac lock in my F**d 9". First time working on a differential. I am using my used set of gears but a different case. Both cases didn't have any shims under pinion carrier. I have put in a .007 shim, no shim, anywhere from .015 to .005 backlash and the pattern doesn't hardly change. What do you think? I did replace all bearings and a Yukon carrier.
Mac

[mikebte]

Originally Posted by Kevin Mac

I have been putting trac lock in my F**d 9". First time working on a differential. I am using my used set of gears but a different case. Both cases didn't have any shims under pinion carrier. I have put in a .007 shim, no shim, anywhere from .015 to .005 backlash and the pattern doesn't hardly change. What do you think? I did replace all bearings and a Yukon carrier.
Mac

Pinion looks to be riding out the outside and deep. Would bring it in and see what it looks like followed by adding more as needed.

[Kevin Mac]

Originally Posted by mikebte

Pinion looks to be riding out the outside and deep. Would bring it in and see what it looks like followed by adding more as needed.

Thanks Mikebte, the top picture is drive side and bottom is coast side. There are not any shims on pinion now, also the pattern is to the inside of gear ( I believe that is called the toe). I will put about .015 shim in tomorrow and see what that gives me.
Mac

[dsraven]

check out this link. maybe help you with the gear set up.

https://www.canadawideparts.com/down...th_pattern.pdf

[mikebte]

After a looooong summer of moving, dealing with my dad catching a case of cancer (He beat it) and everything else life gives us to deal with I was finally able to work on my emergency brake set up. Wire brushed some of the old parts I'll be using and shot some paint on. Currently waiting some PB blast to set in on other parts. The original lock washer gave up the ghost but I was able to track down a matching washer in my box of randoms..

[Kevin Mac]

Thanks dsraven, I have done a lot of looking at pictures, most are for new gear sets, I may have to settle for the best I can get. I thought maybe a new set of eyes might help and wanted to join in on the thread for a minute.
I'm also changing out my th350 for a 2004r, and going with AN fittings for fluid lines.
Mac

[Black_Sheep]

All I can do is look at it...

[Black_Sheep]

I tried 3 times and it’s still upside down, WTH?

[Black93GT]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

I tried 3 times and it’s still upside down, WTH?

Are you using the Australian website??

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by Black93GT

Are you using the Australian website??

Haha!

[89AKurt]

We got big snow in Arizona LOL, needed to put gravel on the end of the driveway where the truck is parked. This is the second 1/2 ton, it sort of disappears when spread out.

[mikebte]

Originally Posted by 89AKurt

We got big snow in Arizona LOL, needed to put gravel on the end of the driveway where the truck is parked. This is the second 1/2 ton, it sort of disappears when spread out.

Ya, that rock goes quick! One thing I always loved living in Dewey was it would snow and be melted by 10 am, lol.

[Dachshund]

I marked out and cut a hole in the floor for the battery access. Then welded up a frame for a door. Not much, but it's cold in the shop, and the dirt floor got flooded in the rain we had - now it's frozen and slick!

[mick53]

Originally Posted by Dachshund

I marked out and cut a hole in the floor for the battery access. Then welded up a frame for a door. Not much, but it's cold in the shop, and the dirt floor got flooded in the rain we had - now it's frozen and slick!

Good for you! I complain because my shop is crowded, It's heated with a concrete floor and a lift. Maybe I complain too much.

[Dachshund]

Originally Posted by mick53

Good for you! I complain because my shop is crowded, It's heated with a concrete floor and a lift. Maybe I complain too much.

I am accepting donations for concrete!

[MARTINSR]

Well, it's been 5 months since I moved and I finally got the truck unpacked and unburied! I had a bunch of stuff in the cab tied down with giant nylon ties, it's all out and I can soon get back to work on it! WHOOOO HOOOOO
I was working on it every single day with my five minute a day plan and getting something done. It goes to show you that even just five minutes a day you are going to get it done a lot faster than if you didn't work on it at all!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

Well, I didn't get anything really done on the truck today but I enjoyed bolting on my eBay treasure that came in the mail.

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Well, it's been 5 months since I moved and I finally got the truck unpacked and unburied! I had a bunch of stuff in the cab tied down with giant nylon ties, it's all out and I can soon get back to work on it! WHOOOO HOOOOO
I was working on it every single day with my five minute a day plan and getting something done. It goes to show you that even just five minutes a day you are going to get it done a lot faster than if you didn't work on it at all!

Brian

The truck's looking great. Glad no parts blew off on the highway during the move. Looking forward to you resuming your regular reports.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

The truck's looking great. Glad no parts blew off on the highway during the move. Looking forward to you resuming your regular reports.

I came VERY close to a serious issue though! I had it on the trailer behind my Uhaul van. At about half way we stopped for a bite to eat and I went around it on the trailer checking tie downs and stuff. I noticed that one of the front wheels was turned quite a bit! I looked under to find that I hadn't tightened up the ball joints and one nut was about to fall off! YEOW, that was something else! This was about half way, with the next few hundred miles through VERY desolate area with a hour between gas stations. It would NOT have been good that's for sure! We didn't get here till about midnight, out there at that time, that would NOT have been good!

To add to that my son was following me in his Miata. A few days after we got here he was out driving the car and the motor overheated apparently the head gasket blew! If this would have happened out there, holy crap!

Then to top it off, I had left my '65 Gran Sport at my old house in California to go back and get later. I decided to sell it, for a couple reasons, one, I had a full garage here and second, I it wasn't a "snow car" and third that drive, that drive, I was freaked about taking the Gran Sport with 15 year old tires (one of the tires had blown on the trailer bringing my motor to my brother just weeks before so that was in my head) so I went back to my house in California and sold the car out of the garage driving back here without it.

Well the guy who bought it drove it home 150 miles or so and around town a bit and WHAM, the friggin thing had a knock! To make a long story short the heads had to be pulled off to fix it! I would have been out on the highway in the Sierras when that happened if I had drove it here! HOLY CRAP did I dodge a few bullets!

Brian