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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Damn you guys are getting some cool stuff done, can't wait to get back to mine!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I can't wait for you to get back to yours ether, I have enjoyed watching your 5 minutes a day. After all, your build convinced me to stay leaf spring and It does ride nice.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
[QUOTE=mikebte;8729252]I can't wait for you to get back to yours ether, I have enjoyed watching your 5 minutes a day. After all, your build convinced me to stay leaf spring and It does ride nice.[
I'm also keeping my leaf springs. Check this guy out on leaf springs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7rCGda4Ab8 |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Well I had ordered new shackles with my leaf springs from the usual scum bags only to find out they were unable to get shackles from the supplier. Since I am a rather impatient person I installed the new springs without them only to find out the original shackles were in fantastic shape. Asides from 7 of the 16 original seals had gone MIA, the new bushings in the leafs fit the old pins nice.
As they are in such good shape I ordered 16 replacement seals and just installed them on the old shackles. Since I was at it I also started taking off the tie rods for new boots as the 6 year old boots are gone from the Arizona heat. Poly will be filling the void.
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Haven't got much done this weekend, a few hours of polishing. I have a 12" X 36" lathe coming tomorrow So I have to make room and run 220v over there.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Last week the wife wanted to go for a ride in the 56, so we started driving and the front fenders started dragging on the tires, (77 nova front clip) so I took it home and went down and picked up some 1" spacers to put in the coils, it didn't help at all. So I dug out the new 1 1/2" lowering springs that came with tubular control arms I bought, and installed them, the front end sat even lower then when I started, so I took off my 2" drop spindles and put the stock one back on. Now it rides great without rubbing!
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nice stance. looks like it should be a great driver. especially with this weekend's weather in Seattle.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
so today I made some great progress on my power drum brake conversion. for those of you who have helped with ideas, thanks much.
I was talking with a friend who owns, at last count, 38 Buicks of all models, classics and hot rods. Anyway, he suggested that I check the clearance between the push rod from the brake pedal to the booster & said it should be about 1/8 - 1/4" just so there was no pressure on the shoes. I checked & mine was almost 1". adjusted that & got a big improvement. he also said that on manual brakes the pedal ratio should be 6:1 and on power it should be 4:1. I checked mine and it was at 6:1. I was able to drill another hole in the lower arm & get 5:1 which again helped pedal travel. at this point the pedal travel feels much better but may need more work. tomorrow I will test drive it. wish me luck.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I managed to make boxing plates and weld them into the rear area of my frame where my 4 link will be.
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I spent most of the day making a place for the new lathe but I received the rest of my fasteners for the thermostat housing on the 292.
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While ot thought i'd mention that if many lathes of that size need ample access behind them. Some with rear electrical controls need a foot or so. Many realize it too late.
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Good point. I'll leave enough room to walk behind it. I will also run dedicated 220v circuits to it and the mill.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
test drove the truck today & brakes feel better, but still not 100%. pedal has more travel than I would like. feels like there is still air in the brake lines so Friday im taking it to a friend's shop for a look see and to bleed the brakes. so at least im making progress
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Hey mains is that what they call an open diff, lol.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Worked on installing my heidts IFS bolt in kit on my 53 Chevy 1/2 ton panel truck , going to remove again to have it powder coated .
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You will like the heidts. I have had mine on the 57 for five years now.
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I got my parts back from the one machinist that doesn't hate seeing me yet and ordered the fasteners. This is how it all stacks up. I was quite a task getting all of this stuff to play together. other than the blower pulley, ooil pump pulley and the crank trigger everything is a one off. The SFI damper is on the left. They made me a slip fit hub for mock up. All and all about $2K there. A little aerodynamic polishing and its done. Now I can do the water pump pulley, alt. mount and oil pump mount. The good news is I bought a lathe. Edit. Sorry this goes on my 292 going in my 53 3100.
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ive been slowly working on the alignment of my front sheet metal. it was "okay" but im always impressed with the trucks that have really tight fender and hood gaps. decided to put the time in and try to get mine there. its a tedious process. im also taking to top down to bare metal and that is also a ton of work. trucks running great.
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Big project going down to metal. Be careful not to go overboard and make the gaps too narrow, sometimes the parts rub later, taking paint off, because the bodies move around some.
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