Frankentruck

[pdxhall]

I agree with getting a full battery charge and trying again, My truck does nothing if the voltage gets down to 11.5 volts. Good luck.

[cwcarpenter98]

Well, I was just being silly trying to start it with a drained battery. Stuck the battery on a charger today then poof, started right up.

Also fiddled with the driver's door striker and finally got the door to close without having to slam it. I had to adjust the striker down much more than where it was before.

Finding where the draw on the system is coming from will be a task for a day when I don't have the impending doom of final exams

[cwcarpenter98]

So apparently what caused the drain on my battery was from when my dad pushed the glove box door closed too far and bent the flange for the glove box light back just enough to where the light stayed on. I fixed that when I first noticed it a couple days ago. Have not had a drain on the battery since. Yay!

[flashed]

Glad it was an easy fix , good luck on the Exams , but I know you will do fine , you are smarter than the average Bear .

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by flashed

Glad it was an easy fix , good luck on the Exams , but I know you will do fine , you are smarter than the average Bear .

I'm glad too! I've already got 1 A this semester, so off to a good start. Just have 4 exams next week, and I should be done by Thursday. Whoop whoop!

[cwcarpenter98]

I had installed some new headlight adjusters back during spring break, but didn't have a need to actually line up the headlights until tonight. Hopefully I got them close enough!

[cwcarpenter98]

Frankentruck and I went junkyarding today. Got some great stuff!

[roll_the_dice]

Great finds Christian! Wish there were yards like that here.

[Captainfab]

Is that the trim piece that goes under the back window between the sail panels on a '60-'61? If so guard that with your life. That piece alone is worth a lot of money. Extremely rare. Did that truck have any of the side trim?

Nice score on the fender too.

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by roll_the_dice

Great finds Christian! Wish there were yards like that here.

Thanks Andy! I discovered this yard one day when I was going up to Athens for a UGA football game. It is still a bit of a drive from both my house in Milledgeville and my parent's home in Woodstock. It's a private yard with stuff that has been there longer than I've been alive
I do wish that there was a yard close to my parent's home, but I haven't found one yet

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Is that the trim piece that goes under the back window between the sail panels on a '60-'61? If so guard that with your life. That piece alone is worth a lot of money. Extremely rare. Did that truck have any of the side trim?

Nice score on the fender too.

Yes sir, it is. When I first saw the truck, the paint divider trim was missing. It just had the sail panels on it, so I didn't think much about it. Went back again and was digging through the pine straw to see what I could find and poof, there it was. Unfortunately, it is bent up, but there's no splits in it. It came off a 60 that I also grabbed the glovebox script from. The other set of sail panels came from another 60 that the guy has in his yard, but the paint divider trim piece was nowhere to be found.
There was some side trim left, but not a complete set. Should I go back and grab what is left of the side trim even if some of the pieces have some dents, dings, or bends?

[roll_the_dice]

That's also a heavy bumper! 494 LBS HAHA

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by roll_the_dice

That's also a heavy bumper! 494 LBS HAHA

Oh man, I didn't even notice that until you just mentioned it! That's great!

[flashed]

Christian , if you happen across a good cheap front bumper I know someone in need of one .

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by flashed

Christian , if you happen across a good cheap front bumper I know someone in need of one .

I'll be on the lookout!

[cwcarpenter98]

My dad and I went turkey hunting today. Heard one bird, but never saw it. Guess we will have to go again next weekend

[Captainfab]

Yes, I would grab every piece of side trim you can. The door pieces are the hardest to find.

Originally Posted by cwcarpenter98

Yes sir, it is. When I first saw the truck, the paint divider trim was missing. It just had the sail panels on it, so I didn't think much about it. Went back again and was digging through the pine straw to see what I could find and poof, there it was. Unfortunately, it is bent up, but there's no splits in it. It came off a 60 that I also grabbed the glovebox script from. The other set of sail panels came from another 60 that the guy has in his yard, but the paint divider trim piece was nowhere to be found.
There was some side trim left, but not a complete set. Should I go back and grab what is left of the side trim even if some of the pieces have some dents, dings, or bends?

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Yes, I would grab every piece of side trim you can. The door pieces are the hardest to find.

I am going back tomorrow to get what is left of the trim. I think both door pieces are missing. Anything to watch out for during removal?

[cwcarpenter98]

Well, I went back to the yard today and got what was left of the trim. Also got a driver's side cast mirror arm. The clips were all rusted out, so the trim basically fell off when I took it off.

These parts have already found loving homes!

[cwcarpenter98]

Got a new seal for the overdrive solenoid installed today. Hopefully I fixed the leak this time.

Also attempted to make a lockout cable bracket, but I didn't have the right placement or angle to make it work. Version 1 didn't work, but maybe version 2 will

[cwcarpenter98]

Lockout cable bracket Version2 is a success! Got the correct angle at the clamp to point the cable in the direction that worked the best to keep the lockout lever in either lockout or overdrive. I used a piece of metal that I cut off of the front license plate bracket to make the lockout cable bracket.

I discovered this license plate bracket while I was cleaning out my 67-72 truck bed trailer several years ago. I kept it around and finally cut and hammered it to center the license plate in the bumper without drilling extra holes in the bumper.

And last but not least, I replaced the taillight bezels with a set that I picked up at the junkyard over the weekend. This set is much nicer than the old ones that had a hole or two and had a bunch of primer overspray.

[flashed]

Christian , where do you Turkey hunt at ? My Critter Killer is leaving me 2 Turkey Breasts in a cooler on my porch in the morning when he comes here to hunt for more . He should just sit on my back deck and get as many as he wants . Cant wait to cook those Breasts as I have never had Wild Turkey before . He keeps me well stocked with Venison too .

[cwcarpenter98]

Originally Posted by flashed

Christian , where do you Turkey hunt at ? My Critter Killer is leaving me 2 Turkey Breasts in a cooler on my porch in the morning when he comes here to hunt for more . He should just sit on my back deck and get as many as he wants . Cant wait to cook those Breasts as I have never had Wild Turkey before . He keeps me well stocked with Venison too .

My dad and I are part of a hunting camp down near Greensboro. It's about 2 hours from home, but only an hour from Milledgeville. We are going again on Saturday, so hopefully I'll get a bird

[cwcarpenter98]

On Saturday, I noticed that my Redhead steering gear had started to leak. Called them up on Monday, explained the issue, and they sent me out another box. Only charged me the 100 dollar core charge, but I'll get that back once the leaking one gets back to them. I got the new box on Wednesday and swapped them out. Only thing that sucked about it was that I had to do it twice. I'm still a fan of their stuff!

Yesterday, I replaced the sloppy, worn out shifter bowl with a really good one from the junkyard. I haven't taken it for a test drive yet, but I can already tell that the shifter is so much nicer now. Best part is the paint still matches good enough.

Today, I did something that I wasn't planning to do for awhile before the pandemic started. Yup, I'm going to learn how to weld!!

[cwcarpenter98]

This is going to be a fun piece to fix