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Vic I'm so jealous of your cab, you worked your ass off on it and it shows man it looks great!
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Thanks, Brian! I know weather is holding you up, but I look forward to seeing progress on yours soon.
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Vic,
I was wondering if you have done your brake lines on your chassis yet? I am doing that right now, and I have the factory assembly manual, but it doesn't show the routing of the front brake lines for the power disc brakes setup, only the drum brake single master cylinder. Would you happen to have any pictures showing the routing of the brake lines from the equalization valve to the frame- to T-fittings and so on and so forth? I know the rear brake line is all by it's lonesome, but I need to see where the lines tie into the tee fittings, etc..... thanks in advance! Ben Smith ![]() p.s. my truck is a 71 swb fleet, power disc fronts and drum rears. |
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Re: Crusty Rusty Leaky Squeaky 67 Step
A little more done on the cab today. Did the final fit-up of the rocker panel and prepped it for welding. Finished welding out the front and rear door pillars and around the curve of the cab corner. Previously, after adjusting the door, I marked where the lower edge of the door projects onto the cab. That way, I could see how close the rocker panel fit. Looks like it should work, but I plan to only tack the rocker in place tomorrow and then put the door up again. If all goes well, I'll weld in the rocker and move on to the other side. WooHoo!
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Yahoo! Vic that looks awesome! Nice work!
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Thanks, Scott, that door pattern has worked out great!
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Whew, that's awesome news. I'm glad you said that. I was worried, because your door gap was initially a little wider than you would of liked it to be.
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Nice fit! Wanna do mine next LOL!
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That came out really nice. Watch the inner curve of the rocker/door shell interface, it's REALLY tight on Yeller's Pass. side. But, we've got a repro door, which I think is most of the problem. Looks fantastic, Vic.
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I'd consider it if I hadn't already exhausted my lexicon of swear words.
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As I worked on the door gaps, I was concerned that I'd skin up the plated hardware ($$$) as I removed, reinstalled and adjusted the hinges. I first searched online for Teflon lined sockets until I found out a half dozen of them could easily cost over $200. Someone on another forum mentioned he'd cut up a sandwich bag and laid it over the bolt head to keep from ruining painted or plated fasteners. Said it worked better than you'd believe. I'm here to say he was right - whoever the heck he was. Instead of a freezer bag, I cut off a piece of the 3 mil contractor bag lining my trash can. I folded it over and pressed the socket onto the head of the bolt while tightening and loosening the fastener. The bolts in the photos have been cycled at least a half dozen times with no bare metal showing yet.
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Are the bolts with washers shown shown actually direct replacements? where do ya get them? is the same source good for other bolts used under the hood too? Thanks.
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I reckon you've run into the same issue I have with fasteners. The parts outlets I deal with have a few reproduction fasteners identical to OEM but not many. When it comes to the really obscure stuff, they aren't any better than Ace Hardware. Hence the painful resto process.
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Absolutely a lot of work but i guess if you have a place that can do Cad plating then its worth the effort. I have see the black plating that i think Eastwood sells, thought about getting that.
With that much effort involved i think i'd be prone to just using some standard grade 5 hardware until final install.
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Shoot, if you wanna REALLY get crazy, they have kits to do the cad at home. Can be found online. They say it doesn't last as long, but with the comfy life our trucks live, it probably wouldn't be an issue. Really wanted to do that on ours, but it didn't work out.
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As Chip observed, with the light duty most of these trucks see, the plating will last a reasonable time, but not as long as when done by a professional shop.
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Here's a few shots of the door fitment after welding out the rocker panel. Gaps are decent and await filler and minor adjustments. In retrospect, I believe the front post had moved forward somewhat, perhaps due to some long ago incident. To get the window frame in the ballpark, I ended up welding 1/8" spacers on the hinges to move the door further back. The hinge mounting holes on the front post are meant to allow adjustment up/down and front/back. I'd run out of adjustment and didn't want to widen the slots. So the spacers were a compromise solution to fix the problem.
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Repositioned the cab today and began to prep the area for the cab corner when I realized I'd never bought one for the driver side. This led to a panic trip to Riverside in a light snowstorm to pick one up. With even worse weather supposed to move in tonight, I was afraid I'd be unable to get one tomorrow. I could have worked on lots of other stuff, but I'm in the zone right now on cab patches. The driver side door has a bit of gap-osis but looks like it will close up better than the passenger side did. The PO hacked the cab corner so badly I'll have to scab on about a half inch of the old panel I salvaged. Double the welding, but to get the body line correct, you gotta do it.
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Nice work Vic, everything looks real nice. Passenger door gap looks perfect.
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Lovin the build just keep tellin' yourself it's a "Daily Driver" ![]() I noticed that you had a Grade * high strength bolt snap on you. I've delt with this in the past and it's called Hydrogen Embrittlement and occurs mostly in higher strength bolts it can be taken care of by doing some baking of the fasteners. I'm attaching some links for your reading pleasure. I'm not saying that this what's your problem but I'd hate to not say something and have one break at an bad time. Anyway great build!!! http://www.greensladeandcompany.com/...oks%20like.pdf http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public/PubFu...AVT-140-20.pdf
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Very nice progress on the cab. I just finished restoring my hinge bolts as well as all my other fasteners. I blasted them, acid dipped them blued them with Casey's gun blue. This was just to protect the threads. Then blasted the heads again, then epoxy primered, top coated the black ones, all my door bolts will be painted just like the truck. LINK. I will end soaking the threads in oil before I can install them.
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Thanks x2, that's a good trick. Went back and reviewed from the beginning, man this has come a long way. It really looks good, Vic. If this is just for your beater truck, I can't wait to see the Ford. I hope you start a thread for it in Alt. Tink. 'cuz that thing is Baaaaaad!
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Thanks again for the tech articles. For some reason, I'd always associated hydrogen embrittlement with stainless. Funny how some things get set in your way of thinking.
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