What did you do to your truck today!

[legotech7]

Readjusted my carb, fine tuned the dizzy, took her for a ride... Runs great. Next new front end suspension....

[vidman]

Finally fired up the fat block this afternoon. sounded great, Made some jet changes to get her a little fat so we can come down to the tune. Was pulling 22 inches of vac at 900 rpm...I think i,m going to like it..We have the real pulls tomorrow..

[In The Ten Ring]

Today I hit a wall in the battle for the driver's side bushing's.....the cab floor hole and the bushing hole are 1/4" off and I cannot fit everything together right.

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

Today I hit a wall in the battle for the driver's side bushing's.....the cab floor hole and the bushing hole are 1/4" off and I cannot fit everything together right.

Just a thought, loosen up the other side and try to bump the body over a bit, i think thru the years the cab shifted to one side as the mounts rotted. When i did my cab mounts i left every thing loose with the nuts backed off, all 6 of them, until i got the whole set in place

[Lee H]

Do you have all four bushing bolts lose?
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[quick60]

Procured some stainless screws to mount the fan motor in my new air box.
Got the gaskets glued on the box
Heater core and fan motor installed.
Ran out of daylight, time and dinner was ready so have to wait till....Friday to finish

Sucky thing is I have to work three shifts in a row this week so next opportunity to work on the truck is gonna be friday

[BlacklandCamper]

Removed and cleaned my dimmer switch, now the high beams don't stick on. Turned on the lights to test it, noticed the dash lights worked, decided to test the make shift horn button the PO installed, and now the dash lights don't work...

Now I get to check wires.

Considering it sat in a pasture for years, I'm just happy any of the lights work.
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[mo]

Well I've been driving without taillights when the headlights were on. Couldn't figure out what was wrong. A few searches on this forum.... Undid the taillight housing, turned the headlights on and still no headlights... Then, by pure coincidence, the housing touches the bumper and the fricking bulb turns on!!! Found the faulty ground!!!! Thanks to all who share knowledge, advice and experience .
Man wins!
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[mud.man.rj]

Wiring can be fun at times.

[tommys72]

Taped off and painted my new to me wheel covers for my 72
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[vidman]

Looking good...

[TBONE1964]

Originally Posted by tommys72

Taped off and painted my new to me wheel covers for my 72
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They look really good Tom. Do you need any of the fake lugs? I have some for you here. Let me know and I will mail them to you.

[Towstrap]

got her back from paint and all back together and took a glamour shoot

[VWNate1]

I got into a minor chingaso and wound up with a broken windshield , I need to find a L.A. Metro area glass shop that'll know how to replace it ~ All Star Glass in GaRDENA TOOK ON THE JOB THEN CALLED ME BACK AND SAID they're too incompetent and cancelled the job .

A little help please .

[Lee H]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

I got into a minor chingaso and wound up with a broken windshield , I need to find a L.A. Metro area glass shop that'll know how to replace it ~ All Star Glass in GaRDENA TOOK ON THE JOB THEN CALLED ME BACK AND SAID they're too incompetent and cancelled the job .

A little help please .

Nate, I used safelite last year. When I called to make the appointment I told them to verify the tech has experience with 19xx windshield installs and then call me back. They did and made an appointment. With in 20 minutes they left with a nicely installed windshield. They supplied the windshield and I supplied the gasket. Lee
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[Dano69c10]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

I got into a minor chingaso and wound up with a broken windshield , I need to find a L.A. Metro area glass shop that'll know how to replace it ~ All Star Glass in GaRDENA TOOK ON THE JOB THEN CALLED ME BACK AND SAID they're too incompetent and cancelled the job .

A little help please .

Hey Nate,

I have an extra windshield you can have.

Dano

[VWNate1]

Thanx Guys ;

I now have two places to call .

The glass I broke was new Grrr.....

I don't want a used one Dano , thank you all the same ! you've been a real lifesaver .

[dibbleg]

Got my new Lokar floor shifter installed after having to repair the mess on the floorboards from the PO. Installed new reverse light switch, replaced broken antenna, replaced broken speedo cable, fixed horn button and popped in some turn signal cancel springs. Was actually on sunday, but spent the entire day working on the beast..haha

[ksshane]

Installed a new steering wheel and found out that the steering wheel shaft and nut are all but stripped out.

[deestrong71]

Looks Great Tow Strap !

[sboris]

Started putting it back together..
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[trac209]

Made two inch lowering blocks and dropped the rear down. I like the stance now and even the traction seems to have improved

[tarafied1]

I have been disappointed with the power and fuel mileage with my 72 Cheyenne Super. I have only recently bought it. I like all cars/truck but I have been into Fords a long time. I really couldn't understand why this 350 was such a pooch. I know it's about 4,000 lbs. and only a 3.07:1 rear gear but come on! Then I calculated my gas mileage yesterday and it was 7.4 mpg! So I decided something had to be wrong. The PO had converted it to HEI and I put a Holley 600 vacuum secondary on it because the quadrajet was long gone when I bought it. Today I decided to check the timing. First, I noticed that the timing didn't change with the vacuum line unplugged, so I got the vacuum gauge out and had 18 inches at idle. So my vacuum advance does not work. Then I checked initial timing and it was about 7 degrees BTDC. I revved it and it didn't change. I pulled the cap and rotor and saw right away the weights were so sloppy that one was kind of on top of the other so they couldn't move. I jiggled them enough to get them freed up. Put it back together. Set initial timing at 12, winged the throttle and it went off the scale (I don't have a timing light with a dial). So I took it for a drive. WOW it is a new truck! I'm going to get the parts to fix the vacuum advance and bushings for the weights. I am sure the mileage will improve too.

[Lee H]

Nice work! Most folks overlook the basics, looks like you nailed it.

[tarafied1]

Originally Posted by Lee H

Nice work! Most folks overlook the basics, looks like you nailed it.

thanks, I must admit I often over think things too. The truck had been sitting in a field for a while so I was expecting a lot of things to be wrong. So far nothing major.