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Thanks for the input. I haven't checked into it but I don't think there are any laws in Iowa about the tires. LockDoc
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Working on the under dash wiring and stuff. today. I pulled the under dash wire loom out because the fuse panel was pretty rusty. I have a good one I can replace it with but I want to get the dash pad and wiper motor installed before I put the wire loom back in. I also removed the ignition switch and wiper motor to clean them up and test them, and the interior heater box so I can paint it and replace the control cables. LockDoc
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My Friend Ron and I installed the rear slider this afternoon. Worked out pretty good. Planning on installing the windshield next week. I have a few things I want to do before we install it. I may go ahead and install the gas tank tomorrow or Friday. I need to take it to the car wash and spray it out good. I checked out the inside with my inspection camera and it looked suprisingly clean. Just a little residue in it. LockDoc
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Thanks. Yes, the slider is old. It has the metal latch on it and the slider part sticks out farther than the newer ones. LockDoc
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Nice work sir!
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Got some more parts installed the last couple of days. Wiper motor, dash pad, under dash wire loom, Interior heater box, ignition switch, light switch and wiper switch. I installed the gas tank Saturday but I forgot to take my camera out with me. I took the tank to the car wash and pressure washed it. This time I vacuumed out the excess water with the shop vac and let the heat gun blow into it long enough to dry it out inside. That worked good. I need to paint the glove box door and ash tray. Ron and I will put the windshield in Tuesday morning. I would like to take the drive shaft to get shortened Wednesday. We'll see how that goes. LockDoc
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You're going to be driving it in no time!
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good progress. what did you spray the dash with? (as in what paint)
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Well, that remains to be seen Dale..
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- I forgot to mention a couple of things in my last update post: One is that I cleaned up the wiper motor and tested it. I also checked out the wiper linkage and transmissions to make sure they moved freely before connecting the arms to the motor. The wiper motor testing thread is located here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=413551 Two is, before I installed the under dash wire loom I sprayed all of the contacts and connectors with electrical contact cleaner and connect and disconnect them a couple of times with the parts they connect to, and it cleans the male and female terminals up pretty good. LockDoc
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That contact cleaner is sooo needed on any connection with much age on it!
Dielectric grease can help preserve those connections in the future!! |
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I have some dielectric grease but I didn't do that. It would still be easy to put some on the connectors since I don't have the dash cluster and stuff in yet. Thanks for the reminder.... LockDoc -
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Is there a way to test electric motors off of vehicle WITH a load? The reason I ask, I had a blower motor once that would run off the vehicle but didn't have enough power once the fan was added. Wipers have a pretty heavy load, so my concern. |
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Really no way to do that out of the vehicle as far as I know. I installed a wiper motor in another truck, that I had previously tested, it ran fine on the bench but was really slow with everything hooked up. I disconnected the arms and tried moving them by hand and they would hardly move. I sprayed them with PB Blaster and moved them back and forth until they loosened up and the wipers worked fine then. On the blower motors, I always drill a small hole off to the side in the closed end, and spray a little PB Blaster in it to lube the rear bearing. On the front you can just spray the shaft behind the blower wheel. LockDoc
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Ron and another friend came over and helped me install the windshield this morning. Everything went pretty smooth after I got the rope installed the correct way..... I did the same thing when I put the windshield in the Dark Blue 4x4 Longhorn. Getting old sucks... ![]() LockDoc
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I didn't work on the truck this morning. I was out of cookies so I had to bake some.... Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, my favorite. Yummy! Painted the ash tray and glove box door today and installed them. I also cleaned up and lubed the heater control panel and cables and installed it. I will post pictures of these tomorrow. I disassembled the heater switch and cleaned it up and re-lubed it. It was actually in really good shape inside. You can't beat original stuff. The second picture shows the switch and the small plastic bushing that fits over the post on the switch arm. Don't lose it when you remove the switch from the bracket. I have a tach dash with an 80# oil pressure gauge in it so I decided to use it for this truck. It needs freshened up so I started on that this afternoon. I hope I can get it finished up tomorrow. LockDoc
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Pictures of installed heater control panel, glove box door, and ashtray. Here are a couple of pictures of the cable routing for a non-air truck with the deluxe heater. The top cable goes to the front control arm which controls the defrost/heat selector door, the middle cable goes behind the air duct and heater box, and to the bottom, it controls the amount of air moving and the blower motor, and the bottom cable goes around the front of the heater box, through the interior box and firewall and into the engine side heater box, It controls the amount of air going through the heater core or closes it off completely. LockDoc
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Very nice work Leon. It really feels like a truck again when the glass is back in. Did you get that windshield from Bucklyn's?
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This was a good original one I had saved, as was the gasket. I usually get my new ones at Bucklins. The last one I got was just over $100. LockDoc
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Well, I didn't get the cluster finished up yesterday, I had to work on my taxes.... ![]() I finished it up this afternoon. I polished the lens with some red rouge compound on my buffer. If you do one don't do ANY polishing on the side with the printed numbers and letters. Only wipe it off with a very soft cloth slightly dampened with clear water, nothing else. Our power was out for 3 hours tonight.. Found out a while ago that a whole town 12 miles South of us was out also. Finally got it back on about 30 minutes ago. I also have a van tilt column that I am going to use in this project so I will get it ready to install in the next couple of days. I need to shorten the intermediate shaft for it and move the NSS down lower on the column. LockDoc
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The cluster looks very nice Leon. My brother, Nick, lives east of New Sharon and they were without power as well. That 50* didn't feel at all like 50* with those 50mph gusts. Our temps are all over the place currently.
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Quote- I also have a van tilt column that I am going to use in this project so I will get it ready to install in the next couple of days. I need to shorten the intermediate shaft for it and move the NSS down lower on the column.
I didn't know you could move the NSS, or at least not without a ton of work. However, I have a suggestion for you. You can tap NSS and BU lights off of the transmission wiring. That is what I did on my Willys with an LS swap. I bought the cheapest Ididit column (floor shift, key in dash, no NSS). You do need to use a relay to trigger the starter as you don't want to run high amperage thru the 20 gauge transmission wiring. Also the BU and NSS are more accurate this way (can't get out of adjustment). I am not sure that the allison transmission uses the same connector as 4L60/4L80 but here is a diagram to get you started if you want to do it. Last edited by cj847; 02-19-2022 at 12:02 PM. |
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Thanks Ryan. The wind on top of the hill here was almost unbearable if you were outside very long. Yep, we are on a temperature roller coaster for sure. LockDoc
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