Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[regan wilson]

Do I need to call your Boss again? We are waiting patiently.

[mongocanfly]

Haha ...call away Regan...my Mom says the same thing..!!!!

[mongocanfly]

Well hopefully my hectic summer is coming to a end.
Were in another 2 week shutdown, but after that I'll be off most of the rest of the year..
Since this is Columbus day I thought I'd make a mini update..
Not much to show, but ever little bit helps
I swapped out the factory tierod for one of the heavy wall 1-1/4" ORD ones..
much beefier than the 1-1/8" factory unit
But by doing so i lost the tierod end mounting boss for the steering stabilizer
So I just fabbed me one up..
Painted and loosely installed

[mongocanfly]

Also got the oilpan installed..
The notch gave me over 3" of clearance at ride height..I feel better about that now

[regan wilson]

Progress is always good. Happy Columbus Day!

[mongocanfly]

Still doing small things..
This has been bothering me for some time..
When I made the cab corner ,there was about a 1/16" gap between it and the rocker..
I was gonna just live with it, but after looking at the drivers side I realized the two were spot welded together
I couldnt squeeze them together without putting alot of stress on the metal..
So I cut some slits in the corner ,and drilled some hole for spot welds.
Got it welded up..gonna brush some epoxy on it ..do a ittle filler work, then I'll spray epoxy on it..
Got the rear bumper ready to go to the blasters, so I'll try and spray it all at once.
I've found a couple of spots on the rockers and the back of the cab that got missed when I sprayed epoxy the last time that need coated again.. hopefully the cab will be ready to paint in a week or so

[regan wilson]

Glad to see you working on it. You should be able to knock it out now.

[8man]

Nice fix.

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks great, get er done!

[Ironhorse]

That's gonna' be one sweet rig when it's done! Love the attention to detail, that's what makes a nice restoration an outstanding restoration for sure.

[Vic1947]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

That's gonna' be one sweet rig when it's done! Love the attention to detail, that's what makes a nice restoration an outstanding restoration for sure.

X2! My grandad had one just like it for his monument business. I can still remember riding in it when I was a kid.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks guys..!!!
one step closer...
I've had all the wiring done for awhile ..havnt put gas in it yet mainly cause I knew I'd be welding close by..
Hopefully I've got the welding behind me.. I had some time this morn, so I bit the bullet, went to town and got 5gal of gas..poured it in the tank..hit the switch several times and primed the fuel system..
Nothing left but do it.. so I tried cranking it, it would hit a little, but never would fire.. fooled with it for about 20 min., still no crank.. there was a few ounces of gas left in the jug, as last ditch effort, I dumped it in the throttle...
hit the switch and it came to life.!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. for about 10 secs..Haha
So I'm betting the injectors are plugged ...at least that's my thinking..its been sitting for several yrs.
I looked into new acdelcos , oreillys wants $117 each.. I'm gonna pull these and see if i can clean them..I've got a new ultrasonic cleaner Im itching to try on them ..

[regan wilson]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Thanks guys..!!!
one step closer...
I've had all the wiring done for awhile ..havnt put gas in it yet mainly cause I knew I'd be welding close by..
Hopefully I've got the welding behind me.. I had some time this morn, so I bit the bullet, went to town and got 5gal of gas..poured it in the tank..hit the switch several times and primed the fuel system..
Nothing left but do it.. so I tried cranking it, it would hit a little, but never would fire.. fooled with it for about 20 min., still no crank.. there was a few ounces of gas left in the jug, as last ditch effort, I dumped it in the throttle...
hit the switch and it came to life.!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. for about 10 secs..Haha
So I'm betting the injectors are plugged ...at least that's my thinking..its been sitting for several yrs.
I looked into new acdelcos , oreillys wants $117 each.. I'm gonna pull these and see if i can clean them..I've got a new ultrasonic cleaner Im itching to try on them ..

That's cool Greg. We are going to need some video when it moves under its own power.

[jjzepplin]

Good luck with the injectors. I guess I better look into cleaning mine before I even bother to try to fire mine.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Regan and Zepp..
If anyone's wondering how I went about cleaning the injectors this is what I've done so far
I machined me a aluminum adapter to go from a can of carb cleaner to the injectors
I 5min epoxied one of the cleaner straws into the adapter
The injector slides in the end and the oring seals it off..
I used o-ring lube on the o-rings to keep from causing any damage to them
I bought a cheap injector controller off ebay..it allows for 4 different setting, I used #4 that is the continuous firing mode..
I cut a injector plug out of the old harness to connect the controller to the injector
Then you simply mash the go button on the carb cleaner can and it blasts the cleaner thru the injector..
Found out quick you've got to hold the alum adapter onto the injector, it WILL build enough pressure to blow it apart...
Dont ask..Haha
2 of them were completely jammed up and at 1st wouldnt fire..took some time to get them loose
I'm gonna run them thru the ultrasonic cleaner for a while..I forgot to get the seafoam when I was in town..then I'll flush them all again with the carb cleaner setup, and keep my finger crossed that it works

[regan wilson]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Thanks Regan and Zepp..
If anyone's wondering how I went about cleaning the injectors this is what I've done so far
I machined me a aluminum adapter to go from a can of carb cleaner to the injectors
I 5min epoxied one of the cleaner straws into the adapter
The injector slides in the end and the oring seals it off..
I used o-ring lube on the o-rings to keep from causing any damage to them
I bought a cheap injector controller off ebay..it allows for 4 different setting, I used #4 that is the continuous firing mode..
I cut a injector plug out of the old harness to connect the controller to the injector
Then you simply mash the go button on the carb cleaner can and it blasts the cleaner thru the injector..
Found out quick you've got to hold the alum adapter onto the injector, it WILL build enough pressure to blow it apart...
Dont ask..Haha
2 of them were completely jammed up and at 1st wouldnt fire..took some time to get them loose
I'm gonna run them thru the ultrasonic cleaner for a while..I forgot to get the seafoam when I was in town..then I'll flush them all again with the carb cleaner setup, and keep my finger crossed that it works

Good thinking there Greg. Hope it works out for you. If it does you have a useful tool for the future.

[Advanced Design]

I’ve enjoyed catching up a bit Greg. Hope all is well and work has slowed for you. Nice work on the oil pan notch!

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Doug.!!.. nice blazer you acquired...

[mongocanfly]

Well, I ran the injectors thru the ultrasonic cleaner with seafoam..i ran it at 180deg for 30 min..
This is what came out of them so far, theres more crud in the drain
After the 30min cycle I hooked each one up to the injector controller and suspended them in the seafoam, set the fire cycle on continuous, and ran each one at 180deg for another 15min cycle..
It got dark so I can't see how much ,if anymore crud i removed..
I'll spray them again with the carb cleaner setup and maybe thatll be good enough

[mongocanfly]

Got around to draining the ultrasonic cleaner this morn, I drained the seafoam thru a paint strainer..
This is what came outta the injectors during cleaning

[mongocanfly]

Well, I've still got a no start issue..cleaning the injectors was needed, but didnt help..
I'm thinking now I have a fuel pressure issue..got a gauge coming to add to my fuel rails to verify that..

[mongocanfly]

On another note, I had some decals made of the truck and the travelall..
I did the ruff drawings on these , then had stickermule do a redraw to clean them up
I did these in a cartoonish style..
I was prodded into this by my IH buddy, he had them made of all his trucks..
These are to hand out to kids at the car shows.....if never make it to one..Haha

[72 tigger]

Very cool stickers!

[Ol Blue K20]

I like the stickers, they're very nice.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Kirk and Dale..!!!
I'm still fighting this no start issue..
I've cleaned injectors...they spray very good now..
I've verified I have 12v at the injectors..
Cant find my noid light, think I loaned it to someone and it never made it back home..
Got a new set of noids on the way
Should be here next week
It will run as long as I pour a little gas in the throttle..
Sure got me buffaloed