Daverods project 66

[daverod]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

thats what i was thinking

It worked.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by joe231

just measure the hole and get a freeze plug that will hammer in....that is what I would do anyway

If it good enough for Joe then it's good enough for me. Thanks Joe I'm off to the parts store. 1 3/8 freeze plug worked good.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by daverod

If it good enough for Joe then it's good enough for me. Thanks Joe I'm off to the parts store. 1 3/8 freeze plug worked good.

[daverod]

According to the wiring diagram for a 64 thats the way it comes from the factory. Two wires going to the sensor? I wonder if it would work with a sensor with one wire.

[joe231]

I would assume it works kinda like a single pole dual throw switch, one wire is for your "cold" light and one wire is for your "hot" light.....you could put a single wire sensor for a dummy light and it would only light which ever light you hook it to when it reaches a certain temp or over heats

[daverod]

Originally Posted by joe231

I would assume it works kinda like a single pole dual throw switch, one wire is for your "cold" light and one wire is for your "hot" light.....you could put a single wire sensor for a dummy light and it would only light which ever light you hook it to when it reaches a certain temp or over heats

I have a single pole thats on my 283 from my 66. I'll pull it off today and see if I can get the red light working. That's the only one I really need anyways. Thanks Joe. I think I got the diagram from you too.

[joe231]

we are cooling down from 104-105 for the last week or so. Supposed to be 91 for a high today.....

I'm with you Dennis...I said screw it and took today off!

[daverod]

The boss said I could take the rest of the day off to work on my truck. I love self employment Found a snake hiding from the heat inside my hot tub. What a surprise. My dog hates snakes and lizards and mail men and anybody when he's inside my truck. Putting brake pads on the back. Been working on getting the drums off for like two hours.

[Strodder]

Originally Posted by daverod

The boss said I could take the rest of the day off to work on my truck. I love self employment Found a snake hiding from the heat inside my hot tub. What a surprise. My dog hates snakes and lizards and mail men and anybody when he's inside my truck. Putting brake pads on the back. Been working on getting the drums off for like two hours.

You need a bigger hammer.

[Strodder]

Originally Posted by joe231

we are cooling down from 104-105 for the last week or so. Supposed to be 91 for a high today.....

I'm with you Dennis...I said screw it and took today off!

I was going to stop work, but didn't until 4pm. It hit 105 here, but buy tonight it went down to 89 already, and is getting cooler. At least it's not like Vegas. It stays real hot there at night.

[daverod]

All I did was beat on my brake drum all day. Finally got it off.Had all my real work done by 10am. Had to put a railing around the top of the roof on a old two story house. Lady said it was called "a widows walk". I was glad to get the hell out of there. Welded an old cherry bomb on my truck. It's really mellow now. I did'nt weld all the way around so when I shut it off it ticks until it cools down. Guess I'll have to fix it.

[jgh64pkup]

no sound clip

[daverod]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

no sound clip

It sounds like this tick, tick, tick, tick. If I knew how to do it I would get you one.

[tiggamonsta]

Originally Posted by daverod

... Lady said it was called "a widows walk". I was glad to get the hell out of there. ...

Back when I did heating systems up in MA there was this house that an older lady lived alone in. While working in the basement you could here her talking to who she thought was Lucifer. She kept asking him if he thought we where looking at her. Couple days later she was admitted into the psych ward.

[joe231]

I used stock shocks with the jeep springs and zero problems

[daverod]

Originally Posted by joe231

I used stock shocks with the jeep springs and zero problems

Zero problems that's what we like to hear.

[joe231]

or Chevy's big straight 6

[Strodder]

Originally Posted by joe231

or Chevy's big straight 6

Oh yeah, I forgot about the 6 cylinder one. Sorry.

[joe231]

What a beast!!
i dig it!!
how are the 292's as far as torque?

[monolith]

Damn, that sounds great!

[daverod]

Tore into my steering column the other day. The po had broke off the tabs on the column sleeve that holds everything together. I took the old sleeve off my 66 and used it. Had to glue the signal thing back together because it was starting to break. Got my signasl working. Took my awhile to relize that the bulb holder has to be grounded to the truck to work. The old column had a shifter on the column. It was'nt being used because my shifter is on the floor. I thought I would use the column part off the 66 to clean things up because it had the shifter on the floor. It turns out the parts look close to being the same but the slot for the key way and the slot on the sleeve are different. I left it the way it was. Thought I would start working on cleaning up the old engine. Putting on a new valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket. See if I can stop the bleeding.

[daverod]

Extended the stupid little shifter the po had. Works good for now and anyone gives me $hit

[Strodder]

Originally Posted by daverod

Extended the stupid little shifter the po had. Works good for now and anyone gives my $hit

That ax is a cool tool in any mechanics tool box. You can use it to chop things off, and as a hammer.

[joe231]

that is an original for sure!

[ruffrida2005]

one thing you could do about the shifter is cut off the part that sticks off and use kitty hair to fill it, then sand smooth!