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Old 10-19-2018, 03:06 PM   #2126
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

Removed the diff for new bearings. Also removed my old doff with the 3.38 gears.
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Old 10-19-2018, 03:56 PM   #2127
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nice job on the fab.
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Old 10-19-2018, 10:45 PM   #2128
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Final mounting of home made mirror brackets. What enables the door edge mounting is these cool flat nuts:

Coolant spewing from under water neck bolt. Generic gasket had too much slop, allowed it to get off-center on installation:
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Old 10-20-2018, 12:45 AM   #2129
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Nothing romantic, cleaning up rust on the underside of half the hood, whooo hoooo.

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Old 10-20-2018, 08:30 PM   #2130
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

First day in a while to spend some decent time on the truck. I did a bunch of stripping and sand blasting on the underside of the hood halves. Got a treatment of Ospho and hope to get them primed tomorrow. If not, Monday morning.

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Old 10-20-2018, 09:15 PM   #2131
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

Among other things, I got the Soff Seal door weatherstrip installed. Good stuff...
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Old 10-20-2018, 10:54 PM   #2132
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Among other things, I got the Soff Seal door weatherstrip installed. Good stuff...
Smart choice.
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Old 10-21-2018, 12:37 AM   #2133
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After 100 successful miles in town I opted to do a test run on the hwy. I learned that at 73-74 the engine stops going. As to what I was unsure and drove home to diagnos. After many hours I opted to go for another drive. I asked the wife to go with and record the systoms. On my 2nd drive I had the same results, cuts out at 73-74 in both 3rd and 4th gear. The wife said it seams like it's governed. Omg, she is onto something. I went home, adjusted the transmission buffer control and calibrated the speedo again. Took it out for a 3rd run and my issue was resolved.

Next I spent some time wrapping up small stuff. Finished the seat belts, moved some wiring and made some repairs to the wiper system. During so I dropped a spring into an AC duct.

So I fished my camera in the duct and was able to find the spring. While trying to figure out how to retrieve it, my wife showed up and recommended a hook that goes on my camera, sure enough she saved me a second time.
Pieced together the repaired wiper system and stopped for the day.
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Old 10-21-2018, 03:24 AM   #2134
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Spend a little time with paint...
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Old 10-21-2018, 04:15 AM   #2135
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Spend a little time with paint...
Now, that HAS to turn some heads over there in Deutschland!
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Old 10-21-2018, 10:38 AM   #2136
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Old 10-21-2018, 01:30 PM   #2137
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Windshield time...
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Old 10-21-2018, 09:23 PM   #2138
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FIRST DRIVE!!!

The overriding goal has been to get this truck on the road and worry about the details later. Today I finally got everything buttoned up enough to drive it around the block. The trip was flawless! My impressions:

Good:
With a Mustang II rack, who needs power steering? Even with such a big truck, manual steering turns with one finger. The engine runs great, stays cool and doesn't leak. Tranny shifts fine. All the gauges work perfectly. Seating position and location of all controls is very comfy.

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The brakes need further bleeding. The front springs are sagging severely and need replacement ASAP.

My wife said I was driving too fast to get a good photo, but she caught a pic as I brought the truck back to the barn:
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Old 10-21-2018, 09:26 PM   #2139
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FIRST DRIVE!!!

The overriding goal has been to get this truck on the road and worry about the details later. Today I finally got everything buttoned up enough to drive it around the block. The trip was flawless! My impressions:

Good:
With a Mustang II rack, who needs power steering? Even with such a big truck, manual steering turns with one finger. The engine runs great, stays cool and doesn't leak. Tranny shifts fine. All the gauges work perfectly.

Bad:
The brakes need further bleeding. The front springs are sagging severely and need replacement ASAP.

My wife said I was driving too fast to get a good photo, but she caught a pic as I brought the truck home:
That's awesome!
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Old 10-21-2018, 10:12 PM   #2140
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FIRST DRIVE!!!

The overriding goal has been to get this truck on the road and worry about the details later. Today I finally got everything buttoned up enough to drive it around the block. The trip was flawless! My impressions:

Good:
With a Mustang II rack, who needs power steering? Even with such a big truck, manual steering turns with one finger. The engine runs great, stays cool and doesn't leak. Tranny shifts fine. All the gauges work perfectly. Seating position and location of all controls is very comfy.

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The brakes need further bleeding. The front springs are sagging severely and need replacement ASAP.

My wife said I was driving too fast to get a good photo, but she caught a pic as I brought the truck home:
A few tweaks, then...ROAD TRIP !!
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Old 10-21-2018, 10:39 PM   #2141
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RIGHT ON, DAMN there is nothing better than that first successful drive.

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Old 10-21-2018, 10:42 PM   #2142
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Nothing romantic, nothing exciting but I got something done!

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Old 10-21-2018, 11:14 PM   #2143
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MPC, congrats on trip around the block...Jim
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Old 10-22-2018, 02:16 AM   #2144
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A few tweaks, then...ROAD TRIP !!
Yeah, I've been thinking about a trip to Arizona to visit my brother.

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Thanks. Ha ha, I almost didn't make it out of the driveway:
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Old 10-22-2018, 07:58 AM   #2145
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That is cool, you will love the Alpine. They have one of my favorite GPS systems.
Thanks mikebte and dsraven!
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Old 10-22-2018, 08:55 PM   #2146
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Test painted the dash to see if I liked it...
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Old 10-22-2018, 09:00 PM   #2147
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You get a "Like" from me! Awesome color!
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Old 10-22-2018, 09:01 PM   #2148
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My bed wood stuff came today.
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My bed wood stuff came today.
Cherry? That's some awesome stuff !!!
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I'm good with that !!
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