Retirement

[LDO]

I spend most of my time on the 57 section of this forum but the wife got me an early retirement gift. I don't retire for another year and a half but I guess she didn't want to wait. Looks like I'll be spending some time on this side of the forum picking your brains.

66 with a 283 / 4 speed, pwr stng and brakes.

I need to replace the (big) back glass rubber, fuel gauge is inop, and the speedo needle just bounces around. I also need to paint the M/C

I still have to work on HER 57 though..

[aerotruk63]

Remember you don't have to accept every gift given to you, even from your own wife. Really nice truck. Your going to enjoy yourself in this section.
Wrong grille for your year, but luckily you can get one aftermarket or if you want a used painted grille, I can trade with ya, shipping included. Both ways. lol

[sigshooter]

Eastwoods Brake Gray paint for the mastercylinder, I did mine a year ago and it looks great..... most paint will come off due to the brake fluid.

[ChiefRocka]

Nice truck, and welcome to the 'dark' side !

Aero beat me to the grill offer.... I think it looks good on there.
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[jbgroby]

LDO, Can you snap a picture of the passinge rside of the heater box? I think the PO did what I need to do in order to modify the top.

Thanks,
Jake Groby
Lacombe, LA.

[Ta2Don]

Welcome to this side of the Board, Awesome retirement gift...

['63GENIII]

Man, some guys have all the luck! Awesome wife, great truck and retiring soon! Congrats and welcome.

[Hart_Rod]

I saw it last night at BK, nice truck! Look forward to seeing more of it in the future.
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[66clow]

Doesn't look like you will have to spend too much time in retirement working on it. Just alot of driving. Looks great as it is.

[jocko]

yeah, isn't retirement for "projects"?? That is a cool truck and an even cooler spousal unit. I'd keep em both forever.

[LDO]

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

I saw it last night at BK, nice truck! Look forward to seeing more of it in the future.
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Thanks Rob, I was going to walk over and say hi but it looked like you were in an indepth technical discussion and I think you were gone by the time i got back from getting a drink. We'll have to hook up soon.

Thanks to all for the warm welcome on this side. Worked on her today and got some good stuff done or identified today. Here's where I'm at:

-Rear glass seal - need to order (how hard to replace this myself?)
-Fuel gauge sweeps - bad splice, reads pretty solid, might be working now.
-Vent blower - bad blower motor.
-No horn - cut horn wire on steering column connector.
-No reverse lights - need new assemblies.
-Painted M/C and calipers/rotors.
-Seat will not slide forward or aft - passenger side of seat doesn't seem to have the correct track. More troubleshooting required.

Other than that, the truck runs good, tracks good going down the road and stops the way it should. I am happy-happy.

[LDO]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

LDO, Can you snap a picture of the passinge rside of the heater box? I think the PO did what I need to do in order to modify the top.

Thanks,
Jake Groby
Lacombe, LA.

Jake,
hope this works for you. If not let me know and I'll snap a pic of whatever you need. Can you please explain the heater box mod you mentioned?

['63GENIII]

Does the bench seat have a rod that ties the track locking mechanism together for both sides? Otherwise, only one side will be able to move.

[LDO]

didn't see a rod. Just the lever on the drivers side with a spring that activates the mechanism on that side. I"ll add some pics in the morning.

[Rich 5150 69]

Happy pre retirement LDO.......glad your on this side of the house now, your wife did good, nice start for you.....speedo start at the trans first to confirm those gears are good then work your way up to the speedo end and speedo if need be, do you still have a cab mounted gas tank, can`t tell from the pics.

[LDO]

yes, cab mounted tank. smells like gas whenever I fill up but I did find that there is a vent hose that was kinked. I'll start there...

[Rich 5150 69]

LDO there isn`t any vent hose on the factory tank, you should have a vented cap, and the seal at the cap is bad it will allow the gas to seep out the cap and down the tube back into the cab, so new cap and new rubber around the filler tube will fix this, you could also have a leak at the fuel line as it exits the tank on the front of the tank

[LDO]

someone must have modified this tank then because there is a metal 'spout' on the driver's side with a 3/8 fuel house connected and it is routed down and out thru the floor. I will check for fluid leaks at the lines as well.

[Rich 5150 69]

So I`m assuming that when you make right hand turns you lose gas every time....

[LDO]

and here I thought I was just getting crappy gas mileage!

prolly time for a new tank or pursue the relocation thing....

[Captainfab]

Congrats on the early retirement gift. That is a great looking truck

I agree that you have an awesome wife.

[jbgroby]

Thanks LDO, Thats works. I'm tryign to find the same setup.

[C/10 King]

It must be a retirement thing, I retired at the end of last year and soon bought me a 66' short fleet and replaced the stock grill with a 63' grill, what a coincidence.

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by LDO

Thanks Rob, I was going to walk over and say hi but it looked like you were in an indepth technical discussion and I think you were gone by the time i got back from getting a drink. We'll have to hook up soon.

Sounds good. Maybe next weekend?

[Rich 5150 69]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

It must be a retirement thing, I retired at the end of last year and soon bought me a 66' short fleet and replaced the stock grill with a 63' grill, what a coincidence.

......I just retired in Feb, but been driving this `64 daily since the first overhaul in `93, going thru it again after putting almost 200 k on it.