What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Had a horrible shock today: I reached under my exhaust manifold to check for leakage from the threaded plug I'd had so much trouble with and my finger came back wet!!!! I went into shock. A taste test however determined that the moisture was not coolant but was actually oil seeping down from my valve covers. My new intake manifold is thicker and the valve covers are bottoming out on it, preventing full seating. I ordered some thick gaskets to give the valve covers more clearance. Whew...

That's an interesting way to test the moisture, LOL, but glad it wasn't water.

[MARTINSR]

I am putting my five minutes in! Last night I got a few parts sand blasted, ready for primer.

Brian

[evilokc]

today I finally got my hood installed. my 20 minute hood install went bad on me when I tried to shut the hood and it didn't latch. spent 45 minutes trying to figure out why. it dawned on me that the latch plate I was using was from my parts truck and I had never used it. I removed the actual latch off of my original plate and installed it onto the nicer plate. the hood needs adjustment but it shuts and latches. once that was done I took the death rattle out for a couple of hours. such a fun time

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by evilokc

today I finally got my hood installed. my 20 minute hood install went bad on me when I tried to shut the hood and it didn't latch. spent 45 minutes trying to figure out why. it dawned on me that the latch plate I was using was from my parts truck and I had never used it. I removed the actual latch off of my original plate and installed it onto the nicer plate. the hood needs adjustment but it shuts and latches. once that was done I took the death rattle out for a couple of hours. such a fun time

And you want to adjust that hood without the latch installed, then once it's aligned properly then install the latch.

I didn't "work" on my truck today, but spent a bunch of time hauling the front axle to the post office, to find out that it's $100 to ship and my brother stopped me before I did it with a phone call to tell me he ship it for me with his UPS account for about half that. I rather spend that $50 ON the truck than throw it away so I brought the box back home. I then ordered a bunch of stuff on line for the suspension. So I will be ready real soon to get the frame powder coated.

Brian

[evilokc]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

And you want to adjust that hood without the latch installed, then once it's aligned properly then install the latch.

I didn't "work" on my truck today, but spent a bunch of time hauling the front axle to the post office, to find out that it's $100 to ship and my brother stopped me before I did it with a phone call to tell me he ship it for me with his UPS account for about half that. I rather spend that $50 ON the truck than throw it away so I brought the box back home. I then ordered a bunch of stuff on line for the suspension. So I will be ready real soon to get the frame powder coated.

Brian

I put it on with the latch removed. just couldn't get the latch to work. the latch was the issue. its latched i just want to go back at some point and get the gaps perfect.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by evilokc

today I finally got my hood installed.

I'm used to seeing your truck with no hood; I probably won't recognize it now ;-)

[Dyslexic Dog]

Ditto on the five minute rule. Used that on a boat I rebuilt five years ago. I'm taking a break from the snow for a couple of weeks but when I get back my tires will be mounted on new rims and my rear leaf supports will be ready to install. After that the rolling chassis will be removed and full speed ahead on the cab body work.

[svr]

Remind me what heater are you using? I like where the hoses enter the firewall.

It just the stock deluxe heater, original holes.

[idbeast]

SVR congrats on the first fire!

Jim W

[idbeast]

My 5 minutes was getting the hood primered!

[evilokc]

put 20 or 30 miles on it today. noticed when i was accelerating from a light with some spirit that there was a tiny puff of smoke. there was also a little when i cold started. i backed my mixture off by 1/8 turn. drove a test lap. much improved. might even accelerate a little better. time will tell.

[MARTINSR]

Put my five minutes in on something I didn't think I had to do and it sucks. Out of the blue this morning something hit me on my rear axle. The spring pads were about a half inch closer together than they are suppose to be. I had ignored it thinking that it won't make a difference moving the spring a quarter inch in on each side, that's close enough I figured. Well, what hit me was, what is one side is where it belongs and the other side is off the whole half inch, or what if one side is even in further than that, I hadn't measure to the end of the axle to see if they were at the correct distance from the end. So sure enough, one side was in a half inch, CRAP. So I figured I would cut that one off and then leave the other. Well, then I got to looking at the angle the rear end would be at where they were mounted, it was WAY off with the third member pointing up! Geeeez, I cut them both off and will clamp it all together until I have the engine tranny and height where I want it then get the pinion angle right and weld them on.

I mean, come on, that's the right way to do it. I was just dreaming that the last guy had welded the perches on there right. One thing that was real nice, the dudes welds sucked so they was easy to remove.

Brian

[MARTINSR]

My five minutes got me repairing the rear end housing where the perches were. So I got something done on the truck.
Then I got a piece made for the trunk floor of my brothers '39. His is rusted, he bought this patch from a guy and it's only a little less rusted than his!

So I used it as a pattern and made a patch for him.

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

This is ridiculous. Snow has been on the ground for a full month here now. I've never seen that in my six decades living here. Since my garage is filled with the typical homeowner stuff - bicycles, lawnmowers, kayaks, etc - I usually move my panel truck into the driveway to work. Not possible for a month and no end in sight in the long range forecast. Snowing again now, and an entire county north of me without electricity for a week. Tried to eat at a local restaurant but they were closed because they couldn't get food through on the highways for a couple of days. So alas my truck languishes in the garage and I sit on my butt day after day waiting for Spring.

Anyone else old enough to remember what scientists were predicting in the 1960s-70s? Looks like they were right!

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

This is ridiculous. Snow has been on the ground for a full month here now. I've never seen that in my six decades living here. Since my garage is filled with the typical homeowner stuff - bicycles, lawnmowers, kayaks, etc - I usually move my panel truck into the driveway to work. Not possible for a month and no end in sight in the long range forecast. Snowing again now, and an entire county north of me without electricity for a week. Tried to eat at a local restaurant but they were closed because they couldn't get food through on the highways for a couple of days. So alas my truck languishes in the garage and I sit on my butt day after day waiting for Spring.

Anyone else old enough to remember what scientists were predicting in the 1960s-70s? Looks like they were right!

I hope you're not serious. If so, read about the 1922 "Climate Change".

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/warm-welcome/

Weather is cyclic. There is change going on, but it's nothing the supposed climate change "experts" have got a handle on. Predicting stuff, however, does make them feel important and sometimes even gets them a paycheck.

[mr48chev]

Not a whole lot of progress going on around here unless you count snow shoveled paths.

I did almost get out the the 51 1-1/2 ton though.

[mr48chev]

We didn't have enough snow to talk about all winter until February. I ran around outside in flanel shirts and no jacket a lot in Janurary and was getting stuff move aound so I could work on my shop and in February we have Had around 2 ft total snow in three weeks.

We are supposed to get the tail end of the storm that Mirical Pie Co is gettng sometime in the next 24 and so far I haven't had to shovel the whole 400 ft but am afraid that the time is coming.

[MARTINSR]

WOW!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

My five minutes today was bringing my axle and steering goodies to the UPS store shipping it off to SIDS to be dropped and all the steering linkage modified, WHOOOO HOOOOO!

Brian

[DransportGarage]

Sorry to see all the snow, guys! We've been lucky here in SW Ohio for the last several years. The plow was out once this year, and not at all last year (or was it the year before?). Conversely, in 2002 we got 14" the day after Christmas, and it was 25 below in 1977, when people were walking across the Ohio river:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXnNJhnfeo

[Dongray]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

My five minutes today was bringing my axle and steering goodies to the UPS store shipping it off to SIDS to be dropped and all the steering linkage modified, WHOOOO HOOOOO!

Brian

Hey way to go! My sids front end looks pretty sweet with the drop and There were no issues with dealing with Sid or assembling.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Dongray

Hey way to go! My sids front end looks pretty sweet with the drop and There were no issues with dealing with Sid or assembling.

Yep I asked on a few forums and that is what I heard a lot. Their connection with you is awesome, I must have sent 15-20 emails so far with stupid questions and they are spot on polite every time back. I have done this stuff like spindle installation and I decided to let them do it because I have heard such good stuff about them. I will get an axle back, I will get all the steering linkage back modified too, ready to go, sounds good!

Brian

[Dyslexic Dog]

Sorry for the thread drift but I always like to engage the deniers. Rate of change. X squared. The peaks and valleys have not changed as much as the frequency. Weather is different then climate. Scientist theory is a theory that you test the data with. Guess what? Lots and lots and lots and lots of data support it. Of course you could always just believe a political oped piece instead.

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by Dyslexic Dog

Sorry for the thread drift but I always like to engage the deniers. Rate of change. X squared. The peaks and valleys have not changed as much as the frequency. Weather is different then climate. Scientist theory is a theory that you test the data with. Guess what? Lots and lots and lots and lots of data support it. Of course you could always just believe a political oped piece instead.

...figures lie and liars figure... Read the 1922 "facts" again.

(OK. Dyslexic Dog is right, I'm off topic. My fault. You guys can take a few more shots, but I'll shut up.)

[Kevin Mac]

I'm still changing my mind on my hydroboost install. I just wasn't comfortable with reservoir on firewall so I made another adapter plate to slant the HB and bough a new reservoir without as much angle. It will fit under floor with couple inches to spare. I will have to fill with syringe but figured how often do you have to add fluid.
I don't know how you guys build from ground up, it would take me 10 years with changing my mind all the time. If anybody wants my 1/4" aluminum adapter plate and aluminum master cylinder push in adapters I made pay shipping and they are yours. The push in adapters have 1/8" pipe thread.
Mac