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From: owner-pre61-list-digest  ford-trucks.com (pre61-list-digest) To: pre61-list-digest ford-trucks.com Subject: pre61-list-digest V3 #378 Reply-To: pre61-list ford-trucks.com Sender: owner-pre61-list-digest ford-trucks.com Errors-To: owner-pre61-list-digest ford-trucks.com Precedence: bulk pre61-list-digest Sunday, December 26 1999 Volume 03 : Number 378 ======================================================================= Ford Truck Enthusiasts - 1948 - 1948 truck and vans Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe, send email to: majordomo ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe pre61-list-digest" in the body of the message. ======================================================================= In this issue: Re: FTE Pre61 - 1950 F-1 Questions Re: FTE Pre61 - Hub Caps Re: FTE Pre61 - Loose Hood-Still searching for answers Re: FTE Pre61 - 1950 F-1 Questions FTE Pre61 - F6 Springs FTE Pre61 - bed wood FTE Pre61 - Christmas Trip FTE Pre61 - Re: Hood Pop Up FTE Pre61 - Anti-Sway Bar Re: FTE Pre61 - Re: Hood Pop Up FTE Pre61 - Re: Bed Wood--Oil finishes? Re: FTE Pre61 - Loose Hood-Still searching for answers ======================================================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:06:31 EST From: Dpb289 aol.com Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - 1950 F-1 Questions Thomas, I have gotten quite a few parts from MidFifty F100 Parts. They do have starter buttons. Their telephone # is 1-800-252-1956. You can also go to their Web site at www.midfifity.com. Regarding the steering, I put an 85-87 Toyota 4x4 steering box on my 54F100. I got it from Midfifties along with a pitman arm. It looks like factory and gives you power-steering also. It sure helps with the play in the steering. Otherwise, have you tried tighten the screw on top of the steering unit. Sometimes, this helps. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year dpb 2x54F100 == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:32:36 -0500 From: "Howard H. Tarnoff" Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - Hub Caps Try Glen Marion. He runs a long detailed add in every issue of Hemmings under Truck/Commercial Parts, in with the other Ford Listings. He may have them, will be sent as described, and you will pay more than you think. But that is the American (and Marion) way....supply and demand. Howard - -----Original Message----- From: pschumacher mindspring.com To: pre61-list ford-trucks.com Date: Friday, December 24, 1999 7:13 AM Subject: FTE Pre61 - Hub Caps >Anyone know where I can get hub caps for my '56 3/4 ton (eight lug)? Sac >Ford doesn't carry them. > >Thanks >Peter > > >== FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:35:21 EST From: TNickolson aol.com Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - Loose Hood-Still searching for answers I had similar problem with my 52. I installed new stainless steel springs and took the hinges completely apart and sanded off any rust and metal burrs. Don't apply a heavy coating of paint, that will bind. I then used a graphite lubricant on all the metal surfaces that rub against each other. Check and make sure that the hood is not binding against fender or other sheet metal on the front end. The last thing to check is that the seal on the fire wall is not touching before it should. The most important thing, are new springs. That's my two cents. Tom Nickolson The General == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 10:03:48 EST From: Fordf3 aol.com Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - 1950 F-1 Questions index.html check this site out.It is the early ford v-8 club. Ed == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 08:34:50 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Whitmore Subject: FTE Pre61 - F6 Springs Anyone on the list have any experience or opinions on removing some of the leaves in the front and rear springs to lower the truck and sofen the ride ? F6 that will never see capacity loads again. Thanks, Bob _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 11:59:51 EST From: A61fordtruck aol.com Subject: FTE Pre61 - bed wood i donno, the oak is great, but for a truck that is used, id be too paranoid to put anything on it. I used Pressure treated no. 1 yellow pine. it looks great, and the books say it will last 40 years! its a bit hard to find though, only one lumber yard in my city carries it, but cost me only around $75 bucks. just my imput.... Greg Schnakenberg 61 stepside guy == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 10:32:53 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Lee Subject: FTE Pre61 - Christmas Trip Well here it is Christmas Day. It is sort of anticlimatic after all the hustle and bustle of the preparation. I have one more thing to look forward to today. That is when I drive my green '53 F100 with a big red ribbon on the tailgate to where I have been invited to Christmas Dinner. I know it will be a hit with the guys, and maybe some of the gals. Most of these people have never seen it. Dan Lee '53 F100 400C-4V _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:47:56 EST From: STUDJAMES aol.com Subject: FTE Pre61 - Re: Hood Pop Up In a message dated 12/25/1999 4:41:27 AM Central Standard Time, owner-pre61-list-digest ford-trucks.com writes: Hunter, My 54 F-100 hood was doing the same (raising in the back, even after rebuilt hood springs) until my "Auto Techie" brother took alook at it. He tightned the center post (for lack of real name) at front of hood where it had no more slack. The post is slotted on the bottom and a nut on the top, this tightened the spring tension and the hood closes much tighter, better, snugger whatever you want to call it. I have yet to have the hood vibrate and raise in the back. Just an idea! Much more peaceful to drive not having to worry if the hood is gonna blow... Best of Luck Jim " Some folks have told me that the hood pops up in the back and there's really nothing to do about it. I find this hard to believe--even without robotic assembly lines, designing a hood hinge that works couldn't be so hard that the Ford engineers didn't get it right... So, I pose the question again to all of the die-hard restorers--what can a guy do about a hood that pops up in the back? " == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 13:56:09 -0600 From: "Andy Montebello" Subject: FTE Pre61 - Anti-Sway Bar Anyone have any ideas on an anti-sway bar for the front of a stock 1950 Ford pickup? == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 16:51:17 -0500 From: "Howard H. Tarnoff" Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - Re: Hood Pop Up That is my experience as well on our 55. Fix the front to take care of the back. Reverse Osmosis? It works. Howard - -----Original Message----- From: STUDJAMES aol.com To: pre61-list ford-trucks.com Date: Saturday, December 25, 1999 3:58 PM Subject: FTE Pre61 - Re: Hood Pop Up >In a message dated 12/25/1999 4:41:27 AM Central Standard Time, >owner-pre61-list-digest ford-trucks.com writes: > >Hunter, >My 54 F-100 hood was doing the same (raising in the back, even after rebuilt >hood springs) until my "Auto Techie" brother took alook at it. He tightned >the center post (for lack of real name) at front of hood where it had no more >slack. The post is slotted on the bottom and a nut on the top, this >tightened the spring tension and the hood closes much tighter, better, >snugger whatever you want to call it. I have yet to have the hood vibrate >and raise in the back. Just an idea! Much more peaceful to drive not having >to worry if the hood is gonna blow... Best of Luck >Jim > >" Some folks have told me that the hood pops up in the back and there's >really nothing to do about it. I find this hard to believe--even without >robotic assembly lines, designing a hood hinge that works couldn't be so hard >that > the Ford engineers didn't get it right... > So, I pose the question again to all of the die-hard restorers--what can a >guy do about a hood that pops up in the back? " >== FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 21:56:13 -0600 From: "Terry" Subject: FTE Pre61 - Re: Bed Wood--Oil finishes? The problem you have here is given time, the wood drys out on the surface. The oil also washes out in weather. It will eventually start to gray. Clear urethane can just be reapplied over the scratched area. You can saturate the wood in the Tung or Linseed oil then urethane and sand it down to a dull finish that looks like raw wood. It will wear better than just oiled wood does. Speaking of bed wood...has anyone used an oil-finish on oak or pine (like tung oil)? Seems like a natural finish--like tung oil--would weather nicely over the years (with easy re-application) rather than lend the disappointments of chipping, scratching and fading that poly or varnish would give == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 19:46:13 -0800 From: "Ray Cardogno" Subject: Re: FTE Pre61 - Loose Hood-Still searching for answers Where the hood hinges bolt to the cowl you can maximize the rotation of the Hinge-to-cowl relationship such as it will help to pull the hood down. You can do this from inside the cab while the hood is closed for a "feel" as to if it is helping. I had luck this way with 2 of my trucks 53 & 55. The bolt holes have some slop to them. I think this coupled with the front latch adjustment will do it. Just a suggestion. Ray C - -- On Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:35:21 TNickolson wrote: >I had similar problem with my 52. I installed new stainless steel springs >and took the hinges completely apart and sanded off any rust and metal burrs. >Don't apply a heavy coating of paint, that will bind. I then used a graphite >lubricant on all the metal surfaces that rub against each other. Check and >make sure that the hood is not binding against fender or other sheet metal on >the front end. The last thing to check is that the seal on the fire wall is >not touching before it should. > >The most important thing, are new springs. > >That's my two cents. > >Tom Nickolson >The General >== FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html > Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.angelfire.com == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ End of pre61-list-digest V3 #378 ******************************** +- Ford Truck Enthusiasts - 1948 - 1960 Trucks and vans --------------+ | Send posts to pre61-list ford-trucks.com, || List removal information is on the web site. | +---------- Visit Our Web Site: http://www.ford-trucks.com/ ----------+.... To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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