I need to get the hardware to fix mine. Starting to get a little sag.

 

YouTube it. Someone has videod it before. I saw someone do it with a ratchet strap To hold the door up I believe

 

All 4 doors on mine are bad, pry should get on that at some point...lol I have nightmares about getting them all lined back up.

 

It's pretty easy. Just draw an outline around each hinge it with a sharpie marker before you dismantle them. I've done the two front doors on my truck and it worked out just fine.

 

When I do the hinge pins, I use a die grinder with a cut off wheel to grind the head off the pin. The use a punch to drive the pin down and out. I you do one hinge at a time, you can get the new bushings in, and get the pin back in, with out removing the door. This way you usually don't have to mess with re-alining the hinges to get the body lines correct.

 

This is how I intend to do mine. I don't want to get into messing with the hinge proper so the body lines stay intact much easier.

I need to get the pins/bushings - anyone got a source on that?

 

Trouble is I think someone before me took it upon themselves to adjust them on account of shot bushings. That's my fear.

 

Well, I guess its my turn on the bad luck merry-go-round. On top of the dead mouse in the seat of my 97 on Monday, the AC compressor seized up on my 96 last night. It must have sat too long I guess. I unplugged it for now.


I need to do the door hinges as well, but that's low priority right now. What is the approximate cost the fix?

 

I found pins/bushings on 1AAuto for around $30 for a pair. I'd need 2 pairs, obviously. I know my front doors are starting to sag a touch, but never really looked at the back ones.

 

Phil..I win.
Installed my t500 last night and pulled the threads out of the timing cover on the pass side bolt.it never even got snug.threaded in by hand,drew up with 1/4" ratchet just to get flush with timing cover.got the torque wrench and went to torque things and it just spun..pulled pump and the threads came with the bolt...heli coil install tonight..

 

I got mine from O Reillys. Cant remember if it was $8 or $12 a pin (x2 of course). Quite a bit more expensive than I was hoping.

Finally got the fuel pressure gauge on the Cutlass yesterday. It was putting out around 15 psi (internet says should be 34-36) but he said his gauge has a tendency to leak. Bought a fuel pressure regulator for it anyways. $50 shot in the a$$. Didn't do a bit of good.

 

That's in line with the 1A price then - at $15 a head. Pricey, for what they are.

 

Because you need a pump dingleberry...cough it up chump lol

 

Maybe you should pull the engine and put it in your dually.....

 

What a bummer Aaron!!!!!!!!!! I did that on my mule and this thread helped me a lot! Bomb Proof HPOP install parts - Ford Diesel Power Forums I don't think I'm telling you anything you already don't know but thought it might be interesting reading to help you go to sleep tonight. I'll say it again, that stinks. You win the bad day report! LOL