I got up early on Sunday morning and washed my truck before the sun got too hot and dried the water into water spots on the paint. I pulled it into the garage and dried it off and waxed the whole truck twice. I wanted to get a deep shine and smooth out the paint with a second coat. I will drive it to work tomorrow (Wed).

OJ

 

Bleed the Brakes now I have to replace the hoses

 

dropped the aux. gas tank and banged out a dent, next.... take off the bed

 

In the past 3 days I've...

Sunday - 1984 F150 4.9l 4-speed 4x4 9" Lift 38" Tires
-----Replaced throwout bearing (np435 and trans-case are HEAVY!)
-----Removed Add-a-leaf
-----Tightened trans mount

Monday - 1973 F100 Built 351w C6 2wd
-----Replaced 4.11 gear with 3.73

Tuesday - 1965 F100 429 C6 2wd
-----Put 4.11 out of '73 in this truck along with a spool
-----Drank beer!
-----Installed B&M Unimatic Floor Shifter
-----Drank Beer!
-----Replaced 9" yoke and u-joint
-----Drank Beer!
-----Patched a rusted out body mount
-----Drank more Beer!

Tomorrow I'm gonna...

Wednesday - 1979 F250 460 C6 4x4 3" body lift 44" tires
-----Do my last donut on small tires
-----Pressure wash the mud off the truck
-----Park it on the garage pad I just poured last week
-----Begin pulling D60/D44 and stock leaf springs out
-----Finish debraking my rear rockwell and mount 53's
-----Roll the front and rear rockwells and tires under the truck frame
-----Stand back and enjoy

Wednesday PM - 1965 F100 429 C6 2wd
-----Do a burnout/donut
-----Take a video
-----Maybe drink beer!

 

Shouldn't you have done that the other way round, to save yourself some brake fluid?

Random question - what engine mounts (and towers) did you use on this truck? I've got the exact same setup in my '77.5, but the PO who did the motor swap decided it was easier to notch the frame with a cutting torch rather than put the correct (centering) mounts in, so my engine sits about 4" to the passenger side.

Just curious what you used for the conversion - was it just stock 2wd 460 stuff?

~Brad

 

In the past 2 days I've:

-swapped out a bad FMX for a good FMX
-replaced a ujoint
-installed petronix & set the timing x6 (first petronix I got was a dud, so I swapped back & forth with points numerous times trying to figure out where the problem was)
-replaced the coil
-replaced the cap & rotor & wires
-replaced the temp sender
-reinstalled the gauges
-replaced the fuel pump
-replaced the power steering belt
-replaced the battery ground cable and engine-ground strap
-replaced the vacuum lines
-replaced the headlights with H4 conversions

And now I can drive it! It'll be my first real drive since I got it three weeks ago. Whoooo!

 

swapped out the sender in my rear tank...project got halted when I found original split rubber tank filler neck hose...gotta make a trip to napa tomorrow to finish the job.

 

Sorry but I don't know because I bought the truck with the 460 in it. I can look at the mounts and towers and try to find out something for you tomorrow but I doubt I'll be able to find out much.

 

I installed the throttle linkage ball I got off the net on my Holley carb after waiting over 2 weeks for it when I should have been able to pick it up at my local auto parts store. At least I can rev up the engine from inside the truck now. Next paycheck I am getting a np435 transmission and the adapter for the np205 I picked up not too long ago. Maybe I will get to drive it soon its had 8 months of down time. Ive only driven it twice! The first time was to see if I wanted to buy it and the second time was to move the dead cars around to put it in the garage. I think I put maybe a mile on it since I got it.

 

It's ok, if you look at it and can find anything, great, if not, don't sweat it, I'll make a new post.

I was going to bleed the brakes (replaced front hoses & calipers) but it started pouring! Sucks! At least it dropped the temperature down to the mid-low 80's!

~Brad

 

The bearings were getting bad in my 3 speed manual transmission, so I picked up one at the junkyard out of a 1965 Ford. I swapped it in last Saturday. It works good but it seems my speedo is off a bit to the slow side.

 

Where do you live? The same thing happened here.

 

Northern Virginia, just west of Fairfax.

And since I won't have a helper today, it means the brakes get to wait until Sunday, but I can work on other stuff until then!

~Brad

 

That sucks! At least you have something to do. I have to sit around and wait for more money before I can do any more work on mine.

 

Well guys I finally warshed and waxed her! As well as polished all the metal and the grille shell. I also went crazy and detailed the interior. Man my arm is tired....