Started off this morning working on my neighbor Tahoe that their words "caliper blew up on" well this is what I found...






Ended up sourcing a new bolt and then bolted it back together and sent it down the road.


After that I decided to jump back on the traction bars and finish them up.. then tossed a little paint on them.... I'll hit them with another coat or 2 before I actually mount them.



Oh... and my new converter came in today.

 

ummm seems to be some bolts missing from that caliper... lol

glad to see you added the extra cross brace in there...

worked on the flagpole some more today... got the holes drilled for where itll mount to the base plate.. only to find out dad didnt measure right... he forgot to subtract an inch from his support bracket measurements for the poles measurements... ended up making it so it wouldnt swing... so now we gotta modify the base plate... lol

 

Yea I decided to go ahead with another cross bar just to be safe, not like it added alot of weight.

Yea he was gonna have me put a new caliper and brake pads, but then I saw that actually had happened....

 

got the addition welded onto the bottom of the side brackets and the brackets welded to the base plate... just need to weld in the stop brakes then the base plate will be finished... at which point ill just have the pole to finish welding together... hopefully i can get that all done tomorrow so we can work on painting it to keep the weather from rusting it all lol...

 

Thought I had all the fuel line connections on all the way on the new rear fuel tank, i apparently did not. Got it bled, got it home and checked the fuel supply line connection at the sender, quick fix, but a pain to bleed the air out of the system, had to get some help.

 

Changed lower ball joint out on driver side of my super crew yesterday. All the ball joints were tight, but this one the grease zerk was messed up, and threads were bad in the ball joint. I let it ride until it started to squeak so I went ahead and changed it, and the sway bar links on that side. I'll pickup another sway bar link here shortly and do the other side, getting the truck ready for a trip to Tennessee the end of July.

 

Going to be on I40?

 

Yup...

 

If time permits we could grab a bit to eat in Hickory or just meet up at a fuel stop somewhere between Statesville and Morganton.

 

Will definitely see as time gets closer. We are supposed to be heading up there on a Thursday. But the place we reserved is still available for the Wed so we may go back and get it for another day.

 

Last weekend I rinsed off the radio bezel and it turned out pretty good besides the broken part & 2 cracks that can all be fixed.
I then started to do the same paint removing of the gauge cluster with brake fluid. I did not coat it during the week and the paint was on it a little thicker.
So this weekend I did a little more coating and I am sure by next weekend I can wash it off.

So after I started the 2nd bezel I worked on knocking the small dent in the left fender I either missed or got added when doing other work.
I was able to work it out from the backside to the point I used a file to take down the high spots and a little primer & spot putty or some call it glazing putty should take care of any low spots.
The hood also had a spot I did not like and I hit that with the putty also. I should have gotten out there early today to wet sand the areas to see if they needed more work but ........

We had my 9 moth old grand son Logan, his mom & dad up from FL, son needed to pick up his tool boxes for work down there that I had stored here.
I had not seen them since they moved to FL about 6 months ago. I cant believe how big Logan has gotten in that short time.
When he turns a year old in Sept. wife & I are going to FL for his birthday. Because they live with my sons mom & step dad we are treating Logan. mom & dad to Disney.
I know Logan will not remember but it is more of us grand parents to see the look on Logan's face at everything.

So back to the truck if the spots turn out good I will get them in primer and really look into getting paint on this puppy.
I am going to start with the bed need to pull it apart to get paint on all edges of the bed sides, front panel and tail gate.
I will also get a coat of bed liner on the floor to make it look like new before bolting the bed together I hope for the last time.
The bed needs to stay off till the cab is painted so I can get to the rear of the cab and thinking maybe the roof with wood on the frame for a plat forum.

Oh I also picked up 2 cans of SEM textured spray paint for the kick panels and the dash pad I also spent some time on last weekend.
Dave ----

 

Customers equipment broke yesterday wile I had a load (26 tons of powdered cement) on my work truck and they could not get it fixed for today so I had it off.
Not wanting to waste a day off I hit the garage at 6am and it is to be the hottest day of the year so far.

I gave the gauge bezel another coat of brake fluid as it still has some paint stuck to it and hit it thru out the day.

Found a bucket added water a little dish soap and some wet/dry 320 & 400 grit sand paper to sand the spot putty spots on the front fender and hood I did last time working on it.
Front fender came out great hood not so great. After wet sanding half the hood I did not like what I was seeing.
Broke out the DA air sander with 220 grit paper to get the whole hood where I wanted and then hit it with spot putty.

Hit the bezel with fluid again and took a little break for food.

Putty was dry so I wet sanded it and am happy the way it turned out and is ready for primer as is the front fender and a spot on 1 rear fender.
When checking the rear fender I see marks that need to be fixed before primer again.
I wet sanded the running boards, they had been treated for the rust a wile back and are now ready for primer.

I rinsed the gauge bezel off with water and I see it is also broken like the radio one is. Think both can be glued back together, then a light coat of black satin paint and should be good for a driver but I want to use the wood bezels to match the wheel.

I wanted to get primer on the hood, fenders and running boards but it was 100*f by 12pm and I had enough of the heat.
Maybe I can get out tomorrow to get everything in primer?
Dave ----

 

Dave are we going to see color on this thing this year? Looking forward to it.

 

So I did a few things to the truck, but not alot. I picked up a 3/8 sheet of plywood to put down over the bed floor just to make it a little more solid. I picked up a black black plastic tool box to mount my new fuel cell and pump in to keep them out of the weather and mud off them. Got the fuel pump mounted in it, and the fuel cell mounting holes drilled so I can get it mounted. Also got the 10an fuel line made between the cell and pump. Just need to make the one from pump to the regulator. Also waiting on the 8an line to come in so I can make a return from pump to cell, and 2 carb feed lines from regulator to carb.

 

Noticed for the last month or so the brakes on the f250 were fairly hard to push, then noticed the a/c would only blow through the defrost, took a while to build vacuum just to switch over. Ordered a vacuum pump and swapped it on, now it stops pretty well and a/c controls work properly. Thought about doing hydroboost, but gotta gather the parts first.
Put in some adjustable camber bushings so the alignment shop can get rid of the positive camber. Had to loosen the lower ball joint and break the taper on the knuckle to knock them out. Pepboys 1010/401 tried aligning it with a lift and alignment stands, it tried to slide off when they were Adjusting it, so im getting it done at one with a drive on rack. Ordered a/c parts to fix the sport Trac.