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Finally got around to doing a little more to Ol' blue. I got the core support off, ended up having to cut the 2 core support bolts, and the 2 front cab mount bolts. The 2 rear ones came out with ease. I also removed the wiring I wanted to keep which was only my 6AL wiring, and my alternator wiring.
Friday night I kept smelling antifreeze when I rolled my driver's window down, finally found I had a 2" crack in my overflow tank and a/f was sloshing out making mess. Found the tanks are no longer produced, so I drill stopped the cracks and smeared some jb clearweld on it, redid the lettering on the caps and painted the bracket while it dried.
Dustin, Does your truck used a 'closed coolant system' or an 'open coolant system'. I remember on the early 90's jeeps that they tried a closed system and it sucked. Basicly instead of having the overflow tank be pressure-less, they had it pressurized like the rest of the system. The plastic tank did not like that much.
I need to get out to the shop and run the big truck some to keep the battery charged up.
Since My trailer was sitting down in Raeford and Butch needed to borrow it I ran down there with him on Saturday to pick it up. While there Raeford James, Butch and I decided to weld on some steel and mount a winch to it that James had laying around down there.
So now the trailer has a winch, and the rest of us had a good day.
Dustin, Does your truck used a 'closed coolant system' or an 'open coolant system'. I remember on the early 90's jeeps that they tried a closed system and it sucked. Basicly instead of having the overflow tank be pressure-less, they had it pressurized like the rest of the system. The plastic tank did not like that much.
I need to get out to the shop and run the big truck some to keep the battery charged up.
Since My trailer was sitting down in Raeford and Butch needed to borrow it I ran down there with him on Saturday to pick it up. While there Raeford James, Butch and I decided to weld on some steel and mount a winch to it that James had laying around down there.
So now the trailer has a winch, and the rest of us had a good day.
Wish I had remembered to grab some photos.
It's not pressurized. Ive been researching on board air setups and trying to decide if I want to mount a compressor in the tool box.
First I must thank member Ford F834 (from another forum) for making time to go to a junk yard forparts I needed for my project.
I did not get as much done yesterday as I wanted. Cold, rain/snow, made an old racing injury (shoulder) hurt so bad it was hard to work with 1 arm. Not to say it was 40*f in the garage.
It was time to work on the gauge cluster.
Of the 2 I had one was not worth the time to fix. It was pulled apart and painted by a PO and not vary good I may say. Paint was all over the clear lens & the light panels above besides me breaking the AMP gauge & film. The picture of the good cluster did not come out but was just dirty and needles needed painting. I pulled it apart for cleaning & painting. I also painted the needles of the bad cluster so I would have extra gauges ready to go if needed.
I have to say I was upset with Testors paint I picked up from a local hobby store, could not find them in Walmarts. They did not have a big selection and the ones I brought home were acrylic, did not know till opened, not enamel and not even the right color orange but think they came out good.
Part of the "care package" was a tach & film to make it work. I used 1500 grit sand paper to clean all the contacts before putting it back together. Got the cluster all back together and it looks pretty good. I want to replace the bulbs before I install it. I left the colored covers in place as they were is great shape. Dave ----
I’m going to replace it again in a month or so to see how bad it’s gotten. If bad enough I will replace the tank. The rear one is the one I’m concerned with.
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