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Mountain Pass
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From: Brisbane, Australia.
Chrome
Hi everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas.
I got the chrome back a couple of weeks ago, now the bottom edges of the stainless strip on the top of the hood looked like it would cut into the paint, so I filled the underside of the strip with Sikaflex..... this stuff sets like soft rubber. I let it cure for 3 days before fitting the strip to the hood. The washer
jet is '52-'56 Ford car, here's a few photos. Cheers, Steve.
I got the chrome back a couple of weeks ago, now the bottom edges of the stainless strip on the top of the hood looked like it would cut into the paint, so I filled the underside of the strip with Sikaflex..... this stuff sets like soft rubber. I let it cure for 3 days before fitting the strip to the hood. The washer
jet is '52-'56 Ford car, here's a few photos. Cheers, Steve.
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From: Orcas Island Wa.
What a cool truck you are building. I have used sikaflex for 30 years in my business and my hobby. Everything from boat repairs, filling weather checks in old truck tires ( would you buy a used truck from this man?), cracked and missing corners on windshield rubber, and I even used 21 tubes of the stuff on the floors of my '59 f350 layered with fiberglass window screen because I hate floor mats and the moisture under them. It's a great product and now I have a new use for it thanks to your post. I would love to see you work up a post on how you engineered and built your tilt front end. What an advantage that would be an aging motorhead !
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Mountain Pass
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From: Brisbane, Australia.
Thanks for the kind comments guys, GB the tilt front build up is in this forum,
all guess work ! On the down side today..... I was bleeding the brakes before
I put the cab on and noticed the fluid in the bottle on the end of the bleed screw
looked very dirty..... then I noticed the LHR wheel cylinder leaking
!
Well, they were all sleeved 15 years ago.... pulled the hub off and the grease
the brake mob used to assemble the wheel cylinder had turned to a gritty
sticky mess
So.... I've emailed Job Lot to see if I can get new wheel
cylinders. I was looking around on this forum and I see Napa have 1 1/2 ton
wheel cylinders the rears are 1 1/2'' the fronts are 1 3/8'' does anyone know
the Napa part # I could quote?
Cheers guys, I'm going to have a beer or 3.... Steve.
all guess work ! On the down side today..... I was bleeding the brakes before
I put the cab on and noticed the fluid in the bottle on the end of the bleed screw
looked very dirty..... then I noticed the LHR wheel cylinder leaking
!Well, they were all sleeved 15 years ago.... pulled the hub off and the grease
the brake mob used to assemble the wheel cylinder had turned to a gritty
sticky mess
So.... I've emailed Job Lot to see if I can get new wheelcylinders. I was looking around on this forum and I see Napa have 1 1/2 ton
wheel cylinders the rears are 1 1/2'' the fronts are 1 3/8'' does anyone know
the Napa part # I could quote?
Cheers guys, I'm going to have a beer or 3.... Steve.
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Steve,
Sorry, but I think I read (Ford Barn Forum) that Job Lot was going out of business and that Chuck, from Chucks Trucks, was going to acquire their remaining inventory. So if you don't get a reply from Job Lot check with Chuck.
Your truck is looking fantastic!
Sorry, but I think I read (Ford Barn Forum) that Job Lot was going out of business and that Chuck, from Chucks Trucks, was going to acquire their remaining inventory. So if you don't get a reply from Job Lot check with Chuck.
Your truck is looking fantastic!
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