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I attached pictures of the 2 brackets under the dash. I am guessing these are not Factory and the previous owner installed them so he could mount that C.B. bracket up to it?
If so, that was a lot of work just to get a C.B. installed.
Also... will it weaken anything under there if I remove those two very solid looking brackets?
I attached pictures of the 2 brackets under the dash. I am guessing these are not Factory and the previous owner installed them so he could mount that C.B. bracket up to it?
If so, that was a lot of work just to get a C.B. installed.
Also... will it weaken anything under there if I remove those two very solid looking brackets?
Seems to me that they removed/replaced one reinforcement that would have been on all 1961-1966 trucks. In this drawing look for number 04551 near the lower right.
C1TB-8104551-A - REINFORCEMENT - INSTRUMENT PANEL TO DASH
Looking again I think I see this reinforcement there over the heater plenum. Just looking in the wrong spot. I agree with @instig8r63 that you are probably fine to remove all the CB stuff with no worries.
One other thing I noticed is the TEMP ****/cable is in the little bracket. Originally that would have been a bigger bracket that held two *****/cables next to each other for TEMP and HEAT. Here's what the complete bracket looks like. I bought a truck with A/C added by the previous owner and he hacked this same bracket to make space for the A/C blower under the dash in the same area.
One other thing I noticed is the TEMP ****/cable is in the little bracket. Originally that would have been a bigger bracket that held two *****/cables next to each other for TEMP and HEAT. Here's what the complete bracket looks like. I bought a truck with A/C added by the previous owner and he hacked this same bracket to make space for the A/C blower under the dash in the same area.
This one with the blue arrow? Yes, I was wondering why it is cocked at an angle like it is. Is this the location this **** is supposed to be at?
Or is it supposed to be in one of the other two holes that dont have a **** in them?
There is an empty hole right above the trailer brake unit that obviously had something in there at one time,, is this where that **** was originally do you think?
1964 F100 2WD XL with factory bucket seats
1966 F250 4x4 with 300 6-cylinder
1966 F250 4x4 with 352 8-cylinder
1966 F250 2WD Deluxe Camper Special Ranger
The bracket on the Ranger was the one that was chopped and the bracket in my picture is for that truck. They do turn up on eBay or any truck with the same setup for a used one. Ford never made any to sell separate since they considered the part a non-wear piece. Might be as long as nobody takes a saw to it!
1964 F100 2WD XL with factory bucket seats
1966 F250 4x4 with 300 6-cylinder
1966 F250 4x4 with 352 8-cylinder
1966 F250 2WD Deluxe Camper Special Ranger
The bracket on the Ranger was the one that was chopped and the bracket in my picture is for that truck. They do turn up on eBay or any truck with the same setup for a used one. Ford never made any to sell separate since they considered the part a non-wear piece. Might be as long as nobody takes a saw to it!
BRACKET - HEATER CONTROL INSTRUMENT PANEL MOUNTING. There is no part number for it in any of the catalogs I have.
Might check with @benbuilder to see if he has one.
Your TEMP **** looks good. The HEAT **** was almost the same part number. I've found a couple of NOS ones and save any used ones I come across. No reproductions yet that I know of but the regular ***** with Allen set screw are reproduced and work fine.
C1TF-18534-A - **** - HEATER CONTROL (HEAT) C1TF-18534-B - **** - HEATER CONTROL (TEMP)
The packages were switched in the picture with the opposite *****.
BRACKET - HEATER CONTROL INSTRUMENT PANEL MOUNTING. There is no part number for it in any of the catalogs I have.
Might check with @benbuilder to see if he has one.
Your TEMP **** looks good. The HEAT **** was almost the same part number. I've found a couple of NOS ones and save any used ones I come across. No reproductions yet that I know of but the regular ***** with Allen set screw are reproduced and work fine.
C1TF-18534-A - **** - HEATER CONTROL (HEAT) C1TF-18534-B - **** - HEATER CONTROL (TEMP)
The packages were switched in the picture with the opposite *****.
Thank You for all this information kind Sir!! I will contact benbuilder and see if he has one.
My **** mount is working fine. Mounted Well. *That Temp **** of mine moves something inside the heater, I was guessing at the time I was pulling and pushing on the **** that it was moving a Air Flow Direction Plate.
I have a couple more questions:
I guess I have the Temp **** but not a Heat **** anywhere that you can see?
One of the two heater hoses that goes from the engine to the heater core would have this valve in the middle of it attached to the inner passenger's fender. The Bowden cable loop went to the stud on the valve pivot lever. If this valve was never installed then the inner fender has 3 dimples where the holes would go for it so it was easily added.
You can maybe see the 3 dimples in this picture on the top of that inner fender to the right of the horn relay - which is another place to look for the horn relay besides the core support, by the way. In this picture the truck has the manual valve on top of the intake manifold where the hose attaches to it. So, to turn on or off the heat (flow of water through the heater core) you had to open the hood and open or close that valve by hand. Not so fun when the engine is already hot as you can imagine. Especially compared to doing it while seated in the cab.
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