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After I put my hood latch through the electrolysis bath, I noticed that a spring was broken. The spring is for the safety latch. Do they make a replacement spring, or do I have to get a new latch? It looks like if they have a replacement, it would need a new stud riveted to the bracket?
Prolly best thing is send 77&79F250 RICH a PM and I would think he has a latch he can sell you.
He is a great guy and very reasonable also a great member here to do business with..
Alex
I agree since you already have a weld repaired handle, just waiting to bend again, that you should get a different one. PM me is you want to get a used/OEM one, or they are a common repop item. A better way to weld repair a bent (and then straighten handle) is to weld some 1/4" round stock in the full length of the groove.
It’s been a long cold winter, but I can finally thank you publicly Rich.
I’ve been waiting to get back to painting, so I set up a basement temporary paint booth for small parts. The problem with that is that I didn’t want to open the basement windows when it’s below freezing. I’ve been waiting for a decent weekend in the 40s at least. Then out of nowhere it hit almost 70 yesterday. I guess I could have painted outside in the garage, but this was set up for months, so I used it. I did manage to get the gas tank painted outside, but brought it inside, because it went back down to 23 overnight. I have a cab full of painted frame parts, so I’m excited to start putting things back together.
No problem, thank you for the kind words. I am glad I had the part and appreciate the business. You sure got ALL them parts looking good. Are you going to under coat the bottom side of the fuel tank with some heavier stuff? Like spray rubberized bed liner/undercoating? And what are you going to use for the straps anti-chaff material?
Just remember to lube up that hood latch in the critical contact areas. Yes I know.... right over your new paint job. Spray lithium white grease works pretty good.
I bought the rubber for the tank straps from JBG a while back. I had to buy two bottom straps also, because I dropped the leaking tank maybe twenty years ago and lost them. So far almost everything was sprayed with Eastwood"s rust encapsulator+ and top coated with 2K ceramic chassis black. I haven't though about adding any undercoating, but that is a good idea. The tank already had a small ding in it yesterday before the top coat. I had set up an extension ladder against the garage and painted it hanging from there. By the time it came to do the top coat, the wind started whipping with the front coming through. It spun the tank into the ladder and dinged it. The temp was already dropping past the painting point, so I top coated it in the garage and moved it to the basement, where I dinged it again. So I guess another layer of protection and to cover the ding would be a good idea.
I tried not to over do it with paint in the working part of the latch, and I will definitely lube it up good in a few weeks after the paint fully cures. I do have some of the PB blaster lithium grease. I probably have a few months before it gets installed. It was PB blasted with penetrant and working great before I put it in the electrolysis bath. After the bath I wiped it down with Eastwood's After Blast to zinc coat it so it didn't flash rust before I got a chance to paint it. I pretty much did that with everything. The new leaf spring bolts got the same treatment with the After Blast. They had a yellow finish on the hardened steel bolts that just wiped off after being sprayed. I'm not sure what the yellow is, but the way it comes off so easy, I'm glad I did it. I'm not sure how they would hold up with just the yellow finish? Unfortunately I didn't get an after picture.
The tank already had a small ding in it yesterday before the top coat. I had set up an extension ladder against the garage and painted it hanging from there. By the time it came to do the top coat, the wind started whipping with the front coming through. It spun the tank into the ladder and dinged it. The temp was already dropping past the painting point, so I top coated it in the garage and moved it to the basement, where I dinged it again.
Repop parts sure are not made as tough/thick a material as they used to be. I am sure that ding or 2 will not cost ya point at the truck show. Lol
