Inner fender idiot update
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Inner fender idiot update
Wah-lah Done; assembled the only way deamed possible. disassemble entire inner-,fender panel, fender brace, and grill. Remove panel attached inspection (valve adjust) plate and reassemble all parts. #&!%@
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From: Olive Branch,Ms
I tore my truck down to the bare chassis close to three years ago I,m expecting to run into a bunch of do overs when I reassembly. It,s not like we go around and put a 50,s truck together every day. But we wouldn,t do it if we didn,t love it.
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I try to put a 1950 ford truck together every day (at least a bolt or two) but everything else keeps getting in the way. When it takes three days to put on an inner fender panel you know things are movin' slow
Tuned
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From: Arvada, CO
I feel your pain...
Got my flathead all put together and painted then fired it up. I had rebuilt both water pumps and one was leaking out the hole in the bottom and both pumps were leaking all the way around out thru the gasket, also the recored radiator had a leak...argh! Ok, drain the 6 gallons of new coolant, rebuild the pump put on better gaskets and fixed the hole in the radiator. Tried again...this time, pumps good, radiator good but one temp sensor is bad. Drained the coolant replaced the sensor now its good. Oh but wait take it for a ride and excessive clutch chatter...time to pull it all out and replace the pressure plate.
Got my flathead all put together and painted then fired it up. I had rebuilt both water pumps and one was leaking out the hole in the bottom and both pumps were leaking all the way around out thru the gasket, also the recored radiator had a leak...argh! Ok, drain the 6 gallons of new coolant, rebuild the pump put on better gaskets and fixed the hole in the radiator. Tried again...this time, pumps good, radiator good but one temp sensor is bad. Drained the coolant replaced the sensor now its good. Oh but wait take it for a ride and excessive clutch chatter...time to pull it all out and replace the pressure plate.
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
Today I got together with fellow board member Dmptrkr about another truck related matter and we started talking about this problem.
The access panel is there to adjust the valves in a flat six engine, as I stated earlier. But, if you think about it, first there is more room in the passenger side area of the engine compartment of a six cylinder equipped truck than an V8 truck so there is more room to maneuver the panel. Second, the battery tray for the six cylinder truck is located on the driver's side, not the passenger side like the eight which is up against the panel. If you had a truck originally set up with an eight from the factory you would never need to remove this panel. Obviously, the reason they had the panel in trucks with the V8 was because it would have cost more to make two different inner fender panels.
The access panel is there to adjust the valves in a flat six engine, as I stated earlier. But, if you think about it, first there is more room in the passenger side area of the engine compartment of a six cylinder equipped truck than an V8 truck so there is more room to maneuver the panel. Second, the battery tray for the six cylinder truck is located on the driver's side, not the passenger side like the eight which is up against the panel. If you had a truck originally set up with an eight from the factory you would never need to remove this panel. Obviously, the reason they had the panel in trucks with the V8 was because it would have cost more to make two different inner fender panels.
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