Well yesterday I cleaned the inside of the ole girl and took her for a cruise down by the river

 

Today I had a new pin welded to the clutch equalizer and replaced the bushings and felts for it also.

 

Installed the correct master cylinder on the truck, made new steel brake lines from m/c to the metering block and bled the brakes. Never worked this good ever

 

Took the yellow truck back to the upholstery shop to have the tonneau cover replaced...

Old tonneau cover:



New tonneau cover:

 

Follow me at Lone Ranger Build.

 

Was the original split for a 5th wheel or something else? New one looks good!

 

Thanks!

Yes, the original was built in three sections and zippered together. The square in the center was for the fifth wheel - you could enclose the entire bed with the fifth wheel attached.

When I bought the truck, the fifth wheel hitch had been removed, and there are several holes through the bed where it mounted. The inside of the bed also has a non-functioning 7 blade connector.

I think the old cover was probably really nice (and expensive) when it was new, but was now torn at the front. The zippers had become non-functional and were falling out. I might have been able to get the zippers repaired, but it was still torn, so I opted for a new one.

When I dropped the truck off this morning, I was wary of the color, but it looks better this afternoon! And certainly better than the standard black or optional white.

 

You sure that's fuel and not Bud Light with Clamato!?!?!?

BTW, that is one nasty looking sending unit!

 

I wish it was something other than the fuel! I have between 12-13 gallons to get rid of once I figure out what to do with it and where to dispose of. That was some nasty stuff and my clothes are on their second wash now! Still deciding if I will try to get the tank boiled out or just replace. I have been "online" parts shopping all night since posting the original post on the build site. My wife thinks I am in over my head but she always under estimates the garage skills, must be something with throwing wrenches or things like that!

 

Finally replaced my custom 32 piece sealless valve cover gaskets with some new ones.... took me 15 mins to save 3 bucks a day in oil... hmm shoulda done that a little sooner...

 

I drug in half another parts truck with a 428 motor in it (still have to take the trailer back for the other half), and a 78 bronco...Like I really needed another project....
wish the po would have told me the rear axle wasn't secured at all (he told me it was strapped in there good, i saw the u-bolts settin on the glovebox door) oh well, it needed some metal work where the axles setting now...

 

Well after looking at houses in the morning and early afternoon I was able to spend about 5-10 min with the Highboy. Im gonna try to put a second tank on it, the po pulled the in cab out and put in a bronco2 tank in sideways. I just need more fuel capacity so I'm working on a 13 gal tank the will mount to the frame under the drivers side. It's 1/4" wall tubing so impact is not too much to worrry about. Then there will also be a matching air tank on the passenger side fed with my twin cylinder compressor.

 

I had 16 inches cut out of the frame of my truck today. I wish Ford would have offered a short bed option from the factory on the 4x4 supercab; it would have saved me from having to cut down a perfectly good long bed frame.

 

I put fuel in it

 

Left passenger side window regulator soaking in CLR overnight to prepare it for primer. Too rainy here today to actually paint it though.