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Haven't been on FTE in a looooong while. I now have a good reason to be - trying to get a recently acquired 1967 Econoline 3.9L (240) Heavy Duty Van back on the road.
Got her to the driveway (found a set of wheels w/ tires on the local CL that a guy had mounted on his '65 Stang to roll her around on as he was restoring her):
Next day, assessed what she looked like in the daylight and then proceeded to power wash her:
She still looks 10x better than before the bath.
Gave her a long over due oil change (she had been parked in a co-worker's yard about ~10+years for a brake mc conversion).
Lubricated all the hinges & lock and door handle components
Cleaned some of the major trash out
She didn't have a working throttle cable so I put one together from available Lokar parts. I did a quick write-up here.
Water pump was seized so replaced that. Pictures of the traumatic ordeal:
Before:
After (you can see the heater hose broke off - it shattered apart at the slightest grip and nudge):
I'll eventually pull the stock fan and go electric just to unload more parasitic pwr loss.
That's where she stands at the moment. I'm anxious to learn more about these vans. Glad to be back.
I'm most likely one of a shrinking few who even visits forums anymore - meh, Farsebook can bite a turd.
Anyway...
Instead of hunting down a Heavy Duty emblem to replace the missing one on the driver-side, I decided to draw one up in OpenSCAD to 3D print a pair in black and roller paint them with a believable "chrome".
If they turn out well you better believe I'll post pics...'cuz I'm most likely attention starved.
Actually old forum build journals like this helped keep me motivated back in the day.
All the classic message boards have been dying out over the last few years, I don't know what the cure is. Facebook is too hard to follow, if you respond to something today, you can't even find it the next day. I like the forums better.
I've been building and driving old Fords since they were new fords in 67. I had more than I can remember. right now I have a '65 Falcon and a '65 E-Pup, and I'm building a '66 F250 4x4 pretty much from scratch with air ride, 4wd, and a 390 with a splitter and a 2 speed transfer case so I'll have 16 forward and 4 in back'em'up.
All the classic message boards have been dying out over the last few years, I don't know what the cure is. Facebook is too hard to follow, if you respond to something today, you can't even find it the next day. I like the forums better.
I've been building and driving old Fords since they were new fords in 67. I had more than I can remember. right now I have a '65 Falcon and a '65 E-Pup, and I'm building a '66 F250 4x4 pretty much from scratch with air ride, 4wd, and a 390 with a splitter and a 2 speed transfer case so I'll have 16 forward and 4 in back'em'up.
Ya just gotta have toys.
I've got a 67 econoline van 3.9l. It randomly diesels when I turn it off. You sound like you've been working on them a long time. Anything you think I should check? I've had it since 2016. It's my daily driver. Traveles around the country. I tried new carb,distributor,went from points to pertronix 2,back to points,an it still does it just not as often with points. It ran fine for the first 6 years. Problems started in 2021. Put a rebuilt 300 6 3.9l in 2017.
Started work on all four drums this past week. Part of the project is replacing all four wheel cylinders. Part of that portion is also replacing all the bleeders (3/8-24) with stainless speedbleeders from speedbleeder.com.
Speedbleeder p/n: SB3824-SS 3/8 x 24
Started on the rear left cyl - the 10mm wrench was for removing the stock bleeders & the 3/8 to install the speedbleeders (you can also see the stainless steel flanged head bolts I'll be using to mount the new cylinders back in their new domiciles)
A shot of the stock bleeder bottomed out in the cyl
Side by side comparison of "stock" (top) & speedbleeder's bleeder screw (bottom)
I've got a 67 econoline van 3.9l. It randomly diesels when I turn it off. You sound like you've been working on them a long time. Anything you think I should check? I've had it since 2016. It's my daily driver. Traveles around the country. I tried new carb,distributor,went from points to pertronix 2,back to points,an it still does it just not as often with points. It ran fine for the first 6 years. Problems started in 2021. Put a rebuilt 300 6 3.9l in 2017.
New front brake cylinder w/ one of the ss speedbleeders installed (again, bottomed out for reference):
Here's a shot of one of the front drums all done up:
Made a bracket for a new BMC from a '94-00 Chevy Suburban:
The reservoir obviously won't clear so I modeled some adaptors for 5/16" tygon tubing and a VW remote reservoir. The BMC side of the adaptors are to the same dimension and design of the orignal BMC reservoir. The adaptors were then multi-jet-fusion printed out of Nylon PA12 which has good chemical resistance and very low moisture absorption as well as good heat resistance.
Bench bled the BMC w/ the intended setup yesterday. Checked on the setup this morning and no signs of any leaks (of course this is in a static/non-active state but it still looks promising):
The original fuel tank bands happened to be in the cargo area of the van but they were a bit "tired" to say the least. So, I fabbed up a set out of stainless:
Installed the new fuel tank & sender with them and some stainless j-bolts (had to spread them a little to get the proper angle) & nylon lock nuts:
Tried clearing out the original fuel hardline w/ the air compressor but no bueno. Had a coil of 3/8 aluminum tubing - put her in the tube straightener, a little cut here, beaded the ends and voila!
(not sure if you can make it out in all of the mess under there)
Then I just replaced the hardened portion of the vent tube (surprisingly the rest of it tucked up in the rear quarter was still "supple" and malleable - she must use Palmolive) and coupled it with the original portion that was salvageable. Also replaced the filler neck hose connector with a generic one from the local Autozone (p/n: FNH0555).
Also got around to mounting the Junior West Coast Mirrors:
.......................Then I just replaced the hardened portion of the vent tube (surprisingly the rest of it tucked up in the rear quarter was still "supple" and malleable - she must use Palmolive) and coupled it with the original portion that was salvageable..................................
Nice fuel tank straps! Since you have insulated them so well, you might find you have lost your ground for the fuel gauge. You can drill a small hole in a corner of the tank flange and connect a wire with a small screw, then connect that wire to the frame. This si sometimes necessary even with the stock straps.
Nice fuel tank straps! Since you have insulated them so well, you might find you have lost your ground for the fuel gauge. You can drill a small hole in a corner of the tank flange and connect a wire with a small screw, then connect that wire to the frame. This si sometimes necessary even with the stock straps.
I completely didn't even think about that. Thanks for pointing that out @EmilBarnabas . I'll be sure to remedy that.
