Tractor supply has heavy rubber matting in 2 different thicknesses. It is sold by the foot and is about 4 feet wide. I believe it is about 5 to 7 dollars a foot depending on what thickness. I would guess it is 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch. looks like good stuff.
Tripp
I have a 75 body mounted on a 79 frame. I was able to fabricate a mount to utilize the 79 parking brake assembly between the front seats. I am also running an sm 465 tranny which pushes the transfer rearward. The e brake cable was just long enough to make it work.
Tripp
Just had one made for my sons 75 40. Ordered the template from sor and had a local shop cut one. 130.00 installed. Tried to order one from various vendors but the shipping was a deal breaker. Around 200.00 to ship plus the cost of the windshield.
Tripp
Had a similar problem with a 70 40 that had sat for many years. It had a bunch of rust on the drums that had basically fused the brake pads to the drums. On one side the friction pad had come loose from the pad housing and wedged itsef into the drum. Take the brake drums off and see what youve...
I had the same problem with my rear calipers. I had to grind the ridge off on the caliper around the banjo bolt to get the flex line pointed in the right direction. When I ground it down the first time i did not remove enough material. The ridge was hitting on the neck of the banjo bolt and not...
I have never flat towed a 40 but, I have pulled my lifted 40 on a tow dolly. I pulled it to GSMTR one year behind an RV. no problem. My dad decided to pull it home from GSMTR with his suburban. At about 50 mph the tow dolly and cruiser would start swaying back and forth violently. The only way...
I rented a water blaster to do my tub and frame. It is basically a sand injection nozzle attached to a pressure washer. it worked very well and keeps the dangerous silica dust down. You do have to deal with the quick flash rusting of the wet clean metal though. I wiped everything down with a...
I am in the process of building a 40 on a 71 frame with a 75 body. I removed the column shift steering box and mounted the 75 steering box and column. After mounting, the steering tube was about an inch away from the firewall. I cut and added an inch of tubing to the steering tube and it works...
Before trying to remove the assembly from the steering shaft clean the shaft really well. Polish the shaft with some fine grit paper or some steel wool. Then the bearing will slide off once it gets moving. A little oil would not hurt either.
Tripp
Looks like the birfields are sticking out too far. Can you turn the diff and make the axle and birf spin? Could be the axle is not fully seated in the differental.
Tripp
Thanks for the kind words.
Good to hear from you Jack, all is well here.
Here are some pics of our progress.
I am not sure what happened to the third picture the color is really off, but its the only recent shot I have at the moment.
Just wanted to say hi and thanks to mud and its members. After fooling around with cruisers for the last 17 years I now find myself building a 40 with, and for, my sixteen year old son. Over the past few months this site has been a great help with our build. We are in the process of building a...