Builds FARM USE

[miller]

Also took the risk. When I put oil in the engine it was coming right past valve cover gasket so installed new. It was crunchy. The red filter was just covering carb .

 

[miller]

I got cooling system all together. Pressure tested to 15 psi and found some leaks. Fixed leak at rear heat hoses, but had to pull water pump due to leak between pump and metal pump plate. Also tstat housing had small leak. Im out of gaskets so will make some up tomorrow.

 

[miller]

Resealed water pump and t stat housing. Used rtv and paper gasket. Still seems to be small leak on t stat housing. Im going to fill it and see what it does. Installed new shaft seals on tanny and transfer. Also had to install new vacuum shift assembly gasket. Installed and verified everything works.

 

[miller]

Installed tranny hump and fuel tank. Blew out original clear fuel line and hooked up. Surprised it does not leak, but the fuel pump does out of the weep hole. I have the one off this 2f motor , I'm going to cap return and run it. Cooling system is back together and serviced. Warming up the engine after a few minutes found the carb primaries dumping fuel onto throttle plates and leaking out shafts. Verified vacuum is good. Found float not shutting off fuel. I tapped on carb with hammer and level now correct. I rebuilt a little over a year ago, but its been sitting so probably will need to come apart. Im going to install drive shafts tomorrow so i can get it outside to tune it.

 

[miller]

Drained carb bowl and removed cap to inspect needle. There was debris. Sprayed brake cleaner through it which fixed the issue. Bowl fills up to just above dimple on window. Adjusted idle rpm to 690 then adjusted mixture screw as per procedure. Seems to run good at idle with 19 inches of steady vacuum. Fuel filter is clean so hopefully no more debris.

 

[miller]

Removed the F fuel pump and installed the 83 2f pump. Blocked return. No leaks. Warmed up engine and did compression check.

 

[miller]

Finished rear bow repair, installed top and fitman loops. Need to install side window quarter turn fasteners tomorrow.

 

[ijonesinsp]

Is that a '67 or so Ford back there in the background? I had a '72 F100 for a first vehicle with a 390 and 4 speed. I sold that truck for $300 just to get it gone when I was moving across country and I've regretted it ever since.

 

[miller]

69 forest service truck out of Missoula Montana . 5.0 coyote, crown vic front end, 9 inch 4 link rear with Qa1 coil overs. Fun truck!

 

[miller]

Bought a bunch of foam from Joanne fabrics. I got jump seats cut out , but need some hardware and the strap kit. I started front seats, but i think 3” foam too thick. Going to get some extra 2”. It’s 40% off so want to make sure i have enough.

 

[middlecalf]

Don’t forget to get that electric knife cleaned up and back in the kitchen before you’re suppose to cut up the turkey tomorrow!

 

[miller]

Yeah right- where did the turkey knife go lol

 

[miller]

Completed passenger seat. The backrest was in good shape so added 1” foam and covered. I had to install all new foam on seat bottom. Used 2” base and wrapped with 1”. I used die grinder with 50 grit to contour. Drivers seat tomorrow.

 

[miller]

These seats are some work but turned out good.

 

[miller]

I got one jump seat done, but after looking at it the back rest needs some additional material to get wrinkles out. Im sick of interior work so I guess next weekend.

 

[miller]

Got all the lights working by cleaning up some grounds. Flashers did not work. Removed switch and found wire broken at solder connection. Soldered, cleaned and lubed all contacts flashers work. Blinkers are intermittent on left and inop on right with column selector. Found contacts looked shorted so selector probably stuck at some point.Cleaned everything up and set in epoxy to make up for broken phenolic spacer. Well see if it works tomorrow.

 

[miller]

More pics. Also got both horns working by pulling apart and cleaning contacts.

 

[miller]

Both left and right blinkers work now. The right was slow which turned out to be a bad bulb next to instrument cluster. Front and rear heaters both inop. Removed both switches and cleaned contacts. Front runs in low and high, rear on high only. Its a little hard to turn from sitting.

 

[miller]

Finished last jump seat. Total cost of foam was $120 for all 4 seats.

 

[miller]

Pulled soft top to paint bows. Fabbed up an exhaust. Installed the door straps I bought a while back. I have to pump brake pedal a couple times to get brakes so going to re adjust and bleed the system while in the air.