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[Henry James the 47th]

There are quite a few door parts that I will replace later. So, for the near future, I will leave off putting the plastic sheet seal over the doors.

In the first picture below you can see that I decided to place the windshield washer line check valve right inside the glove box

 

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how about another set?

 

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and yet more

 

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last couple of shots.

The cab roof and the bezel are now completed, paint-wise, so I can put them on the truck in a few days.

Paint and body stage is over for now, though it's never really done.

I need to finish the steering rag joint connection, which is missing one of the funny copper bolts.

I have some worries as for connecting up the new wiper relay when i get it in the mail in a few days. I don't want to blow it, obviously.

in the first picture below you can see that the heater valve is left off the firewall for now, as it makes it easier to install the brake lines.

 

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updates...

body work and painting all done now

 

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one more of the painted bezel, in "Super White", and a couple showing how the interior is looking

 

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wow that third one in the previous post was not much of a picture - who's the chimp operating the camera?

oh yeah, that was me


The headliner for the roof is something I picked up from CCOT I think (it was last year that i bought it, thinking then that there wasn't much work to be done to put the truck into good condition. Yeah, right....

 

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another set. The headliner isn't completely wrinkle free- I 'll try some creative knife work to see if i can improve it any - tomorrow.

Got the weatherstripping on the doors today, using the CCOT kit, made in Taiwan and supposed to be a little thicker than stock. At this point I can't completely close the doors, so I'm hoping it compresses down some soon. The weatherstrip was a good fit and had pre-formed corners, so it looks like a good product right out of the bag.

 

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Today the somewhat rare and obscure 40 series wiper control relay arrived in the mail. You can see that it is very similar looking to the 60 series relay it will replace. Miraculously, it even clicks into place on the 60 series relay pod! I am not sure if the wiring arrangement is identical at the terminal, but at least the ground wire is easily identified (it uses a separate single-terminal connector for the white-black ground wire).

Fingers are crossed that this will work out. I plan to connect the battery tomorrow, so i should know pretty soon what the result is.

 

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some more pictures of the dash. The fit for the heater defrost duct is a little tight, but it does fit in there behind the tachometer just fine. Whew!

 

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last set for today.
In the first pic the camera flash makes the lower dash lip appear that it is shy of paint, however such is not the case.

The Aisin selector hubs are now installed. That completes the front end install.

The only significant hurdle to go is the exhaust system.


I have a new piece of glass for the rear window sent out for tempering. it was hard to tell which thickness of glass fit the factory weatherstrip best - i went with the 5mm, as the 6mm seemed overkill (though it did fit the weatherstrip fine).

 

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managed to get the kinks in the steering box hook-up sorted out today. I used a couple of washers to space the box up a bit. The casting of the box comes down to a three-point mounting, so shimming the box up slightly at the mounting points shouldn't present any structural weaknesses.

I located one of the rag joint special bolts over at Radd Cruisers, so all I need now are a couple of minor bits and the power steering install is complete. I'm looking forward to seeing how the ZF p/s gearbox performs.

 

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I had an extra set of 2H exhaust manifold heat shields, so I turned one of them into an extension piece that blocks the opening between the exhaust pipe and the head of the p/s gearbox. It took a couple of hours of farting around constructing the lower support bracket, but it seemed to come out pretty well when it was done.

 

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one more picture of the third heat shield installed.

I need to complete a couple of brake lines and the passenger side fender can go back on, and I'm really looking forward to that, since that will mean that the hood can go back on, and all the sheet metal will be back in place, and it will look like a truck again.

The roof is nearly completely bolted down now. i used some silicone caulking to glue the rubber packing piece to the roof, and then put the roof into position later on.

 

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one more picture of the third heat shield installed.

I need to complete a couple of brake lines and the passenger side fender can go back on, and I'm really looking forward to that, since that will mean that the hod can then go back on, and all the sheet metal will be back in place.

The roof is nearly completely bolted down now. i used some silicone caulking to glue the rubber packing piece to the roof, and then put the roof into position later on.

Great seeing the rig in real life, nice work......


Rob

 

[NTFJ45]

Great job on modifying the heat shield to protect the P/S pump. It is that type of attention to detail that distinguishes your rebuild from the others

Its common to see problems eventuate down the track from modifications from the original, but you obviously are a lateral thinker.

Keep up the great work HJ !

NT

 

[Henry James the 47th]

Great job on modifying the heat shield to protect the P/S pump. It is that type of attention to detail that distinguishes your rebuild from the others

Its common to see problems eventuate down the track from modifications from the original, but you obviously are a lateral thinker.

Keep up the great work HJ !

NT

Hey thanks a lot! Your generous words are most appreciated. You're right about "problems that eventuate down the track from modifications from the original" - I have tried as far as possible, given my inexperience at rebuilding a truck, to anticipate the side effects of various decisions from the get-go.

Despite all the best efforts, some things I wasn't able to see coming, like the difficulty of getting the 40 series wiper motors to operate on a 60 column switch. I did a slew of modifications to my dash so as to accommodate both the column and the tachometer, and if in the end there was no way to get the wiper motor to work, it would largely be a disaster. Still not knowing 100% if the 40 series wiper control relay is going to solve the problem, though I remain highly optimistic. Call me crazy.

I should know more today about that tricky problem with the wiper motor circuit, as I intend to get the electrical power on at some point. Also on today's slate:

-complete brake line installs, and bleed the brakes.
-install front fender and hood, oohh boy!!!
-complete vacuum and fuel line installs
-install front seats if the electrical is in order
-work on electrical stuff
-continue design work on rear tray support pieces and hopefully move that along a good amount.

Let's see what happens

 

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Well, made some more good progress today.

All the brake lines are in, though I have yet to bleed the system. All lines of any kind, be they rubber or metal, are installed, and I have fuel pulled through to the fuel filter and bled of air.

All the body panels are back on, and the flatdeck is back on. I need another couple of hours time to sort out the mounting points, for the tray. I picked up a piece of 3"x4" rectangular 0.125" wall tube, which I have used to form a front crosspiece for the tray. The rear can sit on a 2"x3" piece I already have on hand. I was anticipating having to weld something, but it looks like it should just be a matter of drilling holes and bolting it down. I'm using the leftovers from the Daystar body mounting kit to isolate the tray from the chassis - since the kit is for a #J40 body i had plenty of rubber bits left over.

Anyway, first up is the solution i came to for splicing the two different accelerator cables together.

 

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next set

 

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and here's the truck with all the panels back on - at long last!!