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Pic #10 shows the flapper stuck in the middle, the base of the intake had a ton of buildup on it and the gasket where the two meet was in bad shape.
 
I have a header as well. It is a cold hearted beast until it warms up. Sometimes not for 5 to 6 miles with many restarts at stops. Just won't idle smooth.

Very pretty parts now and hecka rewarding to beat the rust devil:clap:
 
primer7 said:
Took the parts to Advanced Power Coating on Deming Way in Sparks, 3 pieces blasted cost $37.
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DAMN...I didnt know that they did blasting there...
I know those guyz really well too as that is where I get almost 100% of my steel from.

Cool.
 
It's back together and it even runs! Ahhhh, the smell of burning grease, paint and what ever else I spilled during reassembly. :hillbilly:
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primer7 said:
So I got the Manifold and air intake back from the sandblaster and started priming and painting. The heat riser will have to be manually operated from now on as the spring and counter weight did not survive, but you can see the flapper is still intact and functioning.
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Maybe you could find a good spring and couterweight off a Chevy six manifold. Toyota copied much of the older Chevy engine.
 
O.K., so I get the truck running and one last thing...replace the leaking gasket on the steering box, "Piece of Cake" right...not so much as the cover is the bearing race support and now the steering box is all jack'd up so...had to pull the whole thing out of the truck and rebuild the steering box and I found out why the turn signal detent isn't working as well.:bang:
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Steering box - had to order a seal, and picture of the turn signal switch broken.
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Got the steering box rebuilt-waiting on the sector shaft seal then I can reassemble the steering. Took 2 shims off the sector shaft to get the play out and the gear to mesh with the worm gear.
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Don't forget some locktite on the pitman arm nut. I know it's a horizontal shaft, but I've seen 3 of them come loose this summer.
 
WILLD420 said:
Don't forget some locktite on the pitman arm nut. I know it's a horizontal shaft, but I've seen 3 of them come loose this summer.
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Yeah...those do have a tendency to come loose till they are totally seated. I had that issue on my 62 after I did the SOA. Had to constantly check that and tighten it down.
I thought for some reason using locktight was BAD for that!?
Donno why, but I heard that somewhere!
maybe for getting the thing off at a later date, or for it NOT seating all the way?
 
Hope to have this back together by the weekend and then it's on to the clutch. Received all the clutch parts just in no frame of mind to tear out the drive train any time soon.
 
primer7 said:
Hope to have this back together by the weekend and then it's on to the clutch. Received all the clutch parts just in no frame of mind to tear out the drive train any time soon.
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I know that feeling!
 
Steering is all back together, still a bit to tight but it works. Total pain in the A## trying to get the 3 on the tree and linkage to line up/mesh. This was a 4 :banana:even though the basic job seemed simple, because of the level of disassembly required. I almost think the upcoming clutch would be easier...? :hillbilly:

Clutch parts are in...still nervous about the whole job as I've never done anything like it.
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