Builds Rusty Griswold, a 1970 FST rebuild (1 Viewer)

[hooter]

Introducing Rusty Griswold.

A 1970 US Spec FST rebuild by hOOter

Purchased a little while ago.

Little is known about its history. The last known residence is in a ranch in Louisiana as a hunting rig. 36509, 136509, 236509? Dunno.

PTO winch, Vader light, F motor, column shift, original but as one could assume...it’s a bit rusty. Mainly surface rust but will get a new front crossmember and a minor frame repair.

hOOter

 

[hooter]

Vader light

PTO yoke

Rear quarters are roached. CCOT on hand to replace,@Awl_TEQ rear sill on hand to replace.

Aisan carb on OG manifolds

PTO winch

hOOt

 

[hooter]

Frame pics

 

[hooter]

Cab

 

[hooter]

Bows
Tailgate

 

[hooter]

Engine compartment

Wiring mess

 

[JohnnyC]

Nice rifle mount

How did the PO rig the doors to lock? I knotice a lock on either side of the safety strap rings

That is what they were for? Or was it to lock the rifles?

Wiring mess is standard issue PO

 

[hooter]

That lock is a simple padlock latch mount for the glovebox door. Not related to FST doors

 

[JohnnyC]

What is running from the door limiting holes to the safety strap rings? Looked like a lock on either side ... and some sort of cable

 

[hooter]

Ah. That was a padlock and a cable for the rifle rack...

 

[hooter]

First steps.
Compression check. 150 ish all cylinders. Woohoo

Carb rebuild and got it running.

After that, disassembly.

Picked the engine trans transfer case PTO gearcase out

HOOter

 

[hooter]

PTO rebuild. Tore apart the winch. Primed and painted. During the process....

Transfer case/clutch/flywheel removed.

Found this interesting gasket

 

[hooter]

Head/rods cam lifters removed and sent the head to the shop for cleaning/magnaflux/valve stem seals.

Cleaned the cooling jacket of the engine block from within.

Wire wheeled the engine

And painted it.

Timing plate cover going back on.

 

[hooter]

Oh yeah.
Cleaned piston tops with ATF prior to head going back on.
Before

After

Engine hardware plated and going back together....

hOOter

 

[thorslc1977]

I have heard that "Modelo" makes the best gaskets!

 

[cbmontgo]

Awesome find. Subbed.

 

[hooter]

Worked on the bell housing.
Mine had a brazed crack running the length of the bell housing.
I got a donor one from a free parts rig I have sitting around.

Seized motor required me to get at it from below.

Cleaned

Blasted

And painted

hOOt

 

[hooter]

Next up.
Trans.

in the truck

Out of the truck

Cleaned up and blown apart

1st reverse gear roached in both transmissions I have on hand. Got a replacement and started the rebuild

 

[middlecalf]

I’ve never rebuilt a tranny so maybe a stupid question but can those gears be flipped around and still be functional? Cool stuff, loving the resurrection!

 

[hooter]

but can those gears be flipped around and still be functional?

No.
The groove you see is for the shift fork that slides the gear from first to neutral to reverse.
They can’t be simply flipped. Unfortunately on mine, one was chewed up on the ‘first’ side and the other was chewed up on the ‘reverse’ side. Both were junk.

That gear is unsynchronized. In other words, grind em till you find em. They are almost all trash