Ok another long day and little progress. Got to da shop later than I wanted, because of I guess the lack of work today. As soon as I walked in da door I noticed a wet trail leading from under my 63 chassis. The only crappy looking brake line decided to retire to scrap land and sprung a leak. I actually fixed it because I didn't want the master to empty. And I actually had the right size and length brake line on hand. The line was in the l/f near the exhaust heat riser. So I touched it to see if it was stuck and guess what? It was and still is stuck. Project for another day. I think its stuck in the closed position tho. grrr. I then decided to scrape the frame to remove the stuff that dont belong. In the process of that I decided to remove unwanted hangers, bolts, etc to make the process better. And it was actually. Needs a muffler too. But also decided that brush on frame coating aint happening. To many things cracks and crevices, holes and parts. Especially in the front suspension. All will get sprayed I guess.. Next the previous owner attempted to remove the pinch bolt at the steering box with no luck, so he cut the column instead. I thought I could do a better job of bolt removal considering I done many b4. 2 hrs later, I ended up cutting open the pinched part after drilling bolt, air hammering open and actually got it off with out touching the shaft 1 bit.. Yea me.. The problem with not just leaving it alone was that I couldn't tell if the nut was broke off the bolt or was the bolt screwed into the pinch part of the shaft. It was screwed in so it could of stayed but not knowing would of killed me. and my other shaft in the 66 body has a nut on the end and not screwed in. Go figure. ha. Something that did happen tho was the really big nut, 1 3/4, came loose on the top of the steering box. Im not sure what the torque spec should be? I just leaned on it with a wrench. If ya know, let me know PLEASE. What is the lube that goes in the steering box also? I assume gear lube? Tomorrow is another day. Hopefully better..
