Haven’t had as much time to work on the truck lately but got some done in the last couple days. The daughter totally her car (low speed accident) last week but she and my grandson are good. With them being down a vehicle she also got sick and is expecting so lots of appointments that I helped get her to.
Now for the truck… I stripped the drivers door and have it on the cab but still needs adjustment. Think I might need to get all new hinge pins and maybe the bushing kit. Need to get a good fit so I can repair and replace the drivers side cab corner. I was able to get the window frames apart but had to drill out 2 of the clutch head screws as they were stripped. The windows regulators do work but will need some cleaning and lube at a minimum. Going to drop off the glass tomorrow to have new door glass cut. The cab I’m using was missing the inner rod and handle for the latch but the old cab had one I was able to mount right up. Have to clean and lube the latch assemble more it seams to be working now so should be fine. Will take pics soon and post.
I moved on to the parking brake assemble and wire wheeled it clean. I had to repair the shield piece (forget the proper name) that goes at the bottom of the peddle and weld it back together. There were some large grooves on the main rod that I welded up and smoothed back out. Then primed and painted (good weather for it today). I had the wife help hold a wrench to get it back together and looks pretty good. I also installed the side vent and not real happy with it, it doesn’t seal closed very well. I’ll look into it another day.
Feels good to see more parts going on the truck but it sure is tedious to start the clean, fit, strip, prime, paint and reinstall process.
