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| | | | Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 149 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 149 | In "Large Bold Print" Prior to running in the main wire harness, installing light switch and wires, key and wires, Heater and control valve, steering shaft support bracket, cowl louver support and lever, defrosters vents and hose, etc., etc., etc. Install your inner fire wall cover first https://www.classicparts.com/1947-53-Inner-Firewall-Cover/productinfo/42-011/It was difficult to say the least to previously install everything, then to have to remove it all in order to install the cover. Actually a great learning experience, but it sure seems at times I'm always taking 2 steps forward only to discover that I just created a short multi-step journey backwards. Discouraged, Yes! But I'm not going to let it beat me up. I'll just have a couple early beverages and tackle it all again on another day. Jeff-Still learning! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | If it makes you feel better, Jeff: "been there; and, done that" (twice - 12 years apart)  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 784 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 784 | Jeff, don't feel bad. When I was putting my truck together I used the old saying. "If you don't do it three times, it's not done right.  George | | | | | Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 149 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 149 | Tim & George
That makes me feel so much better, Thank Goodness I'm Cheap labor!
Jeff | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,270 | Jeff, my man, while it may seem to some that brutal honesty is admirable, in the Man Card Test Application Manual (MCTAM) Section 1, Paragraph C, there is a reference to the contrary.
It states, "If there were no witnesses, it never happened."
Be advised, the Man Card Board periodically monitors sites like this one for accreditation purposes.
An acceptable work-around would be for you to make reference to a fictitious third party who made said faux pas. Or you could actually call out a real person who has it coming to them for prior malfeasance upon you.
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,361 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,361 | Lit'l Bro's favorite saying, "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing 2 or 3 times".
RonR
1951 3600 with Clark flatbed, T5, 4.10 rear
1970 340 Duster
1990 5.0 V8 Miata (1990 Mustang Gt Drivetrain)
1964 CJ5
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | "If you don't have time to do it right- - - - - -where are you going to find the time to do it over?"
"Measure twice- - - - -cut once!"
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 10,997 | How about, "If it's still too short, trim some more off"
Or "Beat to fit, Paint to match"
Or "If it won't fit, get a bigger hammer"
I'm pretty cheap labor too. But if I had to pay me, I'd be broke.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,986 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,986 | If it ain't broke, keep fixing it till it is! | | |
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