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I took her out for a little cruise today, man she runs great and shifts as smooth as silk! I got to take her out more often...

I was working on my trailer wires when my neighbor came over to ask me to put a battery in her car. She asked what I was working on, so I said have a look. She was not overly impressed.

I spent 5 hours yesterday replacing the left front brake shoes & wheel cylinder. Spent at least 2 hours trying to replace a grease fitting so I could shoot grease in it. Like everything on this truck, your lucky if you can get two fingers on it. Never got a new one in!
Finished up the ox side today! I’m exhausted, worked on this baby for 3 weeks every spare minute I had. New instruments, cabin light, bumpers, tail lights & original horn now works!
Previously replaced the rear wheel seals & brakes. I’m ready to drive some now!

I put back a screwdriver that I left out of the truck weeks ago.

Adjusted the overhead.
Checked the compression.
Cleaned and gapped plugs and points.
Reset the timing.
Changed oil and filter.
All-in-all a relaxing evening.

I changed the oil and filter. Cleaned the headliner and then I ordered new tires from cooper tires. Tomorrow, I will fix the interior lights.

Put a new battery in. Was going to take a little trip down the road and noticed I had no brakes when pulling out of the garage. Brake pedal went to the floor. Had full brakes last time I drove it in November. Checked master cylinder and it is bone dry. Must have a leaking wheel cylinder. That will be the next project. Debating on replacing all four since I don't know how old these are.

I scrubbed off some dirt grease and grime from the front end.

I finished door panels on my ‘57 3200. Painting it Kodiak Brown this Spring-Summer.

Making the head light assembly looking like new, painted and replaced everything with new parts except the original adjustment screw nuts which are metal not the new hard plastic ones.

My door on the drivers side kept sticking and no longer had any spring action. Had a nice fellow on the Bolt send me an old door control he had but unfortunately the spline was no good. I took my door control apart and found out the spring was broken. Good thing was the control that was sent to me had a good spring. After pulling both controls apart I was able to use my original door control with the donor spring and all is well. Took me about 1 1/2 hrs from start to finish. I had to do the same thing on my 37 pickup.

Removed the engine mounted air compressor from my Spartan so I could access the passenger side valve cover and take if off as well to inspect the rocker arms as such. One step closer to get it running!

Added new floor mat and seat cover.

I drilled and tapped the holes to mount one of Pre '68 Dave's water pump relocation plates on my 261.

I've done four of these brackets from Dave and nothing but good to say about them. Makes that 235/261 look right at home and period correct as far as water pump and fan placement. A huge shout out to him.

Tried out the hammer and dolly set I picked up from Harbor Freight on the '58 cab, hammered down a few high spots from welding the cab corners in. Figured it would be a nice cheap set to learn on!

Front fender's, hood & grill lined up perfectly. 4 days work it can be a bugger from 47 thu 55.1. Measure, measure, then fail and measure some more. I was the wrench and hardware go to guy. Believe it or not I have a 76 year old former Chevrolet dealer mechanic helping me. Not that many of us left.

My new console came in and got it all mocked up and ready for install this morning. It's 24 degrees outside so I'll have to wait a while. My little garage heater is old like me and it takes a while to get going good. Just need to make an 8" tall box covered in the same black floor carpet to mount the console to. Also got my NOS horn in but I'll need to fab up a bracket to mount it to my inner fender.

I got it home, removed what was left of the rotting bed boards and rusted thru steel strips, fixed the brakes, got the lights working 90%, made a list, needed more paper, cleaned off 70 years of country road dirt from the frame, replaced the missing box blocks and took her for a drive. 2 happy days working in the garage instead of watching the tube

I had installed the newly rebuilt Carter YF a couple of weeks ago but didn’t want to fire up the truck without an in-line filter, so I cut out about 6 inches of fuel line and installed one today. No leaks! Pulled out the choke and hit the starter and it eventually fired up. Noticed a little miss while back at the tail pipe, so I shut it down and cleaned all the plugs, then started it again. It ran a little better, but I still hear a miss, so I’ve probably got a bad plug. Took it for a spin and it ran really nice. Love the new Carter carb!!

Finished 3rd light install. Used vintage light assembly for Stop, running, and reverse lights.

Went to the flaps to get parts for another project and on the way home I smelled antifreeze. The ‘62 C-10 decided it was time for the heater core to puke. Made it home and bypassed the core until I have time to pull and replace. Only lost about 1/2 gallon of coolant so not too bad I guess.🛠

Ha tiz da season... 2 weeks ago, in Dunkin Donuts parking lot, picking up 2 boxes of coffee for a meeting, mine decided to let loose also. Wet floor, fogged windows all at once. Not to mention, the sweet smell of antifreeze in da morning, makes the wife perk up abit. Lol. Anyhow. Replaced the blower motor also while i had the box out.

Installed new headlamps and a gas tank filler neck grommet on my 49 yesterday. Didn't think the grommet was going to be that tough but boy was I wrong. After removing the old one I cleaned everything and sprayed the tank tube and the grommet with Windex. I tried using a thin tooth brush handle to help push the lip of the grommet in but it would not go. Had to call on the wife to come help out. Got an idea so I had the wife hold the grommet in place while I put the round end of a ball-peen hammer against the grommet while striking it on the other end with another hammer. It wasn't pretty it went in.

I bought one to install on mine also so I’m trying to understand exactly what you did to get it installed. It sounds like the filler neck was already installed when you installed the grommet. I was planning on removing mine, installing the grommet in the sheet metal, then installing the filler neck. Your after thoughts?

Since mine was already all together I decided to try it this way first. I first watched a video () online of the grommet being installed while the filler neck was already installed. I assumed it would be the same on an AD. I got the grommet all the way in on the top and the sides but the bottom just did not want to go in. I soaked it with Windex and then while the wife held the grommet in place I placed the ball of the hammer on the area that was not all the way in. While hitting the back of the ball-peen hammer with another hammer it finally popped into place. I just kept looking inside the cab after hitting it a few time to see if I was making any headway. The pic gives you a rough idea of how I was hitting the grommet.

The guy that sold my 'burb to me told me about a 69 C20 in a local pick-a-part. I ran out there (twice) and scored the parts I needed, two doors and a fender (along with a few small parts I needed).
My lack of attention to detail did not notice that the doors AND fender are different until after I'd worked on the inside of the fender. at least I didn't get rid of the originals.

Hey olezippi, I have a horn just like your's. It can be mounted on the two hole bracket on your intake. You just have to recurve the fuel line so it doesn't interfere with the round back of the horn. I use two small springs four washer's two small screws lock washer's and nuts. If you have not mounted it on inner fender try it, it looks impressive. Doc. Also can use two flat rectangular drilled metal strips instead of washers to make it look like original stock mounting bracket.

Rusty Rod, I enjoyed your post! I have had plenty of oops moments like that in the past but, your secure in knowing you can always sell them fast. I envy you younger folk. In the sixties and 70's when we needed a part for a stovebolt it was always easy to find in barn yards, swamps, salvage yards etc. It has taken my neck about 20 years to feel better from craning it so hard left and right as I drove by a farm or yard trying to see if a old truck was in the back. Get the parts while you can. There are still a good many around here, I bought a 69 for $1.00 from a friend that had it parked in his orange grove since 81. I insisted on the price (just the way things are in the Deep South). It took two weeks to break down into parts which is good because my barn yard is NOT a salvage yard. I will keep my eyes open. I believe a friend of mine with a large ranch has 3 maybe 4, 70's (+ -) on a river bank I will check this week. Doc.

Cut out and patched a piece of thin metal in the footboard, and welded on a piece of metal to the edge for the inner cowl piece to weld to. Did some cleanup of welds and minor straightening of the floor/footboard.

Nice. Are you talking about the intake of a straight 6 or an LS engine I have in my pickup?

Gentlemen, this thread is for “What you did today on your truck” not for general chitchat. That belongs elsewhere. Cletis would frown upon us for letting the thread run wild. Thanks

I spent ages fine tuning the valve lash adjustment , the engine loves this attention to detail .

Fabricated a bracket to securely attach my stock modified PCV crankcase breather tube to my 1959 235 motor block.
Plug welded the bracket to the breather tube.

I catch myself taking the green turd's drive-ability for granted way too often. So today I checked all my lights (turn signals, brake light, headlights, reverse, etc). As I should have known,,,,everything passes. What a turd!! Guess I better drive it tomorrow, saying thanks. Oh yeah, I forgot that a week or so ago, I cleaned the truck's points, and plugs.

Hi All,

I took just about everything I could out of the cab of my new to me 1946 Pickup project. I plan on making the cab look nice and leaving the history alone on the outside for now.

Patrick M.

Got off my hibernating butt and got the right side cab mount support welded in and started fitting my driver's side floor panel patch.

Well I didn't exactly work on the truck but I did get big box of parts from Speedway. I got the remainder of my engine gaskets, a starter, plugs and wires, Lucus brake in oil. I'm running out of excuses not to spin some wrenches, this weekend is looking very promising.

Another productive day.
Got the floor patch partially welded in place and started fitting the floor/foot panel patch. Unlike the passenger side, I cut out the floor itself and left the tranny cover support in place. The idea was to keep things lined up. There were line-up holes in that that I had transferred to the floor/foot panel patch, so used a couple of bolts in those to line things up and hold things in place. I left the dimmer switch hole in the patch panel as I trimmed it out, so I dug out a socket that fit the hole and used that to line things up. That seemed to work pretty well.
Here's some pics.

I pulled all 4 wheels off and gave them a good polish with the help of the Mother's Power Cone and BlueMagic Metal Polish Cream. Also I pulled my horn off and painted the brackets I made for it black. Looks much better.