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Didn't get to check compression and stuff today. Instead, I went and found a longer speedo cable and installed as well as a new driven gear. Haven't had a speedo since removing the 4spd for T5 conversion. Seems accurate, the rpms match the speedo pretty close.
There's always tomorrow to check compression. I've been saying that for a long time. Maybe therein lies my problem! Ah well, maybe I'll have good 'cause and reason to build the 225hp 292 I've been thinking of.
-David

Showed our replaced commuter car that I am selling again today. This guy has been tirekicking like he was spending big money or something. Geez, buy it already. I need the dang money.
Maybe I can spend a little money on the truck if I sell it. It sure will help clear the driveway some. Washed it, shined it, did the dang windows, again...

was going to take a friend to a casino but she had other thigs to get done. since i bankroll the trips and don't have to now i have started looking at seat covers for the 54 now that i don't have spend money on her. will drive the 54 sunday glad i didn/t put it away yet. ron

I surfed the web while Fran cleaned the workshop.

I drove home from work... then later in the daytime I put gas in my '65 c10... stopped by the hardware store... came home.

-W

Aside from all the stuff Peggy mentioned at the top, I did manage to get the '49 3800 started, drove it around to warm it up (and charge the battery) and then I changed the oil and filter. Did that late yesterday. I was feeling pretty good, so I decide to replace the spacer between the carb and the intake manifold -- it was broken in two places and cracked in a third! That could explain a few things...

So, feeling like John the Master Mechanic, I filled the antifreeze and water back in the JD 420 and tried to start it (the one I've been slowly trying to repair since it hit a tree back in the spring) -- no joy. no spark at the plugs. Could the coil have gone bad? I might borrow the coil out of the '49 and try that later today if I get all my farmwork done I need to do.

Happy Sunday! -- beautiful, clear and cold day here on the Mid Atlantic Coast! I've been up since about 0630 working on new Links and redesigning the Homepage (the site is getting a makeover/refresh for 2005 to celebrate our 10th year) and now I'm sick of sitting infront of the computer and I want to go play outside.

John

Minor update.

Garage is all in order looks good.

WARNING: AIR CRAFT STRIPPER WILL BURN YOUR SKIN

(duh)
"hey there is something cold and wet all down the inside of my arm?" hmm... (1,...2,...) "Yeeeoooowwwww... get it off of me get it off of me!!"

I piled a bunch of junk into the back of The Ox, then bent my garage door because the garage door opener got caught on one of the boxes. I did take The Coupe With a Truck Block (TCWATB) out for a spin down the freeway after drilling out a broken intake manifold bolt... got it up to 105 on the I-15.

After yesterday, we went to Church and of course our Sunday ritual go to Bob Evans for breakfast! Then I TOOK A NAP.

Having to cook for 5 parties between Thanksgiving and Christmas all at the house. I and checkbook went to Krogers and scarfed up Hams and Turkeys. Rearranged freezer looked in at "the truck" smiled, and thought; what a great weekend!!

popcorn The Truth is Out There (Have a great week Gang) Ben

Spent most of the day trying to find those d@^^n sway bar brackets I learned from my other thread, that I was missing! Still did not find them! :mad: Seems like I just can't get this thing done! :rolleyes:

I was feelin' kindda bad so we took the 66 to the swapmeet...
Easer to drive than the 39 if Z hassta drive me home

Alls well til we go to start the POS up and go to br'fst with VW Nate THEN IT WON'T START!!!

My stuff starts....always....I'm [censored]!!! So I go out lookin' for help AND Find several guys.....headed back for the truck my wife is waving her arms...BIG SMILE.... I fixed it Sure was! It was runnin'!! She crawled under the dash and found a loose connection and fixed it

I am gonna trade this thing for a Toyota I PROMISE!!!

worked most of the day saturday on this computer. a friend sent me a virus in a download that corrupted the cd-rom driver files. it took me 3 nights to fix it, but here i am. saturday my son and i made plans on how to rebuild a 66 short stepside i just got and plans on how to wrap up and finish the 55 first series. we didn't get much done, just a lot of talk, and that was great!

I just finished replacing the rear cab support brace on the driver's side. It is now spot welded in place and the rebuilt shackle is back on the truck. The next step is to replace the inner and outer corners, door post bottoms and rocker panel on that side. Then it will amtch the other side!

I took my '64 to the locker to pick up my beef. I hauled 696 lbs of steak and burger home just thinking about firing up the grill.
Sure was good eatin that night,
Scott

Today I jacked up my Suburban and got the front springs off. I found a fourth broken leaf in the process.

New parts are supposed to arrive Tuesday and if I don't find anything else broken my report next week will be that I'm driving it again!

I actually played hookey from homework and worked on the '47 panel Saturday. Got about half of the gas tank (that I bought from toomany2count) wire wheeled. The brackets are sandblasted and primed, but not painted. I decided it was too cold to spray them, so I had to content myself with looking at them and setting them aside for either a warmer day or a day when it's cold enough to fire up the heater in the garage.

Then I played hookey from working on the truck and went out to Scott's place (48bigtrucks) another thing I've been putting off for months. Got the tour of his facilities (he called it his dream shop, but it looked to me like MY dream shop!) and got to see the work he's been doing on his '63, as well as his other truck and facilities projects.

Sunday, back to homework. One cool thing, though, during church the number went up on the monitor that means "volunteers needed in the nursery". So I went in there and ended up picking Joanne up off the floor. She's a Down's Sundrome baby and not walking yet. The best she could do was push herself along the floor on her face because she doesn't seem to have the strength to keep her head up. We sat in a rocking chair and played, I sang to her a lot and found out that she's a kisser. Big, sloppy, tongue out, wet ones. (I think she has trouble keeping her tongue in.) She can also say "I love you". I'm sure that's what it was... OK, it sounded more like "ah va va", but I'll take it as I see it. I think I need to go in there more often...

My project for the weekend was to get the doors refitted to the cab. The doors came from the original cab and the hinges are a mishmash from other trucks so I was not expecting the doors to fit right off and I was not disappointed in this. I concentrated on the driver door first and rebuilt the lower hinge then with the door in place I heated up the hinge bend to pull the leading edge inward and bent it in. This worked fine but it identified that my outer cowl replacement does not fit the door curve so I will have to re-adjust or redo the cowl panel (patch panel nightmare lesson one - have doors in place when doing panel replacements such as cowl or outer cab corners)

I started the rebuilt of the top hinge but had the drill bit break off inside the old pin which drew the days efforts to a close.

The passenger side looks like the rear cab panel I replaced may need to be modified slightly to obtain the appropriate door gap. That should be fun but next weekend is Pheasant and old truck hunting time so the doors will have to wait.

I went to the D/FW swap meet with Tony'n'Weatherford Saturday morning. I bought one of the 16" wheels I needed and a set of '54 truck license plates.
We had just dropped off a guy who went with us when the rain started and it hasn't let up yet.

Warmed up a bottle, fed a screaming youngun, burped him, changed him, rocked him to sleep. Repeat every 2-3 hours.

after spending my two weeks off work re-building the bathroom, the lady Jean goes out for the day so escaped to the shop and put all the back end of my '66 together. The home made tail gate, bed steps and stake pockets look great now that they are all painted up and the fenders fitted. Gives alot of encouragement to carry on with the rest.
Oh well back to the bathroom!!

Andy

Used the 1950 3/4 Ton Chevy to jump-start the 1988 Volvo Winter Beater during the sub-zero(-12) weather over the weekend. Reminded me of the story the previous owner told me a about a deer hunting trip he took to Bemidji, MN in 1951 when the 1950 was used to jump-start the other vehicles in his hunting party when they wouldn't start. 54 years and still the designated jump-starter.

If your Volvo still runs your lucky....the 'putors on Volvos don't like jumpin or bein jumped!!!

Got me about an 8 inch extension,,the blazer shifter has always been a little short , works great but decided I still wanted it to be higher so I took an 8 inch wood table leg, drilled out the center hole to go on the the shifter stem, wrapped in it red electrical type and now I can shift without having to been over a little,, does not look to bad either,,that's about it,,, sorry for the late report,,Fred

yay i get to start this thing...

over the weekend i had minimal time to work considering i graduated high school and all.. but yah, i worked on the passenger door and im about a sand away from final primer.. repainted some interior nobs, then screwed one up by touching it to soon.. and got teh front fenders complete..

anyone else

Mike,

Glad you started this one! I was wanting to be been working in the Gallery.

Congratulations also ... I 'spose you are an official high school graduate. Good on ya.

I'll let John tell you about his doings for the weekend. He's a better story teller than I. I'll just get the pictures ready!

Plus, John had a birthday on Friday!

Peg

Congrats Mike and Happy Bday John. Went to a cruise in Fri. Nite. Awesome cars, Trucks and Rods there. Lot's of interest in the 49 too. They all seem to love to gawk at an old 6 with chrome and glass pumps and filters on it. Sat. went garage saling in the 49. We get great deals when they want to talk about the ole truck.

My dad took his '72 C-10 to his first car show ever on Saturday. The Carson City Cruisers put on a big show and had over 200 cars/trucks. Had fun!

The Mopar club I'm in had our annual Mopar-only show Saturday here in OKC. We had 87 cars and trucks, including three Hemicudas, a Satellite ragtop converted to a Superbird ragtop (never made from the factory, of course!) with a 528" HEMI, a sweet '64 Polara Max Wedge car, and other really top-quality Mopars.

Mowed the yard and played with the son's '46 a little on Sunday.

started hackin out the rotten steps in the 58 this weekend, and my metalman buddy had the first patch fitted by lunch today - plannin on havin it ready for a day trip by thurs - only took 10 years or so to get a round-tuit - when I got the truck the step patch wasn't available, so glad I waited patches are number 1 - heavy material, good fit, better brace underneath that won't cause rot so fast

Bill

Hooked a tow bar to the '41, hung some better sheet metal on it (running boards, three fenders, hood) spruced it up a bit and hooked it to the back of the '39. Sunday early, off to the swap meet. Did ok, made back the space rent and put $80.00 in the kitty for truck parts. Not too much interest in the '41. I will get the photos posted and put it on the swap meet soon.
The '39 towed that 1/2 ton great, I did not know it was back there until I came to a stop. Stopped ok, but could feel the weight pushin'. I really like the Eaton two speed (manual) on stop lights that turn green before you stop, can grap third gear and low in the rear and crawl right through!!

we went to the NSRA car show and swapmeet in pueblo. great time, but it was very HOT.

Congrats Mike!

I drove my '49 to the feedmill to get horse feed and then to the hardware store for farm stuff. It's always really cool to be backed into the loading dock at the Mennonite feedmill in an old truck!

Saturday afternoon my boys and I helped the neighbors get hay in --

Hay time!

Regards,
John

John, another good thing about your Belgan Horse Hitch is you can earn a spare buck or two pulling stuck "off brand trucks" out of the mud in the barrow ditches!

umm this weekend. Sand, sand, sand. Pick up my newly aquired 52 GMC 3/4 ton. Started removing anything that is compatable and useful, as well as swapping anything that was better then what I have already on my 53 or anything I was missing. Very productive weekend.

re-painted my wheels

I finished mounting my new front tires on the 48 after painting the wheels (safety wheels). I had a problem starting the 48 a few days ago and figured that the fuel pump was to blame. I still had the electric pump installed but not plumbed that came in the truck so I hooked it up to keep running. I have always suspected that the electric fuel pump was overpowering my carb float and running gas straight into the block and this was comfirmed in short order. I hadnt driven the truck a couple of days when I noticed that I was burning more oil than usual and my oil pressure was low. I could see that the oil was thin. I replaced the pump with a spare and disconnected the electric pump, changed the oil and off we go again. The new tires in front really made a difference in the truck ride and steering. That was about it for the stovebolt work. I am trying to get things running well for the Independance Day parades.
Ralph

Absolutely nothing...then, some more nothing.

Still have school - 1 more week!

We had our town's 200th Bicentenial Old Home Weekend... Had my 56 in the parade all decked out in American flags and bunting... local kids in the back tossing candy out to the crowd.... Hot, hot, hot weekend but the truck didn't overheat a bit. Cute small-town parade and the truck was a hit!

However, the days before were emergency repair time... new front brake pads then an outer wheeel bearing let go. All's well now.

Wow! Your town has been around for 40,000 years? That's amazing. :p

Sorry, being a wiseass is my only failing.

I love small town parades and it sounds like your truck was a real highlight.

I drove my truck.

I put gas in my truck.

I checked the oil in my truck.

I got parts for it in the mail from 64Fleetside(a fellow '64-'66 bolter in Arkansas - Thanks).

-W

Went to a couple of local shows. I added some pics to my webshots page. Couple of bolts, very nice motor shots on one. (look at local shows)
http://community.webshots.com/user/randy134

-RT1