Not much more to report from this weekend. I cleaned up the surface rust around the upper hinge bolt holes, laid down some converter, primer and color.
There are wheel well liners made from plastic barrels and one of the two supports on the front passenger side was completely rusted through. While the various layers were drying I made up a new one.
Door mounted. It needs some fine tuning at the moment but I expect it to change once the new weather stripping is in place so I'm not going to mess with it until then.
I have been very busy in real life but had a couple minutes today to wrench. The front liner mount was so nasty I just couldn't put it back in that bad.
It's still really bad but it'll do for a temporary (permanent) fix.
So glad I went back in and started reading this thread again. On the one hand, it has me wishing I had not sold my '69 F250 last winter but on the other hand, it does help me feel better about tackling the various issues I will need to face on my '84 C10.
In reply to Darkrider :
Get after it! The hardest part is starting. As I've shown it's clearly not always cake walk after that but momentum is your friend.
Back in town with a busy day of work but everyone needs a break, right? The passenger door now has all new channel seals and anti-rattle strips. Fancy and also shmancy.
I've been keeping half an eye out for a ZF5 at a good price local to me and one popped up Thursday. After confirming the data tag, I gave the guy my low offer and after some thinking he took it!
Other than the fact that it was literally sitting in mud, it's in extremely good shape and has very little evidence of leaking. He showed me pictures of the 133k mile truck it came out of. It was very clean and the condition of the rubber mount attached to it indicates it was well maintained. The shifting feel is really nice with no slop. Inside the bell housing is a bit chewed up and there's this stuff.
It smells like clutch and looks like it could be what's left of clutch material so I'm thinking this truck was sold to scrapper because the clutch exploded.
I spent more time trying to bleed the power steering. It's better but still not there. I may need a new method.
I've been spending time with Elmore here and there when I have bits of availability. Now the driver's door has all new window channels and anti-rattle strips. I've been putting off taking the seat out to repaint the floor until my wife (or someone else) is available to help me but today I realized I could easily handle it myself if I separate the back from the bottom.
Many years of dirt, etc.
My wife has been on me for years now to get the middle seat belt working - the receiver is broken. So I think now is the perfect time to get them replaced. Turns out these belts are from a 79. Likely the same truck the rest of all the other parts came from.
I also ordered the horn contact I have been missing since putting this steering wheel on and installed that so now I can beep at all the people who cut me off when I'm driving my old truck. It was the same deal in my C10 back in the day. I legitimately think that people see an old truck and blindly assume it is moving very slowly.
I'm being very patient with the power steering but as of the last start up and test, it's still not fully bled. Elmore has been living in the garage with his front end way up off the ground and most every time I walk by I slowly turn the wheels from lock to lock a few times. Eventually I'll get there...I think.
In reply to AxeHealey :
what is your method? I've always had luck by starting with the engine off, jacking the front end up and going lock to lock a bunch of times until i don't see many bubbles being generated in the reservior. Then i start the engine off and go lock to lock a few times and make sure it isn't making any more bubbles and call that done
In reply to AxeHealey :
ZF-5 FTW!!!
Awesome score!
In reply to budget_bandit :
That's what I've been doing. I think I put myself in a whole though because initially I just filled the reservoir way up and started the truck working to bleed it that way filling it up every couple cycles. I'd never started with a totally dry system before and clearly I should have begun with the engine off.
Recon1342 said:In reply to AxeHealey :
ZF-5 FTW!!!
Awesome score!
Agreed, I was seriously contemplating this route had i kept my '69 F250.
There's been a good bit of wire brushing, vacuuming and more wire brushing as of late. Luckily I have only found a little bit of scary stuff but there's no time for that snowball right now with racing right around the corner.
I cleaned up the worst if it, hit it with rust converter and laid in some seam sealer.
I think I've heard a phrase that goes something like... If you know the right way to do it, you can do it the wrong way.
Hopefully I have time to at least get the whole floor primed and ready for the bed liner by the end of the weekend.
Goal achieved.
And, yes, that's two different primers.
Then I set out to repaint the trans tunnel cover black but had an idea... My wife told me to go for it.
Other than the fact that the blue shows how many damn holes have been drilled in the thing over the years, I think it'll be a cool little accent. We shall see. I've got yet another very busy week ahead of me but there is a small chance I will have time to roll the bed liner on tomorrow. We'll see.
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