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[icebox]

Got some more work done today.I got the other shock mount shortened. Made the inserts drilled the holes and got both the shock mounts mounted. Also made the second bottom mount .

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[Torchie]

Looks good,
What's going on with your steering box?
Torchie

 

[icebox]

I found one but it is a 2 hour drive to get it. I also spoke with a guy here in Levering that say he might still have one SOMEWHERE . The one the guy was taking out for me ended up being a 65 which is different .

 

[icebox]

Got nothing done today . But I got several things started. I built a bracket to hold the bottom the steering column . Started to figure the brake lines and fuel lines . Also started the headlight mounts . They started out as 1/4 inch rod. I bent them in half twisted them seven times to the left Then welded 4 of them together heated them up and twisted them 1 time to the left . When done they look like they are inter twined.

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[Torchie]

Very cool.
Torchie

 

[vintageT]

Very cool build. Loving the twisted wire look!

 

[icebox]

Little bit more done today. Got the floor in the bed cut and fitted. I saved it from a furnace I helped a fried remove 2 years ago worked good.

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I started on the brake lines. I ran the one from the master cylinder down the inside of the firewall and through the floor. Got the lines on the axle done .I ordered new wheel cylinders . I will pick them up and install them tomorrow . Also got the proportioning valve and the residual valve in.

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[I-R-POPS]

Looking like good progress. I don't think you need that residual valve with your master cylinder above your wheels. I did that on my '48 and the brakes
wouldn't release completely. Took them out and the brakes are great. For what it's worth.

 

[Skip]

Looking like good progress. I don't think you need that residual valve with your master cylinder above your wheels. I did that on my '48 and the brakes
wouldn't release completely. Took them out and the brakes are great. For what it's worth.

Good to know.

 

[icebox]

Okay thanks POPS I will take it out

 

[Torchie]

Looking good IB. [cl[cl
Torchie

 

[icebox]

Little more done today. Had to make a parts run this morning. I put new wheel cylinders on the rear brakes and put all new parts on the front . I got more of the brake lines done. I would have finished them but my local hardware stir was out of 3/16th brake line in the coils.I also got the fuel line formed up but not mounted. Tomorrow I am going to pick up my steering box. It is a two hour drive there . I hope it is a good one the guy said it didn't have any play in the out put shaft . He said he would wait till I got there to pull it. I am taking a pitman arm ruler with me I don't want him beating it off. The truck is all torn apart again. Has any of you guys used chassis saver? If so how much will it take to do a frame including axles ?

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[Torchie]

I used chassis saver on my IB. Just the frame and I believe that I used a quart. Which easily covered it. I went with the satin gloss. You might get the frame and axles with just a quart.
Torchie

 

[icebox]

I made it up to Manistique this morning . I got there at 9:00 AM. The guy pointed me to the back of a large field . I went back and looked for it . He came back a few minutes later with the yard truck and torches. He showed my which one he was talking about . I said wrong one . It was 4 wheel drive. He then said I have another one over here . Again 4 wheel drive,I have another one over here . This one was a 65 with twin I bean won't work. I thought my trip was for nothing. Then He said I have one more way over there. BINGO it was the right one. Now to remove it . He could not get to it with the yard truck & torches so he had to get the loader and move sone junk and a old chevy out of the way. Then he pulls it out of a mud hole and closer to the yard truck. Starts cutting the frame and runs out of propane . So he had to go get a 20 lbs. tank to get it cut off. All of this took about 1 1/2 hours in the rain .But in the end I ended up with a steering box that is in good shape for $50.00

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[Torchie]

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Torchie

 

[soltz]

Can't beat that, the part you need and fun getting it [cl

 

[icebox]

Got the box ready tonight. I milled the shaft On the Bridgeport. I am not a machinist just learning .This was the only way I could figure out how to hold it secure. Not the best looking but it held. I will get it in tomorrow .

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[AZRodDave]

I had friends who moved away from Manastique and gladly so! Part looks good! [cl

 

[Torchie]

Nice job on the steering shaft.[cl
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[icebox]

Got more done today. I worked on the lights and brackets . Got them buttoned up . I ended up welding a bolt into the frame to fasten them down .Then I took one side of the front end apart and installed the backer plate with the new brakes I put on it the other day .

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