XOLATEM
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Judging by the blown-over tool box...this is what I imagine musta taken place in that cool shop of yours...
So what did you do with your truck today?
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Judging by the blown-over tool box...this is what I imagine musta taken place in that cool shop of yours...
XOLATEM
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Does Ol’ One Ton have A/C or was it never equipped?
Never equipped...
Uhm… good for you
I had to clear up some grogginess before I could get into gear...
Indeed
Yep...gotta not let it fade into obscurity...
And to you as well
Thank you very much...I'll try to make the most out of it...
Glad to hear it! That’s always kinda fun. I’ve gotten to do it a couple of times now, last weekend on a 605J Vermeer round baler, the guy bought it non operational and it needed a new drive chain, and the PTO gearbox seals replaced. Took most the morning, took my 91 F-Super Duty service truck
Ain't it a wonderful feeling to be prepared and to execute a plan...?
Thanks again...
My 63 was a four barrel, 292 Y-block. Very finicky…
(Y-blocks are cool...external oil pump...at least the 312 I saw had one...)
The 330 in my 65 was a two barrel, much simpler yes
(I built a lot of motorcraft 2-bbls over the years...)
Was it an F-Series or an N-Series?
(I don't know...all I saw was a cool old body and a dump bed that works and what the guy said was 1800 bucks worth of tires...)
Thanks for the interest and feedback...
IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
No. That's absolutely what you want to do. It helps to get rid of the left over machine oil and helps to remove any left over metal shavings/chips that may still be there from the machining process. I hope you put something in the cylinders afterward to help keep rust out. U spray some WD-40 on a rag and wipe the insides of the cylinders with it. Right before I install the pistons, I then use some carb cleaner (or something similar) on another, white rag, cloth, paper towel, etc. and wipe the cylinders until the rag comes out still white. Then I inspect the cylinders to make sure that there's no pieces of the rag left inside them.
Always a good idea.
You're right.
tbowker
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Ha ha, funny you should put it that way. Decades ago, I was working at a nuke, and at the end of the shift we were required to write a job log of what was done so that the incoming shift could pick up where we left off. I had some long winded, comical diatribes and was eventually labeled as a word smith.
Well sir, if that previous tale was you shooting from the hip, I'll wait with bated breath for the unpacking.
XOLATEM
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From the waist down...you oughta see...no, wait...you don't want to see all of the places that I have scratched the last few days...
I built a transmission for a Studebaker that had one of those in it...
Darn thing was fast...for how heavy it was...
Only seen a couple of those over the years...
Cant Write
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@KansasIDI i was wondering if I dare ask about the tool box on its back!! Glad you did it @XOLATEM
Judging by the blown-over tool box...this is what I imagine musta taken place in that cool shop of yours...
I’ve been mad before and my boot has upsided things of that nature!! 3 hours, you work fast!!
The toolbox got knocked over in a gentler manner than it seems was imagined, not surprised that y’all thought it stemmed from frustration. Some things do. All good though.
It was actually fairly peaceful as far as engine pulling goes, I never really got aggravated like I do sometimes. Looking back, the toolbox on its side was actually a different incident altogether, not even the same day…
Judging by the blown-over tool box...this is what I imagine musta taken place in that cool shop of yours...
DougBoy66
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I did exactly that. I blast it with air and rotisserie'd it until I was sure the water was gone then copious amounts WD-40 on everything. By the way a tarp covered in Dawn soap water and WD is very slippery if not paying attention
XOLATEM
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PSA...never use WD-40 on a shortblock to keep the cylinders from rusting...especially with the pistons in it...
Don't ask me how I know...another thing that I am still kicking myself on....
That sounds like an interesting lesson to learn hahahaha
asmith
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Why not? Is it bad for the pistons?
I have worked on consolidation of plastic bins, down to just weight in a metal bin...
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Then sprinkled in some usefull stuff, to make it look like serves a purpose
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I also picked up my old bag under the oil and a more sturdy plastic bin, pack the same way holding maybe treasures of past projects from more than a decade ago...
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Even tho I added weight, this bug.. had to be caged up for removal. This thing was bouncing around, trying to fight stuff...
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Also, made more of a patch to the post for the to the back deck, so have a place to now stash stuff in the truck off the floor. Its two layers right now and need to make it four plus, to plug the hole further.
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XOLATEM
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In a word, yes. I had the heads off a shortblock and I coated down the cylinders with WD-40 until I could get to taking the rest of it apart...
Dumb me...
Once I got it apart and took the old rings off and cleaned the pistons...
To my amazement, shock, and horror...the ring lands were pitted like the surface of the moon...
I could not believe it and kept telling myself that it would 'clean up'...
But, no...
no matter what I did, wished, and hoped and prayed for...they did not get any better...
Those pistons were my treasured 'street and strip' pistons...forged and high compression...my darling baby-dolls....
A buddy of mine wanted them for sentimental reasons...so...I gave them to him...
That was a hard lesson...
I also had a hard lesson about using adequate fasteners...and...about listening to your gut feelings...instead of someone else's opinion...but that is a story for another day...
Anyway...don't mix WD-40 and aluminum for any extended length of time...
