48 chevy truck

Started by kb426, September 07, 2022, 04:37:33 PM

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jaybee

I'll agree, that's a deep, rich blue and I really like it.
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kb426

More tinkering. Because my space is limited, I decided against carrying a floor jack. I have several of the old jacks from cars in the 90's. I believe this one was from the 96 Mustang. I modified the handle by welding a lug not on the end of it. This allows me to use a rachet and an extension on the jack. I tried it and it didn't take a lot of effort to raise a wheel. I put some of the stuff in the bed to start finding the best location for them. I don't have a dough nut spare that will work. More research there. I have one more Mustang wheel but by the time a tire is mounted, space will be close but I'd rather have something lighter to hoist in and out. :)
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kb426

O&S decided it was time for a little more exercise. Buffing not finished.
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jaybee

Not finished, but coming along!

I have a jack very similar to that one. Mine came from a Ford Taurus.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer  (1902 - 1983)

kb426

O&S may be finished with color sanding and buffing. maybe not. LOL.
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jaybee

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer  (1902 - 1983)

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kb426

This mornings project. Marine coated cloth with velcro sewed to the back for the hinge cover on the bed cover. I had not sewed velcro before and it looks like it. :) The cloth is coated on the back side for water proofing. I'll find out how good it is. :)
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idrivejunk

So... is that what they call a velcro fly?  :lol:  ZZ Top reference there. :)
Matt

kb426

I don't have a good name for it. There's room for some creativity to have something to talk about. :)
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kb426

Lame update. I washed the truck today after the 100 mile trip from yesterday. My cloth hinge cover seems to work as desired. :) I don't know how long the coating lasts but I have enough material to make several more. LOL.
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kb426

O&S made a few parts today. Months ago, Matt suggested that I make acorn nuts for the upper a arm bolts. I didn't have any hex material so I used round stock. They are threaded 12mm x 1.75 and are machined for a 1/2" open end wrench to tighten or remove. Nothing fancy. :) I used a collet to hold the stock in the lathe and the mill. One collet holder is hex and the other is square.
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jaybee

Nice, a little finish work. :)
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer  (1902 - 1983)

kb426

O&S started out with something that should be fairly simple. The install of a Rostra cruise control has changed it's time frame to several days for some reason. Part was about thinking, part is about things not cooperating. :) The main unit is mounted to the firewall and the cable is attached to the throttle body. The wiring is run to the inside. I made a bracket from alum. to mount the control. It appears to be an alloy I can't weld. I was attempting to add a brace and it didn't go well. So I tried again. Same result. Next step will be to use a different alloy or use steel. Decision pending on what's in the scrap pile. LOL. All of the wiring back to the fuse panel will have to be uncovered to run a power wire. The VSS and tach wires can be run to the gauge control panel behind the waterfall console. Just a little more work. :)
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WZ JUNK

I have one of those on the 54.  Lately it has become a little lazy and slower to react to hills.  I need to do some research and sort it out.  It worked so good when it was new. 
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