Recent content by cuukvee85

it's has been a while. hey I haven't had much time lately to update the progress on truck. I ended up putting the bed back on before painting it. Ran out of time before winter came. Unfortunatly I'm going to have to sell the truck due to unforeseen reason if any one is interested please pm me...

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OK, It has been awhile since i posted any pictures so here is where im at. I finished putting together the front of the truck and yes it is now w/w!!!! Removed the trailer bed again to needle scale all the rust and old paint off and repainted the chassis. Just have to finish some body work on...

Hey Jason I have been driving my truck around and when im stopped i can turn the wheel one handed lock to lock with out a problem. Underway the truck steers with one finger.

Thanks Guys for the compliments!

Ok, Here is the latest. I got the res mounted and all the hoses figured out and ran. I decided to use 10w/40 engine oil for the fluid and got it going today. The steering is great pretty much one finger when stopped. Now just have to paint the new fenders, grill and put that stuff back on...

mine measures 16" center to center . I did a mod to my drag link to index it back a tooth that gringeltaube had figured out to give the steering the right geometry . so that's something your going to have measure on your truck to be sure.

treeguy .. the engine did come that color but I did repaint it to freshen it up. For the draglink I cut and welded one from the ford. Don't really like doing that to steering components but didn't really have much of a choice. I beveled and heated before welding to make sure I got good...

Thanks guys im trying to clean her up. slow progress but shes getting there.

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So this weekend was a productive one. I got the engine and tranny Back in and running. Now just have to mount the fenders and figure out where to mount the p.s. res and get some lines made. The engine seems to run very strong. Cant wait to drive it.

JasonS ...The center to center of mine is 9 Inches. I thought i could use the factory drag link by adding another ball stud, but i didnt realize the orientation is 180 off so i am now trying to figure out what im going to use.

I used a paper template with no issues. I still center punched it of course

jdoktor83... yes it works good and it's fast. I learned that from an old timer who painted trucks. m-35tom... I got a transmission thru a member here. The story is that it was a rebuilt one. I took the top cover off and from what I can tell it does look new . I would love to do the over drive...