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John Rogers

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  1. I hope that it comes loose without being a pain. Just a thought, if you decide to deepen the slot, you could possibly use a Dremel with a worn (smaller diameter) cutting wheel. Being smaller it would probably fit down into the screw to cut the slot easier. Ive had to do that a few times. I made The E tank. its really easy. I just used a 5 gallon plastic pail from Ace and attached the steel rods that I had laying around on the inside for the sacrificial anodes. Then I connected them all together with some wire. I use a small 12 v battery charger it is 2 amp and I think the high setting is 12. I attached a couple of photos. The dirty one is the one I made, the clean one is a pic I got off the internet to remind me which clamp goes on the part and which goes on one of the bolts connecting the steel rods together. You use water with a tablespoon of Washing Soda per gallon of water. If you decide to make one, make sure to use Washing Soda not baking soda in the water. I got the washing soda at Walmart in the laundry soap isle. Anyway you suspend the part being careful to make sure it doesn't touch any of the steel rods in the tank then you connect the negative cable to the part and the positive to one of the steel rods . Rather than use a steel rod or rebar like the pic shows to suspend the part I use a piece of wood since it wont conduct elect and short if it contacts one of the steel rods in the tank. I usually use the 2 amp setting but if the part is really nasty I sometimes get in a hurry and use the higher setting I run it for a few hrs , more if its really crusty. You will notice it start making bubbles when you turn on the charger. It will pretty much stop bubbling when the rust is gone. The rust will literally be taken away from the part and get deposited on the steel rods surrounding the part.Then I take the part out and rinse it off. There will be a black coating on it what will come off real easy with a wire brush exposing the bare metal. The process will also remove most if not all the paint on the part.The cool thing is that I read that when your done the water isnt toxic so you can just dump it without worrying .I did read that you cant put galvanized parts in a e tank because it produces toxic gasses and also make the water toxic as well. I hope that you get the set screw out without too much trouble.
  2. I never thought to use it but it makes perfect sense since it would neutralize the acid. I just rinsed it off then blew it dry with air. Then I immediately gave it a good spray all over with WD40 to protect it. Some guys would paint their aftermarket pipes but most just leave them bare metal because they look trick that way but they get nasty real fast and rust so I made sure to use the vinegar and WD40. If you could find a way to only submerge the blade and set screw portion I think it would work good. I have freed up some really stuck pieces with the E tank. I found the remains of a 1930 Buick Series 50 roadster in the desert out here a year or so ago. it has been out there for a good 60 years. I brought the door hinges that were laying on the ground home. They were stuck solid. I put them in the e tank for a day or so and they freed up great. Have you tried PB Blaster or Kroil on it and let it soak real good to see if it would break it free?
  3. Wow, they turned out fantastic Brent. I used to use vinegar and steel wool to clean the on the bare steel cone pipes on my MX bikes when I was still able to ride and race and it worked great. I built a couple of electrolysis tanks (1 gallon and 5 gallon) out of plastic pails and they do a great job too. The biggest parts that I put in the 5 gallon was the body from the Model 36 heater. I put a throttle cable for one of my Wheel Horse garden tractors that was frozen from rust in one for a few hrs and when it came out I rinsed it off and the cable was free. I blew it dry and oiled it up good and Ive been using it for years. John
  4. I really like your truck. There is nothing better than spending time with your kids and or grandkids. Thats the good stuff !! If you can spend some of it working on a great project like your truck then thats all the better. Its a great way to bond and possibly sow some seeds of the love of old vehicles. Welcome to the forum. John
  5. Im so sorry. My heart hurts for you and your family. John
  6. Welcome , wow that is a beautiful car ! John
  7. Merle responded to a post I made on Facebook and asked what size and thread the nut is so I checked and its 7/8-18 . I Googled it and low and behold I shouldn't have any trouble finding one. Most times I'm really good about it, however there are times when I make things wayyyyyyyyyyy harder on myself because I get it in my head a piece / fastener might be hard to find or purpose made for the application and this is one of those times. There is a huge Ace Hardware in Tucson on the east side that is incredible. I'm going to try there, they have a massive fastener section and other cool stuff . If I strike out there Im going to go to Copper State Nut and Bolt. They have just about everything one could image but they are a industrial type supplier and sometimes they balk at selling one or two items. Also GM uses a 7/8-18 jam nut on their 1 ton tie rod ends. John
  8. I made a trip to a couple of hardware stores and looked for a nut that would fit but I didnt have any luck. I dont know why it never occurred to be to make a post in the classifieds Wanted section. All I can say is that there are times Im just not too bright. Ugh !!! Anyway I made a post in the Wanted section. Hopefully someone will see it that has a extra that they might want to part with. John
  9. How is the rehabbing of your knee going. I hope that it is going smoothly.
  10. Great idea,I will give it a try I never thought of that. I get the funniest looks when I go to the Ace hardware here in town. Usually they come to you and ask if they can help find anything. Now they know that I'm there wandering around looking for a random piece from who know what to complete something for my truck that I'm working on. Heck I'm related to a half dozen of the employees so it doesn't surprise them Now they just say I and ask me to bring the finished project in so they can see it .
  11. Thank you . I really enjoy working on projects like this.I agree, just part of living in the Sonoran desert. This was not a problem back in the days before they oxygenated the gas in Dads truck but we have to work with what he have. I can only imagine how hot it gets under the hood when its well over 110 especially right after it gets parked and is just siting there with no air coming in. I meant to put a thermometer under the hood this past summer to find out but I never got around to it. Well there always next summer Im using my recovery time to do as much of the little stuff as I can. I'll tell ya, it sure makes me smile to tinker with my truck. As I start feeling better I can do more of the bigger things.
  12. I was given this heater with the truck and it had been sitting outside for about a year or so and one day I looked at it and it finally dawned on me how cool it looked so I brought it in my shop started working on it. I was concerned that there would be something wrong with the core but it was fine. Whew !!! Its strange that the trim on mine is made of SS and yours is brass. I would imagine that it was made the Model 36 for several years so they probably just decided to switch at some point for one reason or another. I thought about using a cable operated valve but I decided to use a manual one. I found a original manual valve in one of the boxes of parts that I got but it was in pretty poor shape and rather crusty so I decided to buy one at NAPA. Were you able to get your oil pressure valve removed yet?
  13. Last post,the screen is starting to get to me . The heater was missing the defroster manifold and I looked and looked on Ebay but didnt see one by itself so I decided to make one. After I finished it I decided to add a door like the ones I had seen pics of this is what I came up with. John
  14. Here is what it looks like now. I haven't installed it yet because it was and still is missing one of the 2 large nuts that are needed to mount it. I have one but Im still searching for another one so I can install it. I see that John Sartain has one in his truck too which turned out fantastic. John
  15. I got this heater from my friend along with a bunch of parts. I just loved the look of it so a year or so ago I decided to go thru it. It was in really good shape all in all. The rusty back panel was not nearly as rusty as it looks. I put the parts in a E- tank I made and went at at. The stainless trim was broken at the left rear so I MIG welded it and it cleaned up great. John
  16. Im really sorry that I have not replied or anything over the past few days. This past Feb 17th I suffered a "massive saddle pulmonary embolism" resulting from extensive DVT (blood clotting) in my rt leg. Im recovering exceptionally well and doing really great, especially considering all the Drs that I have seen have told me that as severe as it was I should have died the second it happened. Anyway part of the recovery process which can last 6 months to two years is extreme chronic fatigue and periods of shortness of breath. Ive been really getting hit my the fatigue hard the past 4 or 5 days .It makes me dizzy and light headed so I spend a lot of time laying down when it happens. Ive been able to pop on here but only for a minute or so then I have to turn off the PC because the screen seems to make me feel more dizzy. I can access this forum from my phone but I cant figure out how to sign in so I can comment and participate. For some reason my phones screen does not make me nearly as dizzy. I can sign into Facebook on my phone but Im not savvy enough to sign into here Ugh ! I really appreciate the kind words and the compliments on my progress. I love working on my truck. The lack of energy and such from the recovery is slowing things down as far as working on my truck big time so I do what I can when I can .Thats ok , its only temporary and Im blessed to be alive and well. Ill post a few more pics of some things I have been working on over the past 2 or 3 yrs. John
  17. Ok last one for a while. I started to experience a couple of problems once the days got well over 100 . While I was driving everything was fine because of the air circulating.The first time it happened when I stopped after going to Tombstone at the store, when I came out it started ok but when I drove away it ran for a minute or two and died . I looked at the fuel bowls and they were empty so I poured my bottle of water on the fuel pump and it started right back up and ran fine as soon as it filled the carb back up. The other thing I noticed was that when if I parked it when it was hot the fuel in the carb bowl would peculate and flood the engine badly. I lowered the float level and it helped a bunch, it still happened but not as bad as before. The fuel pump heat shield was missing to I made one out of aluminum and while I was at it I decided to make one for the carb as well. I wanted to find a clean way to mount the shield to the intake and after pondering it for a few days I came up with and made the ones in the picture.it works really good. Between the two the problems during the summer are pretty much gone .
  18. The first thing I wanted to fix was the floppy gas pedal. While Dads truck suffered from the same thing, just like Dad's the constant pushing the pedal to the side with my foot was no fun. The good thing is unlike when Dad had his truck there is a abundance of reproduction parts available so I bought one from DCM and installed it. While it was much better it still had a lot of side to side play. After removing the clevis pin that attaches the shaft to the linkage I found it was the problem so I put a new one it from Ace. That helped but it was still sloppier than I wanted to I looked thru their bold selection and saw a bolt with a machined surface. I installed it and that took care of the unwanted slop.Nothing Earth shattering by any means but it works great.
  19. I've owned my '49 for about 3 yrs now and its a daily driver. I absolutely love it.Between it spending its entire life in the town I live in here in SE Arizona (Benson) and the fact that the previous owner was meticulous and maintained it really well mechanically, I am very lucky. it is extremely reliable and I can take it anywhere, anytime and know it will get me home with no problems. Its not a build just a series of projects and improvements. As many of you know because I mentioned it probably more than once. My Dad had one just like it when I was a kid. He taught me how to drive in it when I was 10 going on 11 on deserted back roads in out in the middle of nowhere. He would move the seat up and put a couple of phone books behind my back and off we would go.Years later I drove it after I got my license when I was in High School. I drove it every day until I got my '69 Charger R/T. Unfortunately Dads truck is long gone and sadly my Dad passed 15 yrs ago. Dad was my best friend and we spent some of the greatest moments in my life together going on adventures in that truck. Over the years I had seen the PO driving what is now my truck around town and I remember wishing it were mine because I just loved it and after Dad died it reminded me of him. Years and years later when finally I had the chance to buy it I jumped on it.The day that I bought it and pulled it into my driveway I started a list of things that I felt needed to be done in order of priority. I have debated since I joined this forum on whether to start a thread about it because I didn't want to bore anyone. I started to think about how much I enjoy reading at and looking at pictures from other peoples build and progress posts. Because of this Ive decided to slowly over time post and share pictures and such of the projects and progress Ive made since buying it. Eventually as my health allows I will paint it like Dads which was dark green with a black bed and red rims. Well here goes.... my first couple of posts on this thread. if they get boring or irritating please let me know. My first pic will be of Dads truck taken on our farm. its not a real good one but its all I have.
  20. If its stuck closed I would give the fasteners as well as the moving parts and linkage of the opening assembly with the handle a good spray of PB Blaster when your able to access them and let it work on the rust. In addition to the hinge and bolts there are a lot of moving parts in the assembly with the handle under the dash that could prevent the cowl from opening if they got dry or a bit rusty . A little PB Blaster on them could help a bunch. I have heard Kroil works really well but I have never seen it for sale out here. I hope the chores go fast so you can have more Molly time John
  21. If its rusted closed I would give the fasteners a good spray of PB Blaster when your able to access them and let it work on the rust. I have heard Kroil works really well but I have never seen it for sale out here. I hope the chores go fast so you can have more Molly time John
  22. I removed the cowl lid on my B1B a while back to remove a buildup of old paint in the surrounding gap. If you open the cowl vent all the way and look straight back in thru the open cowl you will see the mounting bolts. There are 4 of them in all. One on each side and two in the middle. These attach the lid to the hinge. The two in the middle also are the ones that attach the opening mechanism to the lid. Im pretty sure they are 5/16" but I might be wrong . I think the mounting bolts are also accessible from the inside under the dash too . It might even be easier from under the dash but with my back being like it is there was no way I was going to be able contort my gimpy self under there .This will remove the lid. The hinge itself will still be attached to the truck by two fasteners (23-61-66). One on each side that come in from the left and right. I did not need to remove the hinge itself so I oiled it and left it in place . I hope this is of some help. John
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