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  1. 10 minutes ago, Ivan_B said:

    Is the screw on the rear going into the firewall? Usually there should be a bracket on it, that bolts to the dash support.

    You are correct.

     

    The radio on these old trucks do  need support. There is a short bracket that goes to the back of the radio and is hung on the cowl or body ...... Because the radio is so big, the support is really short. The radio is supported both front and rear.

     

    I had a radio and chose to pass it on to someone that would use it. I went 12 volt and will not pay to have the radio converted ..... It is too large and takes up valuable real estate under the dash ..... I'm only suggesting that the radio will fit, It is large and takes up more space then you think under the dash ..... I sold my radio as is because I did not want to install it.

     

    Same time I'm 12 volt and plan to install a radio in the center console .... just did not want the stock original radio hogging all the real estate under the dash.

     

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  2. 50 minutes ago, Sam Buchanan said:

    I'm not following the cheaper to go 12v unless you are referring to the incredibly complicated system the original poster is describing.

    I'm guessing it was around 1975 and living with my sister/BIL .... I was a bad kid and got kicked out of school, so went to live with them to continue school in a new district  :)

    I was helping the brother inlaw convert some old hoopty over to 12 volt. I asked why?

    Car was not charging, A new generator was expensive the battery was weak and needed replaced .... It was a lot of $$ back then to maintain a 6V system.

    He could get a used 12V battery from the wrecking yard for $5, A used alternator, light bulbs .... everything needed for less then $50 at the wrecking yard.

    It literally was cheaper to convert the car rather then keep it 6V.

     

    Same thing today, it is cheaper .... Especially if I went to a wrecking yard and bought all common parts that are needed .... My price list is all new shipped to my door.

     

    I have far more advantages over a 6V system, it is cheaper to maintain, It just rocks my world to be 12V.

    If I wanted a 100 point show car trailer queen, 6V would be mandatory ..... A 49 Dodge truck that hauls dogs and firewood, 12V is perfect.

     

  3. 12 minutes ago, Dodge_48 said:

    just buy a 50amp converter and a single-wire alternator. Replace the regulator with the converter (have someone with electrical experience do this) and everything on the car stays 6v.

    What charging system are you using? ..... In the past and even today it is cheaper and easier to just convert from 6V > 12V.

    I'm using a 12V 65 amp chebby alternator ... because I have reading comprehension issues .... cant read worth a crap! I wanted a single wire internally regulated but purchased a externally regulated .... so that added a extra item to wire in ... (regulator)

     

    All the light bulbs need to be changed, you will need a $12 voltage reducer for your fuel gauge, probably better off to buy a 12V heater blower motor. I would imagine the horn would work on 12 for awhile, unless it was worn out in the first place or they just layed on it and over heated it.

     

    You must live good to have electric wipers in a B1D .... My B1B has vacuum ..... again a $12 converter would fix that ......

     

    I just do not understand the $75 buck converter or the 

    31 minutes ago, Dodge_48 said:

    buying a $800-$1000 kit and change over to 12v, just buy a 50amp converter and a single-wire alternator. Replace the regulator with the converter

    Just kind of sounds like you got lost in the weeds on your conversion that you inherited when buying the truck.

     

    I figure I will have $300-$350 into a complete new 12V wiring system.

    I needed a new wiring harness. $75 for a basic 12 circuit from Amazon.                 $75

    Alternator/regulator about $75 from rockauto.                                                           $75

    I bought a 3 pack of the 12V > 6V converters from Amazon for $20                        $20

    All new bulbs including 2 new truck tail lights ... $50                                                 $50

    The different ends, extra wire, switches, flashers .... guessing $100                        $100

     

    So I already have $320 into it and just collecting parts ..... Someday I'm going to wire the truck! But I have everything for it .... And it is cheaper to go 12V then stay 6V ... IMHO

     

  4. I have never used one before ...... They do appear to be New old stock by the faded colors and appearance of the package. There are many NOS packages on ebay so seems to be true.

     

    I have heard some have opinions of old condensers deteriorating from sitting on the shelf for decades.

    My opinion is that a used one that has been installed on a vehicle sitting in a field for decades, has a better chance of working then the off shore garbage sold today.

     

    Also the rub block on a NOS set of points would probably be better then the modern stuff sold today.

     

    For the $10 + shipping price I think they would be well worth trying. ...... Someone here mentioned Standard brand points, they are made in Mexico .... possibly better then China made ..... The rub block does look better. So thats what I'm running.

    I also bought the Standard condenser from the same seller ..... the condenser I got was from China and DOA.

     

    So I have a custom made condenser that a member on another forum makes and sells. They are maybe $65 .... I forget.

    Plus the price for the new set of points and rotor ..... $10 from ebay sounds pretty good to me.

  5. 21 hours ago, Ivan_B said:

    Here you go

    That would be perfect if it was local ..... dealing with people on social media is a challenge.

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    There are a few local sellers advertising parts for these old rigs, they think they are worth a fortune and rely on them for proper retirement.

     

    Recently I was talking with a guy about buying a steel wheel off of a 1967 Dodge truck .... Ebay wants $80 + shipping for the wheel.

     

    So the guy tells me he will sell it for $75. .... I'm kinda ok with this, I want to set a time to pick it up .... then he tells me I have to go out to the field and remove it.

    So I spend $30 in gas to go pick it up, then remove it, it has a junk tire on it I will have to pay for removal & disposal .... Really is just cheaper if I went to Ebay and have one sent to me with no tire on it.

     

    People just do not understand, that there product sitting out in the field is not worth the same price as a Ebay seller that ships it to your door.

     

    Same seller that has the wheel also has some 40's-50's Dodges they are parting out ..... I feel like if I showed up and talked to them in person, possibly purchase a few other items at the same time ..... I could get a fair deal and make a friend.

     

    Today I talked to a guy, who has 12 wheels for sale. They are 15" 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern and asking $25 each .... only 2 of them are Dodge wheels with the 3 nubs for hub caps.

    He wants $25 each and his brother from 2 hours away is going my direction Sunday and will deliver them .....  I have offered to pay their gas for delivery

     

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    Just saying I have dealt with some people on social media and they are just a joke. I agree to their price, I will come pick it up .... they wont share address will deliver .... then never hear from them again ..... Drugs are bad. ..... I'm not dealing with a stranger on craigslist 2000k miles away.

     

    $50 for a good wheel is awesome .... if they are willing to separate the wheel and ship it alone .... I have no desire to pay shipping for a column, steering box I have no use for.

     

  6. Its hard to see in this photo, but there are approximately 10352 small lines embossed into the wheel .... not even going to try to duplicate them.

    And the wheel is in poor condition. A quart of goop will fix it along with a lot of sanding. .... keeping my eyes open for a better wheel to replace it.

     

    Make it solid, paint it, wrap it in leather.

     

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  7. Thanks for the tip, I just ordered the black leather for my truck .... I will need to spend hours repairing and painting it .... I will never get it perfect. Too many little ribs in it.

    Solid and looking ok is good enough for me, then I planned to cover it with a cover of some sort.

  8. Well in my case, I did not install the sensor correctly.

    There is a cork gasket on the end of it .... the goal is to push the sensor down onto the flywheel .... then when you rotate or start the engine it wipes the cork gasket off the crank sensor and runs fine. ..... I just was a idiot and pushed the sensor down, then I lifted it 1/32" ..... that was the end of the first engine.

    It simply was confused at 75 mph trying to time the engine through a cork gasket on the end of a crank sensor. ..... I needed to push it down hard so the spacer was removed and it had a correct gap. ...... I have a new spacer today ordered so I can use it on the new engine.  

     

     

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  9. 22 minutes ago, Ivan_B said:

    've seen engine throw a rod, before, but am very curious - how do you install a crank sensor badly?

    The situation is, the crank sensor has a fiber washer glued to the bottom of it .... The goal is to install it directly on the flywheel and when the flywheel turns it removes the fiber spacer leaving the perfect 4K space to run the crank sensor ..... I was a idiot, I pushed the sensor in til it bottomed out, then lifted it 1/32" I felt better.

     

    I admit it ran alright, but the crank signal had to pass through the fiber washer that was never removed as it should have been ..... then at high speeds the signal was so spotty that it could not keep the engine in time. ..... I learned my lesson on that one and first engine failure is on me.

     

    28 minutes ago, RobertKB said:

    A straight up honest conversation, although at times awkward, is sometimes the way forward. You need the car, the car needs you. Carpe diem! 

    The guy is a straight up idiot .... The main thing he did in his life is hoard money .... He would never talk to anyone 30 years ago .... If I call today it is the same thing .... I will talk to the retarded brother that acts as a wall .... I could go on and on about how big of a ass*le he was .... Uncle has told me stories about when he was in high school, later when he went to work ...... Every time he went to a bar he would open his mouth and get beat up .... he stopped going to bars. .... He never stopped being a idiot.

     

    As his son inlaw he loves to poke fun at me every chance he gets ..... wife & I actually lived with him while working through my disability .... He is a arse, he was born a arse, he will not talk to me or his daughter .... just take messages.

     

    As he approaches 90 years old, his daughter or I will not feel sorry for him .... we are here if he wants to talk .... He never is interested .... I took his daughter and moved her 3K miles away from his abuse. ... Life goes on.

  10. I just feel selfish or needy for wanting that car ..... I just know nobody else cares about it .... Same time We never did get along.

     

    I did date his younger daughter .... then I married his older daughter .... he never liked me then .... 35 years later he does not like me now.

     

    I sure would like to see the car kept in the family.

  11. 8 minutes ago, RobertKB said:

    I like the early 60’s Fords and have a ‘63 Ford Fairlane 500 myself. 

    That is a beautiful car .... you understand. 

    Grandpa was a weird bird .... Back in the 1970's when the car was 10 years old he pulled the heads on it and had them rebuilt. Then he filled the car with cardboard to protect the interior from the sun, then it was parked in the shade to protect the paint. ..... There was never anything wrong with the car .... Grandpa just put it away.

     

    So Father did have to install the heads, go through the brakes .... Back in 1972-1973 there was a gas shortage, Grandpa went to town and got gas and filled every car on his 2 acres with gas for storage .... this tank was full and needed attention. .... It was in perfect condition at the time and he just kept it that way.

     

    No where near as nice as yours, but it is all original .... has a few touch ups on the paint .... the interior has been massaged and is beyond excellent  .... Grandpa 2 acres looked like this ... Grandpa had a junk yard ..... but he put that Galaxy away and took special care of it. ..... Nothing left of the place now .... it is only Grandpa Ford that has survived.

    I wish I had a photo of it ..... not as nice as yours, but it is really nice.

     

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  12. 2 hours ago, Sniper said:

    Those Silverados use M14-1.50 thread studs, that's larger than 1/2-20.  And the 90 mentioned was a minimum spec, there are also maximum specs.

     

    As for using an impact, great, till you are the sad sack on the side of the road trying to change a flat.

    Are you kidding me? ..... Just pulling the wheels off my Dodge caravan .... had it in the air on jack stands, and 2 lug nuts I could not remove with my impact wrench.

    I had to jack it up higher then set the wheel down on blocks and manually loosen them with a breaker bar and a cheater pipe  ..... feeling sorry for me yet?   :P

     

  13. 6 minutes ago, Ivan_B said:

    Oh, sorry to hear that... I was expecting the good-old story about how the wife/daughter/brother in law/neighbor

    No it was all me  :P  The van has 187K miles on it, it was wife mother car. they were 2nd owners on it ... Mom died and Father passed it on to us.

    The original owner had it repainted, Father took excellent care of it, has 20k on a rebuilt transmission, I replaced tires, shocks, struts, fuel pump .... has nice interior and cold AC. ..... The crank sensor went bad and I replaced it badly :)  This caused the original engine to explode while the wife was driving it .... 75mph and the rods came out of the side of the block .... she literally was in shock when she called me to come get her.

     

    So my mistake got me on the path to installing a used engine .... might sound silly ordering new brakes and axle while still dealing with installing a 2nd junk yard engine ... does not matter, it was moms car and we love it and we are going to keep it. It is a 30 year old classic car and I'm going to keep it on the road.

     

    Here is a dirty story I'm not ashamed to admit. Father is in his upper 80's ... and we hate each other .... our politics are opposite. But he has a problem with a 1962 Ford Galaxy

    Grandpa bought it new, it is a beautiful survivor with red interior, white paint, 352 engine with a 3 on the tree transmission .... headers, dual exhaust, custom wheels.... But is original paint/interior/drivetrain .... and did I mention beautiful?  .... I want Grandpa's car.

     

    Father has 2 houses, and a huge bank account .... 4 kids ... he says 2 kids are getting one house, 2 kids getting the other .... they are $250k each in today's market.

    The wife and I do not care about any of it .... I just want to take care of Grandpa's car.  The son is so mixed up on drugs, he lives in one house and can not keep a job or pay the taxes on it .... Dad is pissed at him. .... The daughter is very well to do, but they are in to rock crawler jeeps .... The current jeep has a 2020 corvette drivetrain in it ... She was here last month and would not even look at my old 49 Dodge ..... Just not interested in classic vehicles. Sadly the other brother is mentally retarded and going to need all the help he can get .....

    So if I can take care of mom's car and keep it like new ..... He just might trust me with Grandpa's car and keep it in good condition also.

     

    We are not interested in the houses or bank account .... I just want to take care of Grandpa's car and nobody else in the family will.

     

  14. 5 minutes ago, OUTFXD said:

    So dont feel like you have a monopoly on dumb mistakes.  We all do it!

    My turn was when I was a dumb 21 year old kid .... I was moving a 10' x 60' mobile home to a piece of property I leased .... It was sitting in a park for many years and had to dig it out to get wheels on it. .... plan was to tighten them while in the air, pull it out of the hole then tighten all lug bolts .... I forgot.

     

    Driving down the freeway at 35-40 mph and watched the trailer tire pass me up, cross the medium and 3 lanes of oncoming traffic .... it was a adventure chasing it down.

     

    I'm no longer a dumb 21 year old kid, I'm 62 this year  ;)

  15. 55 minutes ago, Ivan_B said:

    So, what's wrong with the old engine? 😅

    GRRRR! 🥵 ...... I will see, I think @kencombs is correct in the oil pump failed. It does have a spun rod bearing I'm going to bet money on that.

     

    You would think if the oil pump failed going 80 mph down the freeway, the oil light would come on, the rod then would start knocking, then the hammered bearing would spin.

     

    What happened was, the bearing spun causing the motor to have to work harder, then the rod started knocking, then the oil light came on .... It is a mystery.

     

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    This is the motor I'm pulling out and it did run perfect .... I'm still guessing it has 80K-100K miles on it .... these motors easily go 300K miles with some maintenance.

    Just looking at the heat shield says something about mileage.

     

    Here is the engine I'm installing, they claim it has 135K miles on it .... It will clean up fine, there is no oil leaks on it just years of dirt from sitting on a shelf.

    Looking at the heat shield wants me to say .... she been rode hard and put away wet. .... The idler pulley is shot and needs replaced .... I just question now if it really is 135K miles on it. ..... They had another with 150K on it for $100 less .... I paid up and bought the lower mile engine.

     

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    All I can do is hope & pray. I have all new hoses, water pump, coil, plugs, plug wires, crank sensor, cam sensor I'm using my intake and TB on it ..... All I need is a good engine to start with ..... and hope it goes well this time ..... you never know when dealing with used engines.

    I still plan on total disassemble of the old engine and rebuild if I can .... keep it around for a spare ..... I should be pretty good at swapping engines in this car by then   :D 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  16. I just did a quick google search to verify it .... A chebby silverado ...... 1988-90 90 ft lbs 1991-95 120 ft lbs ...

    What surprises me is 2018 & up is 140 ft lbs?

     

    I'm just old school, back in the days when I worked in tire shops or later ran a service truck .... the impact gun was the norm.

    Later when foreign cars and cars generally were smaller, they started to torque them because they were warping the small brake rotors with too much torque.

    That really cut into the profit and made the shop look bad, if they had to replace your brakes for free because they over tightened the wheels.

     

    I'm a firm believer in using a torque wrench on them ..... I just did not have a decent one. I did buy one for a job I was expecting to do last month .... now I can.

    What worries me about my older impact wrench, it gets sluggish from old dirty oil in it. I use WD40 in it to clean the old oil out and it really puts the zip back into the gun and returns the power .... then I add fresh oil to it. I just do not know what torque it is giving me, possible it is not the 95 lbs needed.

  17. Couple weeks ago I had all 4 tires off my truck .... first time I drove it again was a 150 mile round trip drive.

     

    I use a air powered impact gun .... 120 psi at the compressor, probably 95 psi at the end of 50' of hose? ..... I need to start using the brand new torque wrench I got recently to check them.

     

    Anyways I took off on the trip and I just felt bad about not checking the wheels again .... I made it about 30 miles then found a place to pull over then go around and check them.

    They were fine! My mind would just not let me go further without pulling over and checking them after they had been disturbed previously.

     

  18. I had low pedal the first time I bled my brakes.

    A:, I never properly bench bled the MC.

    B:, I never properly adjusted the brake shoes ..... I always first get hydraulic pressure to set them in place .... then adjust.

    C:, Turns out I had a small leak from improper fittings ..... So I ordered/installed correct fittings. ..... While I had brakes that needed adjusting, I let it sit for a month and had none because of the fittings.

     

    I'm only suggesting that I never heard of complaints with low pedal from the swap .... I have it but blame it 100% on me.

    I fully expect to have decent pedal the next time I bleed the brakes .... I have corrected all my mistakes except bench bleeding it.

    I feel if it is needed I can do it while installed on  a under floor MC.

     

    @lostvikingare you certain you have done everything correct? I know from past experience a firewall mounted MC is impossible to get bled properly once mounted.

    Not sure why I think I can do it fine in my under the floor system ...... You can never get the proper throw from a brake pedal rod to purge the air from a MC .... you need to disconnect the brake pedal & manually push in the cylinder ..... very easy on a bench, tough when installed. ..... I have installed a new MC on my 1969 mustang and never got good pedal from it. ..... Until I removed it, bench bled it and re-installed it.

     

    Properly installed I have not heard of complaints from others about low pedal ..... yes I have it, but totally my fault.

  19. In the past I have asked a similar question. Do we need a proportioning valve for this conversion?

    I think the general consensus is .... no, if you are running drum brakes all the way around. Yes, if you convert to disk brakes.

     

    Further discussions on it, some of the older MC have a proportioning valve built in ..... The Toyota may be one of them ... I have no proof it is.

    The only importance to that is ..... The Toyota MC has a single bowl feeding both front & rear .... so I do not know which line should feed front or rear.

    Or even if it matters? ..... I figure if my rear brakes work harder or lock up before the front, then I will switch the lines around.

     

    Others who have done the conversion using stock drum brakes are happy with it.

    I did the same thing with no proportioning valve installed .... they seem to work fine but have not yet driven it on the road.

    One problem I ran into was the MC is 10mm threads for the lines, I have 1/4" lines. I had to order a adapter to go from 10mm > 3/16" then another adapter from 3/16">1/4"

     

     

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  20. I'm very much in awe of all the amazing miracles that happen in the universe .... eclipse scientifically explained is not that exciting but still a wonderful thing.

     

    Solar eclipses are fairly numerous, about 2 to 4 per year, but the area on the ground covered by totality is only about 50 miles wide. In any given location on Earth, a total eclipse happens only once every hundred years or so, though for selected locations they can occur as little as a few years apart.

     

    Child birth is a total miracle how life begins ..... yeaaah, I'm not going out of my way to watch that either  :D

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  21. It was about 15-18 years ago not sure what year. I was in Albuquerque and it was being played up everywhere .... we were going to be in the zone.

    I have never had the opportunity before ..... it was on the weekend, I was off work, the wife was at work ...... I drug a lawn chair up on the roof, had a 6 pack of beer .... real cheesy cheap sunglasses that everyone was selling so you could look at it ....

     

    Just saying I was pumped up and into it .... when it actually happened I was left with a lot of questions.

    What I saw, as if the sun went behind a cloud for a second ...... Why is everybody so excited about this?

     

    You going to watch the eclipse? Cool it is going to be a good time, have fun!

    Me? ..... Naw, think I'm going to be busy that day   :)

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