razerface

there are 3 kits? Insulation, acoustic, and panels,,,,is this right? You would buy all 3 to do a complete job?

i like it. I'm a ford guy,,so it all agrees with me,,,

I would be interested in buying a complete "small spring set" that you guys come up with. I plan on keeping my truck for a long time,,and would be glad to have any springs sitting on the shelf waiting. If I can afford them anyway +1 on the frame twisting in driveways. Mine twists a lot. Even my modern Fords,,I can twist the bed out of alignment from the cab by 3-4 inches pulling into a field. That is empty,,,weight has nothing to do with twisting. Watch your bed in the mirror next time you pull over a ditch.

we will have to park together,,,I have the EXACT opposite color scheme. Red fenders, black body,,, I do have red wheels though.

what state are you in?

i need a whole engine in ohio

where is the pic? Does everybody but me see it? I swear my springs are on the front of my tank,,,maybe I did it wrong? I did not really like the spring situation,,or maybe my bolts were too short,,,but by the time the bolts tightened, the springs were solid. My bolts are step ,,shoulder,,or stripper bolts,depending on your occupation.

are you sure you wanna make it pretty? I looked at your pic and got real jealous. My truck is all painted and purty now. The dogs get to jump in the bed, and we do drive it,,,,,but I miss the days of not worrying about scratches and dogs jumping on the doors, dropping a rifle down on the hood,,,ect,ect. I need to find another old solid runner..... or start treating mine like an old truck again and just let it go!.

i think there is supposed to be an idler gear in there,,,which makes top and bottom gear run same direction. (3 gears total)

i have bias,,,they ride very rough and follow grooves in the road. I'll be radial next time.

I bet there have been people wanting to save money every day since money was invented.

looks like fun! The steering wheels in back are cool. In ohio,,skinny tires are much better for snow then "them there fat ole mud tires".

that is correct. my truck read 1/4 tank until I added the resistor

i'm guessing something to do with the tire block small slots are early huh? I have 1 rim with small slots on my truck

coming back to finish the thread. I got it all to work. I fixed the gauge reading 1/4 tank by putting the "Runtz" resister on the back of the gauge. To fix the needle jumping,,, the new sending unit had to be replaced. I could feel the break in the sending unit as I worked the lever. We hooked it back up outside the tank and watched the gauge needle when the sender went across the break, it flipped back to "e". Roberts replaced the sending unit, but told me it was my fault. He says that when you tighten up the screw holding the wire on top,,,,if you tighten the screw too tight, you break the sending unit and cause the needle flip. I did have the screw tight because ,,,,well,,,,I hate loose stuff. Maybe it was my fault? Beware ,,and just snug the wire I guess. Seems awful fragile,,,I only used a screwdriver. I made a tool to take out the sending unit from the access hole in the cab. That worked out well. I learned that when you put the old sending unit in and using the old retainer ring,,,if they both are rusty or rough, it may grab and turn the sending unit as you are tightening the ring, bending the tab. A dab of grease smeared around the bottom of the retaining ring cures this. I drove around last night trying to waste some fuel.....just so I could see my gauge work! Really the only thing I did was find out I have a really hot heater! That baby can run you out or make you roll the window down! It isn't real cold yet though,,,,,,

I have fixed 2 trucks with similar problem in the last 3 months! Turns out both of them had the same problem,,,, Whoever put the points in did not use the chrome spring behind the moving arm. The points work good until you start building rpm,,,then they float. Did you put your spring in

I called,,they want $10,000

that's no picture of me! My ears are bigger!!

leakdown test,,,,MUCH better then compression testing. I have solved many problems over the years by this method before even tearing the motor down.

scratch that old dogs ears for me. My dog is 17 next month. I guess it'll be our last year together. The truck is nice too.

you are 12 volt negative ground? Why not run a 12 volt coil? The round,internally resisted 12volt volkwagon coils cost $11 if I remember correctly. Then you get rid of the external resistor also.

i think this is the answer. I read (approx) 4,567.8 threads before someone named the resisitor needed. Everybody just says "you might need one"..... anyhow, it seems expensive so check around for a better price. Here is a link that tells about them and also has reducers and other cool 12volt to 6volt stuff. http://www.speedwaymotors.com/12-Volt-to-6-Volt-Reducer,2374.html

well I got out there and worked some more. I took the sending unit out. It barely makes it thru the hole cause you can't twist it as far when the floor is there! I thought maybe it was hitting the bottom of the tank, but it wasn't. It is in the same position as the old one when down. Out of the tank, it still reads 1/4 tank to full. Can I adjust it? Is the 12volt doing something to it? Tearing the gauges out is next,,but I don't know what I'll do to them when I get them out ... just stare at them I guess.

well,, there are more problems then I thought. I bought the 1 wire unit from Roberts so I did not have to do anything but install it,,but it did not work out that way. I installed the sending unit after adding a ground wire to it like I saw Merle do in another thread. It reads 1/4 tank when empty. It also jumps to E while driving and then goes back to the reading about every 30 seconds or so. For a while it seemed like it does it when I accelerate or let off the gas. It does this whether the ground wire is hooked up or unhooked. Ground wire goes from sending unit to the frame.Any ideas? I have to bend the float to correct the reading? I thought is should be good out of the box. P/N T364 from Roberts. As a side note, my hole in the floor lines up perfectly with the sending unit! I am making a socket tool to loosen and tighten the collar. I made a flat wrench for when I had the tank out, but it won't work with tank installed.

this is the only time i wish that saying was true,,,,you know,,something about "as kalifornia goes,so goes the country". I laugh when I hear that,,cause around my house, it is nothing like kalifornia! We still buy ammo and guns here! anyway,, if it was true, there would be free trucks in ohio pretty soon huh? I looked around,,didn't see any.........