Ray J.
-
Posts
106 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Links Directory
Profiles
Articles
Forums
Downloads
Store
Gallery
Blogs
Events
Everything posted by Ray J.
-
Installed brake booster/master cylinder at the very back of the cab wher it will be easy to service and add fluid. Also installed front brake line. welded up the driver side door latch and smoothed it down so it catches on the door striker. Cleaned and painted the inside and outside windshield dividers. Welded to frame all the bed mounts. Ray J. .
-
Painted the back of the cab higher than the front of the bed. Made the power brake mount. Will clean it up and paint it after it is bolted onto the frame. Ray J.
-
Today was glass day. windshield and back glass are out. Cleaned up both window regulators and soaking the window tracks in Evaporust. Ray J.
-
Today was a great day. I cleaned up my wiper motor and got it running and park feature working. Also finished seam sealing the underside of the of the patch at the back of the cab and the inside of the patch. Prepared the door and wing glass to be taken in for patterns. Ray J.
-
Yesterday I removed the glass from both doors. FUN times. The shop manual is of hardly any use. More screws than shown in the manual plus getting the clips off the runner wheels. They do not mention those in the manual. Ray J.
-
Have not posted for awhile. Injured left leg. Starting to not hurt so much. Hope to get back after it Monday. I did manage to seam seal back of cab and make adapter a bracket for brake pedal. Also received my new u-bolts. Ray J.
-
Yesterday I replaced the 3 spring pins on the drivers side. Wore me out after sitting in the house for almost a month. You do not perk up as fast as when you were young. Today is figuring out the brake booster and master cylinder location and brackets to mount everything. Ray j.
-
Weather has been too cold to work in shop. Today was first day warm enough to heat shop and get back on the truck. strapped down front tires to keep it from rolling. Put on some old rims and put wood block under rims so I could get the jack out. Put my home built table in the back and used the engine puller to lift and slide the bed back onto it. Now I can clean the frame, install brake and fuel lines and seam seal the patch on the cab back. Then on to some body work and prime and paint. Ray J.
-
Well after 2 weeks of a cold or flu I started back to work. First thing I did was turn over my nut, bolt, flat washer and lock washer cabinet. Over 9,000 pieces of grade 8 hardware to pick up, sort and put away. Cabinet is FIRMLY fasted to the wall. Just finished this today. Did manage to get bed mounts on and bed located where it will live and some minor wiring in place temporarily. Ray J.
-
Thanks Kevin. I am using the ni-cop for all brake and fuel lines. I hope that is not live ammo. Ray J.
-
Hi 47 1.5 ton I doubt that I will be on the road before June. I cannot shake this creeping crud. I want to get busy on the brake brackets and finish running the rest of the lines. Watched a lot of will it run on youtube and Castle on Prime. Gettin' bored. Best Ray J.
-
Been nursing a back problem since 1-14-2025. Just coming around when the regular flu got my wife and me. Hope to get back at it next week. Ray j.
-
I think you and I are the only ones to notice. His wife told me about the pedal mods. Have a great new year. Ray J.
-
Hello Matt, They were cut and shortened by the owner who was 5' 5 tall. They held up for him 20 years. They will be revisited when I start my power brake install using stock drum brakes and a Ford booster and drum brake master cylinder. I am in the process of researching Ford flange yokes to replace the one on the e-brake drum. This will give me u-joints that do not cost an arm and a leg and hopefully can be adapted to the drive shaft and keep the one stock at the diff. Ray J.
-
Thanks for the pictures. I got it right. Glad you also sent pix of gas tank bracket. That one had me scratching my head. also painted the last piece of floor board that I made. That was a challenge. I have a few parts that I will post in the wanted section in the future. Wish the site had a free section. I will post them with buyer pays postage. Have a great Christmas and excellent new year. Ray J.
-
47 1.5 I installed the pedals today Probably the easiest thing I have done so far. Plan on starting booster/master install next week. Have a great Christmas and excellent new year. Ray J.
-
I think I figured the brake/clutch pedal fitment out. To all I wish you a great Christmas and an excellent new year. Ray J.
-
Does anyone have a brake/clutch pedal diagram with all parts shown? My pictures I took so I could reassemble them was on an SD card which went belly up. Thanks Ray J.
-
MBF and Rustyzman I agree. I did a lot of Chevy stuff in the 70's and that was so nice. Clutch fork was a piece of cake to reinstall with a new throw out bearing. Took me about 30 minutes or so to get the Dodge TOB to line up and go onto the tranny. Finished wiring the dually bed. There are a lot of lights on it. Ray J.
-
Transmission is in. I went toe to toe with it for 4 hours. It wore me to a nub. Pix are of the all thread pieces I used to guide it home. Also finished priming the back of the cab where I replaced the rust. Back to wiring today. Ray J.
-
That is some nice work Rustyzman. And that is an eleven inch clutch. If only the tranny went in as easy. MBF you are so right. You have to be careful when dealing with outside machine work. I thank the Lord every time I make progress. It is 31 degrees outside so no work today. Ray J.
-
Thanks Rustyzman for the advice and pictures. I like it when people show ingenuity. I have a 3 foot piece of all-thread and am going to cut it up to make sliders for the lower 2 bolts as I am using the top 2 bolt ears on the tranny to lift it. I think getting the throw out bearing and collar on may be a challenge. Thanks again. Ray J.
-
Question. Where can I buy u-joints that do not cost an arm and a leg? Yesterday I finally installed the new clutch disc and pressure plate. Tried to install the tranny but need to reposition floor jack from the side to straight on with the tranny so it will move forward and back instead of sideways. Too cold to work today and that tranny wore me to a nub. Ray J.
-
You are so right about menus and icons. What happened to words? Delete, text, and send. Even with old eyes I could cypher the words. Ray J.
-
I worked on computers since my first one in 1963 on my first nuke sub in the Navy. I started working on PC's in 1987 and ended my career in large networks. Cell phones are much harder for me than networks ever were. Ray J.
