TheMoose Posted October 15, 2011 Author Report Posted October 15, 2011 After a week of soaking in PB Blaster a couple of nerve wracking whacks with a hammer & the pin came out! Now I have a rear view mirror I can actually use! Quote
Don Coatney Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 After a week of soaking in PB Blaster a couple of nerve wracking whacks with a hammer & the pin came out! Now I have a rear view mirror I can actually use! Good job! I once had a very stupid and obnoxious car salesman ask me what kind of driving I was going to do. Without hesitation I told him it would be mostly going forward BUT there would be some backing up involved:D With the mirrors you installed the backing up part would be easy. Quote
Todd B Posted October 15, 2011 Report Posted October 15, 2011 Moose, I noticed in your picture that you still have the carrage bolts that hold the fender on, In all of the trucks I have redone the body guy gets rid of the bolts because they are usally so rusted out. Looks great, did you have a solid fender to start with? Quote
TheMoose Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Posted October 16, 2011 I guess they were which is surprising for a mid-west truck. In the truck I had in the 70's we used those to mount "west coast trucker mirrors" if I remember right. Quote
Desotodav Posted January 11, 2012 Report Posted January 11, 2012 I recall reading about door hinge pins recently and thought that others might find this interesting. Check out this tool... it's a door hinge pin remover. I bet that would have come in handy for some of you guys. I suppose that it would be easy enough to make for the many capable people here on the forum. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/vintage-parts/other/auction-438741672.htm . Desotodav Quote
Jerry Roberts Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 MAC auto parts for the early Fords also sells a door hinge pin remover . Quote
Big50Dodge Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 I believe the can of Kroil I have in my garage I bought over 10 years ago. A little goes a long way so use sparringly. I'm not sure how old I was at the time - I'll guess around 16 (definately teens though). My father bought a can of Kroil through a local machine shop (my father was a machine design engineer). My mom still has it in her barn ('Pop' died in 1993). Don't know how much is left. I turned 50, Nov 2011. The can is a one gallon type that is rectangular (like a paint stripper can you'd find on the shelves of 'blue' or 'orange'). The barn has no doors on the west end, so weather gets in and the humidity is terrible in the summer. The can is very rusted, I doubt there are any dates- I'll try to look though. I'm actually surprised the can still has the liquid in it. Thats how long I've known about Kroil. That's how long a gallon can last. Gotta love that New England rust. Quote
Bradley S. Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 I am a big fan of slopping on some Never Sieze on these hinge pins and the steering wheel spline when re-assembling. Do you guys do that too? Brad Quote
MBF Posted January 27, 2012 Report Posted January 27, 2012 10-4 on the anti seize. I use it on everything that is potentially going to need to be disassembled at a later date. I've got a pint of kroil that a friend gave me 6-8 yrs ago. Still have way over half of it left, and I've used it a lot. It has the type container with the built in applicator brush. Both the anti-seize and kroil will go a long long way if used the way it was designed. Watch me knock over the can this weekend and have to eat my words. Mike Quote
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