Links to Building Threads

[48Dodger]

I would like to start a thread that has nothing but links to build threads. If you have multiple threads, just keep editing your post til you find them all and try to organize them. If you rebuilt a radio, or a switch, whatever, that counts too. Just try and keep it in one post. Label it with the model number and name or sign on. Label the link as to what its about. If you want, make a post here and say "more to be added" or however you would like to hold your post spot til you can find the threads you want to post. I'm hoping it makes for a great learning area and reference point. Hope this works.

48D

if you would like to make a comment about this thread, here's a temp thread while this thing gets started.

Comments on the "Links to Building Threads"

Edited July 16, 2012 by 48dodger

[48Dodger]

1950 B-2-B 108

48Dodger

Volare front end Experiment....

Bonneville Experiment....
 

Edited March 24, 2015 by 48dodger

[JBNeal]

1948 B-1-B-108 great grandfather's only new buggy that he drove for over 20 years

• Build Card
• B-1 horn button repair
• B-1 horn button assembly
• original style gas cap
• original tailgate lettering paint & location
• cab floor to fuel filler neck seal
• fuel line routing at B&B carburetor from fuel pump to improve hot-starting
• starter cable optional routing
• brake line routing at engine compartment
• carburetor throttle return spring
• cowl vent mechanism operation
• dipstick gasket, dimensions, etc.
• door check parts & function
• door check replacement
• windshield frame details
• windshield wiper blades
• door glass drawing (with vent window)
• dome light installation
• wiring diagram with turn signal & headlight relay
• 3 speed transmission speedometer cable pinion seal
• fuel gauge operation & troubleshooting
• fuel level sending unit upgrades
• early/late B-1 bed fender differences
• internal vs. external bypass water pump identification
• front hub dust cap
• front wheel bearings
• grey beard's steering box adjustments
• grey beard's reflooring project
• B-series brake drum replacement (11")
• partial bed removal 

1949 B-1-D-126 1-ton rescued from The Panhandle / W. Oklahoma area (2001)

• Build Card
• steering gearbox overhaul
• steering gearbox dust seal
• steering gearbox and cross link installation
• floorboard bolt alternative 
• B-series fuel tank comparison
• B-series fuel tank frame flex springs
• B-1 / B-2 shock absorber replacement
• B-1 park brake assembly (driver side)
• dual horn setup
• speedometer cable routing (4 spd spur gear)
• 4 spd spur gear output shaft seal
• 1-ton pinion seal
• 1-ton front wheel seals
• 1-ton rear wheel seals

1951 B-3-D-126 flatbed dually picked up in Oklahoma after being rescued from a barn in Kansas (2010)

• B-3 / B-4 shock absorber replacement
• B-3 / B-4 door seal info

1953 B-4-B-116 Spring Special rescued from within spitting distance of a crusher at a defunct salvage yard being cleared near Lancaster, TX (2011)

• Build Card
• B-4 bed hardware change after fuel tank redesigned
• B-series bed strip comparison:  Midwest Military v. Mar-K

Frankenstein projects:  cobbled together buggies from a collection of rescued & abandoned projects, to reduce parts inventory and utilize complete rolling powertrains

• Pilot-House fluid drive general dimensions

 
miscellaneous technical information

• grey beard's PCV valve installation & modifications + PCV theory
• Vacuumatic Crankcase Ventilation information
• grey beard's fuel pump testing for engine performance evaluation
• grey beard's distributor information
• grey beard's reflooring project
• grey beard's GM alternator information 
• bullseye halogen conversion
• B-series wheel color
• B-series Dodge Truck Green
• B-series bed strip dimensions
• Chrysler Master Tech - Story of Valves
• flathead starter performance minor upgrade
• flathead fuel filter + gasket information
• flathead bypass oil filter operation 
• DeLuxe Products Oil Filter information
• bypass spin-on oil filter + installing a spin-on bypass oil filter
• B-series battery tray information
• carburetor float pin retainer replacement
• flathead technical information
• flathead vacuum tuning
• column shifter adjustments
• radiator cap identification
• Gates molded rubber hose catalog
• flathead milling information + volume verification 
• master catalog for engine bearings 
• brake shoe installation
• Fluid Coupling Rebuilding
• Pilot-House rejuvenation checklist
• rear axle shaft end play
• Autolite HA-4032-D horn adjustments

Edited 22 hours ago by JBNeal
added links

[pflaming]

I think this is a great idea. That's why I added the term "chronology" to two of my posts. You all know I'm a novice mechanic so I approach the vehical accordingly. My posts were from that 'lens' as they say in the Universities. I entered pictures of my struggles and successes in hopes other novices would venture into the mechanical world. It has become my retirement 'hobby'.

My moto now is: "On the concrete floor today;on the street tomorrow". Join me and others.

[ggdad1951]

1951 B3D 1 ton restoration

general project montage:

http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=29399

method and tools for setting split rivets:

http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=30816

setting your door lock after you've broken off the side set screw:

http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=27915

potential trailer project:

http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=33200

Edited July 20, 2012 by ggdad1951

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with greybeard's engine and bed replacement information

Edited January 23, 2017 by JBNeal
added hyperlink

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with Chrysler Master Tech - Story of Valves

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with 4 spd spur gear output shaft and 1-ton pinion seal information

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with 11" drum replacement

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with wheel color and bed strip information

[P15-D24]

To make this a bit easier how about it we create a category in the Links Directory where individuals can post their own thread link with a short description of the build? 

[JBNeal]

I always thought it would be easier to pin this thread at the top of this directory since it involves posts (mostly) from this directory...visitors to this directory would see it more readily when doing research on their projects that are related to other topics in this directory...the items in the Links Directory are many times overlooked and possibly marginalized as access to that directory is not as prominent as this directory...

[ggdad1951]

3 hours ago, JBNeal said:

I always thought it would be easier to pin this thread at the top of this directory since it involves posts (mostly) from this directory...visitors to this directory would see it more readily when doing research on their projects that are related to other topics in this directory...the items in the Links Directory are many times overlooked and possibly marginalized as access to that directory is not as prominent as this directory...

pinning them all would make a 2 to 3 page list of builds before you got to the new meat on the forum.

[ggdad1951]

I think we had a thread for a while were people posted links to builds....and then it degenerated into non build thread posts.  If we wanted to, we could do this, I'd have to be strict on deleting out the non build posts as maintenance.  THAT thread we could pin.

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with dome light installation information

[JBNeal]

Builds Post revised and updated with build cards, battery tray information, and carburetor float pin retainer replacement

[JBNeal]

Builds Post updated with revised color wiring diagram, shock absorber replacement, Deluxe Products Oil Filter information, B-series radiator cap identification, and Autolite HA-4032-D horn adjustments.