If you want perfection, pay for it. But I gotta tell ya, look good to me. Can’t see wrinkles with your butt in the seat!
Like I said, it is a learning process. The more you do the more you learn what to do and what not to do. It still looks great for an old car and when you sit on it, it may get even better.
It looks good in it. The top was easier i did learn a bit i guess. Idk if i wanna do any upholstery for a while tho. Also newest addition to the truck…Peep my fuzzy dice
I know. But the mark on crankcase doesn’t align with the TDC of cylinder #1 (The front passenger side cylinder). To be fair i don’t know the history of the engine. I never had it rebuilt or anything. Maybe I will if i need to but trying to make it run as is
Next I’m trying to restore the original key functionality. Someone destroyed the lock cylinder in place. So this will be fun i took the steering wheel off and loosen the outer jacket or whatever the tube is called from the steering box. I was able to slide it a little bit up. I was trying to remove it but seems like i need to remove the steering box so i dont wanna do all that. So this is where i’m stuck now… I am trying to disassemble the entire inner awitch system. I figure this way ill be able to push the remnants of that cylinder piece. There’s a little pin thing remaining in there that doesn’t let me slip it out. I read youre able to claw it out somehow but don’t wanna damage it
I pulled it out! but still cant slide the switch off. It should be pushed into the steering shaft. This is the piece here is how it looks now. Im able to push it a bit but it hits the inner steering shaft Might need to remove the steering box
Oh well… i guess i’ll clean the steering box and repaint it too had to cut the bolts to remove it they just kept spinning. All this for the stupid key cylinder and i dont even know how to take the outer tube off and the steering drop slides side to side but cannot slide it up the tube for some reason. Like stuck inside
So for other people u dont really need to do all that. Theres a key thing that punches out on the inner shaft then the drop thing can slip out the outer tube
Haha yeah thats what i see too. Is there any other more modern way to restore functionality even if its not the original design?
Oh thanks @Just Gary i’ll need that haha. I can come by sometime this week. You got your sedan running again? Would love to hear it
Unfold the tangs on the back of the horn switch, solder a long wire to the contact of the button, and run that wire all the way out the bottom of the steering shaft and column. Hook it to your horn relay just like a modern car. You will need to make sure the little bit of tube you have left on the back of the horn button assembly will ground to the steering shaft. Looks like there’s tape on it? Clean that off. And put a very slight bend on the middle of that tube so it kinda wedges in the shaft and doesn’t slide out easily.
Can you explain that with a little more detail? There’s a contact button? What does the wire soldered to the button contact do? Grounds it? Do i need a spring or something? And that bent little rod will be enough to keep it in place? Is the little ball with v8 in the middle of the chrome ring a separate piece from the whole thing?
Should be a spring under the V8 button. If it doesn’t spring now, somebody has messed it up. Most horns work when you ground the button, which completes the circuit. My sedan is done exactly like I described for you. Except my horn rod wasn’t messed with before I got it, and my rod is a couple feet longer than yours. It stays in place during normal use, but if you yank on it, it will pull loose.
Ahhh got it. Looks like someone did mess with it. Took it apart… i see what youre saying now. Thought it was all a solid piece. Someone screwed a threaded rod in it. I’m gonna see if i can attach a small tube back in it and do what you said
Whoever had the truck before had done some pretty crappy patch around pedal area Just made it a little better . It was annoying me i think they did some work on the clutch and it looks like the clutch pedal sits a little lower than the brake pedal.
Cleannnnn steering column! Also repainted the steering box while I had it out and the frame rails. Ignore the crappy wiring. I promise I’ll get to it eventually lol
Crappy wiring? Man, this is a work in progress. One thing at a time. It isn't like you have a team of six guys working on it 10 hours a day. You are doing it all by yourself. Learning as you go. It is looking pretty good, and the "crappy wiring" will one day tucked away out of sight while you drive it down the road. No need to apologize for work in progress.
Currently I have the choke connected to my farthest carb on the front. I have solid linkage. How should I connect the choke? I turned the engine on and it rpms like crazy, guess too much air… i read some things online about closing one carb and using only one or should i connect both the same?
High rpm’s is probably because of too much gas rather than too much air. Many flatheads are run with dual two barrels both open at the same time. You probably need to fiddle with the idle needles and maybe the idle adjustment. Did you synchronize the carbs?
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