1967 F-100 project

[67nukeford]

An issue that has me stopped at the moment, is moisture from my compressor. Even with the water separator I have, and this funky moisture filter from NAPA, i'm getting way too much moisture in the air lines. It'st starting to cause issues with my air tools, so, I've stopped until I can get this resolved. I've ordered a desiccant filter, to add to the other filters. Luckily, I have access to a ton of desicant, so that should help. So, things will be at a stand still for a few days.

[FREEHAND]

Hey nuke, what is happening is the hot air coming from the compressor is still cooling off in the lines and condensating after the moisture separators. The moisture separators work well but what happens often times is they get put "in line" too soon. They will catch some water but your air is still cooling and condensating between there and your air tools. It may sound crazy but you can run about 100' of line (mine is just coiled vertically on the wall from ceiling to floor) from your compressor BEFORE your water separators. This allows the air to cool by the time it gets to the water separator which will in turn pull out most all of your moisture. From there I go to my desiccant. I also put an oil coalesser directly out of the air compressor before the 100' of line just as a "rough" filter to catch all the crap before it travels through the line. There are various ways of solving the problem like using header tanks but now that you know what's going on you can fix it however works best for you. Heck I've even seen guys run their line coiled through an ice chest and fill it up with ice before their separators for a paint job. Good luck I hope you get something worked out soon!

[67nukeford]

Yeah, I have the water trap on about 20 down from the compressor, but it's not getting enough. I've been thinking about making a copper coil, and puting it in a bucket of ice wanter, and running the air through that, then to the water trap and dessicant. Can't hurt!

[67nukeford]

I've been doing some work on the firewall. Since I'm going to use the pedals, hydraulic clutch, and master cylinder out of the 89, I had to remove the old section where the stock stuff went. So, cut out the panel, and made a filler piece. Have I told you how much I love my plasma cutter? Makes cutting 16 ga. steel a breeze!

[67nukeford]

Got the patch fitted up, and then welded in. In the last pic, you can also see where I patched where the stock clutch rod goes through the floor.

[sargentrs]

Great work, Pat! Looking forward to seeing that M/C, booster and pedal install.

[67nukeford]

Yeah, getting the pedals in just the right spot will be the tricky part. I'm going to try and get the seat that I'll be using the in the truck this winter, so I can get the pedals, and the steering shaft in the correct postition!

[67nukeford]

Since we had some nice weather this week, I was able to get some work in. Since the 79 dash I will be installing has a different curve to it from the 67 windsheild frame, I'm going to adapt the front section of the 67 dash, with the 79 dash.

[67nukeford]

Using the plasma cutter, I trimmed off both front sections. Did a lot of measuring, with the dash installed in the truck, to get this just right. Then tacked the sections together, to check the fit one more time.

[67nukeford]

After fnal fitting, I had to weld in a few peices, to fill in gaps that are there from the difference in the windshield curve. Then, did the final welds. Everything seems to fit really well!

[67nukeford]

Ground the weld down on the front dash section, and welded a few pinholes shut. Sprayed it with some puff can primer to keep it from rusting. I'll be blasting the entire dash, then shooting it with epoxy, once I'm done with the mockup.

[67nukeford]

Went down to the U-pull it yard today, and after an hour of wandering around, found a seat for the truck. Removed the new brackets (I think the truck was an 89), drilled out the threaded holes, where the bolts from the factory brackets went, then slipped on the 67's brackets. Fits like a glove! I'll have the seat recovered and refoamed when I get to doing the interior.

[Dan]

Sorry I'm way late to the thread...you were having trouble with water in your air lines, I ran threaded pipe from the compressor up to the roof of the garage (inside)then full length across the long side, full across the short side, then back down the long otherside, mounting all of it at a slight downhill all the way.

This allows the compressed air plenty of time to cool through the length of pipe, and the mount angle allows any water to drain towards the end, where I had a water trap and a drain relief, and of course my actual flexible air hose line from there.

I also had a down pipe off the compressor where it went up to the roof, so any water that didn't go up to the roof could be released there also.

At the end of EVERY day of use I would drain the compressor tank itself and the 2 drain ports on my pipeline, never had any issues with heat or water. Not very expensive installation either.

Your truck work is looking great, I love restorations that go all the way to the bare bones!

[67nukeford]

Thanks, Dan. I may have to set something up similar, I"ve already wasted a DA with all the moisture!

[67nukeford]

Been a while since I've been able to do anything (working 6-12's), but I did manage to spend some overtime money. Since I haven't been able to locate any inner fenders locally that aren't roached, i bit the bullet, and ordered a set from Dennis Carpenter. They look pretty nice. Since they are bare metal, I need to get them in Epoxy here soon.