67' longbed build

[1guydude]

Thanks. Good call.
Im looking forward to using the truck for my house.
Still need a fancy dress up kit. Chrome air filter and valve covers i think theyre called.
Sunday is my only day off so ill hopefully get all the new tranny parts on and such. No.mo drips!
...also.gonna.get a firewall.grommet.set on ebay!
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[1guydude]

Good to see.smugmug hasnt removes my 3rd.party hosting capabilities.
I got that steering.coupler piece all squared away. I had to tear it all apart again and didnt seem to feel any flat spots on the steer box gear. So i ran down.to the hardware store and got a grade 8 smaller diameter bolt with a nut and washer. Also i had the little torque.diffussion plates on the wrong side of.my coupler.

Today and yesterday i tore into my tranny pan. The.shop.stripped the head of a bolt.off so i used a pair of vice grips and backed it out.
Not the 1st one on the old truck.

Also found my B&M shift linkage kit was the wrong one. (One on the truck). Read the directions ppl! U may learn more than just how to install the parts. Like, what the wrong parts are. Lol
New CORRECT Shift linkage.
New tranny pan, gasket, and bolts!
Coming up!
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[1guydude]

Well shoot. I have to cut.my stock trans linkage piece off to fit this aftermarket b&m. Little bit of a hold up. I couldnt get my angle grinder with cut off.disk up in there.
Today i got some seafoam and anti sieze lube for spark plugs?!
Gonna start to gather the fluids. Need ford/merc auto tranny fluid and new oil change stuff. Ill change the fuel.filter prob again as well before i call it test driving time.

The head guy i called yesterday. Said he got new castings, seats, valves, and something else i cant remember. Said he was gonna try and make it this week. Im guessing mid next week.
Muhahaha truck time soon hopefully.
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[1guydude]

Finally an update. I cant seem to.locate that anti sieze stuff i got. Ill have to get another little.pack of it.
I had a cpl days of down time. I got around to getting a sawzaw?! And a metal cutting blade.
Wasnt the easiest job. But i hackes off the old. Im guessing original tranny shift linkage piece/brackett. Got the b&m one on. Everything finished up. Needs new fluid.
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[1guydude]

[1guydude]

[Lone Ranger]

Looking good. Do you like the bm shifter better than stock? I've never used one.

[1guydude]

I dont know or couldnt tell you. Its just what came in the truck. Ive never had the stock coloum shift... :/
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[1guydude]

My man kurt called me today. He runs headworkz here in wa. My heads are ready!!!! excited i am. Picking em up this next thursday on my payday!!!!
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[1guydude]

Time to wipe out my cylinders and get going on this. My mom and buddy from work who helped me tear it apart are.gonna come.over sunday at 7:30am and help me out.
Im actually eating a bowl of cereal now debating going out and getting going on it.
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[1guydude]

Well today for about an hr and 45mins i cleaned the cylinders. Also cleaned the motor where the heads and intake go on. Cleaned some of what im told is the injectors. Put a cpl trash bags over it. I used a scraper. Scotchbride. Super clean on a rag and water on the other so i cab wipe it all down. Shop vac for sucking the gunk.
Looks mo better. Looks fwd to getting it going.

Looks like is should be focusing on my interior and exterior and safty now or soon.
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[1guydude]

[1guydude]

Got back at it today. Got starter in. Heads in place. Headers in place. Mocked it up cuz i couldnt wait to see what it looked like. Gonna need a new aftermarket small air filter.
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[1guydude]

Super excited. Ive.got a.lot going on right now. Actually off to work right now but i hope to have it tuned on sunday and drive it to work on monday
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[1guydude]

Think ill paint the heads, water pump, and brake master cylinder in black.
I just wanna go home and finish it up. Maybe ill be that weirdo tweeker guy outside working on his truck at midnight. LOL
Still need tranny fluid. temp sender unit. oil sender unit. anti sieze lube. and new taller stud bolts so I can place the riser below the carb and get the air filter on. Still not there. Not sure when it will be. Feels like an on going project right now. Like a yr or two ongoing...excited but impatient. Trying to take my time and do it step by step correctly. torqueing it all down to spec and such.
come on 11:30pm
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