Progress is good! Hopefully the rerouting goes well and you can cruise it soon.
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Progress is good! Hopefully the rerouting goes well and you can cruise it soon.
Whenever I have a lot of progress.. I seem to lose all my patience! It's time for a cruise..:LOL:
I think I have to get it back first! :) Nicest thing Randy said was he couldn't believe the amount of work I had done. Made me feel good!
I think once he's done, other than putting everything back on it plumbing a window wiper unit, sanding the entire enterior and priming, wiring headlights, tail lights, getting glass installed, getting new tires, replacing front leaf springs, etc. that it should be ready by...............another year or two! :) :) :)
Got a catalog email from LMC trucks last night featuring these new under hood insulation kits, looks like it would snaz up the truck a bit when it gets closer to being done. Thought some other F1 owners might like em or may have used one?
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They also had these new tail gate latches with cables that might also be added to the truck.
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LMC Truck (Long Motor Company) is about ten miles from my house.... Good guys, and a TON of aftermarket truck parts in Lenexa!!
Very cool Roger
I talked with Mechanic friend Randy today, he got my tranmission lines plumbed in with metal lines bent nicely to allow work on started, and exhaust if needed. He is next working on transmission linkage and then quick brake assessment
Might add some additional beef to motor mounts too, and maybe some fr4ame reinforcement around where a cut out allowed the exhaust to fit. Alll in all exciting and good news.
That's good news Steve. Be nice to see you making progress on your project.
Nice to hear you're making head way on the truck. The hood insulation would help spruce under the hood it's self I bet.
Yep. and Yes. I hope the momentum continues rapidly, as I'd like to get it back soon!
Still waiting, but may have to take it back without getting all things done as my hot rod season(i.e. dry weather and warm) is here!
I have talked with my mechanic friend, and I know he wants it out of his shop too, I think the holiday and family obligations/vacation are the big delay right now. In the mean time I'm working on a few other pieces like the front fenders, thinking of using a fiberglass patch on the front fender where the floor board bolts to the fender. It is a spot that will be covered up when the floor boards are attached so it won't be a cosmetic thing, and there is enough solid metal there for strength already, just some cancer damage that has been ground out and had por 15 applied to it. I figure a fiberglass patch will be a lot stronger than bondo with glass mixed in? Any thoughts? Metal patching here will not work with what I have on hand, and the fenders are paper thin in the sheet metal department.
Wow it has been a long time since I have updated this thread. First off my wife has decided she wants a divorce after 19 years of marraige and 29 years of knowing eachother, so things are relly changing, starting with the sale of our hoome and division of assets.
Fortunately she is not being mean spirited or vindictive, and we have been able to continue a friendship during the whole process. I will be able to keep the truck and other vehicles I own, as will she with her car and truck. Life is on a very accellerated course in getting the house ready to sell, filling out millions of forms and seeking advice from tax specialist. I believe we will both be able to part with enough money to put toward purchasing new homes in our community, and in decent neighborhoods, etc.
So now that that is all said. My friend Randy who has been working on my truck reports that he has had to modify the shifter mechanism from lokar as he ran into the same problems as I did, with the shifter, not adjusting between gears correctly. He has also gone over some wiring, tuned the engine, fixed the carb, and is working on adjusting the brakes. Fortunately he still has the truck so I have space to deal with storage until the house is sold. Anyway that is my update for now. Take care I will post more as things progress.
Sorry to hear that, seems to be a trend these days. Sure hope things don't get nasty, any children involved?
No children thank goodness!. Just don't understand what women want these days. I'm not a drunk, I don' t fool around, I work hard fulltime, I'm nice, I guess bad boys are what every women thinks they want!
Steve, I'm sorry to hear about your situation. I wish you the best and keep your head up during and after. I have two good friends, and two guys I work with going through it too. Definitely weird but everything is lately. The grass is always greener on the other side. Until you're stuck there. :LOL:
Times 3 Steve.. Don't dwell on /in it.. Sometimes shhtuff just happens.
the good news is there was progress on the truck! SO keep the chin up.. pip pip and all that sort of rot! **):whacked::D:LOL:
Thanks guys things are progressing as if a nitrous switch has been flipped. Hopefully life will normalize in the near future
Hang in there my friend, we're rooting for you!
No update on truck trying to sell house, on Market for a month and no offers, time to fight for price drop with my soon to be Ex.
I don't want this to sound like whinning, it's just a hard process to go thru.
My wife is a Penny Pincher, and very stubborn She'd be happy for me to have a nervous break down and die, before, missing any opportunity for an extra buck. I let her know that living with her is not working, and that, renting another place will make it impossible to pay current mortgage on this place. I told her it's time to drop price and move on, that she wanted this not me and now she needs to deal with the fact that maybe her decision wasn't as lucrative as she imagined. I am slowly dying stayiong here with her, and if intersts rate climb, the house will lose more value, as well as what we can afford will drop. Pray for me! Thanks
P.S. truck is safe and sound, not giving that up.
I'm rooting for you....
I stand corrected. She gave approval to price drop, maybe now we can move forward
So sorry to read about your marriage ending Steve, it is never pleasant and even if both parties are in agreement and want to settle without the legal quagmire where the only winner is the lawyers, it is a darn painful thing for anybody to go through. I would of celebrated my 36th wedding anniversary on the 1st of September if I was still married and later next month I will mourn the 18th anniversary of been a single man again. So yeah, it hurts like hell. I will pray that everything happens gently and without major issues for you both Steve, take care of yourself and try and smile at the positives.
Good luck with it all Steve! I haven't been there so I can't give you any advice other than hang in there man!
Been there, done that, and T-shirts were not offered, free or for sale. So what's the status of the truck? Everything else is just life events that are not going to be influenced by anything said here. Are you EVER going to reclaim that truck from the shop that's holding it captive?
Right now Randy is doing me a huge favor keeping the truck until I get a place with an empty garage to put it in. Our garage is now one of three storage units for all of our Junk!
Steve, I understand that you're using DOT 5 Brake Fluid in your truck once you get it back? Hopefully you have ALL new components, from MC to lines to wheel cylinders.
Yep-Dot 5-doesn't mix with water-means water vapor condenses to water--doesn't mix with the brake fluid-so the water in the system now will boil at 212f instead of 500-600 as it would as a MIXTURE or h2o and brake fluid
Yep all parts tubing cylinders etc. were changed! Complete new unused brake system from time of install! Thanks for the heads up, encase of being unaware. Fortunately I addressed this one before doing brakes!.
well new update on the house it has officially sold, escrow closes tomorrow. After a hellish move into storage and an apt, that is three stories high.................I'm feeling worn out! But the apt has a two car garage and is dog friendly so my best bud Pretzel and I are now bachelors. My new used 98 toyota tacoma 4x4 ex cab, trd automatic(not by choice) is doing well during the move, it did need a new starter and brakes all around, and I chose to get rid of the super loud muffler for something that didn't cause noise fatigue. Anyway it's doing o.k. That's about it for now, but active house search in progress with hopes to move into a home in early spring!
Good news on the move, Steve, and with moving on with life, too. Hope you can find the ideal house for a spring move - you know, the one with the 10000 sqft finished garage/shop with a bedroom/kitchen/bar mezzanine...
There's an ol' addage about "...one door closes, another opens..."........a bit trite but true. While I'm sure all this turmoil wasn't what you envisioned just keep after it and new opportunities that can be an upgrade will present. Keep a good thought for yourself...............
Thanks guys. First real nights sleep in 6 months last night headed to bed now
Hang in there and good luck with it!
Getting better every day!
Well I'm settled in the new apartment now. Spent last few weeks after house sold, fixing things. My Harley Davidson 1989 Softtail was running very poorly, requiring a carb rebuild, new sprocket seal, oil change, battery, primary fluid, transmission fluid, new rear turn signal sockets as old corroded)and new fuel ines, as California ethanol corrodes them. Also got the brakes and clutch adjusted. , Bike runs much better now, and I will actually have time to ride it, now that I don't have a house to maintain! The Toyota Tacoma 4x4 truck I bought used also got some attention, so it will be safe and reliable to run to work in bad weather. The brakes were ruined from neglect front and backs, so all new drums and rotors, with ceramic pads, stops great now. Starter solinoid was going out, so new starter too!. It will be getting an oil change soon, after I run a quart of techroline thru this tank of gas. When I bought it I had the windshield replaced, but the wiper fluid button didn't seem to work. So I added fluid to it only to see it running out of it's armor proof compartment. So anticipating either a cracked hose or tank, I ordered the parts for it online and will be taking it apart once all that stuff gets here. It has a small oil leak on the rear main seal which is all but impossible to get to, so for now I will put up with small drips(if sitting over night it one spot, little spot there in a.m.) I will attend to it if the oil level is going down, or if I need transmission work done, as the transmission will have to be separated from the truck to get to it!Any way between these two modes of transportation I'm about 2500 dollars poorer, but now all of my modes of transportation are fully functional. Next the new house quest continues, with limited properties for sale, and lots of buyers eager to out bid each other for houses not worth the asking price. So I probably will be here until spring at the earliest, unless something pops up soon! Anyway that's the update for now.
I'm glad to hear you're making progress and getting things done! Good luck on the house hunt!
Times 2. It's good to hear you've been staying busy. Hope you can get lucky and find a place with most of your wants and all your needs.
Thanks Guys. It is nice to not be in a hurry. I now have some leisure time to relax for the first time in 6 months!