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Add another large steele bushing like the "U" bolt has, it should straighten out?
Add another large steele bushing like the "U" bolt has, it should straighten out?
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Yeah I've been looking at industrial and marine engine mounts, seemed appropriate.Originally posted by JimmieD View Post
There are a lot of marine mounts at places like West Marine I'm sure would work ok, but none are a one bolt through the center affair on both mount and mounted object like the stock M-37 mount pads.Comment
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Does yours have one like that? Was kinda thinking it needs a piece of plate or something to keep it from pulling around.Originally posted by Bruce View PostComment
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U & J Bolts
It's going to, mine were never installed, but in the glove. I mocked it up and it looked just like yours.Comment
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I finally got down to doing some things I knew I was going to regret not doing before I put the cab and bed back on..
I did the rear spring bushings and bolts. It was a struggle trying to get the bushings out without pulling the whole spring until I though, "hey why not try an air chisel?"
So I found a 1/2" to 3/8" socket adapter that was just a hair smaller then the bushing OD, got a pointed chisel for the air chisel/hammer, stuck int in the socket adapter and went to town on it and darned if it didn't just push those bushings out just as smooth as I could have hoped for.
So going back in I pulled the grease zert out of one of the old bolts, cleaned the bolt up and sanded it down a hair and used it to drive the bushing back in. I just stuck the pointed air hammer bit in the old grease zert hole, and it went in a bit tight but just fine.
I doubt I could have knocked the bushing in with a hammer without damaging them, the air hammer was great.
Birthday tomorrow, 49... one more year to the half century mark! Gonna spend it doing the steering drag links, and making a hole for the cummins in the garage. The Freight co. called and said Monday... Pics when it gets here.Comment
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Happy Birthday...youngster!!!!Comment
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Heh, good to be a young'un again... Even if it is just around here. Beautiful 70 degree sunny day here today.
One of the reasons I decided to get a good old truck and rebuild it, my first real job I worked at for years was an on the job training program that put me into a garage run by an old dude that used to be a mechanic at a Packard dealership back in the day.
Learned quite a lot working there for several years. That old guy could tune the carbs on a V12 lambo by ear better than I could with a scope and tools.
Then I left that kind of work in the 80's, and fell behind on all the electronics etc. Worked on bigger trucks, farm equipment, and even did a stint at a helicopter outfit, working under a bunch of old 'Nam crew chiefs and mechanics... The company closed before I could get my A&P though.
I wanted to get back to a simple old rugged machine I
could use for the rest of my days. And my granddad who ran several Chrysler plants would be proud of this old dodge... He set me up with about 20k to help start my computer game company about 3 months before he died at 94.
Gotta say too while I'm here taking a break, I bought the couple of printed manuals that are used most from VPW, man having the printed manual is worth every penny. The CD stuff just doesn't quite cut it.
Well the Iced tea is about done, time to get back at it.Comment
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I am soooo looking forward to spring like temps & winter just started!
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jmacqueen, where in north texas are you located?Comment
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I'm in the north side of the DFW metromess...
Man, things were just going too good today.. Suuny day, stereo playing, things going together so nice..
My steering setup was hacked up garbage when I bought the truck, so I took it all out, cut and ground off the welded scrap off the frame, and decided to go ahead and get a whole new box and column so I'd have something good to start from.
So I got a NOS box and column, and installed em. Just got through changing out the drag link parts, news seals and idler arm pin and bushing etc. everything is tight, real tight. The idler arm bushing is so tight I can't get grease into it with my gun, going to have to get a high pressure gun and try it.
Dropped some 70-90 synthetic in the gear box, jacked the front axle up and started working the steering back and forth, and there's a puddle on the floor.
Turns out there's gear oil dripping from the steering box right out of the hole for the horn wiring for some reason.
I hope it's just an old NOS seal that needs to absorb a little oil and swell up, but I sure wouldn't expect oil from the center of the horn wiring hole in the column....
Any ideas about this leak before I tear into the new Box? Maybe I overfilled it?Comment
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I Ain't Sure
But doesen't the wire block the oils exit?Comment
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I don't think so, I haven't put the horn wiring through it yet, but I don't see how it could.
I'm going to get a snack and consult the holy book of armaments again...Comment
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Hmm the manual is no help, My box is constructed a bit differently that the one shown, I guess they used more than one lower steering box plate/seal..
The horn button fitting screws into a plate that is not tight, not part of the lower gear case plate, it can be wiggled around and turned etc.. Slow drip out the horn button wire fitting on the lover gear case cover of the box, but nowhere else.Comment
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