Am experiencing the doldrums; work has slowed due to an injured back and a sick child. My college helper's back pain and my other helper's sick child caused a loss of 6 man-days of work this week so work was limited the following:
Began resto of the steering wheel. (Will show pictures of the progress on the next post.) Am using a two-part epoxy which has set up and is filling in all the old cracks nicely.
Picked up a rebuild kit for the fuel pump and rebuilt it.
Picked up the windshield frame pieces from the metal shop. Although the long top piece is a bit warped (They were cut from a piece of 1/2" by 1" rectangular steel pipe.), with some "training" it should be ok for rebuilding the frame.
Gave the oil pan a first cost of Ford engine green paint. Looks great!
Began painting the spark plug wire tubes and the oil filter tank with some black engine paint. Will finish them tomorrow. (Have had to get up early in the morning to do the painting as the temps in the daytime cause the paint to turn to powder as it hits the piece being painted!)
Don't know if I mentioned this earlier but we're installing a 12 volt, negative ground system in the truck. Purchased a new starter and alternator for that system as well as a Mallory electronic ignition and coil. (Purists take heart; this system will be hardly noticeable! Wellll, maybe the alternator will be a give-away......
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Had the winning bid on a NOS Ford Script 94 carburetor Model 91-99; it should arrive this coming week.
Got lucky and found an original bracket for the coil as well as an original Ford oil bath air filter (for the 1940 engine), both in almost mint condition.
Didn't like the looks of the water pumps after we had them cleaned in preparation for painting so purchased two new ones with bearings.
Picked up the new springs (all four of them!) and associated parts late this afternoon. Turned out that none of the original ones were fit enough to be re-arched. Will be taking them to the painter on Monday. Besides the lost time, not having these springs has also slowed the pace of our work. Didn't figure on needing to have 4 all new ones built!
Removed and cleaned the oil pump screen and pump itself and then reinstalled it.
After cleaing and spraying the underneath side of the engine with some lithium grease, bolted on the oil pan in preparation for cleaning off the red paint and repainting the rest of the engine with the Ford engine green paint. Should be able to get to that job early next week.
That's all for now!
Regards,
Jim