Work on My F8, No. 11

[Jim Price]

The person who observed, "It's easier to take something apart than it is to put it back together." sure was right on the money! It seems than this past week every time we turned around we were missing a bolt, had the wrong size fitting or incorrect part! We did, however, accomplish the following:

Re-mounted the tires on the rims. (Found that one of the tubes has a short stem so will need to replace that one.)

Installed all the brake backing plates.

Installed the front brakes. (We're replacing the entire brake system with all new parts. See the picture.)

Installed the front bumper brackets. (They needed to be straightened out flat. See the picture.)

Installed the front wheel spindles and the new king pins.

Installed the steering tie rod and assembled all the steering parts together.

Did some more work on straightening out the major dings in the fenders. (Will leave what's left to do on them to the tender mercies of the body shop.)

Installed one of the rear brakes lines. (The original lines were copper and am replacing them with steel. See the picture.)

Started the upholstery work and finished both seat back covers. (See the picture.)

Disassembled the instrument cluster. Found some push-pull, three position switches to replace those present. Was able to save all of the knobs. They've all got age cracks and I haven't decided whether to replace them or not.

That's it for this report!

Regards,
Jim