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14-10-13, 22:36
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more pictures
We have had some beautiful warm dry weather in the last week and I have had time to organize some sand blasting and painting. The upper cab and one door still need some metal work and finishing. Hopefully I can have all the major components painted and set aside to cure till fall work is completed. Then I can work away in the shop this winter finishing of the small bits and assembling the truck.
Here are a few pictures of the cab and chassis parts. Phil You give me great hope that my brake booster might be made serviceable, the exterior is in very good condition. A friend said maybe I s would get lucky and there would have been enough oil blow by from the engine to rust proof the interior. I'll ono better when I crack it open. 
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15-10-13, 09:11
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Brakes
I agree with Phil, Gordon. If you are prepared to go through the entire original brake system and replace every rubber, brake shoes etc and have all the parts you should have... the brake systems on these trucks are very safe and work very well.
I completely refurbished everything in my truck (F60L Cab 12) and spent several days studying the manual in regards to set up/adjustments and learning how to get the booster working properly and I nearly sent myself through the windscreen... they can really work that well, fair dinkum. The two critical things I found were correct brake shoe position when installing brake shoes with newly bonded brake pads and correct set up of the booster to achieve maximum vacuum assist. I could blab on... but that'll do.
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15-10-13, 09:52
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Tony
No mate please BLAB on i need as much info that you can throw at me. This is what ill be doing over the next few weeks. Oh and do you have photos on which order the parts you began to put on the truck as you did your restoration?
 
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15-10-13, 10:09
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Shane
I'll post a bit on your thread if you like.
I also forgot to say superb job to Gordon and enjoying your thread and pictures. Can never have enough pictures...
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26-10-13, 00:01
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cleaning bolts
How do other people clean up their bolts? I don't have a sand blaster that will do the job and had too come up with a plan B. We had a cement mixer sitting here and I tried putting the hardware in the mixer with water and stone as an experiment. It may take a few hours but seems to work well. I rattle things around till the rust and paint are gone, wash up with water and soak the hardware in oil till I'm ready to prime and paint.
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26-10-13, 01:25
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I use a rock tumbler I picked up at a garage sale.
Sand medium was good but I emptied out a couple of 12 gauge STEEL shotgun shells, not lead and that worked great and much faster than the sand. Different mediums are available I just used what I had.
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