ThinLizzy's '67 F250 CS

[PACrewCab]

Nice looking truck!

[ThinLizzy13]

Nice looking truck!

Thanks!


Made a little more progress....built up the worn down clutch fork with some filler wire and sanded/buffed it down to somewhat original shape...




Spiffed up the bellhousing. Soaked it for two days in dishwasher soap and pine sol then applied some elbow grease. Not perfect but I'm happy with it.



The bellhousing plate (if that's what it's called?) you can see at the bottom of the above picture had remnants of an old gasket strip at the bottom of it. I haven't had any luck searching for it. Does anyone know what it's called or where I can find one? Or could I just use make a gasket and call it good?

[Busboy]

Mine had one also. I'm wondering if it was more of an insulator to keep the sheet metal of that plate and the dust cover from making contact and rattling.??

[ThinLizzy13]

Mine had one also. I'm wondering if it was more of an insulator to keep the sheet metal of that plate and the dust cover from making contact and rattling.??

Didn't even think about that. My dust cover is MIA

[ThinLizzy13]

Got my flywheel resurfaced yesterday



Cleaned up the trans as best as I could. Should have the new clutch this week and have it all back in next weekend

[ThinLizzy13]

Took a look inside the trans...3rd gear has gouging all down the middle and 1st is worn on one side. Was a little low on oil too. I guess I'll have to pony up and do a rebuild...
I did get a retainer ordered for the input shaft. It's a remake but only ran me $40. So we'll see how it holds up.

3rd


1st

[ThinLizzy13]

Made some good progress today. Got the new clutch and the trans installed, Changed two u- joints before installing the drive shaft, and got the rag joint switched out.
Decided not to rebuild the trans. The damage wasn't that bad and there were no metal shavings in the old oil. I just put in new oil and an input retaining shaft. It ran through all the gears perfectly. I'm just gunna keep my eye out for another on Craigslist/junkyard to rebuild in my free time and if this one ever does crap out I'll have a backup.
Next up on the list is redoing all the brakes.


Out of the barn!

[SeapineF37]

looking good!

[ThinLizzy13]

Moved the truck from the barn back to my house so I could do small things during the week, maybe sneak in a drive here and there
All the hard brake lines are solid, the rubber ones are Okay but will need to be switched out. The brakes work pretty good. Gotta have a couple rotors turned and will put new shoes in.

Greased all the steering components, put in some new points and a condenser, regapped the plugs, and rechecked the timing. I think the truck is running a tad rich - it came from 6k ft elevation down to sea level, but it runs so darn well I don't want to fiddle with the carb!

[ThinLizzy13]

Rereading my last post I do believe my statement on elevation was backwards. Oops.

After my little tune up and a new air filter I drove it to work a couple days this week. All 45-60mph mostly back roads. Ran good and I averaged 11.5mpg. I'll take that

[ThinLizzy13]

Put the truck up on jack stands to finally do the brakes, all four hubs were old FOMOCO hubs. I'd like to reuse them but I think they're too far turned out...looks like I'll be buying 4 new hubs

My old brakes were pretty bad, lots of grooving...






And one as she sits now shoeless

[Busboy]

When you say hubs you mean just the drums don't you ?

[Ren]

Drum brakes were designed by Satan. And like some people I've known, they seem to function best in a state of filth and disrepair. When you give them attention, proper care and get them working well, they will lure you into a false sense of accomplishment. And then spite you. Napa sells a spare brake spring set. Buy it. And you can't trust the stupid self-adjuster mechanism thingies either.

[ThinLizzy13]

When you say hubs you mean just the drums don't you ?

Yes I meant drums, not hubs.


Ren - the dang things seemed to work pretty good in their current state aside from the self adjusters. It took forever to get them somewhat dialed in so that the truck didn't pull left or right when I stomped on the brakes .

[popeyes71]

My truck was the same way when I got it, original Fomoco drums. I too was hoping to just turn them, but no, they were way out of spec. I ended up doing everything at all four corners drums, shoes, springs, wheel cylinders and rubber lines that supply the wheel cylinders. Once adjusted correctly, they work great with no pulling. Just make sure you have the self adjusters on the correct side so they can self adjust correctly. I usually disassemble the self adjusters and clean them up and put a thin film of grease on the threads so that they turn freely.