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Last time I made that drive they closed early... Got a great view of the parking lots chain link fence :twisted: ...
Saturn and White Owl are tops..
Clark's is SLOWER than death...
SECO's parts are made of gold (or so they think) but I wll give them credit on having the REALLY HARD to...
Ok that perked my ears... no I didn't know you could get a 12V starter for the MF.... Is there a alt that will bolt up to the stock bracket? Im thinking a Delco 12SI (150AMP) used on 3406 B AND E AND 3408 CAT engines would prolly fit but I don't have the truck to be sure...
I was calculating...
OK... the FRIGGEN dash!!! I've been sick as a dog for the past week and am moving slow but its coming... Its not easy deciding "weld"... OR... "vomet".... wooo hooo...
Ken was nice enough to also donate this part to my little project (ty)... He had this propped up for the trash pile so I guess...
This posting is a copy from http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=1083&highlight= I wanted to keep all of the information im working with in a single thread...
I've been working on my AC system for a few weeks now, I started some time after reading the above...
A suggestion for glass seals that will hold up forever... Rather than taking them apart and replacing the seals you can do the following with the glass in place.
Cut the overhanging seal away from the glass and sheet metal frame...
Clean the glass and frame, repaint, etc
Tape both the glass...
Yeah... I don't know what gov wanker thought these were a good idea but its just 4 more holes that I gotta weld up and level out.
You can test these by disconnecting the wires at the batteries and putting a volt meter on them. In GOOD sun light you should get 22-28V.
If your gonna use solar...
Gillespie is a synthetic enamel and SHOULD be used with synthetic enamel hardener and synthetic enamel reducer...
You COULD proably thin it with gasoline if you WANTED TO... but that doesn't mean you SHOULD....
Its up to the person and the end result you want... It all pretty much looks the...
That window was a tuff deal... You can not reshape auto glass, its tempered. CL will custom make anything you want... You just have to pay for it... They have a window that is almost identical to a stock deuce window but 4 times the size... its not the look I wanted...
I think im going to go after market... Lights will be high beam, lock out, and warning for the 12V charge (subject to change at this point)... Thank you for taking those!!! After seeing that I backed off a few inches and lowered the hole location from where I was going to go (see pic) should...
Yeah that was something else I was eye balling... I was thinking of getting a spare from Matt (if he is back yet) to get the right cut out dementions... I have a filter guage like the one pictured and a 2" in dash mount jobber but I think Im going to put that under the hood and out of the way...
I was going to call and bug you about this but I don't wanna be the local pest!!! :)
The color im thinking OD but there is a Navy blue under the OD... Im thinking it was a high build prime coat though the grinding marks from the factory were horrific!!!
The defrost is what I am worried...
As usual I am up to no good... :shock:
I am working on laying out my dash but am lacking a key ingredient for measurements.... which would be THE TRUCK!!!
If someone could help I need to know how much clearance I have to work with behind the dash where the "fluid check/shift pattern" plate...