Well, I spent some time at the shop today. Most of the day was spent doing some much-needed cleanup. It was getting pretty cluttered and dirty, so I needed to spend some time getting things in order so I had some room to move around. Hauled a lot of parts up to the storage room above the office just to get them off the shop floor. I spent a little time mounting a new bench vice I bought yesterday...a nice large vise to replace the small one I've been using up to now. I also finished stripping down the '67 F250 chassis, because I wanted to save the rear springs and rearend, and the front springs, which were brand new when I got the truck...hadn't even had the weight of an engine put to them yet. Once it was down to the bare frame and front suspension (minus the front springs), I was able to lift the back end of the frame and pull it around to the back of the shop. Then I spent some time removing the springs from the rearend, and then got the rearend off into a corner of the shop.
I then spent some more time installing some of the freshly-painted engine compartment components from last weekend. Got the brake pedal assembly mounted and then got the power booster and new master cylinder bolted up. I also got the horns and battery tray mounted.
I probably should have cleaned up the engine compartment before snapping this picture....you can see a lot of water spots from the last time I rinsed off the truck in the driveway.
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Anyway, after taking this picture, I then spent the rest of the afternoon working on the engine compartment wiring. There was a few wires which needed repairs, and then I spent some time installing the black plastic wire loom on the wiring harnesses. I also had to use my Dremel took to grind off a few small areas of the freshed painted surfaces for wiring ground wires, to ensure a good clean contact.
Oh, and since I was getting sick and tired of the lame radio station I was listening to and wanted to see if I could pick up other stations, I took a spare Ford truck radio antenna and attached it to the backside of the shop stereo and mounted it up as high as it would go....and it DID improve reception a little!
Next on the list of things to do are to get started filling up the cab's fuel tank filler hole and to also remove the snaps around the rear window that previous owner used to attach a cab-to-camper boot and fill the holes. (You can see the snaps in the pic above.) Basically I need to finish up whatever bodywork to the cab that is needed, since the cab will need to be painted before I can do any further assembly.