Grandpa's Truck

[latvius]

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[latvius]

Started working on the rear brakes, one was locked up and the other had a leaky wheel cylinder. Had to cut off the shoe pins from the back on the locked up one to get the drum off.

 

[latvius]

Got the new brakes installed with new drums.

 

[latvius]

Started cleaning up the engine bay and tackled the rusted out battery tray. As a fix someone in the past welded a steel plate in the tray. Problem with that is you can't get to the two bolts under it. Had to grind off the welds to remove it.



One of the bolt holes was gone from rust so I welded in a patch plate and installed two blind nuts


I painted that plate with POR 15 and reused it minus the welding part

 

[latvius]

Started cleaning the interior and what I thought was scratched paint was just gunk, you can see where I stopped about midway on the glove box.



Started cleaning the floor mat, I couldn't rinse it well at this time so some of the dirt just stayed. It will take a few cleanings but you can see how much better it looks and after 50 years is still functional.

 

[latvius]

All new heater and radiator hoses, did some detailing, new battery cables, painted the air cleaner and put on a 360CID decal since everyone thinks it is a 351.

 

[latvius]

New Monroe shocks, new rear brake lines and new diff vent hose with cap. Also drilled an tapped a hole in the diff in order to change fluid easier while I changed the fluid.

 

[latvius]

Pics of the bed and decided to do a wood bed as it will be easier and cheaper and look nicer!

 

[Beach66Bum]

Wow! Awesome! You’ve been busy
Looking really good!

 

[77&79F250]

You mean like this?

 

[TexTim]

Grandpa had good taste and foresight, A/C! also a bonus. Never understood the confusion with the 351W as well as the 351C. Both small blocks. Rewarding to get it together.

 

[latvius]

Thermostat housing was leaking so got a new one with a new thermostat and a new radiator cap since it tested bad.

 

[latvius]

This is what happens when you use straight water in the cooling system. I have some coolant flush and new coolant ready to go in once it's leak tested again.

 

[latvius]

Ordered some headlight bezel hardware.

 

[latvius]

Tearing down the front suspension, going to replace the drums with front disc brakes. Once drum was locked up had to chisel off the ends of the brake pad hold down pins and pry the whole assembly off together.

 

[Fellro]

Grandpa had good taste and foresight, A/C! also a bonus. Never understood the confusion with the 351W as well as the 351C. Both small blocks. Rewarding to get it together.

351C and 351M are fairly close in build other than bell housing, 351W is considerably physically smaller, closer to 302 in size and a few parts will trade with the 302.

 

[latvius]

351C and 351M are fairly close in build other than bell housing, 351W is considerably physically smaller, closer to 302 in size and a few parts will trade with the 302.

Grandpas truck is a 360 so I don't see the correlation here.

 

[Fellro]

For the most part, none. They don't look the same either. 360, 390, and 428 externally look the same.

 

[latvius]

Replaced the bushings on the i beams and painted them up, same with the tuning forks and put them back on. Ordered the springs and new bump stops.

 

[latvius]

King pin set 60% off, supposedly I need ones from a 1975 F100 they are the same diameter and slightly longer. Good news is if it doesn't go as planned at least Advance is local so I don't have to pay return shipping.