Friday, November 6, 2009

Sleeping...

Time for the ol' girl to head to bed for the winter. I didn't get to pull the engine as planned, but I also don't have a garage so it is probably best to save it until spring. This winter I'll be cleaning up the parts, rebuilding the distributor and carburetor and painting parts.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Blood, Sweat, and Tears...

After giving up on trying to unbolt the exhaust from the headers, I removed the headers and cut the exhaust...

FINALLY got the oil pan off (this was the blood, sweat and tears part). 
 
  
and a little piston rust...

Monday, August 31, 2009

New discovery

After finding the serial number on the tranny bellhousing, and the matching number on the frame, I discovered that my truck is a 1942, not a 1946 like I had originally thought. There is hardly any difference between 42 through 47.
 
  
I pulled all the plug wires, the distributor, the fan and all the belts. My father came over and helped get the bolt to the generator off (after I loosened it)...
  
  
 

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Working on the electric with my assistant...

Trying to figure out the tangled mess. There are a lot of Mainer-rigged wires and wires that go nowhere.
 
 
Had my trusted assistant take pictures and work on the screws

 
  
Pulled the heater while disconnecting wires:

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Couple little things

Pulled the carburetor. Holly 94, two barrel carb:

 
Pulled the fuel pump

Cleaned up the inside and evicted the mice
 
He was supposed to be helping...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

A few of my favorite things...

My new best bud
 
My new toy

 
My helper

 
How I start the mornings:)

 
Me and my truck

Pulling more parts...

Blind
 
Pulled the grill

 
 

Before and After Clean-ups

Oil pan plug
 
 
Tranny Gearbox Cover
 
  
Horn:)

 
 

Pulling the Radiator

This was not fun alone, but I managed...redneck style.
 
 Sludge...


 
All out...

Starting the tear down

The hood was gravy...



but getting the fenders off was more of a challange. Between the cramped space...


and having to torch most of the 16 bolts per side...



it took a while. After buying a new dremel and cutting most of the bolts I got them off.



The kids were thrilled for me



Before


July 28 I finally began tearing down the 46 Ford truck to do a complete restoration...
I stocked up on every size of ziploc, masking tape, sharpies and got the digital camera all charged.