1978 F-150's Are Girly Trucks

[Bacwds]

interested in how that sound deadening does, don't want to spend dynomat money but the cab of my truck is loud as piss even with a stock exhaust

[Mr.WJ]

Since you say there is no smell, I wonder if I bought the same stuff from Home Depot. Do you have a picture of the label? I believe this is what I bought, and subsequently had to rip out. http://www.homedepot.com/p/USEAL-USA-Ba ... /202086180

[BadAssEddie]

Since you say there is no smell, I wonder if I bought the same stuff from Home Depot. Do you have a picture of the label? I believe this is what I bought, and subsequently had to rip out. http://www.homedepot.com/p/USEAL-USA-Ba ... /202086180

That's not what I bought. It is called Peel and Seal

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E ... UTF8&psc=1

[Mr.WJ]

Guess that could have been my issue.

[BadAssEddie]

New carpet came in from RockAuto. I was really impressed with the quality. I bought the cheapest carpet I could find, so I was expecting illfitting, stringy carpet. I will try to get it fully installed this week, then the interior can go back together.

[BadAssEddie]

Finished the carpet up a while back. I boogered up the transfer case hole a bit, but hopefully the boot will cover it up.

Brought it back to my place so hopefully it can get some more consistent attention.

Had to stop DT for dinner:


The trailer had a flat tire 20 feet out of Alison's driveway. Thought I had some pictures, maybe Hughes or WJ do?

[BadAssEddie]

We know return to our regularly scheduled programming!

The truck sat in my driveway for several months as a crappy camper shell storage stand


I decided to give it my main wrenching attention before I start messing with the Cadillac so Alison can enjoy driving it around. I pushed it into the garage and cleaned it up and put it on jack stands


First task was to make new shock mounts because the old ones had a broken stud and were to large for the new 1/2" bore shocks. I thought I had a picture of the new ones, but I just cut off the old studs and welded some half inch bolts in their place. I thought about putting them on the lathe at work and getting them bored and trued to get rid of potential failure of a butt weld, but I got them pretty straight and welded well in the vise with some garage fixturing. I'll go the extra step if they fail.




Next was the battery box. The fender was rotted out, so I patched it up and I put in a Barnes Optima box and fresh Yellow Top. Need to finish flushing out the homebrew wiring and get new battery cables as the old ones were garbage.




Put the interior fully back together. The Walmart dickies seat cover is terrible. I am going to get a Carhartt or wool blanket one for it because I don't want to reupholster the seat yet.


New gas tank straps I bent up out of some aluminum because weight savings.


Other misc items done;
Rear drums cut off and severed ebrake cables out
Front dshaft out waiting for new joints (apparently they are 1310 not 1330 )
Old frame brake line and fuel line out, frame cleaned up and painted
New rear brake hose installed
A lot of run of the mill wrenching for this project but fun to work on something new to me and old to the world

Stock bumper and Reese hitch came off yesterday and I started drawing up the plans for the flatbed. More updates and pictures as I make more progress.