Latest Effie Progress
 
Well I finally got the brakes plumbed in, just needs clipping fully to the chassis and I need to get a couple of soft pipes
from the reservoir to servo. I have kept the brakes from pedal to disc all Jag so it should match Ok. I got a newer servo
with built in reservoir given, but I didn't like the look *to modern*. I much preferred this older style with the separate reservoir,
so that will be staying.
I made
up some liddle diddy brks to hold the front flexi pipes, incredible how long stoopid little
brackets like
that take to make and fit. Cus we have to make em look good aswell
don't we, no sharp edges, or roughness,
I have no fancy machines so its all
hacksaw and file work *groan* ;o) Got some final titivating to do yet
though eh..
come strip down paint and look good time it will all get done honest ;o)
I put a brake bias valve in, just in case I do need to balance the brakes,
should be ok, as they are all off one
vehicle, but being a pick-up maybe need to
adjust the pressure to the rear, so its there just in case.
Rear brakes all plumbed in, no great hassle here, but the handbrake I would say
will make up for or it,
as that will be a nightmare I bet!! This is all real
basic stuff I know and most rod builders do this in their stride,but this is my first real ground up
build, so I am chuffed to be making progress, got to clip and make the pipe look
neater yet but the basic plumbing is done.
This panel nearly did my nut in, this side was missing from
the original running board, it was just a flat piece of sheet. But I had one on
an old running board, though it was the wrong side ;o( ... ahhh haa save buying
one, how about I make this right hand one into a left handed one to fit, but how?? I know ....cut the ends
off, then cut the angle piece off. Weld the ends on,... then weld the angle bits
back on with
the bends facing the right way ;o) Hey and it bloody worked Ha Ha result
cost: Free just some time.
And it looks ok to from the side that matters and its original 50yr old metal
to. I have some new repair panelsto fill the top gap, but they are 1/2 to tall?? more fettling eh! You may just be able
to see the only bit of rot I found on this truck, the lower rear cab corner,
just above where the s shaped bit is on the panel I made up.
Exhaust time!
Starting with bolting up the headers, then on to the down pipes and the X
pipe. Of all the exhaust system,
this part was the only factory made bit I bought and was
the hardest to fit. No matter what I did, it just didn't
seem to fit right???? It
took ages and ages..... finally after some swearing, pulling, pushing and banging
it fit. shortening of the clutch fork ;o)... It fit and I quickly tacked on a couple of hanging brackets, I
got these from cutting off some
old exhaust's I found in a scrap bin, at a local exhaust fitting unit ,
cost again free.
Got some Ford exhaust rubber mounts, that felt sloppy, but work well once the system was tightened.
Here is a shot of my nearly finished prop loop.
Just off shot is another hanging bracket. don't look at the anticlimb bars they are wrong!
I thought it would look nicer for the exhaust to follow the line of the radius rods, so that is
what I have done
. Then how
could I mount the rear silencer?? Well I came up with this idea for a bracket.
All the system is just tacked on for now, and hopefully will be final welded next week,
think I will put a strap over the silencer though aswell. I am real chuffed with
the exhaust it looks real cool to me.I spent many an hour looking before I
tackled the job of routing the exhaust. Finally deciding that down the side of the chassis was best.
Now then, in or out?
I just couldn't decide? They look the neatest in that's for sure and the look is very modern,
But as I am after a 60's feel, out looks the Grooviest Man! ;o) So out it is!!
December
Well I have been getting on great, or so I thought, up until today that is *more later*.
I got a power steering pump from a Carlton and so decided now was the time to
make some brackets for that. Luckily sitting the pump on an angle lined the
front brk up perfect, well with a small spacer it was perfect ;o) I then made up
some templates and transferred them onto masking taped 1/4 plate and cut them
long hand.
The pump is mounted now and adjusts aswell which is cool, took a couple of days
to get the brackets made, but it is all now just a memory. Next was the Rad.
I just had no idea how I was going to mount this git! I trip to my mate Harry's,
netted some ideas and
some ally plate. Armed with the info I went to a few local
parts suppliers and one of them came up with
a Ford engine mount £2.50 that I sliced
in half and silicone'd to the Rad base and then screwed for extra security. I welded up some support brackets to the F100 original rad support and then it
was just the top to do.
Now looking at the job logically I had no need to do al lthis shit, as the rad horshoe is rubber mounted anyway so should be enough on its own. Still this rad shold never split now from being solid mounted.
On a trip to B&Q I spied some small angle, u channel and some round pipe,
that I knew would come in
handy somewhere and come in handy it did right now. Two
bits of angle placed next to each other, with
the U channel turned upside down on
either end turned into a top Rad mount ;o)
This is then supported at the rear with some more u channel and a small plate sat
on a rubber bobbin,
toped off with a chrome bullet, I was on a roll.
I needed a short fix so I started bolting stuff on the engine the big pan is an lpg fitting.
I thought I may aswell get on with sorting the engine to fire it up. I
found a hose at Halfords that fit
the top Ok the bottom one I found one to fit
in my spares, that fitted ok. The senders I
got were a
different thread, to the inlet and block. So I refit the old Oil
sender for now and managed to get an
adapter for the water temp. I got some Oil,
some anti freeze and started on the task of getting the
motor fired up... was I
really excited or what ;o) A shout out on the uk-hotrods e-mail group managed
to
get me some adapters, so I could fit the new oil pressure gauge sender and water
one cheers Jim!
I filled the sump with oil, got my oil pump primer out and spun the some what
reluctant oil pump over.
My old faithful Bosch drill was not happy, it was under
some strain, which seemed weird? I wasn't
convinced that the pump was pumping it
was so stiff. I looked inside the dissy hole and found a very small
core type
plug hanging out of a hole, which I have since found out is an oil gallery plug.
I pushed the plug back in the hole, but I knew it wasn't going to stop much
pressure before it would fly
out again as it went in so easy. I took one
rocker cover off, to find no oil had been pumped up there yet.
I was starting to
feel real bad about this. I had another go and pop the friggin plug came out
again. Though
this time it has fallen into the crank area..............
Update; I have taken the front timing cover off, found the plug ( sat on the oil
pump) and now have to try and
get it all back together with the minimum of
fuss,, once I get a new plug and fit it ;o) What fun eh!
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