Don't think Murphy has anything to do with that.......just the way things always seem to go.

 

I don't know why but things all happen at once and catch us off guard.

 

I snuck in a couple hours to work on my transmission tunnel today. I always hate to post pictures of this type of welding. I looks so ugly. in the picture on the right you can see where I cut the reliefs to get the tunnel to match the floor.

 

Is that what your wife says ???





Who's gonna see it..... or you ?

Either way, ugly gets covered with a mat or carpet, or rubber flooring, so.... as long as it's water tight, you can spill your coffee anytime you want when the jobs done, and not a bad thing can come from it...

 

My wife doesn't see to good apparently, Or maybe it's the fact that I hide her glasses.
That's the way I figure it.
I am glad that part is done. now for an encore I will clean up and paint the floor. Or possibly get sidetracked on something else


In the meantime I am searching the thrift stores for a large ladies red leather coat. the bigger the better.

 

I almost forgot. I have one more welding job on the firewall where the parking brake brace nut fell off and the pedal vibrated side to side and formed a crack. pretty easy fix. A plate on the inside. to distribute the force plug welded in place and weld up the crack from the outside.

 

I forgot to tighten the upper nut on the E-brake pedals assembly on the crewcab. Started rattling something fierce! Glad I got it before "that" happened.

That's a lot of linear feet of wire to weld up that tunnel....Looking good!

 

Yeah that would be a pain to repair after the truck was back together.
I have known about the crack for a while. I was just waiting until the wheel wells were off.


There is a hell of a lot of spot welds. I sure wouldn't want to try and count them We use ten pound spools of wire so it's hard to say how much I used.

And thanks for the complement.

 

All I did today was . take the brake pedal out and mount the bracket for the clutch master cylinder. two parts off one part on.

Oh I forgot I took the parking brake pedal out too.I guess I might as well paint it to match the other pedals and trans. sticks.(Hammered black)

 

I am green with envy.........around here, that nut isn't broken off, it's rusted away, along with about 4" of sheetmetal surrounding it.

You Cali guys really have no idea just how you are blessed, well except for the fruits and nuts running your state.

 

"Except for the fruits and nuts running your state". ain't that the truth.

 

Today I took my instrument cluster apart and replaced the broken odometer gear with a spare. while I was in there I completely disassembled the rest of the assembly and cleaned it up. I also painted the needles. all I need to finish it up is some plastic polish.

 

I also found this. It is basically a miniature door panel. I made it to get a feel for what the full sized one would be like. It is true old style tuck and roll(Not just top sewn) I also made the welt(The black strip out of black vinyl and plastic clothes line) to try out a welting foot for my sewing machine. this stuff is really a blast to make.

 

Wow...Nice job Mark!! The gauges look great, and that test panel looks amazing!

What did you use on the needles?

 

Geesh,

That truck will be way better than new when you're done with it, Mark..


Nice pleather work.....