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Looking good Tush....Pedal box..somewhere I saw where they added a strengthening piece of metal in the bottom of the housing before reassembly. It was to keep the unit from flexing...It was stretched when disassembley happened.

Nice repair on the clevis hole.
 
 
Great work my friend. You sound a little discouraged looking at that front valence, but I'm confident that you will sort that out too. Good videos that have kept me entertained and out of the garage for the last hour! Keep up the good work Tush. Cheers, Mike
 
Really nice work! I am in a similar state of execution. How did you go about working on the rear leaf springs? What do you recommend I do to clean mine up? Did you use graphite dry lube? I noticed the painted numbers on the top of the springs, I have them on mine but they are much smaller what do they refer too anyway? I am also wondering why the holes on the rear frame are the way they are see the attached picture. I think the body shop drilled them this way, any suggestions on what to do about them? Thanks!

Chassis rear end bracket holes left side Aug 1 2012.jpg
Chassis rear end bracket holes Aug 1 2012.jpg
 
Hi Dorn,

If you do a search on here, you will find lots of discussions on leaf Springs. Mine appear to be fairly new and are in excellent condition. I think that there are many different thoughts on what to use to lube the leafs. I like the idea of using the old engine oil...I think it was Randall on here who aslo experimented with putting some material between the leaves..he might be able to expand on that or you might find it in a search.

Yes, looks like the body shop was having some alignment issues and decided to drill so extra holes. Once you decide what holes to use you can weld up the other holes to close them.

Good luck with your project.

Cheers
M. Pied Lourd
 
When I did a frame-off on my '67 IH Scout, I disassemblked the leaves and painted them with EZ-Slide, a graphite impregnated paint available at agricultural shops, etc. for grain hoppers and the like. That truck rode great! I can't really comment on durability though b/c I didn't ut more than 1000 miles on it until I sold it.
 
Hi All,

Been quite some time since I updated this thread. Have been making a lot of videos on this project. For anyone interested, you can find the on my Youtube Channel here
https://www.youtube.com/user/cheftush

I did take some photos over the past couple of weeks and though I would post them here. Getting pretty close to paint. Hopefully will get to spray in the next 3 to 4 weeks.

Anyway, a few photos.

I have been using white epoxy primer as secondary primer coat. First primer coating is self etching primer. I like using the white as a base as when you are sanding later coats of primer (using grey) you can see when you are getting into the epoxy before you sand through to the etch and bare metal....

Here is the tub in Epoxy



Here are the body panels in various stages of primer. After the epoxy, I went with a Polyester Primer (Featherfill G2/Evercoat). I block sanded the Polyester Primer and am now moving on to a Urethane Primer (Uro-Fill 2.1/Evercoat) for final blocking.



Here is the body tub in a combination of Urethane Primer (Tub Interior) and Polyester Primer (Engine Bay/All Exterior Panels). The Polyester will be blocked out first and then recoated with Urethane Primer for a final blocking.



And a quick shot with the body panels back on this weekend. You can see some the scuttle area being prepped for final priming and some black graphite guide coat on the sides of the Bonnet where I am doing final sanding.



That's all for now.

Cheers
Tush
 
Looks great Tush! Congratulations on the outstanding job you are doing. Cheers, Mike
 
Thanks Guys. I appreciate it.

Cheers
Tush
 
Good work Tush. Congratulations on the great progress you are making. Yep, do that pinion seal. First thing I had to do with mine as soon as I drove it even a little. Cheers, Mike
 
Welcome back...you've come a long way and you're on the home stretch. Keep the updates coming!
 
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