Greetings from semi-sunny southern Arizona.
This is a winter retirement project. The above vehicles are our daily drivers (2001 and 1994). They are economical to operate, but, I can't patch them forever. And can not afford new replacements.
Last September, I found a 1986 F150 on the Tucson Craigslist. The 300 CID, 6 cyl engine had 2 dead cylinders and the primer job was bad. It had a manual trans, so it might be an easy swap with the 4BT in my 1986 Ford E350 Grumman bread truck.
Stuff sat for a while, I had lots of property maintenance before the winter came. I eventually got the front clip off and the engine/trans out. Then stripped out out all the ac / heat / defrost stuff.
Then patched the big holes in the firewall. The porcupine looking objects are Cleco fasteners - great for pre-assembling patch panels.
After a couple of power washes, I used up a few cans of flat black that were on the shelf. Maybe not my best choice, flat black shows everything.
To be continued...
This is a winter retirement project. The above vehicles are our daily drivers (2001 and 1994). They are economical to operate, but, I can't patch them forever. And can not afford new replacements.
Last September, I found a 1986 F150 on the Tucson Craigslist. The 300 CID, 6 cyl engine had 2 dead cylinders and the primer job was bad. It had a manual trans, so it might be an easy swap with the 4BT in my 1986 Ford E350 Grumman bread truck.
Stuff sat for a while, I had lots of property maintenance before the winter came. I eventually got the front clip off and the engine/trans out. Then stripped out out all the ac / heat / defrost stuff.
Then patched the big holes in the firewall. The porcupine looking objects are Cleco fasteners - great for pre-assembling patch panels.
After a couple of power washes, I used up a few cans of flat black that were on the shelf. Maybe not my best choice, flat black shows everything.
To be continued...