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  1. #661
    So how bummed am I to have taken a long lunch to drive over to RedHead Steering Gear on 130th and Aurora today only to discover they have moved... all the way to Auburn!



    Getting these steering boxes over to them (don't wanna ship them, would rather scrap them) is not going to be an easy deal.

    So sigh...

    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  2. #662
    Just leave at midnight and you will be back in time for work

  3. #663
    Came into work early today so I can leave early and drive there before they close. Fortunately it's more like south Kent, so should make it there by 5 if I get ahead of the traffic. With the holiday I probably won't get it back right away, but oh-well - it could use the work. As big a pain as it was to get out I don't want to go through that again anytime soon.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  4. #664
    Took me 2.5 hrs to drive to RedHead Steering last night. OMG. But dropped off 5 steering boxes and needed only one back. He thinks I may come out of this even-Steven. So that might make the drive worthwhile. May have him ship it back to me though...

    Also found my water pump drive pulley was warped and tried to straighten it using our big (work) lathe as a guide. Man, these things don't move. So in the hunt for a new pulley now. Or just live with it a while.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  5. #665
    A little here, a little there. Progress is not always fast when you have to fabricate everything - and WIAI™ things keep coming up.

    Got the new steering box delivered to my work yesterday. Pays to save cores. I didn't have to pay a penny for my new box and they delivered it. I passed the driver off a $20 and said buy a case of something at your next company BBQ (they have two BBQ grills outside their new offices, so I suspected they do that a lot).

    steeringgearRH.jpg

    Have been working to fabricate the clutch master mount and push-rod for a couple evenings. The first picture is my "mock up" to determine how far out from the pedal arm the push rod needed to be, and then I machined a bolt and threaded it, made the bushing, and took a brake M/C plunger and shortened it and ground it down to size. It should be fine. Need to make a flat washer firewall support piece to transfer some of the stress of pressing against the firewall all the time, but that'll be the easy part of this. Then I can put in the steering box, brake master, and hang the pedals again.

    CMmock.jpg
    CMparts.jpg
    CMpushrod.jpg

    Of course, as I mentioned, WIAI™ is alive and well. While digging in the loft for M/C push rods I ran across the Comet dash I bought last year, but never did anything with. Figured while the steering column wasn't in the way - I ought to work that into the plan WIAI™. I couldn't leave well enough alone - so I took it all apart to clean it up, polish the chrome and plastic. I also had to deal with the fact I had previously split-out the left/right turn signals. Instead of using a bulb and cardboard tube (like how I did my last dash and Steve's) I added a red LED for high-beam. I remembered what I did wrong on Steve's dash and didn't want a speedo only capable of 42 MPH. Using the LED was way easier than my previous method and didn't stop the needle. This is, by far, the nicest Comet cluster I've seen since the one in Gina's Comet. Most are pitted to heck.

    cometdash.jpg

    Gene came last night and got most of the tape removed from the '63 grille (post black painting) and so soon that will go back on; this weekend maybe.

    Next-up I'll be underneath again working on the clutch slave, steering box, header & exhaust reinstall. Then, fingers crossed and no more WIAI™ I'll be done with Phase #496 of this car.
    Last edited by Luva65wagon; December 1st, 2016 at 09:08 AM.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  6. #666
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    That dash is spectacular. Very nice. It's getting there, you'll be driving her in no time!
    63 Sedan Delivery
    5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear

  7. #667
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    How about a little more WIAI.... you could redo the black on the back and make it so the R side doesn't say TURN SIGNAL. Or add TURN SIGNAL to the L side. Much more pleasing to the eye.


    Gene Smith
    Fredrickson, WA
    '65 Ranchero Deluxe
    302, EFI, 4-Spd
    Granada Discs

  8. #668
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    Don't add to the list Gene I think his WIAI list is long enough!!
    63 Sedan Delivery
    5.0 HO EFI AOD 8" rear

  9. #669
    And here I thought Gene was my friend... Gene, you're supposed to be helping those of us who suffer from WIAI™ disease. And instead I see you are as bad an enabler as I am.





    But don't think at 10:15 last night when I was staring at that I wasn't thinking to myself "how can I make that say left/right." Or how can I change that to Turn Signal instead of High Beam (they stamped those words in, not just silk screened it). And should I roll back the odomoter. And should I... and should I, and should I.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  10. #670
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    But Roger. That's just FUN stuff..... right?


    Gene Smith
    Fredrickson, WA
    '65 Ranchero Deluxe
    302, EFI, 4-Spd
    Granada Discs

  11. #671

    Frozen update

    Yep, frozen. That's how I felt last night out there. Didn't help that I 1) dropped a washer into the bell-housing that doesn't have an access plate, and 2) broke a tap tapping the angle-iron bracket for my clutch slave.



    But Gene came by and put in my spark plugs and we shared what heat my little heater put out to battle the 23 degrees just outside. It was hovering at 45 degrees in the garage.
    Crazy car people.

    Expecting snow tonight, but isn't sounding as bad as they were making it to be just yesterday.

    So here's where I'm at.

    Gene put on the grille last week...

    grille63done.jpg

    The clutch master is installed, but I still have to make a bracket to hold the reservoir just in front of the brake master.

    ClutchMCdone.jpg

    This is the pedal assembly bits installed. I may try to shorten the bolt so the plastic bushing doesn't have anywhere to go. Either that or just put a spacer on the left side of the push rod.

    CMpushroddone.jpg

    Made the bracket to put the clutch slave on, but still need to drill two holes to bolt it to the bell. Shouldn't be too hard to complete that now... if I can keep from dropping stuff into the hole.

    clutchslave.jpg

    Getting close! Hopefully in time for it to warm up again.
    Last edited by Luva65wagon; December 8th, 2016 at 01:15 PM.
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



  12. #672

    Hopefully done

    Long cold weekend, but got it all back together and Gene, as he is so oft to do, came by and helped me bleed all of the fluids and did some engine-off testing. So far, so good. Will probably get to start it on the ramps tonight and run it through some gears before playing musical cars and truck to get it out onto the road.

    Here's the finished clutch master bowl...

    ClutchMCdone2.jpg

    Here's the clutch slave mounted...

    clutchslave2.jpg

    Here's the clutch slave cover. The T5 is usually a cable clutch setup, so this cover isn't open on the big end, but since I have a hydraulic slave, I opened it up so it would sip over the top.

    slavecover.jpg

    Here's the cover installed. I still have to find a plug for the hole where the clutch cable would have gone through the front of the bell, but worse case I'll use metal duct tape.

    clutchslave3.jpg

    Here's the interior showing the location of the shifter relative to the seat. Normally they push the S10 T5 tail extension to move the shifter forward. Probably if it's a bench seat that might be needed, but I really like this short shifter ($5 at the swap meet) and the rearward shift location. I would have needed a longer swept shifter (like the stock shift lever) to have moved the shift point forward. All in all, I think it's going to be perfect!

    t5done.jpg

    Can't wait to get it outside! Weather - cooperate!
    Roger Moore

    63 "Flarechero"
    powered by: 347ci stroker | Tremec T5 | 8" 3:45 TracLoc rear



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    That is a very cool looking shifter

    nice work as always.

    Jeff Watson
    Seattle, WA
    '63 Tudor Wagon (170 - 3 spd.)

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    Yup! Lookin' great! Forecast shows SUNNY Thursday through Saturday.
    Last edited by SmithKid; December 12th, 2016 at 08:43 PM.


    Gene Smith
    Fredrickson, WA
    '65 Ranchero Deluxe
    302, EFI, 4-Spd
    Granada Discs

  15. #675
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    Call me crazy - Ranchero's (again)

    Everything looks beautiful, didn't expect any less. Anxious to hear about the first drive. Larry
    Larry Smith
    1964 Futura
    347 stroker



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