1941 1/2 ton project Hannah

[Torchie]

I always listen to what my wife has to say. You just never know...[ddd
Sounds like your Father -in-law and I worked at the same shop. Way back when We always had some sort of blocks to do to doors,hoods and trunk lids just what you did.(Of course we did it out of sight of the customers as they would get a little nervous watching us twist the door on a brand new Caddy.)
When people point out"Mistakes" to me on my rides I just look at them and reply"Buy it and you can fix it."But at 6 foot 3 and 300 lbs, that doesn't happen too often. [cl [cl
Everything thing is looking great.[P
Torchie

 

[Burgerman]

hand in a glove

Your rad fits like a hand in a glove. Look'n fine. Enjoyed the details about your father in law and the tire in a blanket solution. Great stuff. Enjoying following along.

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[joedoh]

thanks burger, already anxious to get on with this one haha.

Torchie I give that lesson to all the younger guys: listen to the woman. dont fight about something you are just going to agree to in a couple days anyway, just agree.


finished laying in the harnesses today, on the last 41 I drilled holes for the fenders which was a pain in the tuchus because I needed to pare the individual fender harness from its plugs to pass through. on ths truck I decided to use the wiring pass through holes behind the rad support.

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while I was doing that I noticed a plug at the end of the harness I couldnt account for, a couple actually. turns out it was the last ECM connector I had forgotten.

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so I ran it to the big pass through I had created (and luckily had not sealed). It is very nice to just plug stuff in when you lay it out in the same rough configuration.

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then I mounted the vintage air system. after doing the last one this was a very fast operation.

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everything is hooked up now (except the lights front and rear) so tomorrow I will get the bed off for finish welding and maybe try a start while its outside.

 

[earthman]

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[joedoh]

I fixed the hinge I drilled out, my tap collection keeps growing, now I have a 3/8 18 :/

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pushed it out and hooked up the last of the connectors. look how nice the door shuts! except the window arms hit the inside handle arm.

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I was in such a hurry I forgot until the last second it didnt have any oil in it, I had peeled the reminder off the air cleaner when I painted it. cranked it with the fuel pump relay out then put it back in, and... no fuel pump. click for vid, this is with a little gas in the tbi.

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good oil pressure, voltage at the pump connector, so its the pump. the pump of a working running driving truck taken apart in october. I suppose you think hubris is funny. well wait I am not done.

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I got the bed on the dolly and pushed in, love that dolly.

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started to finish up the bed weld since I didnt feel like running for a pump, on the second tack the wire fused to the tip. my last tip. I invented a few words after that.

pump tomorrow! I liked what I heard of the smithys, for that second they were barking.

 

[joedoh]

woop woop!

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it has a weak cylinder, I am guessing a fouled plug from sitting. with the dual exhaust I know which side its on at least haha. cap rotor plugs wires probably oughta fix it.

 

[Torchie]

Wow!
Lots of progress.[cl
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Torchie

 

[joedoh]

thanks torchie!

runs like a swiss watch now, click for vid

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kind of a funny story, the last TBI 4.3 I did needed a thorough cleaning so I got some berrymans and went to town. I forgot berrymans doesnt evaporate though, at least not very quickly, so I actually had to pull the plugs and crank out all the excess. which was ok because I was putting new plugs in anyway, when I pulled number 3 the carb cleaner was all over the plug and clued me in that I should probably purge the cylinders. it looked like I was cooking fat over a tire fire for a while, that berrymans cleaned the living end out of the top end.

I also installed a new cap and rotor and like I thought they were in poor shape, carbon everywhere and rust on the rotor tip. when I put the rotor on I noticed how easy it was to get it slightly crooked, so I checked the cap and you can see (maybe, the bottom ones in the picture have a groove worn in them) the rotor made lots of collisions with the cap terminals because the PO had it on crooked. 'cest la vie!

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found my gauge problem I think

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probably from the first start, I had the plug in the gauges upside down for a second. easy enough to fix.

got the bed all welded up too. we arent tilting at perfection, but it looks appropriate to me. this bed I found upside down in the side yard of a 200 year old farm, it has a lot of farmer inspired repairs, including one that I wish I had noticed earlier. the drivers rear corner is outboard of place about an inch. maybe later, I still need to do the rear floor mount and then wood bed.

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got all the engine wiring tucked away, and went to install the fan. I want to know what kind of clodpated citified moron orders a radiator fan combo (sold together as a combo!) and doesnt check the fit until he is ready to install?

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it doesnt fit. its about an inch too big. probably that inch I saved ordering a 21x19 instead of a 22x19. I feel like a real dumb ****, but in a real "ha ha" kind of way.

should have more to show tomorrow.

 

[Burgerman]

Way to go

Nice job, terrific progress, running like a watch! No worries about the rad-fan combo fit. You'll figure it out.

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[joedoh]

thanks man, they told me to get porked. apparently I had 2 months to lodge a complaint. I have a smaller bosch I have been saving, it really moves the air so I am sure it will work.

I fixed the widow mechanism, now it goes up AND down and doesnt get stuck on the door latch mechanism any more.
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picked these LED up local after a fruitful search for something small enough to fit. these should work great

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this is looking straight down the bedside, the tailgate is to the right, you can see the wag the bedside has away from the floor that I had cut square.

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this picture shows the real problem, its welded up in the wrong place. I tried cutting it loose but no luck yet, its farmer poop welded six different ways. need a time machine to put it in the right spot.

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need to straighten the fenders too. these things are like baby goats, always falling over for no reason at all. that bend in the bottom, I put the fender on a cart and a minute later it fell off all by itself.

got the fenders mounted solid though, need the pieces welded to the running boards and the bed is ready to go back on.

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[Old Iron]

I find it intriguing that your doors and my 37 doors have all the same structure and mechanisms. The lever style door handle and the push style I have is the only difference.

 

[Burgerman]

Bed

The cool thing about that bed is that you have it. Bird poop welding can go away. [.

 

[lowbudget50]

Looking good man!!!

 

[smallfoot]

I find it intriguing that your doors and my 37 doors have all the same structure and mechanisms. The lever style door handle and the push style I have is the only difference.

Not too different from my 46 either...

 

[patina]

Awesome I’m really enjoying this build. It’s going to look great when you get it finished.

 

[joedoh]

the door parts on these are a giant pain to work on so I am not surprised to hear they are used for many years.

Awesome I’m really enjoying this build. It’s going to look great when you get it finished.

thanks!


when I got the hood for this truck it was in two pieces, the wind had bent it and ripped it loose. I straightened it out and welded the hinge back on the ripped side, but I just could not get it to fit right.

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but I have a deep bench, and spares to spare. this one almost fell on, once I got the hinges and latches all lubed up.

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its even the right color... sort of.

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I will paint the smooth parts and sand it back. it will look right.

I did the passenger door today too, the inside handle rod was in the bottom of the door and rusty, it broke the first time I used it. but the latch took grease and did not require a rebuild so potato potatto.

I had to grab a window from the farm team, I was planning to leave the cracked one but there was a piece missing.

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the days of me grunting big stuff around with the (lack of) help from the fairer sex are over and done with. I bring this home in a week!

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its a smooth tire so just driveway use right now, but I will put down a packed limestone path to the back forty (yards) and that will allow me almost unlimited mischief! if my brother in law is reading, thanks again!

 

[Old Iron]

This is coming along great.
The fork lift will be a god send.

 

[smallfoot]

Wonder how long it'll be before we see a chopped Hyster![ddd

 

[forbigpicture]

Wonder how long it'll be before we see a chopped Hyster![ddd

Sitting on a S-10 chassis and running gear[ddd
just messin' with ya Joe....it'll be a great addition....

 

[joedoh]

Sitting on a S-10 chassis and running gear[ddd

it DOES have a 3 liter gm 4 cylinder! cant chop it though without losing lift, I am betting a coat of paint and maybe some traction tires is all I will ever do.


closed out the running boards. this is before grinding and painting.

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I did a lot of little stuff, like cutting off the rear bumpstops and tying up wiring, tapped the holes for the windshield, installed the gasket. but I had to quit, a nice local guy came by yesterday and is building a 46 on s10 chassis so I cut him a set of mounts. he wanted to use s10 bushings so I changed the mounts slightly.

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used the 11ga on his set

more hannah work tomorrow.