In the months since my last post, the garage door decided to go into self destruct mode! Needless to say I had to have it replaced. The installer wanted the truck out of the garage .... when I went to move it something went in the trans shift linkage and I was unable to shift into first or reverse.
There was work to be done!
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| Had to jack it up so I would fit under! |
BTW ... Here is the new door .... it allows a lot more light for working on the truck! I was going to replace it myself but I didn't want to deal with disposing of the old door!
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| The old door did not have windows .. I'm gonna like this! |
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| Some much needed light! |
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| She's looking rough :( |
Once the door was on I got the truck back into the garage and took a look under it to see if I could see what happened. If you have been following along ... you are familiar with the shift mechanism drawings I did earlier
.. if not here is the link LINK it will open in a new window.
The spacer you see in the drawings had come off. I had tacked this on when I changed out the broken part for a new one. Since it is cast I obviously didn't do it right LOL ... I was not concerned at the time because the metal I used was too soft and I knew it would not be long before I would have to replace it anyways. I decided that rather than try to weld to the cast, I would just extent the steel on the shift lever instead.
I welded on a piece of heavier steel and bolted the lever back on the truck.
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| yeah .. I still can't weld! |
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| But it should hold :o) |
So far it works great ... I don't know how much gas is in the tank ... so I didn't leave the garage.
Here is a short video of it in action HA! Enjoy!
Unfortunately, I still have the second floor of my house to do yet and some standard yard stuff, so I wont get much done any time soon :( I am going to try and devote the weekends to getting the body in primer at last.
