What did you do to YOUR bump today?

[flyboy2610]

Sweet...what year bump is that?

The grille says it's a '69.

[390bump]

Yes, 69 grille. The whole cab is 69 but the bed is 70. VIN # says 69 but the Registration says it is a 70. Kind of a hybrid built that way out of the San Jose CA plant. Vin # is higher than the ones I have seen recorded for 69... they must have sneaked the truck out the back door.

[tmcalavy]

Excellent shape...my 69 F250 Ranger is blue, but a little lumpy from farm use.

[390bump]

thanks - put a lot of "TLC" into it  

[Kurt Combs]

Didn't do a thing to my bump today, and I am going through withdrawals. I left it at the college automotive shop yesterday and they are going to look into the wandering steering and tire bounce problems, plus do the brakes. I don't know if they will do the kingpins or not, but that would be nice. They will have it for at least a week, and maybe more. I will be out of town for the next couple of days so I wouldn't be driving it anyway, but I miss it already. Driving a 96 Buick LeSebre with a 3.8 just isn't the same as a bump with a 460! (But the miles per gallon are a little better)

[Racer Z]

Today I started looking at how and where to mount my truck crane. I'm going to make a load spreader and an extra support bracket for it. I can't believe they expert this to just be bolted to the sheet metal floor of the bed. I know our trucks are tough, but they're not that tough.

Later I took an argon bottle to get filled and returned it to the school.

[indy358]

I didn't do much to mine today.  I put the rear bolt back in the passenger side hood lift and greased the front end.  I've got a ton to do to the truck and hopefully I can get a few small things done every week until I get it finished.

[indy358]

I didn't do much to mine today.  I put the rear bolt back in the passenger side hood lift and greased the front end.  I've got a ton to do to the truck and hopefully I can get a few small things done every week until I get it finished.

[Alex from GA]

Going to do the front brakes.  I did the rears last week and received more parts yesterday, brake adjuster kits and inside bearings, for the front.

[Racer Z]

Today I got to test my brakes in a panic situation. This idiot (not me, the other idiot) was doing about 40 on the freeway. It was early morning, so not much traffic and I'm zipping along at 70. Fine, no problem, the other lane is clear, all I gotta do is change lanes. So there's a Simi that I'm passing and I start to change in front of him and this Dodo changes lanes in front of me and slows down. I get on the brakes and go back into my original lane with the tires chirping as the suspension weights/unweights. I really thought I was going to clobber this guy. Then I see the Simi passing me and he's hard on the brakes getting way too close Mr. Dodo. Well, Mr. Moron, who's oblivious to all this, changes into the exit lane doing about 30. I doubt if he had any idea what was going on behind his rear bumper. Had he not moved over into the exit lane he just might have been a Peterbuilt hood ornament.

Once I collected myself, my only thought was, "Five years of track driving has taught me how the stop real fast and stay in control."

Good thing the motor/tranny in the bed were strapped in good. The motor moved forward enough to put some slack in the forward lines. Yup, that's why I strapped all the other stuff down too.

Help, I'm surrounded by idiots.

[69timemachine]

I installed my new front marker light lenses. It looks so much better without the cracks that the old ones had!
I also put larger metering rods in my carb secondaries to lean it down a little. Hopefully that will tune out the last little bit of hesitation I have when the secondaries start to open.  

[BudsTruck]

Put in a new battery.

[cowbay]

Drove like I always do to work.  Also got the UPS delivery my parts to rebuild the steering column

[1970 Hi-Boy]

Installed a new set of copper exhaust manifold gaskets. Took care of the puk-a-da, puk-a-da, puk-a-da noises coming from my FE. These are seem to be a high quality item and while more than others, would have been cheaper by far if I just chose them first. Available for most all Ford V8's. Here's where I purchased mine- http://www.ebay.com/itm/190329010217?ss ... 1497.l2649  I would have no problem recommending to others, those interested can take a look for themselves.

[Kurt Combs]

Put about 150 miles on it, had a heart attach about 50 miles from home! Cruising along, every thing sounds good with my new 460 pulling hills like they aren't even there when my oil pressure dropped to zero. At this point I am thinking it is a good thing that I have 100 miles towing with AAA. So I pulled over and everything sounded fine, water temperature never changed. I stopped the engine an looked under the hood, that is what you are supposed to do when thing aren't right, but it did little good. Wire was on the sending unit. Started it up and it cranked slow....that really gave me a pause. I let it sit a few more minutes and started it again. No noise, so I drove it to Pick-N-Pull another 10-15 miles. I figured that if it had no oil pressure it would have frozen up by then. Then I turned around and drove it home at least 80 miles. Everything was fine, but no oil pressure on gauge. When I got home I stuck a bobby pin in the sending unit wire and grounded it out and the needle pegged. Tomorrow it gets a new sending unit.