1968 F250 Project

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great stuff :thup: keep it coming.
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Last night I managed to get the new rear shocks in, which was quite the task. The new shocks are load adjusting and were about and inch longer than the original ones, so I had to jack up he rear of the truck and use a bottle jack to push the rearend down enough to get the bolts in. I never want to go through that again. :lol:
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I gave Frodo the shock treatment as well, but there is an easier way than jacking up the rear end: http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 50#p622628

A tip to help the next time you need to do this job. :thup:
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flyboy2610 wrote:I gave Frodo the shock treatment as well, but there is an easier way than jacking up the rear end: http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 50#p622628

A tip to help the next time you need to do this job. :thup:
That would of been way more simple. :doh: I don't know if I would trust the strap though...

Anyway, I spent around 6 hours patching the bed floor where some idiot thought it was a good idea to take a chisel and punch multiple holes in the floor. :x I just wonder how that person though it was a good idea. :loco: There was also some spots that needed to be replaced due to some minor rust problems. I'm just glad to be done with the bed floor. I also welded in a patch for the wheel lip, and welded the stress crack that was at the front of the bed. So, all I have left to do body wise before paint is welding the cab corners, welding on the door skin, and painting the bottom on the bed. Then I have to go through the brakes and replace the leaf spring bushings. I also patched the holes in the toolbox that went along with the chisel cuts through the bed, and one of the brackets had cracked.

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A few more pages and this project might be done! (as if a project vehicle is ever done :lol: )
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Iv'e been very busy with working on the truck and I'm back with quite a bit of progress to report. :D I haven't been able to find much time to post updates, so this is going to be a large one. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.

Finished up the metal work on the bed...

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Welded the door skin on the driver's side door. I didn't take a picture of it grinded

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Painted interior, I'm happy with how it turned out. I still need to paint the door jambs and the doors.

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Also had to put a patch in the passenger side door. I didn't get any pictures of it welded in.

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I also started doing some filler work. We figured that we might as well save some money and do it ourselves. I forgot to take pictures before I primed over the spots, but you get the idea. Most of the work on the pass. door was from mirror holes that needed to be welded

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And I'm not done yet... I got the underside of the box cleaned and painted. To do this we lifted the back of the bed with the chain hoist, and drove the truck ahead until the front of the box was resting on the edge of the frame. Then we supported the box with some braces we had hanging up in the rafters. It worked really good and was easy to wire wheel and paint. The wheel wells got undercoated along with the inside of the quarter panels.

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Here's how the truck sits now

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The box is sitting on a trailer now so when we want to do filler work on it we just need to roll it ahead. The cab corners will be welded in shortly and now I'll be going through the brakes and tierods to get it road ready. I know for sure I need a new master cylinder and new line and hoses. The brake shoes looked fine, and I might have to replace the brake cylinders. That's all for now. :D
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1968-f250 wrote:Earlier today my dad and I started working on the cab mounts, if you can even call them cab mounts anymore. We made up a pattern for the pass. side, and also started working on patterns for the kick board and the parts of the floor pans that need replacing. There is going to be a lot of fabricating and welding, but it its worth it.
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Thoselook like the cab mounts JC Whitney used to sell in the 80s I bought a set for my 72 when I was in highschool.
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Thoselook like the cab mounts JC Whitney used to sell in the 80s I bought a set for my 72 when I was in highschool.
I never thought of that, i just assumed that they were home made. I'm just glad the body shop that put them in just bolted the mounts on. That would have been a nightmare to get them off if they were welded in place.
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Great work, the finish line is in sight.
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hfdco4 wrote:Great work, the finish line is in sight.
Thank you! I can't wait until I'm crossing that line! :D
I'm currently working on the last of the mechanicals, which is the brakes. Lets just say it's not that fun of a job on an f250 with the way the rear axle is set up. I'll try to find some time to throw in some pictures and give a more thorough update soon.
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1968-f250 wrote:
hfdco4 wrote:Great work, the finish line is in sight.
Thank you! I can't wait until I'm crossing that line! :D
I'm currently working on the last of the mechanicals, which is the brakes. Lets just say it's not that fun of a job on an f250 with the way the rear axle is set up. I'll try to find some time to throw in some pictures and give a more thorough update soon.
One tool that is quite useful is a thin wall 2-9/16 socket for doing the bearing lock nut. A regular 2-9/16 socket won't fit as the walls are too thick.
Here is one on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KD-2463-2-9-16- ... 70&vxp=mtr

robroy did a good write up of his brake job on a '72 F250. It may have some helpful tips:
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... r+adjuster
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Amazing, I just spent the last hour reading your entire thread!
Keep up the good work, looking forward to more pics. :pop:
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flyboy2610 wrote:
1968-f250 wrote:
hfdco4 wrote:Great work, the finish line is in sight.
Thank you! I can't wait until I'm crossing that line! :D
I'm currently working on the last of the mechanicals, which is the brakes. Lets just say it's not that fun of a job on an f250 with the way the rear axle is set up. I'll try to find some time to throw in some pictures and give a more thorough update soon.
One tool that is quite useful is a thin wall 2-9/16 socket for doing the bearing lock nut. A regular 2-9/16 socket won't fit as the walls are too thick.
Here is one on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KD-2463-2-9-16- ... 70&vxp=mtr

robroy did a good write up of his brake job on a '72 F250. It may have some helpful tips:
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... r+adjuster
Last summer I had an issue with the drum on the passenger side locking up so I had to pull the drum off to see what the problem was. My dad and I ended up fabbing a socket that would fit the lock nut and it worked real slick. I"ll take a picture of it and post it on here. I also stumbled across robroy's thread and it helped a lot. I'm actually almost finished with the brake rebuild. All I have left to do is put new seals in the front drums/repack bearings, install the new master cylinder, bleed/adjust breaks and adjust the parking brake.
Amazing, I just spent the last hour reading your entire thread!
Keep up the good work, looking forward to more pics. :pop:
Thanks for the support! I'll try to get some pics posted tonight if I have enough time. I can't wait for the truck to be sitting on all fours again. Hopefully this weekend... :pray:
-Ray
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Picture time! 8)
Here is the box of parts in all of it's glory. I bought the spring kits, star adjust kits, hub seals, front brake hoses, master cylinder. I also splurged and bought two new rear drums. You'll see why in the pictures...
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The truck ready for some surgery
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Here's the driver's side drum that rusted away quite a bit. I don't know if you can tell, but there should be another lip on the edge of the drum which rotted away.
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Before

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They were pretty nasty :doh:
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During
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Cleaning brake shoes...
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And After

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New drum on pass. side
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-Ray
1964 F100 Short box
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1972 F100 4x4
1957 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible (x2)
1979 Ford Bronco (x2)
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Looking good! It's always comforting to know that you will be able to stop when you need to. Maybe I'm seeing things wrong but the picture you have of the rear brakes finished, it looks like you may have the smaller shoe to the front and the larger shoe to the rear. If so, you are going to want to reverse them, large shoe to the front. Keep up the good work!
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