1967 Crew Cab and a 08 Grand Marquis IFS SWAP

[The Big Bear]

HELP!!! WINDSHIELD ARMS KICKING MY BUTT!!!

Okay I worked more on completely gutting the entire Cab---stripped everyting out and now I am down to just the shell and I am going to save up and get it dipped in Central Cal to kill all the rust.

I need some help---How do you get the windshield wiper arms off the shaft? The only thing I have left is to get the arms off so I can pull the motor and arms from under the dask. I pulled the pin out away fromt he shaft but they will still not come off??

Is their a trick?

Any help would be greatly appreciated for tommorow.

[elgemcdlf]

If you look closely there is a clip or lip that is under the shaft head. You can pry that out a bit and it should come off. Since you are getting it dipped a screwdriver under the round end prying upward while using the arm on the other end rocking it back and forth between the 2.

[The Big Bear]

Thanks for the reply and all of the killer things you have done to your truck keeps me motivated to keep going on mine.

I pulled the little clips all the way out---just did not think to pry with the screwdriver so I will try it and see what happens. I should be able to get a few things done the next few days I have off and no one to bother me!! Will take pictures and try the posting thing again.

[elgemcdlf]

Great! I have been patiently waiting for pics. I am almost ready to drive my truck again. The engine swap is almost complete.

[The Big Bear]

Here we go,

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Spent half the day and completely stripped the Cab so it can be dipped.

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Then I completed the extra boxing of the front end, should add the extra strength.

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Then cleaned up to this.

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Rolled the front clip back in-----third time I have done this, it is so easy and takes less than a hour total. For anyone thinking of this Crown Vic or Grand Marquis swap I just set the Transmission on a Dolly I have see the blue carpet and then I roll the whole damn clip around by myself and it is damn comical to say the least. My driveway is on a steep hill that goes out onto a road and if the damn thing gets away from me it will not be funny. I use blocks and roll it into place by simply spinning the tires to make it go where I want it. Hell, my back does not even hurt. I just line it up and it rolls between the frame rails then I drop the rails down onto the clip and bolt her up!!

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Then I went to work on the Rear end and mocked up the Shock tabs and tried to get the Pinion Angle right?? I bet someone has some really coolway to get the correct Pinion Angle but I just eyeballed it and after I et everything mocked up and weight on it I will adjust the shocks if need be.

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No Shocks then Shocks.

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Then I jumped to the Rear Gas tank fob using a Mustang Gas tank, I copied BobyFords set up----Thanks Man!!!! No problems but a bunch of work----BobyFord makes it look quick and easy and believe me the guy is a pro. Mine is starting okay but I had a bunch of messed up frame rails to fill hole in---I had a Untility Bed on it at the start and they havked parts of the frame.

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Two Hours later and this after working on the Damn Rivets!!!

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All I did was try and Copy from BobyFords photos the best I could,

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Finished except for the Bed Nuts for the Bed Bolts welded in place. I have not mocked up the Short bed I got for it yet, so I will wait until then to Drill and weld them in place.

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Overall a great couple of days and I figured out a major issue I was having with my welder, I am not a pro welder as you can tell my beads were flat out nasty---then I went to West Air and the guy set me straight on my settings and even let me practice on a machine he had like mine and basically when I was fabbing the mounts I had the wrong wire and the wrong settings for the thick steel I was using!!!

So with the new settings and some sheilded wire now I am getting way better with my welding and will not be wasting so much time trying to clean up my crap welds. What a difference a simple turn of the button made on my machine and a step up to bigger wire.035.

Anyways for anyone out there thinking of posting or trying something like this, just look at my setup---I do not have a shop I am doing it next to my house on unlevel ground and EVERYONE on the site has been nothing but helpful and given me advice that comes from years of experience and saves you time and money.


So THANKS again to everyone who has been posting and offering advice I appreciate it---no one has been critical yet and it makes a difference when your still learning.

[The Big Bear]

Argh, I can't remember crap!!!! Now I forgot how to do the pictures from my Flicker account and my pictures did not upload.

Guess I have to go back and see what I am doing wrong again---I suck at this computer picture posting!

I figured it out as you can tell above and went back and edited it.

[The Big Bear]

Too late my kid needs the computer for his Homework.

I will try to figure out the picture thing again tomorow. Damn got some good photos and got a lot done.

[tybob81]

Can't wait to see some progress!

[Ranchero50]

I got some of the pictures to come up but OMFG does flicker suck... At least with photobucket your file name stays in your html address.

I clicked share, BBcode, 640 size, right click to copy and then paste on this thread.

Jamie

[basketcase0302]

I bet someone has some really coolway to get the correct Pinion Angle but I just eyeballed it and after I et everything mocked up and weight on it I will adjust the shcoks if need be.

Yep, here it is:
http://www.fordification.com/tech/leafs ... erches.htm

[The Big Bear]

Thanks Basketcase, I figured it was somewhere. I noticed he said it was for Cars and not trucks and I also thinking that since I am dropping the truck I would think that the angle would need to be more than 5 degrees? Anyways I will have to blow everything apart after I am all done since I am going to get everything blasted then paint it. Ilearned the hard way a long time ago about trying to finish parts and assemble as you go---too many mistakes and you end up re-painting stuff all the time. Now I just clean up any areas I can't get to by spot blasting then primer and spray, then mock it up.

I noticed your from Chattanooga, I grew up in Ellijay and worked in Dalton at the Carpet Mill for a year before I joined the Marine Corps and ended up out here in San Diego. I still have a house and some property with my Dad and go home once a year or more to visit. My wifes sister lives in Cookeville and we used to do the drive through Soddy Daisy to get there---beautiful country.

[diehardfordtruck]

Hurry and get this thing done and drive it to Ellijay so we can see it, maybe bring it to the show at the apple festival. Great work, looking good.

[elgemcdlf]

Progress? I want more pics!

[The Big Bear]

Sorry Guys been so busy with work and other family projects have not had time to to play----still I have decided to get everything dipped it's just hard to find a place in CA that will dip and get rid of all the rust. I have some major rust in a bunch of hidden areas and I just don't want to deal with them re-surfacing later. On a positive note it has given me a lot more time to research some ideas I have had and I am going to stick with the 4.6 and run it until it dies maybe throw some juice in it for fun. I have some fun and interesting ideas that I have been researching---they will be cool when I get them started and I think others will jump on as well when they see how easy the work is. Don't want to let the cat out of the bag yet, but I will have photos when I get her back from the dippers. Thanks for the Bumps guys and I am still here, without a doubt I will make it to the Apple Festival Car show and even down to Canton when I get her done. It will be a nice cross country drive when she is done. I have done the drive before several times and it is really not bad and neat to see the states.

[The Big Bear]

Sorry guys had to save up some money for the Dippers and been busy with work last week I loaded up the cab and took it to the Dipper. So the cab is back fromt the Dippers! I am glad I took it to the Dippers at this point based on all of the rust I had.

All my buddies were telling me to ----Just DA it and shoot it with some Primer----Yeah ----it does not look bad----yeah really clean!!!


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Man is the roof going to stay on??


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Cab Corners are in GREAT SHAPE!!!


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Front floor Pans will be replaced!! Rear is SOLID!! JAMBS ARE SOLID!!


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I decided to take it to a new body shop that has done some small work for me in the past to have them DA the whole thing WIPE it down and then shoot some primer on it to keep it from flash rusting.

YES the dipper says it was Dipped after to RINSE everything and the last VAT has a Rust Coating in it ----so it sat in the Paint cleaning solution for a day---pressure washed ----then in a VAT with a rinse Rust Killing solution for a day but WHO really knows?

I decided to DA it WIPE it and PRIME it----better safe than sorry.


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Actually the rust on the Roof line is all exterior except in a few tiny pinholes that worked their way to the inside jambs so I am going to just burn the Drip edges and put new metal in so it is not as bad as it looks.


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I had leaves collected in the area in the left fron corner to the left of the CAB MOUNTS that rusted through but not on the right---easy fix and the CAB MOUNTS are SOLID!!


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So after looking at the whole picture I would say I am very happy with the Dipping process so far and will not know a final result until a few years down the line after everything is done----my experience at this point tells me I had more rust than I knew about and based on my past experiences this crap would have been back with a vengance if I had just DA it and cut and patched without seeing what I really had.

Anyways I am in no hurry and have to do this thing is stages as the money comes in and I want to do it once---AFTER I have changed my mind so many times about what I want to do this will work just fine.

Super excited at this point to get her back--lots of body mods on the way---going to be fun to see everyones reaction to some of them. I keep changing my mind after some of the people here give me ideas with their projects!!!!