Years ago, guys would come out to used car lots to carve white walls on cars on the lots. I watched one guy, and saw the finished product. He had a small kit, and was definitely good at it.

To properly align door, first remove striker,with bolts loose close door align with hole tighten hinges. To get completely right, looosen hinges one at a time just enough that will slide with pressure and bump hinge with hammer, check and repeat as needed. If door needs raising I sit on rocker put ...

You know, if I could see, I would be dangerous. I was reading "BL" as black instead of Blue.

Thanks for the pic Iceman!

Okay, when I pulled the bulbs out of the back of the speedo housing, I figured I could use the wiring schematic in my manual to figure out the turn signal wire colors. (1st mistake) But, the manual for a 62 is the 61 manual, and any changes were put in a suppliment manual, rather than a new manual f...

ICEMAN6166 wrote:the bulb sockets must be grounded

So the cluster housing needs to be grounded? I ask as I tried plugging the two flasher bulbs in to see, but they didn't work. Also the speedo cable wasn't attached either.

On my 62, I am installing a aftermarket gauges and removing the stock gauges in the cluster. It had the stock gas and temp gauge with a generator light (now alternator) and oil light. My turn signals worked prior to removal of the cluster, so everything is good on that end. The stock gauges are now ...

Tony, I called the folks at Ultra Touch and they said for my truck application put the foil side out. Yeah, their website says: The single-side foil product is great for acoustic applications where sound can be absorbed into the natural fiber side, leaving the foil facing to block radiant heat tran...

If you want to attach your insulation, the experts say put the foil side to the outside. Also, for the adhesive, I used contractor grade liquid nails, which doesn't seem to be effected by heat and what ever moisture is in the atmosphere. I'm getting ready to insulate mine and have a couple question...

...The change in length solves he premature wear out issue. Lube the new ones before you install them! Whileyour at this check the condition of the pivots. Sloppyness here will cause noisy wipers and proper parking issues. AS I might add will using equal length transmission arms. IMHO! This brings ...

Thanks for the input. I ended up taking off both arms last night to check them out. (They are both the same length) The passenger side arm is the the problem. The angle of one of the end was off , and needed a little tweaking to stop it from binding. It works now, but I did notice that one of the bu...

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Going to check it out, and give it a try. Thanks!

Okay, one of these days I can move on from fixing these wipers. Like I posted before, I did the 2 speed wiper w/delay upgrade, and everything worked great...as far as when the windshield was dry I now find out. It was rainy the other day, and I was all psyched to use my upgraded wipers for real. But...

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Will that setup work with a 64 slick? I know the bracket for the wiper motor is the same for 61-64, and I just made the swap myself. I used a rebuilt Cardone 40-258 from Auto Zone which fits many Ford trucks from as early as 1966 to 1979, and picked up a used switch w/delay with wiring for cheap. I...

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Filled up the other day for 3.13, but have to drive a couple towns north of me. Sheesh, I never thought I would be happy about that price...

Damn that nice. Thanks for posting the link.

Thanks for the help everyone. I found out that the largest size to fit the battery tray was a group 29. After looking around my area for what was readily available, I opted for a Die Hard Gold, group size 27F. Comes with a 3 year replacement warranty, 825 CCA and 140 minute reserve. I installed it i...

Do you still have the old generator in your truck? No, the PO replaced it with an alternator. I have a good old fashion alternator/generator repair shop across from my house, and the owner is awesome. He knows Ford parts very well, and I'm going to get with him checking out the alternator to see if...