Thanks Iceman. I think I'm going to post a "parts wanted" ad and hopefully come up with a couple more rims.

Hi all, I'm to the rim and tire selection for my 1/2 ton 4X4 truck restoration. I've been looking in salvage yards for 16" rims and have found only three rims, actually on a bumpside 68 or 69. Everything else 1/2 ton is always 15". Are these 16" rims super-rare? Should I give up on fi...

Hi all, I stopped in at an exhaust shop and picked up two flanges just like Speedway's: http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Flathead-Header-Exhaust-Flange,34806.html. The muffler shop can either bend a double or single flat, flare and use the flange. They can also weld it to the 2" pipe as well. They...

Thanks for the Speedway tip. I also noticed that Speedway's manifolds come with a flange and short length of pipe. My manifolds came from Mummert's and only came with gaskets. He was also out of the stainless dipstick tubes at the time. I'm going to take a manifold to the shop later today or Monday ...

Thanks Uncle Skip! I didn't think about calling the muffler shop directly and asking them. I was real caught up on providing them with an easy slip-fit connection point. They probably run into this all the time too.
Thanks again,

Nick in WI

Hi all, Just bolted on a set of rams horns to my 1962 Y-block. They look way better than the original exhaust manifolds for sure! I got my parts guy all confused though. I'm trying to figure out how a pipe bender is going to hook the rest of a fabricated exhaust to the the exhaust manifolds and I ha...

Guys, I've had my '69 Mercury Montego since 1986. In 1988 I got my license plates: KWIK 69. They were real popular with the girls when we would go cruising. I attended a parochial high school where one of the teachers was a pastor. He asked me one day what my license plates meant. I told him it was ...

Guys, I paid close to 400 bucks for u-bolts and 4 springs rebuilt. The rebuild included re-arching the stock springs and adding a leaf to each to beef them up. I was changing a 2WD into a 4WD so he looked up the difference in spring rates, qty of leafs, and arch between the two versions. The guy I d...

Guys, I ordered seals right from my local Bumper to Bumper (similar to Checker, etc) store. They looked them up in an older Chicago Rawhide seal book and it only took a day for them to come in. Instead of buying a gasket for the inspection cover, I just made one out of some thin (1/16") gasket ...

Iceman, I installed them. I shortened the section of the rubber seal that actually seals to the tapered portion of the tierod end using a knife. Castle nuts torqued down just fine. Rubber seal stayed in place without inverting. The socket portion of the tierod end still rotates around the ball porti...

Guys, I wrote down the speedo core kit info in case anyone needed it. Mfg: ATP Professional Auto parts Description: 120" speedometer cable core kit Part Number: YC-101 I had to cut off about 10" to make it the correct size. On a side note, I even cut twice and the first one I bought still ...

Iceman, When I tighten down the castle nuts, the rubber bushing ends up "inverting" due to a thickened flange at the top (part that goes around the tapered stud.) I think if I shorten that thickened flange to look like the one salvageable one, it won't invert when tightened down. I'll stil...

Hey Iceman,

Did you get chance to take a look at your factory and replacement ends? I don't mean to rush you. I'm not in a super-hurry. Just looking for answers.

Thanks!

Nick

Hi Iceman, The castle nuts are just about the same height- i mean within 0.030 or so. the old tierods were not turning. I had to give them a rap with the big hammer to get them to pop free. I was just replacing them because they were rusty, grungy, and one of the rubber seals was about to fall off. ...

Guys, I'm replacing the tie rod ends on my 4X4 F100 front axle. Rockauto and my local parts store both came up with Moog ES150R and ES150L for parts. I installed them and they seem to pull up through the tapered portion of the Dana 44 too far. It really squishes the rubber seal. The split pin doesn'...

I called my local Bumper To Bumper car parts store and found that they have both 84" and 120" cables in stock. The 120 inch cable was a whole $9.00! It comes with a little tool to crimp the end on after you cut it to length.
Later,

Nick

Thanks guys. I'll do some searching and will be back if my local parts places come up with nothing.
Thanks again,
Nick

Hi all, During my truck's restoration I noticed the speedometer cable is twisted off. My 1962 4X4 drivetrain's speedo cable is attached to the transfer case which makes it super-long. I see Mac's sells a universal cable kit that is 70" long. This is still a little short. Do any of you guys have...

charliemccraney,

that looks great and helps me a bunch!

thanks,

nick

Guys,

Anyone have pictures of how Ford routed and mounted their Y-block spark plug wires in the early 60's? My F100's Y is a 1962 292. I see Mac's has a kit with brackets and grommets but I haven't found a picture showing where all the stuff is mounted.
Any help is much appreciated.

Nick