Been busy the past week. The dash and windshield frame are both repaired and painted.
I did get the PTO mounted back on the transmission and decided to fill with gear oil. I tried using a pail pump from Harbor Freight. That was a bust as the tubing ruptured and oil went everywhere. There are some things not to get at harbor Freight and this is one of them.
I ended up taking that back and getting a better hand pump at a farm store. I will be using this today.
Got more parts painted and now running out of space to store the finished parts.
Now the fun part. I get to put stuff back together. I reassembled the floor vents and the radiator armor. One louver is missing as I needed to do some body work on it. It was very pitted so some body filler was used and will be painted today.
Starting to get parts laid out to do back on the dash and firewall.
As far as the ignition system goes I'm making a few changes for the better I think. All this stems from my experience with old Chevy trucks. I still have my 1951 Chevy that I need to finish some day. here is my list of changes.
1. Add a pertronix unit to replace the points and condenser. This was done several years ago and works great.
2 Add a multi spark ignition module. This will be hidden in the original coil box. this will give multiple sparks per cycle instead of just one. it should help starting, idling and prevent plugs from fouling.
3. Add a vacuum advance unit to the distributor. This is a factory bolt on item that Chevy used on its six cylinder engines using a similar distributor. I only need to machine an 1/8" from the base.
4. Change the air cleaner to the paper element.
5. This next item came with my halftrack. A Marvel Mystery Oil Inverse Oiler. This devise put the correct amount of Marvel Mystery Oil into the intake manifold and lubes the valves and keeps things running good.
The one change I had made a while back, adding an electric fuel pump, I'm changing back to original. This is so I can use my windshield wipers. I may add a vacuum reservoir.
That's about all I have to report for now. More to come.
Steve A.
