Recent content by buck36

Looking Good! Love to see a shot of that F 150 ****** in the Car.

Yes, the truck is the one in my avatar. I have heard about and seen pictures of 1 1/2 ton demonstrator trucks. I have owned this truck for several years and just recently started working on it. I have often wandered if this indeed could be one of the demonstrator trucks. The V8 on the door is...

I pulled the bed off of my 1 1/2 ton truck to pressure wash everything and replace the wood supports and flatbed bottom. It all cleaned up pretty well. It's amazing how many grease fittings are on this thing! My frame is painted a dark blue, the same as the fenders, running boards and metal...

I have also had sucess with an Electro-Arc tap burner. This is a machine that uses an electrode that is attached to a head much like a drill press. You select the electrode based on the size of the broken tap, stud etc. The electrode burns out the tap. The head uses water to cool the electrode...

I have had success with tap extractors as well. Just make sure it's a good one, not a junker from China that will break and make things worse. Try turning it lightly first one way and then the other. This will help to dislodge whatever is binding the tap. Use some light lubricant like Marvel...

Looking for a machine shop do do the necessary machine work. I would like to do the teardown and assembly. I have the necessary tools and experience. Most of the machine shops I'm familar with don't want to mess with the flatheads. They say they can't make any money messing with things out of...

Looking for a machine shop in the Charlotte / Concord North Carolina area to work on Flatheads. Any suggestions, recomendations would be appreciated.

I just went through this with the generator on my 36. It turned very slowly with no torque when hooked to a battery on the bench. Turned out I had a bad amature as confirmed by a test on an Armature Tester (Growler). Rebuilt it with a new armature and it turned 3 times as fast and more torque...

A misaligned gasket or edge on the pan makes alot of sense. This could divert the oil as it drained down to the back of the pan. Well it seems the pan is coming off. How hard is this with the motor in the truck?

The engine is a 21 stud and I believe it is original to my 36 truck. I only put 4 quarts of oil in it since I removed the filter when I replaced the head gaskets and I haven't reinstalled it yet. I was waiting till I got things all sorted out because it's kinda in the way. The level on the dip...

My truck was stored for several years and I have recently began to work on it. I was getting water in the oil. I pulled the heads and replaced the head gaskets and this seems to have fixed that problem. In doing this work I changed the oil immediately after replacing the head gaskets and prior...

I had a similar problem with my 36. Compression check was good on all cylinders. I pulled the heads which is not always as easy as some would indicate especially if they have been on for a long time. I found signs of pitting on one head gasket near a water passage and 2 cylinders. You could also...

I just used a set of the Best Graphtite gaskets on my 36. I ordered them from Egge. No leaks and very little change in torque in 3 heatup re-torque cycles.

This is amazing. I love the look and stance. Most people would walk right by not knowing what it truly was. I'd love to see it with a For Sale sign in the window!

OK, Let’s clear up some things and hopefully help someone who may have a similar problem. I removed the Generator again and connected it to a 6 volt battery with the positive wire to the case and the negative wire to the armature wire. The Generator did motor slowly with very little torque...