1969 F250 4x4 Highboy 7/9 rubicon

[1971ford]

yeah, i spent an hours worth of time working with the wiper blade, then my dad comes over and takes it off within 2 seconds.

[seattle67]

Thats fantastic Ryan, the frame's going to look like new soon!

[1971ford]

not really an update.

things i did:
-got convincor's new truck running (well my dad did)
-got a new(to me) seat
-got a new(to me) pushguard


my nose has been clogged up, my throat is sore and ive had a headache, i feel like chopping my head off.

so i didnt get ANY work done to the truck.

but i got a cool new seat from convincor
its really comfy.....

center fold down, with cup holders and a storage box.


when i took it out of convincor's truck, each of the 4 front bolts(bolts were 3 inches long)had two lug nuts as spacers. and the rear 4 bolts had 3 lug nuts as spacers. so im going to fab some nifty brackets or blocks or something

also got this push guard from convincor...

[itsmy72f100]

That seat kick butt I want one for my 71 . Love the pushgaurd too.

[1971ford]

yup. ive been trying to find out what its out of. no luck.

[67mann]

Ryan your cacthin up with me Wish I had that cab to work with---wait until I start postin pics--on what it takes to fix it

[1971ford]

theres not going to be any update.

i was longboarding (like a skateboard but longer and smoother for cruising down hills) pretty fast, got speed-wobble (when your going really fast on a longboard and your board wobbles out of control) and i fell pretty hard. i think i did something pretty bad to my wrist. i cant do anything with it so therefore no work on the truck, or any other fun stuff i had planned for this weekend. i can barely type on the forums even.

[ford4x4fun]

Man that stinks... Hope it gets better soon...

[SteveC]

do you think you broke it??? i know i can finally return to fun time at work with no restrictions next month and i broke mine the day after christmas...and for my type of break i healed fast and fortunatlly didnt need surgery.

Hope you get better soon..

p.s. i can understand the pain ofnot being able to use both hands to type. I cant type well to begin with

[seattle67]

Ouch!

Hopefully just a sprain.

[71Ford100]

I'm pretty sure I have a pushguard just like that other than mine is a painted version.

[1971ford]

well i spent all saturday getting the 71 the cleanest its ever been, and sunday at a huge waterfall in the mountains with friends.

but i did do some shopping

i loaded up on grinding supplies and got a paint gun and my dad brought home a painting suit. and i got some Carhartt work shorts from my dad's work. and a pickle fork to get the steering apart.
spent $75 at Harbor Frieght.

the paint gun is supposed to be the best paint gun for a low price, so im giving it a shot. it was for sale for $40.






and next weekend im spending alllllll the weekend studying for Finals testing for school

then the weekend after that......... my dad and i are going to the desert to watch a 300 mile desert race in Nevada!!!!!!


BUT, guess what! after the desert race... there is NO MORE SCHOOL! and you know what that means!!!!!!! working on the bump alllll week, everyweek, all summer, hopefully getting the truck FINISHED this summer!!!!

[rjewkes]

Good deal keep the updates flowing brother.

[1971ford]

well,

SCHOOOOOLLS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in other words, TONS OF 69 PROJECT PROGRESS!!!!!!!

i really hope to get the truck all together by the end of summer, so it can be moved out of the sideyard so my dad and i can begin our desert race bump. but i dont want to rush anything.

anyways ive been really busy lately with school finals, not anymore!!!!

today i got home from my grandma's house, and quickly pulled the engine out of its hidy hole and started working. i spent 4 hours STRAIGHT of scraping.. my fingers hurt

we are going to rebuild it, bottom end (hopefully, not 100% sure we will rebuild the bottom end though)to top. not a 100% perfect rebuild, but a budgit rebuild. we are thinking of a little machining or something, not sure on what will get machined or anything just yet.

-got engine out of its hibernation,
-scraped off gunk off of pistons,
-scraped off old gaskets
-got rid of the rough ridge on the top of the cylinders (took an hour alone),
-spent about 2 hours scraping/sanding/spraying/wiping the block of gunk,
-oiled the cylinders,
-put it back in its corner of waitness.
- i think thats it

well i confirmed that this indeed a 40 year old engine!
guess what?! under all the gunk in the cylinders, there were actually pistons

you can see the difference...



i forgot to take a before pic of the side of the block, but this is what it looked like all over:

NOW: after looooots of aching fingers

we will replace the freeze plugs



dad got a hold of the camera

then i found a timing chain cover under all that gunk! ill be removing this soon...

sqeaky clean


BEFORE: notice the ridge of gunk:



AFTER an hour of erasing the gunk with a scuffy pad:
i can hear my engine calling my name anxiously waiting for a squeaky clean and new life!! ok so im crazy hearing my engine talk..


oiled up and ready for hibernation again..


also all the cylinders feel Perfectly smooth!
the engine is also really easy to crank with a ratchet, it feels really smooth too.


i do still work at the welding shop, so i wont be working on my truck every hour of every day of every week of every month in summer, but the money for this project doesnt appear in my wallet

i was just payed though, got $450 towards the project right now
that will go towards epoxy primer, 2k primer, POR-15... then paint

stay tuned for alot more updates more often

[TheEskimo]

Nice work, great to see another update on this. I've never had an engine that far apart and never knew the pistons could get all nasty like that in there.