This truck has drum brakes all around. Since we were going to be rebuilding them, I checked in to disc brakes. There are actually aftermarket kits you can install that add disc brakes to the front. Unfortunately for me they are made for the Ford F1 which has 5 lugs. The F3 has 8 lugs. The spindles are the same size so I could install them on the front but I would have to get rid of the 8 lug alloy wheels and replace them with 5 lug wheels. I decided to put that idea on the back burner for now so we turned each of the drums to get out any scratches, then installed everything new from the brake pedal to the wheels.
The tally so far for all of the maintenance and upgrades is $2200 above the purchase price. I will be picking it up next week. At that time I will be uploading some additional pictures.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
It's Running!
After rebuilding the carburetor we only had to do a few more things like, change the spark plugs, change the spark plug wires, clean the distributor, add fresh oil to the engine block, and buy a new six volt battery. At that point we were able to get it started and it runs great. No pinging valves or missing. After that we made sure that every fitting on the truck was greased. Then it was time for a test drive on an old country road. Fortunately it was an old country road because I could not stop it. It had at least one brake shoe that was working because it was pulling to the left. I was actually standing on the brakes and the truck seemed to go on forever. I tried down shifting but the transmission is not "syncro mesh" which means you have to jam the shifter pretty hard to get it to down shift. At this point we limped back to the garage and decided that the next project will be brakes.
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