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  1. The bathroom is almost complete, it is at least completely functional with a working toilet AND sink. I guess I can no longer refer to it as typical shop bathroom and direct people to wash up in the laundry sink on the other side of it - almost becoming a classy establishment! After playing a bit of catch up getting stuff put away my decided to tackle a couple of rooms at the house since our youngest is 19, she thought we likely didn't require a toy room anymore filled with all the toys of 3 boys, so you can guess where the surplus is headed. In the meantime I managed to eliminate a whole bankers box today, a small victory but a victory none the less. For those that buy out large lots of NOS parts and those that wonder about how that all works out this is a not unusual find in those lots. As I was sorting that bankers box of parts I found these two Ford parts boxes. My first first thought is "oh those are older and promising" and the names of the parts on the label seemed promising too But alas, I opened them boxes to find the following contents - they do match the description but.... Definitely not NOS and I only have two keys for 4 cylinders plus no clue what they fit along with who wants only one lock cylinder that doesn't match the other ones on their car? It is not unusual to find used parts in the original boxes from dealer lots - electrical parts are the worse from mechanics throwing parts at a problem until they fixed it and either they left the new part on the vehicle and put the used one in the box or they took the new part back off and put it back in the box but now it has marks from mounting it and no one will pay NOS money as it's not "New" anymore. So yes we do end up sorting through all those new parts so what you might thing is a huge amount of what must be big dollar parts (in reality most NOS parts are in the $25 to 50 range with some more, some less) I won't even get into the warranty replacement parts with the original part put back in the box and now you have a part that was no good from new, looking like it might be an NOS part. You'd be surprised how many chrome parts you find in original boxes with the chrome peeling. Not all parts had to returned to the factory for warranty claims but most dealers held onto them at least for awhile until they were paid. Just a bit of insight for you all, into the parts seller world and remember to be kind if something goes wrong with an NOS part. The vast majority of sellers do their best but we can't catch all the little shenanigans that went on at the dealers in years gone by.
  2. Looks to be 34-36 Ford From another thread on the forum
  3. I couldn't agree more. Just found these two pieces today. The Gulf piece is actually a folding ruler that I guess is really a folding yard stick. The GM piece I believe is porcelain.
  4. My un-educated guess is they built their own chassis and it would only be speculation as to the engine without pictures - there's more than one fire apparatus person on here but these two might be able to help you out with more info and where to look - @ex98thdrill and @Mike "Hubbie" Stearns
  5. Welcome - If you can post some pictures of the full truck, along with of the engine it would help in getting your answer. The quick look that I did on General looks like the trucks were custom built but more pictures will help.
  6. For those of you sitting on the fence about opening your place up, worrying if anyone will show up - the one thing I can guarantee is that if you don't put out the offer out no one will be there. It's kind of like back in high school and wanting to ask the good looking girl out - except that the worst that can happen here is that you get a couple of hours of solitude in the shop, no downside as far as I'm concerned.
  7. The paint came in yesterday so I was able to get a fresh coat on the water pump of the Star today. My paint table is an old camp stool - that expanded metal seat is fantastic and the legs fold up when not in use. The bathroom is a work in progress but it's just like working on cars right? A little paint and metal work.... I hope to have it together this week but just might have to wait to post the finish product until after the open house.
  8. Sooo, as luck would have it the store was out of the paint that I was after. It is now on order from a local parts store and should hopefully be available on Friday. In the meantime the packing is in and the pump is ready for it's make over I kid about being the fleet and facilities manager for my father and since the fleet project is temporarily on hold, I put on the facilities hat and turned my attention to the bathroom. The faucets haven't worked for way too long - combination of the seats being shot and the handles being corroded on the inside and spinning on the stems. I know, pretty fancy sink for a shop but it was left in the basement of my parents house when they bought their house in the late 80s and we needed a sink when we put in the bathroom. So out came the sink today and stand by for the finished product - my wife has a vision for it. The upside is that her vision means that she has buy in to the place and I just have to execute said vision. By noon it was near 70 here so a good day to look after some of the outdoor maintenance - why is it you can rake and mulch everything in the fall and still end up with a truck load in the spring?
  9. You are correct about the switch to the 17 digit VIN - the service manual is a bit jumbled in that it shows the break out for 79 and 80 and then will give a Figure number at the bottom of that page with the actual info on the following page. The first picture might be off but the if you go through the rest you can see where it breaks out each digit through the 10th and then the remaining will be the sequential build number. In any event I was trying pass along the other codes for the various sub assemblies. It is interesting that for an 81 manual they provided the year code going forward up to 1991. There's a ton of information there but you have to sort through it as there as a lot of overlap on each page for the three years between 79 and 81. Start at the 2nd picture and it will show you the make up of the VIN. Don
  10. I will say that half the deal with swap meets is the shaking hands and talking to others that you haven't seen for awhile - particularly this time of year. Now if you go home with a lighter truck and heavier pockets AND you got to catch up with a bunch of people it's a great day! I didn't get a lot of time in the shop today other than to pull the pump out of the EvapoRust and dry it off. Just a word to the wise, EvapoRust will not attack paint, BUT, it will attack any corrosion under the paint which will leave the paint nothing left to bond to. Which is a long winded way of saying, expect some paint loss, it's going to happen. Not a big deal, I'll pick up some fresh paint tomorrow after I hit the post office - the store is basically next door and finish off the process of putting in new packing and freshen up the appearance.
  11. Now that CSI - AACA has solved the case of the VIN - I think Steve M should pitch the idea to Hollywood, CSI:AACA where a group of detectives come together to examine the cold cases of long deceased automobiles, examine the remains, follow the evidence and solve the mystery! My apologies for taking so long to get this information, the weekend got away from me. This info is all from an 81 manual but it might provide you with more details of the truck - maybe more that you want! I would think that the codes remained the same but that's only a guess.
  12. With time I've learned to listen to those who've learned the hard way. Much appreciated advice!
  13. Never heard of them but a quick google search brought this up from a different forum from 5 day ago- I'd say wise advice is contained there - buyer beware Dear all, it smells like "eDyascars" is a scammer. I e-mailed them on a low priced car. They were great in every way until I asked to see the car. They have not responded. If they shouild reply I'll keep this group updated. Buyer Beware is good advice. A little bit more digging brings up their initial press release/website launch. Terrible grammar, run on sentences and a quote attributed to the founder Michael S. - that's it no last name given. I think that says it all.
  14. All right guys and girls I have to give credit to @playswithbrass for this idea to host an open house at my shop. I've purposely left the address out of the title as a challenge to others to do the same thing and just maybe we can turn this into an annual unofficial thing. It doesn't matter if you have a one car garage or a super organized 100 000 sq ft place we all like to see what others have been working on and just chat. So let's put the coffee on, on a Saturday morning and invite others to drop in and make some face to face connections! Oh yah, don't forget to boost and recommend the AACA while you are at it! So the details for my place are as follow: Saturday March 30th from 10 am to 1 pm I'll host an open house at the shop. The address is 135 Blandford St, Innerkip, Ontario. (its the old Chrysler dealership there) I'll put the coffee on and please stop by. I can't make any great promises but it will give you a chance to see the place first hand. For those not familiar with Innerkip, it's a small community and the only places that will be open are a gas station/variety store and Tim Horton's. If you are looking for a bit more adventure there is a farmers market in Woodstock at the Woodstock Fairgrounds that runs from 7 am to 12 pm and One of Kind Antique Market which claims to be the largest antique mall in Canada. For those with a sweet tooth, you can't go wrong stopping in at Two Guys and a Whisk downtown on Dundas St in Woodstock which opens at 10 am. No need to RSVP or any of that fancy stuff, just drop in and say hello! Now who else is going to jump in and open up! (kind sounds like a bad group therapy session)
  15. One last note on the day and you read it here first - well maybe, unless you see the new thread first - Saturday March 30th from 10 am to 1 pm I'll host an open house at the shop. The address is 135 Blandford St, Innerkip, Ontario. I'll put the coffee on and please stop by. I can't make any great promises but it will give you a chance to see the place first hand. I will post this in another thread and challenge others to do the same for their area. For those not familiar with Innerkip, it's a small community and the only places that will be open are a gas station/variety store and Tim Horton's. If you are looking for a bit more adventure there is a farmers market in Woodstock at the Woodstock Fairgrounds and One of Kind Antique Market which claims to be the largest antique mall in Canada. For those with a sweet tooth, you can't go wrong stopping in at Two Guys and a Whisk downtown on Dundas St in Woodstock which opens at 10 am. I know that it's the Saturday of Easter Weekend but my wife is gone out of town to a show in Toronto for the day so I know that I have no obligations! I know I've mentioned it before but pretty much everyday is an open house if you can't make it on the 30th - if you see my truck parked out front, there's pretty good odds that I'm there and the front door is open. Come on in and give a holler if I'm in the back!
  16. Now with both hoses off and the nut out of the way, you can see that this will be much easier to get the packing installed, instead of reaching across the fender with it still on the bench. With all that rust dropped everywhere I've dropped the pump into the bucket of EvapoRust to clean it up overnight. My thought is why take the chance of some of that contaminating things so an overnight soak seems to be the best course of action. The few fasteners that I had to take off, I've dropped into one of these dollar store bins. Keeps things organized and way better than leaving them on the bench or the running boards. It seems like I have hundreds of them (not really but there are plenty) that came out of my wife's classroom when she retired. I'm actually surprised at least one of the local stores hasn't had to close after she retired as I think she kept them in business! Once I start the process of reassembly I'll search the Wall O'Gaskets that were left by the previous owner of the shop and see if I can match something up. Failing that I'll have to make a new one. Something I've never done before, but no time like the present to learn!
  17. Any of you that have have done swap meets or the like know this scene of the day after - you're tired after a full day on your feet and you basically dump everything in the door and come back the next morning to face the aftermath: One of the benefits that I find after each sale is that I end up tidying up another area and the sale items get a bit more organized and contained. This is one corner of the former boiler room in the downstairs. (We had the boiler removed when we first bought the building - it hadn't been in use for years and the hot water heating was long disconnected) Being where it is and with little air movement the floor always felt damp. I've put a fan in there now and today was the day to start to clean it up. It's mostly been used by my boys as their space for models and a game called Warhammer that all three would play together. Of course I am also guilty of having piled a bunch of parts in there one day when I needed room somewhere else. I picked up a few pieces of Dri-Core flooring to start the process and have the Model T parts all in one corner and up off the concrete. I can tell you that a damp floor and cardboard boxes are not a great mix. Thanks to the help from a couple of members in the Technical section I returned to the 26 Star's water pump. Taking a better look at things and with their advice I decided the best course of action was to remove the pump and do the packing on the bench. Both of the bottom rad hoses appeared to be cracking which added my decision - I have no idea how old they are and thought that if the water system is going to be emptied anyway this is as good of time as any to replace them and do a little preventative maintenance. I'll replace those worm clamps with wire hose clamps while I'm at it. Once I got to work at it you can see how dry and brittle those hoses are. It hadn't occurred to me that the hose on the shaft from the distributor to the pump was actually a connector of both shafts, but after posting my question on the Tech section and receiving a couple of answers it completely made sense. I can't remember if it was at the sale yesterday or one of the many drop in that I had at the shop on Saturday, but someone asked if I found it beneficial being on this forum - I couldn't answer fast enough, absolutely YES! Getting things apart today became about a 15 minute process with no fuss, nothing broken, nothing thrown and no bad words uttered. The good news is that once things came apart the rad fluid came out a good green colour with nothing else mixed in. This is the distributor side with things apart The pump removed and on the bench
  18. Thank you very much to both of you! I would never have thought that the hose was acting as a connector but it completed makes sense. Based on the information provided by both of you and looking a bit more at things it turns out indeed the best course of action was to remove the pump and work on it on the bench. Once I looked at the two bottom rad hoses it looks like both are starting to crack so removal made even more sense and replace all the hoses while I'm at it. After a little clean up I'll get the packing in on the bench, which no doubt will be easier. I also plan to replace those worm clamps with wire hose clamps. Thanks again - I'm glad that I hit pause and asked first!
  19. Just depends on the weather and family obligations being Easter Sunday. So long as the daytime high has some sun and in the double digits I'll likely be there. This was yesterday at the Woodstock show. Bit of a thin crowd but the three buildings were full as far as vendors go. The weather, though not horrible, was a distinct change from the past few days with the temps dropping to just below freezing with some light blowing snow. The picture is before the doors opened so the only people are the other vendors.
  20. Looks like an interesting sale - I'm glad that there's a border and more than a few hours between me and the location or my arm might get tired from bidding! Suspect most of the vehicles have no titles due to a lack of year in the listings. That 28-29 Ford AA looks pretty complete and has potential to enjoy as is.
  21. Try posting further down in the Chrysler section as well - the more exposure the better, someone is bound to have a car that can get you pictures and measurements
  22. The short answer is I don't. This has been an evolving process that I never really intended to get to the point that it has. As I work backwards now on the organization I have dedicated certain areas to certain items - the manuals are organized by what is for sale by brand, with the extras also organized by brand and year in another area. The parts are all by brand and now I've gotten to the point where particularly with the Ford and Mopar parts that I am getting them sorted by the different packaging from different eras to make them easier to find. The parts department is filled for the most part with inventory that can be used on our cars and I've dedicated another area in the upstairs just for parts for our cars as well. I learned a few years ago when parting out cars to tag everything as it comes off.(in some pictures you might see those red wire tags on things) The master control right now is mostly like real estate....location, location, location. Ebay acts as the closest thing I have of an inventory list and my memory of where things are. At the moment I'm the only one who has to do the looking but if it ever gets to the point that there's a helper I'll have to up my game a bit. So far my wife has resisted being the head shipper, I can't image why!
  23. I already have my packing cut to length, with the diagonal end cuts ready to install. I have three cut and will put them in around the clock as it were with the seem at different points. I've back the nut out as far as it can go, however, it is now into the covering that wraps around the shaft between the distributor and the pump and there is not enough room to get the packing in. I'm looking for the next step and don't want to disassemble more than is required. This is where I am at so far: Any guidance is appreciated. Don
  24. Beautiful day around here today - forecast for the tonight and into tomorrow is for 1 to 2 inches of rain so I had to take advantage of the weather while I could. While giving that desk a couple of coats of shellac I thought, hey its a nice day, so I propped open the front door of the shop and gave it a coat as well. When you are the head cook and bottle washer, it's not just the cars that need maintenance but the building too. That door faces south and takes a beating from the afternoon sun. It's not perfect, but is better than the near bare wood that was there and one of these first days I find a replacement brass toe kick for it. It then time to turn my attention to the 26 Star, it's a Model F with a 4 cyl Continental engine. I'd mentioned before about needing to put new packing in the water pump. I had done my measuring and then my math and cut the the packing to length on the diagonal. Put away the left over packing - in a nicely labeled parts box I might add. As I've gone along I've been filling the parts shelves with the boxes and labeling the contents. Then when I went to move onto the install I notice quite a big gouge in the right front fender that was through the paint down to the metal. I'm not sure when that happened, if it was before we got the car or after but it doesn't matter, it simply needed to be addresses. Now how many of you admit to shopping for your touch up paint in the cosmetics section of the drug store? I'm sure some with cringe but the fenders are gloss black and the polish filled the gouge nicely and is a perfect match. I know where to look but to the casual observer they won't notice the repair and it is far better than having bare metal showing. On to the task at hand, and I back the nut out as far as I can get it and it's not quite far enough to get any new packing in so my next stop is down to the Technical section for some advice. I could have started to take things apart but I'd rather ask questions now before I get myself in a jackpot. For those not familiar with this set up the pump is driven by a shaft off the back of the generator that runs through the base of the distributor which is to the immediate right in the above picture and then onto the pump. I'm guessing that I just need to remove those two clamps and the hose but I'd rather ask first and be sure. While checking out the whole setup just in case I do need to remove more I notice that the one mounting ear of the front of the generator is cracked. It appears to be solidly held in place but it is one more of those, do I deal with it now or later and if I get into pulling it all out where does it stop?
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