Wow! ..... It's not bad enough you gotta deal with health drama.... them rust like that too? DANNNNNG!

Hope you feel better quick!

 

been working on rust like that an worse since the beginning

foot can go to blazes

 

I know very well what you've been dealing with in regards to corrosion, ....been watching, with great admiration, for quite a while!

I'm really sorry bout the pain! Freaking relentless and persistent drama it's put you through,.....and I gotta say, ... you're quite the trooper, Will!

 

ok welding done ground them flat wirewheeled off the stick welding residue an painted also polished the chrome sprayed oil down the inside of the mounts to help hold off any further rust which was flaking an falling out even after i painted things (i used the hammer an air gun to knock out much as i could)






this shows where i stopped the black paint the back of the chrome bumper was flaking an rusted in spots SO there we go


all polished up

 

today called martin crawler told um what went down my shifter boot should be in the post today said to me give the seats to a friend use the stickers if i want it'd cost too much to get them returned.. i looked at the white seat list an heck! it'll fit the lady's 90! but i doubt she'd like the stiffness

took John into town (he cant drive a stick) and the kids for icecream i finally caught the local muffler shop open stopped in to check how much for 2inch all the way out O2 bung and flowmaster muffler the lady whos hubby runs the shop said about 200 for a full exhaust system SO now i know how much i need to save up

anyone interested in the factory rear speaker mounts/hangers? i pulled them from my panels when i put the 6x9's in

 

Bumper is looking better. Not a bad of a price for a complete exhaust and to have it new all the way thru with it. That key was flared on my crankshaft and I will be making a trip to Toyota soon to get that fixed. Thanks!!!

 

well in this area an due to the age of my truck no cat is needed so THAT saves me some $
im glad its just the key givin ya grief terry they arent expensive

 

ive been watching this guy "the hack an pack shop" yes he's done the spray foam thing an admits it hates doing it but he also does repairs in a real world not like hotrod magazine or trucks! which find brand new steel... an have unlimited budgets

this panel of steel spent all winter outside frozen off an on in ice salt runoff it shows various prep paint primer choices an what is now failing an winning

[YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE]

 

Can't work the link, D.... Sounds interesting!

 

 

i got my w56 upper shifter seal from martin crawler

ok need to know the black extension part of the shifter
it unscrews from the arm right yes no?
i need to pull the seal off the handle an replace it i didnt see any set screws holding it on the arm portion

 

Can you throw up a picture? I gotta say I really don't know what you're talking about

 

the black part of the shifter does i unscrew? ive got the replacement of the boot in this picture it cant go down due to the ball under it

 

I think most slide it over after pulling the shifter out the trans and then socket and bushing in and shifter and slide the boot back down over. I'm not sure if that screws but I would imagine if it does its going to give you one hell of a problem with all the rust you have had. I'm just not 100 percent sure on that one.

 

Just remove the 6 bolts and the whole cover will come off. No need to remove the rubber boot. Leave the shifter in the metal plate/cover. I wont be home til tomorrow evening and I can get you a picture then if you want to wait and see what you are getting into.

 

well what i did was pulled the quare rubber boot off to do the shifter seat an ball the square boot tore it cant come off the bottom of the shaft due to the flange an ball so was thinking the upper black part of the handle has to unscrew

 

My understanding is that you were wanting to remove the rubber boot at the base of the shifter, attached to the trans 6 bolt housing. You have a replacement right? I thought you already inserted the socket find new bushing ?

 

yes, as you can see in this picture from left to right
shifter handle square boot retainer plate a rounded plate that slides inside the retainer plate the spring that pushes the ball into the side pins an then the ball end



what ive been asking is the black handle end does it unscrew? the parts you see on the shifter have to get on there somehow but the black handle is way too big for them to 'slide' on

seat's been replaced with the red one from martin crawler the ball end as well which rich warned me to make sure it popped on good and thats working fine the square boot got tore

 

Yeah my guess is still that it does... I believe you need a vice some leather and pipe wrench.

 

The shifter and tcase handles both unscrew.