I may be a month behind my own warped and slightly unrealistic schedule, but today with the help of a friend and family, Ike is now free of his tub. Moving Ike to the center of the garage, which proved to be eventful with the dollies shooting out from under the front tires not once but twice, the four of us grabbed the corners and lifted. The steering column and transmission/transfercase were the only real obstacles to clear. Unfortunately, I had forgot to remove the spring from the parking break, which ended up stretched to a near breaking point, and…
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After 60 years of Ike’s frame and tub being joined together, and then three hours, 16 bolts, and a bruised finger later, the tub is free of it’s bonds to the frame. Of those 16 bolts, all but 4 broke at some point in the process, and 3 had to be cut. I also was shocked at how little was holding the passenger side of the tub to the frame. The forward most tub bracket was bolted fine to the frame, but the rivet that was supposed to bind the tub to the bracket had long since broke free. Then,…
1 CommentAfter many weekends of not having time to get much done on Ike, I was able to spend a few hours getting some of the last items removed keeping me from taking the body off. The biggest thing I got done today was getting the gas tank off. I figured the gas tank would be the last thing I would take off, but I needed to be able to see some body mounting bolts that were under the tank. I also needed to get to the mounting bolts for the side step. The fuel tank proved to be less problematic…
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