Pilgrim's Progress

[Howard2x4x4]

Here she is just now... guarding my apartment in beautiful Vancouver, Washington.

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Mark, it's clear to see that you're dog's best friend, truly a high and nobble calling!

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Great, thank you.

Struck out on more photos, Gnsteam, but happy to give you my 2 cents. The Hagen door is not very sturdy, not sure it would stand up even in a dd, let alone a trail rig. Watch the video and see how gingerly I handled the door. Also, not real well suited as to one size fits all. I had to do a fair amount of customizing/fitting/finigalling, although that may have been due to my inability to follow directions and color within the lines. Finally, the provision for venting seems cumbersome and clunky. I am chosing to heed Frank Sinatra's advice and do it my way. One opinion and probably no worth 2 cents, but I hope it helps. Good luck! Howard in beautiful west Michigan

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Well, this was fun! Discovered some firewall protection from long, long ago! Didn't remember buying it! Now the quandry of when to mount the body. Here's the firewall maxi pad. And the brake pedal. And the gas pedal. And a fair amount of dust.

 

[gnsteam]

Struck out on more photos, Gnsteam, but happy to give you my 2 cents. The Hagen door is not very sturdy, not sure it would stand up even in a dd, let alone a trail rig. Watch the video and see how gingerly I handled the door. Also, not real well suited as to one size fits all. I had to do a fair amount of customizing/fitting/finigalling, although that may have been due to my inability to follow directions and color within the lines. Finally, the provision for venting seems cumbersome and clunky. I am chosing to heed Frank Sinatra's advice and do it my way. One opinion and probably no worth 2 cents, but I hope it helps. Good luck! Howard in beautiful west Michigan

Howard, thanks for the information. I will stick with my other plan of looking through the pick and pulls for a donor that will work.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

I believe that I still have the doors, cups and filler necks from the 1987 150 that donateed the engine. I was saving them as Plan b or c or d.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Man-o-mister, I had no idea that bolting the brake support bracket (interior side) and the hydroboost bracket (engine side) with the firewall sandwiched in-between would such a p.i.a.! The holes did not exactly line up, it's tough to be on both sides of a firewall at once, and the tub-attached nuts were corroded and painted enough to make every bit of progress hard fought. Hard enough, in fact, to cause an impatient moi to crack off a tap in one of the obstinate nuts. It did cause me to ponder more on 'how'm I gonna do this'? Came up with a way to clean out an attached nut when there was no room for a Tee handle.
Tap/rectangular tube/bolt

Did the trick,

although I still have a cracked-off tap in one of the stubborn nuts. I do believe that both brackets are bolted on well enough to not fall off, at least until they do. Need to do some research now on what the rest of the holes may be for.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Working on stuff that may be nigh onto impossible when the body is on, like the heater. Maybe not the right time to install, but gotta bite off something until a snowless and sunny day comes to beautiful west Michigan. Btw, does anyone

know what the empty hole in the middle is for? Also opened up the American Autowire set. Yeah, looks like a lot of spaghetti. Lots 'o' stuff to tinker with until body and frame reunioun time.

 

[BronCowie]

Btw, does anyone know what the empty hole in the middle is for?

I'm going off of memory Howard, kinda scary being that I'm pushing 70 years... but that just might be for the hot water control valve cable. I think it is connected to the control knob that is labeled "Pull for Heat".

 

[Howard2x4x4]

That was my hunch also Mark. I have a new set of control knobs coming from Scott Drake. Guess I'd better review the heater hose routing. Again. Thanks for the help Mark!

 

[Oldtimer]

Btw, does anyone know what the empty hole in the middle is for?

The hole in the middle of this view is NOT for the heater controll cable.

 

[BronCowie]

The hole in the middle of this view is NOT for the heater controll cable.

Well then... I stand corrected.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Well, how 'bout that! That's exactly what I was fiddling with today! Sort of. Working on the dash and wiring and all things there about. The American Autowire kit has been fun and interesting and fairly easy to work with. All of this stuff so far has been to the best of my ability and I fully concede that it may be two steps forward and seven steps back, but I consider that practice. Today I installed the AA fusebox in the plastic glove box.
I painted the background white in hopes of making it more visible.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

The hole in the middle of this view is NOT for the heater controll cable.

Well, awrighty then, what is it for?

 

[Howard2x4x4]

I'm going off of memory Howard, kinda scary being that I'm pushing 70 years... but that just might be for the hot water control valve cable. I think it is connected to the control knob that is labeled "Pull for Heat".

Mark, after today, I think the water control valve comes through one of these holes.

The reason I think that is due to the messin' around with the new cables and wiring

and gauges and knobs. The rest of the knobs should arrive Monday, fingers crossed.

 

[ba123]

Nice project, I like the color choice too!

Don’t wanna hijack your cool thread but I did a hagan fuel door on mine as well, but round.

I don’t have any fully finished pics yet but have this. Hope to get it back from paint soon and get to work.

 

[BronCowie]

So, Howard, in beautiful West Michigan... as I stand corrected, I don't have the luxury of going out to my garage anymore to take a look-see at something to answer a simple question such as yours, "what is this hole for?" My bronco as you may recall is at my daughters house which is ~10 miles away.

So I looked through my archives and found a photo of when I was dropping a new motor in the bronc quite a few years ago. I zeroed in on that area, zoomed in, and this is what I saw.

The hole in question is still a mystery to me (in the yellow circle), but in this case it appears to have a stud protruding with a nut on it. What is on the interior of that is what I will find out if noone else here cares to disclose that sensitive information. The yellow arrow points to the heater control cable that enters the engine well off to the upper right of the heater box.

Greetings from beautiful Vancouver, Washington.

 

[Slowleak]

My ‘77 has a rubber plug protruding from that hole. Looks to be a firewall insulation clip.

 

[Slowleak]

Well, awrighty then, what is it for?

Firewall insulation clip….


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[Howard2x4x4]

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Nice project, I like the color choice too!

Don’t wanna hijack your cool thread but I did a hagan fuel door on mine as well, but round.

I don’t have any fully finished pics yet but have this. Hope to get it back from paint soon and get to work.
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Tastey, very tastey!

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Firewall insulation clip….


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Well, how about that! Perhaps should have guessed that! I do have some of those clips, but I was using them for ear plugs! (Reader participation opportunity here - kidding or not kidding) Thanks Slowleak, I was using a bolt to temporarily do the same thing.