The Ford Barn

GB SISSON · 04-25-2015, 01:07 PM

Being on an island it's an all day trip to a machine shop so I have learned to do my own automotive machine work primarily with woodworking tools. Yesterday some of you saw my teflon button jigs and today while waiting for my teflon rod so I can reassemble my engine, I decided to tackle my first king pin job. In the past I have just suffered with poor steering in my old trucks because I didn't want to spend the money and it didn't seem like an easy DIY job. I did a search here , and came up with 8 lb hammers, heating axle to dull red and a lot of swearing to remove them. Most said to just avoid the aggravation and take them to a shop and have them pressed out and new bushings honed. The home version usually involved a 50 dollar reamer that still wasn't as good as a Sunnen hone to most people. I laid awake last night and came up with a few ideas that might help. This morning I put these to the test with very good results. Some might recognize my Sunnen Dowel Hone as yesterday's test dowel for my wrist pin eliminator. Just happened to be the right size. On the kingpin puller that's a 1/2" standard bolt with a long coupler nut to get a lot of threads engaged. They would not draw right out, but the nut would get real tight, I'd tap the bottom of the pin with a 3 lb hammer and get another 1/4 to 1/2 turn on the wrench. Over and over again, switching tools. Shortly after starting, my cabinet shop employee stopped by the shop and I had him tighten the wrench as I tapped away from underneath. With this method it went very quickly. Now I'm waiting for my neighbor to show up so we can do #2. Yes, some heat was involved, but not anything red.

V8COOPMAN · 04-25-2015, 01:12 PM

The Professor would have to figure it out. Gilligan and the Skipper were babbling idiots! DD

GB SISSON · 04-25-2015, 01:22 PM

My fist title was 'What would McGuyver do?' but I'm really not in his league, so I toned it down a bit. I have however, been known to babble.

V8COOPMAN · 04-25-2015, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

I have however, been known to babble.

Yeah.....me too, but YOU obviously ain't no idiot! Nice improvisation! DD

Graeme / New Zealand · 04-25-2015, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

The Professor would have to figure it out. Gilligan and the Skipper were babbling idiots! DD

That may be so but i think I could live with being Gilligan

V8COOPMAN · 04-25-2015, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

That may be so but i think I could live with being Gilligan

I know what yur thinkin', but I'd bet he NEVER lost his innocence. DD

Gary/WA · 04-25-2015, 03:14 PM

Call me. 206-719-7069

Walt Dupont--Me. · 04-25-2015, 03:16 PM

Necessity is the mother of invention. Walt

FrankWest · 04-25-2015, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Walt Dupont--Me.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Walt

I can prove to you that a loaf of bread is the mother of an airplane.

FrankWest · 04-25-2015, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

That may be so but i think I could live with being Gilligan

40 years ago my cousin live in an apartment building in Sudio City, Ca across the street from Gilliagan's Lagoon. It was a large cement pond built on the back lot across the street from my cousins apartment....
Funny. Everything, in those old tv shows was phony.

Tinker · 04-25-2015, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

The Professor would have to figure it out. Gilligan and the Skipper were babbling idiots! DD

Either way... It would involve coconuts.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54580...lligans-island

Tim Ayers · 04-25-2015, 08:58 PM

Ginger was the hot one after all these years....

GB SISSON · 04-25-2015, 09:05 PM

Ya now what's weird?... The kid to the right of the spare tire turned 21 just 3 weeks ago and moved from Mt Pickett on Orcas Island to Studio City California. He lives in someone's backyard in a tent. I miss him. He could still see well and had good mechanical aptitude and could weld. My buddy came by and we did the other kingpin and we had a couple beers and installed both spindles. I went down to my parts truck which is actually a 1/2 ton I plan to restore later and stole the nice tie rod to use on this panel. It steers (on jackstands) like butter.

mrtexas · 04-25-2015, 10:05 PM

Orcas Island is a very beautiful place to live. I was born in Seattle. Does it ever stop raining on Orcas? Got moss growing on your roof?

Ralph Moore · 04-25-2015, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Graeme / New Zealand

That may be so but i think I could live with being Gilligan

Do you think that's why they never got off the island?

GB SISSON · 04-25-2015, 11:39 PM

I refinanced back when everybody could, but the bank's appraiser said I had to pressure wash the moss off the north side of my roof to see if there were still shingles down there. Luckily I had split them from cedar beach logs 30 years earlier and they were still acceptable.....

GB SISSON · 04-25-2015, 11:42 PM

Isn't anybody here a MaryAnne guy? Call me square, but Ginger never really floated my boat.

cmbrucew · 04-26-2015, 10:33 AM

X2 on Mary Anne
Bruce

Brendan · 04-26-2015, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

Isn't anybody here a MaryAnne guy? Call me square, but Ginger never really floated my boat.

would not kick Mary Anne out of bed for eating crackers!

Brendan · 04-26-2015, 10:58 AM

Dawn wells

04-25-2015, 01:22 PM	#3
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,182	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? My fist title was 'What would McGuyver do?' but I'm really not in his league, so I toned it down a bit. I have however, been known to babble. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

04-25-2015, 03:14 PM	#7
Gary/WA Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mercer Island Posts: 41	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? Call me. 206-719-7069

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Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,276	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? Ginger was the hot one after all these years....

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mrtexas Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 4,397	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? Orcas Island is a very beautiful place to live. I was born in Seattle. Does it ever stop raining on Orcas? Got moss growing on your roof?

04-25-2015, 01:12 PM	#2
V8COOPMAN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: East Shore of LAKE HOUSTON Posts: 11,135	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? The Professor would have to figure it out. Gilligan and the Skipper were babbling idiots! DD __________________ *Click Links Below* __ ▼ *'35-'36 W/8BA & MECHANICAL FAN* *T5 W/TORQUE TUBE*

04-25-2015, 11:39 PM	#16
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,182	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? I refinanced back when everybody could, but the bank's appraiser said I had to pressure wash the moss off the north side of my roof to see if there were still shingles down there. Luckily I had split them from cedar beach logs 30 years earlier and they were still acceptable..... __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

04-25-2015, 11:42 PM	#17
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 5,182	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? Isn't anybody here a MaryAnne guy? Call me square, but Ginger never really floated my boat. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

04-26-2015, 10:33 AM	#18
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Brendan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: At my kitchen table in Santa Rosa, Ca Posts: 2,905	Re: How would Gilligan and the Skipper do king pins? Dawn wells __________________ If it would have been a snake it would have bit ya! i can't spell my way out of a paper bag!