I've been spending the past few weeks on your website bringing myself up to speed and getting ready for my first Sweptline, managed to find what I think was a pretty clean one sitting in Washington and went through the steps to bring it back home to Canada.
1966 D100, Poly 318 w/ 3 speed .. I am told 76,000 original miles.
Given I have imported this vehicle, it's not as simple as just throwing a plate on it .. instead I need to go through the inspection process. I've started to chip away at small things and hope to be in a position to get it on the road in the next month or so,
So far I have done the following:
- Adjusted valve lash
- New plugs/wires and air filter
- New Alt and Battery
- Swapped to Electronic Ignition
This is my "to-do" list:
- New exhaust from manifolds back, going with a simple single 2.25" and Flowmaster 50 Series muffler
- Inspect front wheels bearings (inner/outer) and wheel bearing seals, check condition of front drum brakes, ideally they are OK
- Inspect rear wheel bearings and seals, check condition of rear drums, ideally they are OK. Change gear oil
- Quick oil change
- Inspect kingpins for any excessive "slop" .. cross my fingers that these are OK but given the armount of "crud" built up on the front i beam I would say these could be the original kingpins!
The above should basically cover me mechanically and should result in a nicely "re-freshed" truck ... from there I will need to deal with some of the small items, if anyone has some advice or guidance please don't hesitate to chime in but a few things I have noticed are,
- Interior door handle stripped out,
- Missing arm rests
- Horn disconnected at steering wheel or not working
- Missing wiper arms and wiper blades, motor seems to work good tho .. Just one speed right? Did these vehicles have a washer fluid provision?
- Front marker lights/signals need to be looked into .. not working right now,
- Missing pass side mirror
- Engine Temp and Fuel Gauge don't appear to be working ...
- HiBeam switch toggles on but won't toggle off?
- No interior light and no dash lights?
Anyways, sorry for the long winded intro .. thanks for having me!
Joe
Alberta, Canada
Nice looking '66. Your list is pretty typical for these old trucks. All relatively easy to remedy. Just post question/wants in the appropriate sections and you will most likely get some help. Chris.
Your fuel / temp gauge problem could stem from
There is an easy home brewed limiter
