if international still made these , i would buy one in a heart beat , however seeing you work on and make a great old truck roadworthy and a daily driver is absolutely fantastic , keep up the good work 👍
@@MichaelHelinsky-ws1nt thank you! It’s cool that this truck is so unique and rare, but I wish they made a bunch of them- I’d have a fleet and some spare parts!
I like your shifter boots. Good job on a smaller detail. Yes, do the seat and sun visors. Add a layer of foam to the seat, and fill in foam where needed. Hope the re-arching turns out well. I’ll be watching and waiting to see how she handles the road trip.
Hey man really enjoy your videos and always look forward to the next. Look into the rivet and rivet tool for GM square body trucks that may work for your vent window. Classic industrials or Lmc has them Also you might try taking the Jack release screw out and cut about 3 inches of welding rod and braze or weld to it then you can use your fingers to tighten or loosen the Jacks pressure instead of using the handle, just a trick I use on bottle jacks. Keep those vids coming !!
@@lesosborne9724 Man, I was thinking about making a jack release tool for this, but A. I got in a hurry and just needed to get this video done and B. I use this ratty old bottle jack for everything so it would probably work against me at some point (at the worst time too). Thanks for the lead on the rivet tool, I’m going to look into that right now!
Hey Eric, interesting to see you re-arch the springs. Years ago I had an early model 1977 F250. this is more commonly known as the Hi-Boy. Stock riding height I could install 38" tires with out a lift kit. I wanted to install a set of 40" tires and needed to raise the suspension 4". No kit was available since it already sat 4" higher than other stock 4 wheel drive trucks. I did so by taking the truck to our local spring shop . I told them to cut the eyes off of the main leafs, make a new main leaf and re-arch the rest of the leaves. The truck turned out great. It sat level and rode well. There are some cool photos of their shop on their fb page and tampa spring has been around since 1927. I understood what you were saying about getting the springs to fit back in the mounts after the re-arch. if needed, you mentioned that the springs you originally took off were too long, could you use those main leaves? Also speaking of my old Ford and your shift levers, my ford had a piece of thick sponge on top of the transmission that took up the gap between the transmission and the bottom of the floor pan. If there's a Jo Ann fabric store near you they sell something close it. I also found something called EPDM foam sheet that's semi closed cell foam which may work better than the stuff you can get at Jo Ann
Dang! That’s a lot of arch! Hopefully the shackle angle ends up to your liking, I had to relocate the front hangers in my dodge to help the shackle angle after I made my bastard pack lift springs.
@@gabecrockett6574 Yeah, I’m a little nervous about it, but I still have those two other packs I can re-arch with less of a curve and maybe use a lift block if needed.
Thanks for the demonstration. It’s great to have the ice broken on this. I’m looking forward to doing my own re-arching. Truck is looking great. It’s exactly the style of rebuild I am into…thorough, stock, and homemade.
@@knighttaylor4272 honestly, I agree with that completely. Plus I think the people leaving those comments are just scrollers not subscribers, so they don’t get it anyway.
Any time I pull leafs or an axle I get everything off and ready, then set the axle on the ground without the tires and raise the body just enough to them out! I now use a forklift lol
Enjoyed the video! I wonder if you made the spring arching press wider, you could do both sides at the same time so they match perfectly? Some bump stops would protect the oil pan
This is utterly ridiculous. You have the “only known example” of a historic truck and you’re doing this janky nonsense? just send them out to a spring shop to be re arched the right way, it’s not that expensive. This is NOT how springs are re arched. A real spring shop anneals them in a controlled manner, to the correct temperature, bends them while soft, in a controlled manner, and re heat treats them. All you did was put a bunch of extreme stress points on it and damage them. And jeezus dude spend a hundred bucks and buy some real jack stands.
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if international still made these , i would buy one in a heart beat , however seeing you work on and make a great old truck roadworthy and a daily driver is absolutely fantastic , keep up the good work 👍
@@MichaelHelinsky-ws1nt thank you! It’s cool that this truck is so unique and rare, but I wish they made a bunch of them- I’d have a fleet and some spare parts!
Another awesome video. Super cool truck!
Don’t mind the talking so much. I enjoy the learning👍
ditto
I like your shifter boots. Good job on a smaller detail. Yes, do the seat and sun visors.
Add a layer of foam to the seat, and fill in foam where needed.
Hope the re-arching turns out well. I’ll be watching and waiting to see how she handles the road trip.
Just got my shirt 🤘 - stoked your cruising through UT.
@@futuraoblique gonna come hang with us in Moab?!
Cool method for the re-arch. Most of them I have seen were done with a roller.
Thanks for detailing the spring process, my S120 4x4 needs this done bad.
Hey man really enjoy your videos and always look forward to the next. Look into the rivet and rivet tool for GM square body trucks that may work for your vent window. Classic industrials or Lmc has them Also you might try taking the Jack release screw out and cut about 3 inches of welding rod and braze or weld to it then you can use your fingers to tighten or loosen the Jacks pressure instead of using the handle, just a trick I use on bottle jacks. Keep those vids coming !!
@@lesosborne9724 Man, I was thinking about making a jack release tool for this, but A. I got in a hurry and just needed to get this video done and B. I use this ratty old bottle jack for everything so it would probably work against me at some point (at the worst time too).
Thanks for the lead on the rivet tool, I’m going to look into that right now!
Hey Eric, interesting to see you re-arch the springs. Years ago I had an early model 1977 F250. this is more commonly known as the Hi-Boy. Stock riding height I could install 38" tires with out a lift kit. I wanted to install a set of 40" tires and needed to raise the suspension 4". No kit was available since it already sat 4" higher than other stock 4 wheel drive trucks. I did so by taking the truck to our local spring shop . I told them to cut the eyes off of the main leafs, make a new main leaf and re-arch the rest of the leaves. The truck turned out great. It sat level and rode well. There are some cool photos of their shop on their fb page and tampa spring has been around since 1927. I understood what you were saying about getting the springs to fit back in the mounts after the re-arch. if needed, you mentioned that the springs you originally took off were too long, could you use those main leaves? Also speaking of my old Ford and your shift levers, my ford had a piece of thick sponge on top of the transmission that took up the gap between the transmission and the bottom of the floor pan. If there's a Jo Ann fabric store near you they sell something close it. I also found something called EPDM foam sheet that's semi closed cell foam which may work better than the stuff you can get at Jo Ann
@@LightningFabrication unfortunately those too long springs are long gone lol
Sweet.
Dang! That’s a lot of arch! Hopefully the shackle angle ends up to your liking, I had to relocate the front hangers in my dodge to help the shackle angle after I made my bastard pack lift springs.
@@gabecrockett6574 Yeah, I’m a little nervous about it, but I still have those two other packs I can re-arch with less of a curve and maybe use a lift block if needed.
A great watch, thanks for the how-to. I’ve always taken the lazy way out and made bastard packs but this makes me want to try re arching a few leaves!
Thanks for the demonstration. It’s great to have the ice broken on this. I’m looking forward to doing my own re-arching. Truck is looking great. It’s exactly the style of rebuild I am into…thorough, stock, and homemade.
I dig the information plus who gives a crap what other people think your people will find you
@@knighttaylor4272 honestly, I agree with that completely. Plus I think the people leaving those comments are just scrollers not subscribers, so they don’t get it anyway.
Very informative, thanks for bringing us along!
Coleman manual says the kits came with extra leaves i think is was 3 extra leaves and indicated which leaves to add
Any time I pull leafs or an axle I get everything off and ready, then set the axle on the ground without the tires and raise the body just enough to them out! I now use a forklift lol
Enjoyed the video! I wonder if you made the spring arching press wider, you could do both sides at the same time so they match perfectly? Some bump stops would protect the oil pan
There's no way anything that takes all that work isn't custom! :-)
Where do you get your 9.00-16 tires?
This is utterly ridiculous. You have the “only known example” of a historic truck and you’re doing this janky nonsense? just send them out to a spring shop to be re arched the right way, it’s not that expensive. This is NOT how springs are re arched. A real spring shop anneals them in a controlled manner, to the correct temperature, bends them while soft, in a controlled manner, and re heat treats them. All you did was put a bunch of extreme stress points on it and damage them. And jeezus dude spend a hundred bucks and buy some real jack stands.