Well…Now that the seat is in I started thinking about getting the shifting problem fixed. This problem is that shifting is very loose. You barely touch the column shift and it moves. I am trying to get this truck dive able so I can get my daily driver in for so some work can be done. 

I started inspecting the shifting mechanism at the bottom of the steering column and its completely wore out. You can tap the shifter bar and it falls though the gears. So….I will have to replace the steering column, since the parts inside the column are unavailable.  I was going to do this anyway….just did not want to do it this soon. 

So…………………..this will be delayed. On to reworking the lights I will update you.

I ran into some trouble getting the repaired seat back in. The mounting bolt holes for the seat brackets obviously had not had bolts in them for some time. So I have to clean them out. Here is how I did it and got all eight bolts in.

Here is the bolt mounting hole that is located inside the cab. I suspected it was full of rust.

So I cleaned it out with a spiral wire brush, I just ran the brush into the hole like I was threading it and then soaked it afterwards with penetrating oil.

After that the bolt went it, not like it was new or anything but much easier. This is not a permanent fix. When the cab gets media blasted (I will type up a explaination of this in a later post)…..I plan on replacing the nut on the backside. That is really all there is on the backside is a welded nut on the bottom of the floor. It will then be like new.