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  • - [Davin] In this episode of the Wrenchmen,

  • we're here with Jill with her 1948 Ford F1 pickup truck.

  • (lively bluesy rock)

  • The brakes went out on the truck a few months ago,

  • and it's been sitting since.

  • Jill says the truck needs a good tune-up as well.

  • So Matt and I drop by to take a look,

  • and see how we can help.

  • (edgy bluesy rock)

  • Ever had a project that stuck, stalled

  • or over your head?

  • - [Matt] Sometimes it just takes an extra set of eyes

  • or an extra set of hands.

  • - [Devin] Enter the Wrenchmen.

  • - [Matt] Follow along as we travel the country

  • getting classic cars back on the road.

  • (atmospheric guitar music)

  • - When I got it, I was kind of driving

  • around the neighborhood,

  • just trying to get comfortable with it.

  • And after a couple of times,

  • my son wanted to jump in.

  • And I said, yep, come on, I'm getting it, jump on in.

  • We're coming down the hill

  • and I put my foot down on the brake

  • and there is nothing.

  • And I'm like, oh (bleep).

  • And James is like, Mom!

  • And so then that's when I just, I parked it.

  • I managed to get it up into my driveway again,

  • and that was it.

  • I was not going to drive it anymore,

  • until I knew I had safe brakes in it.

  • - Good morning. - Good morning.

  • - Good morning Jill, how are you?

  • - Good, glad you guys are here.

  • - Yeah.

  • - Here's my truck.

  • - This is it, eh?

  • - Yeah.

  • - You got a bed full of stuff.

  • - Looks like brake parts back there.

  • - Yeah, drums.

  • - Well get this thing back on the road

  • and safe, and feel good about driving it,

  • next time you take it out.

  • - That's awesome.

  • - Cool, let's get to work.

  • - [Matt] Yeah.

  • Rear cylinder left hand.

  • - I think I was about 12 years old,

  • and I had ridden my bike down to the point.

  • And they've got a little candy store there.

  • And I was down there hanging out

  • and they delivered this truck.

  • And I was like, that is a really cool truck.

  • And then all of a sudden Dave the neighbor was there,

  • and he's like, I just bought this truck,

  • do you want to go for a ride?

  • And I was like yeah.

  • And I've admired it ever since.

  • (lively atmospheric music)

  • - Okay.

  • - In the beginning of the summer,

  • he said that he was gonna sell it.

  • And I asked if he would sell it to me,

  • and here we are today.

  • - [Devin] Alright, so we started on the brakes.

  • We got of our brake parts.

  • Front line came off, back line's having troubles,

  • broke it or broke.

  • So, no big deal, we're running fresh hard line anyway.

  • So we're in good shape so far.

  • - Yeah.

  • - So if we can get this down and leave that,

  • that would be fine.

  • - [Matt] Take it off here.

  • - Yep.

  • (upbeat rock music)

  • (wrench cranking)

  • - That'll be this episode,

  • me just sitting here cleaning stuff.

  • ♫ Hey

  • ♫ Hey

  • (knocking metal)

  • (hammering metal)

  • (hamming metal)

  • - Alright, so we gotta get some hard lines

  • for the rear brakes and the front brakes.

  • We'll get all that freshly plumbed.

  • - I got this off.

  • - Alright.

  • - You're looking at what represents

  • the last three hours of my day.

  • - Excellent.

  • - Alright?

  • - Good deal.

  • Well, we got a lot done today.

  • We'll get more done tomorrow.

  • Then get you rollin'.

  • (lively bluesy rock)

  • - It's a new day, we got some new parts.

  • I feel like I'm gonna be able

  • to finish up a couple of the things

  • that I started yesterday.

  • - Isn't it nerveracking when you can't tidy up

  • that last little bit because you're missing the clip?

  • - Walk about from a project right

  • before you're done with it.

  • - It's horrible.

  • And I brought you a spring tool too.

  • - Fantastic.

  • - And then it's run fresh brake lines all the way around.

  • - Nice.

  • Dave's a good family friend.

  • He has the cottage next to my grandparents

  • and parents' cottage.

  • And we've been neighbors since way before I was born.

  • And so I think he was excited to see the truck

  • go to somebody that was at least close to him?

  • Him and his wife have a book of all the pictures

  • of when they bought the truck,

  • everything that they've done to it.

  • And so the last picture I think that they have in it,

  • is of me and Dave shaking hands in the front of the truck

  • as he's passing off the keys to me.

  • So I'm honored that he sold it to me.

  • It's really special to me.

  • (lively bluesy rock)

  • - I'm gonna redo all of the ignition stuff that I can.

  • I'm gonna do a new coil,

  • new distributor cap, a new rotor,

  • new points, new condenser,

  • new vacuum advance.

  • - Made a lot of progress again.

  • - Yeah.

  • I got the battery in.

  • The new holder's down.

  • All the ignition stuff is set,

  • except for the points and the

  • - [Devin] Coil?

  • - The coil bracket.

  • We got speedometer cables ran now.

  • - Alright.

  • - You've been working on the brake hydraulics.

  • - Yes, I got fresh lines, all four corners,

  • everything's sealed up.

  • It's ready for bleeding the brakes.

  • Jill, you and I are going to change

  • tranny fluids still today.

  • - Okay.

  • - Probably drop the oil out of the engine,

  • and potentially the gear lube out of the back end.

  • That way everything's fresh from a fluid standpoint.

  • - Cool.

  • - Yeah, so literally, I just take that out,

  • And all the oil's gonna start coming out of that

  • just as soon as you

  • That is potentially instant.

  • - Thunk.

  • - There you go.

  • That works too.

  • - Or we could just do that.

  • - Or do it that way.

  • (laughing)

  • - Let me show you my way to do this.

  • (wrench cranking)

  • (bluesy rock music)

  • - Morning of day three, couple big things to wrap up.

  • I see as the bleeding the brakes,

  • and getting the tires mounted.

  • And a couple of little things on the suspension.

  • - I'm going to be putting in these turn signals

  • and getting these little lights up here

  • to blink here pretty soon.

  • - Perfect.

  • Jill and I changed all the fluids last night, so

  • - Fantastic.