Safety Neutral

Well I finally got the Pig Tail for my Safety Neutral Switch (thanks to Super Scout Specialists) I crawled under the rig today and found out why the pig tail was disconnected from the NSS. There are 3 prongs on the switch. Well mine only had 2. So it's off to NAPA for a new NSS. The good is International used a 727 transmission which is a very common trans. They had the NSS in stock. Now it's time to replace it.

Well this is not as easy and it looked. Of course there is one cable in the way. I need to move this cable but... you guessed it, unable to do this by myself. Need another hand.

I will wait till the boys are around and have them help me.

Once this switch is installed, My backup lights will work as they are suppose to.

A/C not working? Really this time of year?

Well I figured since I'm going the heater I should also look at the A/C and see why that's not blowing.

Took apart the A/C unit hanging from the bottom of the dash. The nice thing about this unit is its a factor A/C. Scouts had 2 systems, The heater and another was the A/C. Worked independently.

The blower motor for the A/C is behind the Glove Box. So out comes the Glove Box. Looks like someone was living in there for awhile. LOL

Found the power for the Blower Motor. Put 12v to that and bamm The motor works. GOOD.

Traced power from fuse box to A/C switch. I have power to the switch. GOOD

Do I have power coming out? NO. Crap. Took the switch apart and found a lot of corrosion on switch. Now trying to clean it. If I can clean it I believe it will be ok. If not, I'll have to figure out another switch.

A/C Unit on the bench

The Bad A/C Blower Motor Switch

Why No Heat?

Why No heat? First of all, the fan won't turn on. Must figure out why.

I've traced the wires coming from my "Off, Low, Hi" Fan switch to my Fan Motor Resistor.

I have power to the resistor. Good. Next I removed the Fan and the cage.

First I must see if we have a good fan motor. I put 12v power to the motor and presto, the fan spins. GOOD. 

Next I removed the wires going to the Resistor. I have power to the resistor put nothing from there to the fan. 

I removed the resistor from the housing and examined.

Well take a look for yourself. Rusted to the max. Even though this is a 3 speed resistor, I'm only using it as a 2 speed. Low and Hi. Lots of options back in '79

Here's a picture of the side that the worst, however, if I took a picture of the other side, you would also see the Hi Speed terminal has been broken off. The Hi Speed would have never worked. Now it's time to try and find a replacement. Lucky for me, International used some GM parts back in the day. I have found a replacement for my resistor. I also ordered a new Resistor connector. I'll have to rewire for new connector but I'm sure it will be better in the long run.


Next on the list is my A/C.

Finally Done with Lights

Well I thought I'd give ya'll an update on the lighting. I picked up my last Bulb socket today and now all lights are working. Tail, Blinkers, Brake, and Emergence lights. Now that I have that all done, it's time to move on to another product.

Next will be the Heater Blower Motor. For some reason, not known to me yet, my blower motor is not working. I will tackle that today.

Valve Covers all Done!

Today I sent about 3 hours putting the freshly painted valve covers back on ShagNasty.

You would think that a 32 year old truck wouldn't have much in the way but guess again. Then I drop 1 bolt and that took me about 20 to find and dig out. All in all, it's all done and looks great. Soon I will check for leaks. The PO (Previous Owner) decided to mix a cork gasket and sealant together. No wonder they leaked. All cleaned up and DONE!

Fresh coat of high temp paint has been added to these Valve Covers 

 All installed and looking good. 

Valve Cover all clean

Took my valve cover into the shop today. Got them back they look great  

Valve Covers

Today I'm going to be removing the Valve Covers to be able to put new Valve Cover gaskets on. As you can see, they were leaking. Shouldn't be to much of a job but you know how that goes.

 Here's the Valves from the Drivers side. Time to clean up the area and replace with new gaskets.

Here's the Valves from the Passengers side.

Valve covers sit and wait to be cleaned

BRAKE LIGHTS!

You talk about electrical.... Man did I get lucky. If anyone has ever tried to figure out what someone else did you know what I mean. This was NOT a fun job. Lucky for me, there wasn't as much wrong with the lighting as I though would be. 

It started off with the Rear Brake lights, Tail Lights, and Turn Signals. When I turned on the headlight, I only had one tail light that worked. The passenger side. Start the Rig and the Reverse light lite on the same side. WOW really? So I guess it off to find out what the heck is wrong with that. I was only going to spend 4 hours at most trying to figure this out before I would give up and have someone else figure it out. Got out my test light and started tracing wires. 

Looks like every where I went there was a bad ground. Would you think that on a 33 year old truck? Anyways, only 2 and a half hours later, I'm all fixed. 

After I figured out what my issues where, I had to replace to bulb sockets and new bulbs in the back. Once I replaced them all, I did my test and behold.... I have Tail Lights, Brake Lights and Turn signals. 

Now it on to way my Reverse lights work they way they do. Ok I'll tell you. For some reason the PO (Previous Owner) disconnected the NSS (Neutral Safety Switch) Took the wires that were going to it and tied them all together. 

WOW. So I've disconnected the wires for now to see if the Reverse lights till lite when the ignition is on. NOPE all is good in the back now. I'm sure the NSS went bad and instead of replacing it, the PO just cut the plug and tied the wires together. Stupid if you ask me. It's a $14 part. Oh well. Once I get a new NSS I'm sure my back up lights will work correctly.

Where did the interior go?

Well I didn't get a chance this week to update the blog but here I go now.

Finally rip out all the interior of this Scout. Yes it took awhile being this rig is 33 years old. You would think that all the bolts that hold down the seats, seat belts would just come right off. YA RIGHT! Remember she's 33 years old. Nothing came out easy. Well as you can see from the pictures below, the whole entire interior has been removed. 

Now it's up to Kristine to do her magic on the reupholstering. 



Not sure how she's going to do it but, she said it will be fun. OK... go for it.

Here's the back (Cargo area) I think it's going to need some patch work but not has much as I thought 

 The Headliner was removed to leave the bare roof showing. The reason we also took the headliner off is because this also will be reupholstered.

Just another picture of the interior thats not. It may look bad today but just wait.

Now it's off to fix the lighting. 

As you were......