Rear trailer hitch, thread failure.......sight!!!!

Rear tow hook assembly and bumper has been assembled and it´s time to mount the tow hitch threaded ball M24 according to these instructions. The state that if the thread is waxed the M24 size is needed to be mounted with 419 Nm

The famous front springs !!

In the beginning my plans was to street rod my truck but as the years past with me just driving it as it was stock from factory and quite worn I learned how to enjoy the stock feeling, so when the day came when I decided to tear my truck down and instead of street roding it, I decided to go for a stock (ish) resto with a few updates. One of the important updates I wanted was to use some modern leaf spring technology that would give a stock ride height but with these plastic buttons between each leaf spring that would give me a slightly smoother ride but not compromising on the stock appearance. So I went ahead and visited the web page of one of the most well know and well reputed F100 part suppliers on the market. If found a long lost of parts I needed for my complete restoration among other things a set of front multi leaf spring that was advertised as a stock ride height spring that would give me a smoother ride. The model existed in two different models, for big block engines and small block engines. I didn´t really knew witch one to choose when I had the y-block as a goal, so I sent them a question on there e-mail. I got a quick answer stating that the person had sent the question to there spring specialist and that person would give me an answer as soon as possible. The days went by without any answers. about a week later I e-mailed again and then I got a response from their  "specialist".

They told me I needed the small block springs.

I found this a bit strange so i looked the weight of the most usual engines, it turned out like this (approx)

Drum brakes front, what´s up



Excuse me for the upside down pictures but I have put the fornt axel ontop of the frame for easier access when dismantle, cleaning and refurbishment.

But look what I found when I removed the front drums!!!

Do you see anything out of the ordinary???

Left front drum brakes

Right Front drums