Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Refurbished the stock front sway bar after the drop and also got the alignment done - lastly paid $107 to top off the tank for a show Saturday..

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Started the process of installing a Gen 5 Vintage Air kit. Removed the original heater box and painted the blanking plate that takes its place. Just stuck it on there temporarily to see how it will look.

Since the inner fender had to come out to get the heater box out, I took the opportunity to weld up 5 holes that a PO drilled in it. Afterward, the paint I sprayed on it reactivated the paint underneath, making a big mess. I may have to strip it to bare metal and start over.

Also deburred and painted the compressor mounting brackets. I'm thinking about maybe painting the compressor black.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Grind, grind, grind

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Pat, Do you get a heater with your Gen 5 A/C unit?

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Yes. It's got the evaporator and the heater core both inside the same box that goes under the dash. It cleans up the firewall, but the bummer is that you lose most of your glovebox.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Does Rocky Raccoon have a console between buckets?

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Good point. Yes

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

So you don't need that much volume in the ''Dispatch Box.'' [As our Canadian neighbors call the Glove Box.]

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Got the cab in epoxy. Realized I need a better “paint booth” and more time behind the spray gun. Next up is the floorboard.

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That's very cool, and beautiful interior:chevy:

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I'm cutting up the dash I installed a couple years ago to replace a cut up dash. Doesn't feel right.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

I'd like to restore A/C on the '71 GMC Jimmy. It had Factory Air when new, but the PO let it go by the time I bought it [1995]. Furthermore --maybe 25 years ago -- I removed a lot of the A/C paraphrenalia and put the parts in a bucket. Then I lost the bucket. Never had the compressor or mounts. So I'd be starting from square one to install A/C. At least the dash vent holes are in the right places -- don't have to cut.
:gmc2:

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Put some of my old school decals on the old boy this weekend.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Not a great day weather wise but I took off the parking brake lever on the 68 why would they go to the trouble of taping off the lever ? Need to get a cable too

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Get a better grip, maybe? Or to cover the fact that the black paint wore off and it was rusting around the periphery. On my '68 C/10 Stepside, the part of the handle that was in daily contact had rubbed itself to shiny metal -- rusting into black paint outside of the contact area. I re-shot it with Satin Black during a 2005 engine rebuild.
Maybe they taped the steering wheel too, and matched the brake handle to it.
Too many variables to know for certain.
Apologies if I answered a rhetorical question...
:chevy:

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Sure they used a template . The handle is nicely painted and held up well . Just an observation as a little overspray line would have been acceptable . Specially with all the runs my dash had .

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Love the Rust 911 non acid rust remover . One hour soak

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Will you paint it?

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Cleared the bare steel . Going to paint the black tomorrow.

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I changed both rear brake cylinders on the 71.
No more seeping I hope.

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Duplicate post. Sorry.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Installed the A/C condenser. Routing the lines through the core support was a challenge without removing the grille. Also installed the compressor and figured out the right belt length (Gates 7570). Discovered my lower radiator hose interferes with the belt, so I purchased one that's the right shape and will install it tomorrow.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Nice work, Pat.

I tightened the two 9/16 bolts holding my thermostat down on the '71 GMC. I found a pint of bottled water on the cab floor. It was at least 140*. I topped off my recently resoldered radiator with it. Waited for the last bubble and surprisingly the whole 16.9 oz went in up to the neck.

My puke tank project on the 350 has yet to fill the Nova-type reserve container. There are scales of green antifreeze solids forming on the fore manifold top, all around the Thermostat neck. I put a new 160* stat in, in April. I used the provided paper gasket, but used no RTV.
Maybe I need to.
:gmc2:

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Come to the realization that the parking brake handle was dipped not sprayed .

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Maybe it was powder coated

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Finished kilmat installation in the drivers side foot well and adjusted the clutch pedal to sit at the same height as the brake pedal, both of which are now approximately 2.5" above throttle pedal height. Unfortunately no pics here at work =(

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In 68 ? I highly doubt that . But it’s back together regardless.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Well done Mark, it looks great ......... new old stock :)

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

I'm not sure when part manufacturers started using powder coating but I do know it was invented in the 40's. Either way that looks great.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Not doubting the timeframe . Lots of new cars have powder coated parts as the price is reasonable and longevity is needed . Around that time it was keep the line moving and sell those trucks . They didn’t care about 5 or 6 year old parts rusting :lol.

Now the heater box looks bad . That will be this falls project should have done it when I painted the interior .

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Helps when the part is nice to begin with . Thanks for the compliment

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Well after searching forever on my own for 2 weeks I found and ordered 2 from JLFabrication.com ...https://jlfabrication.com/collection...b6903769&_ss=r , hope this helps you Rich72C10.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Got the lighter working . I ended up buying a complete cigar lighter at Autozone it fit the bezel perfectly and had regular flat male connectors so it was easy enough to wire it up . And the chrome socket looks right at home in the truck

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Decided to put the inner front wheel wells back on. I drove this truck for years with out them. It was easier to work around the engine compartment with out them being in the way. Plus we raced this truck and it made the truck a little lighter plus the help of other parts we took off. Every thing missing is going back on. Racing is over for me.

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Looked at prices at a couple of vendors for a replacement grill and some components. Big differences, as in hundreds of dollars for what seem to be similar products. Crazy. I really wish my FiL hadn't butchered the original grill. :uhmk:

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I had to replace my heater core on mine and need to put it back in. It has some rust and don't feel like fixing it and considered just buying new ones. There is always something to do on these old trucks.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

The rust would most likely be easier to fix than getting aftermarket inner aprons to fit right .

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

These are the original GM inners and they were not fun to install. Getting all the holes to line up wasn't easy. We used Chineese inners on our 68 and they went right on. I antisapated (if that's how to spell it) the GM inners were going to be a snap. It took one complete day to install but no drill was used. Lots of putting screw drivers in the holes and lots of prying.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Never had a problem removing and reinstalling originals . I tried aftermarket’s on my 68 and abandoned that adventure . My originals were nice but I found a set of Arizona take offs . So I still have originals for my next project.

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Something every day or week . I used striping tape to get the hood lip white . Just wanted to make sure I liked it prior to painting . I posted it in my hood thread too