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Hi everyone here's an update on the 261. its Starting now but still not running right I just can't take the choke off even if it's warmed up and it's super loud. Here's a video to explain http://youtu.be/tsGegjKaos8 thanks

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Looking good Nik. That carbon is likely from an exhaust leak

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Exhaust sounds like its leaking from the sound and if the intake is too that would explain the choke needing to be on. I would say you have a leaking intake and exhaust manifold gasket

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My thoughts exactly, some sort of manifold or vacuum leak.

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Thanks Dale


Ok so it seems that it is the manifold gasket leaking but it is brand new and is not jamming or anything when being installed and the bolts are pretty tight. I cannot think of anything other than the two surfaces are not clean.(but I did sand and clean them) I'll pull it all of again tomorrow and see what's up

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Time to check for manifold flange warpage and a new gasket. I remember changing it on mine and it ran real good afterward.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Tj the gasket is brand new, it has maybe 10-15 mins of use on it. I will check for warpage tomorrow

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This motor is really starting to make me frustrated. I pulled the manifold again this morning. First I cleaned the surfaces off and made sure they were perfectly flat, then I trimmed the gasket so it fit perfectly and then cleaned it up and used some hight heat gasket maker to help seal everything. I then bolted it on carefully and torqued it to the correct specs and then waited so the gasket maker could dry. Then I fired it up and got the same result, bad vaccum leak and exhaust leak. Any suggestions on what to do now? Thanks

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My guess is that gasket is toast. It has been too long for me, but is that a factory gasket or an aftermarket one> I used a hi-performance gasket on my old 250 when I had to replace an exhaust manifold. It was thicker than factory and seemed tougher. Now whether I really needed it or not , I don't know. I just got one cause it looked better than the stock one. (from Summit Racing)

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Here's a bit of an update for everyone. Been doing lots of bodywork so nothing too picture worthy. Here's the fender with almost all the bodywork finished.

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Oh and even though I won't be picking it up until June or July I thought I would show you guys this hood I just bought from a friend a couple hours away. A 60 gmc hood for the 62! I have always loved the look of these beautiful ugly hoods and now I finally have one. I first really started liking them when I saw namloc's 60 gmc "the snortin bull".
Here's a pic of it, the guy bought the complete 60 burb for $500 cdn. But when he started digging into it he found the entire floor and roof were mostly rust along with most of the other panels. So unfortunately his only option was to part it out.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Fender is looking great. The more I think about it, the more I think I may have to borrow your tailgate cable solution...

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Sweet hood! You got a GMC hood on your Chevy and I have a Chevy hood on my GMC...may be a trade is order....hahaha

Your fenders are really coming along!

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Looking good! Dang there's parts I want off that burban! lol!

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Thanks Ben. The tailgate cable do work really well, feel free to copy.

Thanks, I have a nice chevy hood on mine but liked the gmc 60-61 gmc more. I actually bought it from a friend in comox bc (on the island).


Thanks tj, unfortunately that pic is a week old and all the parts have been pulled from it and it was just scrapped. R.I.P.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Started to tear in to the rear cab mounts/cab corners and no surprise lots of rust, here we go again. First I cut the cab corner off to gain access to the cab support. I started to cut out all the crap.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

The metal guard that goes under the cab corner is done.

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And the door gap was horrible before. The door stuck out 1/4" past the cab corner and did not close well due to the cab being hit years ago and badly dented. I was able to make some relief cuts in the rear door pillar structure and bend it and weld back in place. Then I did some modifications to the door latch and now the door closes with the push of a finger and has nice gaps. Here's a video http://youtu.be/m1CdteSUyPk

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And working outside was quite enjoyable today. It was 25 degrees Celsius or 77 Fahrenheit with sun and blue sky's

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It's been Super nice weather here this whole week and I haven't had any time but for school and work. haha! Oh well. Summers coming. Hope ya get that cab corner done ok. :chevy:

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Thanks, Yeah I'm prayin for summer to come as well. I'm sure il do fine on the cab corner

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did you get it running good yet ?

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No unfortunately I haven't had time to mess with it. I know exactly what the problem is now. My neighbor is a mechanics teacher at the college and let me use a tool for testing vaccum leaks. It's pretty much like a smoke machine you would see at Halloween. I hooked it up to the vacuum line and blocked the carb opening off. I saw a little bit of smoke coming from where the manifold bolts to the head. The head and manifold are both straight and clean so it is the gaskets fault.bill (Palfstep70) said he had a similar problem back when he had a straight six and solved it by getting a high performance gasket that was much thicker. Do you know of any king of gasket maker that will handle the heat? Thanks

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Finally finished the bodywork on the fender. I just sprayed it with some old paint I had laying around to prevent surface rust. I also adjusted the torsion bars to the height I wanted.

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:metal: Good to see pieces going back on her.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

the fender looks good . I need to do mine like that .

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Thanks. Yes it is starting to look more like a truck again

Thanks Jim I'm pretty happy with the end product.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Wouldn't even know the fender was modified unless you had a tape measure or a SUPER good eye. lol Nice work. :chevy:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Fender looks good!!

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Keep up the good work man!

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Thanks tj, i was going for a stock look.

Thanks!

Thanks man!

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

TJ 's right about the fender mod. Very subtle custom work Nik.

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Thanks Dale.

Cut more out of the cab corner/support area and attempted to fit the new cab support but the stupid thing is made completely wrong, looks like they'll be getting a strongly worded email about their worthless junk they call quality parts. Last time I'll ever and I mean ever buy repop panels.
See how the area that attaches to the inner rocker is the wrong angle.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

So I made a relief cut and bent it then filled the open area with new metal. It fits pretty good now

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I am going to admit your truck is probably my favorite in the 60-66 chevy forum area! You are definatly making some progress keep up the good work man!

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Thanks very much!

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With lots of modifications to the cab support I finally got it welded in. The next step is to patch the floor above the support.

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From the inside

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Hit a big roadblock today. The bed is in the way of me doing the cab corner and there is more rust behind the bed

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

So the bed is going to have to come off. At least it will give me a chance to straighten out the passenger bedside. Someone must have put something too wide in the bed