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I know that even though I have NOT posted much lately, it is because I have been working on items that are not really visual....
I was working hard to figure out how to make my '66 wiper motor work with the intermittent wiper components on my '91 chevy steering column. After many hours of frustration, I came to the conclusion that if I added a diode into the harness, that I could emulate the signals that the '66 motor was needing when using the '91 switch! I now have intermittent speed controlled wipers using all factory GM components! Also I have been working hard to get the '96 LT1 cruise control working with no avail....Really? after all of the custom stuff that I performed on the cable, and it doesn't work? I resorted to doing many hours of research online only to realize that the GM cruise speed control unit uses the bulb filaments in the 3rd brake light as a bleed down circuit to drain residual power to ground. Since I do NOT have a 3rd brake light, I substituted a resister into the circuit to imitate the 3rd brake light...And it works perfectly now. All of this work remains hard to see with the naked eye, but is very satisfying once sitting behind the wheel! Most recently, I have been working on getting the windshield installed. I installed it twice yesterday, with NO success! Today I looked at the areas of interference closely, and compared them to the original window seal & came to the conclusion that the original glass NEVER fit correctly, based on all of the caulk added to the same areas that I was having difficulty with. In some areas the inner panels & outer panels mismatched by over 3/16" and this made the window opening too small to fit properly. Between Saturday afternoon & Sunday morning the windshield had basically worked its way out of the opening, and was ready to fall out. This thing must have been built on a Sunday morning, when everyone had a hangover or something, as this is NOT the first MAJOR quality issue that I have noticed with this area. The passenger side dash was welded to the cowl several times with no success, but I have long since fixed that. I proceeded to grind the window opening lip so that the inner & outer panels had a consistent length of lip for the gasket. The windshield seems to fit perfectly ...NOW! Here are a few pics, because I know that everyone likes to see them! Here are some pics of my windshield installed...Hopefully for the last time. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/842/27ml.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/842/51lj.jpg Oh, I forgot, I also got a chance to install my matching brake pedal, and close off my steering column from the outside world with this sheet-metal piece that up until now, I had no idea where it went! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/834/ikm5.jpg Oh, and I also got a chance for a pic in the driveway! I know that it is dusty...But I also know that the POSI works! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/841/14xx.jpg |
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I've come across a few things on my truck that makes a guy sit and wonder if there ever was a quality inspector on duty.
I'd never figured out the third brake light thing, good work on getting that one figured out. Truck looks great. |
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Wow man.... the solutions you have worked out on your cruise control and intermittent wipers would have sent me to the nut house!!
Nicely done :metal: Truck looks amazing out in the sun like that....cant even see the dust!! |
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Awsome! I would like to see how you did the wiring for the wipers. Maybe a schematic and some details?
Looks good out in the daylight! dust and all! |
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Nice work on all that! Truck looks great too!
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Just read thru all 28 pages.....man your attention to detail is amazing.....very good job on this build and looking forward to seeing finished pics
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Great work on the brake pedal mod! I did something similar, but used a different method (see post# 324):
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...446527&page=13 I'm really anxious to see how the pedal ratio changed the travel of the pedal. I really like your build. You're scrutinizing all of the details and making everything work better than it did before. I have always felt that anybody can order stuff out of a catalog and bolt it on, but it takes a special breed to utilize what he has available and make it better, and save a bunch of money in the process. That's right up my alley! |
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My dad is a retired GM electrical automation engineer, and he has helped me greatly to figure these things out. through the years some of it has rubbed-off on me, but we have had brainstorming sessions, then he will come up with options to try. eventually something works! He is 75 now, and has forgotten more that I will ever know in this department! Quote:
I need to double check my work before posting something! I know that mine works with the set-up that i've got, but I really haven't sat down to figure out why. I don't really want to post bogus info that people will have difficulties with! Quote:
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I guess that you & I are on the same page then! I personally think that there is no better satisfaction as when some walks up & asks, "that's cool, where did you buy that?" and I say that I made it! There are many people that can just open up their checkbook, but they aren't real hard to single out in a crowd! Thanks again! |
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Very nice work, and love the color combination! It goes together very well.
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looks great sitting outside! I don't know how many times I loss stuff for my truck, but it never fails when im not looking for it I always seem to find it, but i'll loss it again, lol!!!
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You gotta remember, I didn't take this thing apart, but I did bring it home on three trailers! I have done a lot of sorting with parts, but the bonus is, the pile of parts remaining is getting much smaller!!! |
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I haven't had a lot of progress on my end lately. I have been been tied-up with work, and welding on some special projects for a client.
The most recent thing I have been working on is calculating my wheel offset & widths in order to order my wheels. I am so nervous about getting something wrong that I must have measured everything 5 times, and double-checked it twice every time!!! I started out by taking measurements from the bed which was in a separate part of the building, and compiling them with the measurements from the frame, wheel tubs, and rear axle, which were in different areas... Needless to say, by the time that I was finished, I had put the bed on my truck and mocked up everything in order to confirm my calculations. It seems that with my widened wheel tubs that I should be able to get a 20"x11.5" wheel, with a 315/35/20 tire under the rear with a 1/2" clearance on both the front & back sides...I wish that I would have measured closer when I was widening the tubs, because I would have went a bit wider. I have learned that almost every wheel supplier makes a 10" or 12" width, but only a select few make any width in between, which limits my choices. I have been contemplating very heavily on what to do, but I think that Travis at Pro-Performance has helped me come up with a solution. His help has been very monumental in this task!!! I think that I have a wheel picked out, and now it is just a matter of coughing up the mountainous pile of money to make it happen! It seems scary for me, because this will probably be the largest purchase that I have made on this vehicle so far, so I want everything to be correct...in my mind anyway. Here are a few pics of the truck with the unpainted bed on it. I hope to get it back off & to the painter in the next week or so. This looks a lot more like a truck, eh? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/835/50j9.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/842/ojiv.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../843/2aosg.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/836/36eg.jpg |
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WOW!!!:jdp:
Looks great, and to echo what McMurphy said… "the solutions you have worked out on your cruise control and intermittent wipers would have sent me to the nut house!!" Good to have Dad's input… You can't beat the Wisdom and Knowledge that comes with age!!! :metal: |
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Looking real nice... Eh! Do you have some Canadian blood in those veins?
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not to try to change your mind on wheels, but did you look at wheels made by American Eagle? I know that they do custom orders on some of their wheels and made them in 20x11 with custom back space. I learned about that a bit to late on my 20x8.5 Eagle 225's that I got from another forum vendor. After he finally got the wheels from them, he was told they are now a custome order only wheel with many other options and backspaces offered. IF we would have known that when we ordered them, I could have gotten a better backspace than one of the two that where offered when the wheel was a production wheel.
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After you commented, I searched their site intensively to find a wheel similar to the style that I am looking for, but without success. I know that the wheels that I have picked are much more costly than originally budgeted, but I also know that I will kick myself in the a$$ for years to come if I don't buy exactly what I think is perfect for this build. Years back, I stepped over the edge on a wheel choice for one of the Corvettes that I had, and never looked back. To this day, I still think that they were the coolest wheel for that car. I seriously think that wheel choice is a major part of what separates a true custom from the average person's hot-rod. This is ALL my opinion, but wheels are the single most item that catches a person's eye besides the year & make of the vehicle itself... Again, All my opinion! I just need to pull the trigger! Thanks again for the comments! |
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Build is coming along great. What fuel tank are you using?
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I have no idea what the fuel tank is for! The previous owner had it in (backwards) when I bought the truck. I have a binder filled with receipts for items purchased, but I have never seen one for the tank...The owner had died, and that is why the truck was for sale. I think that it was for an early blazer (67-72) and it has a GM sending unit with internal fuel pump. I have never seen one exactly like it advertised before. It has some shotty straps holding it in right now, but I am going to make some stainless ones for it soon. Sorry that I couldn't be more help. Thanks for the comment! |
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looking good, I think the tank ur using is the same as mine, it's a poly tank! truck looks real good with the bed on it! you can always widen those rear wheel tubs, and a big back window in later, lol!! just saying!!!!
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You are not very far behind me at this point Modges !
I only have a half dozen more things to accomplish before I can "claim" mine is "finished" but we will see..... I cannot wait to see what wheels you go with, as with everything thing you do on this build I am sure it will be completely appropriate !! :metal: Great progress, even if you dont feel it. |
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My tank is a poly tank, but I am not sure who makes it, or where to purchase one like it.....I did already widen the rear wheel tubs!!! But you are right, I rushed this a bit, and really should have done a big back window conversion, I can do that when I get bored with it in a few years. LOL! Quote:
I have soooooo many things to do yet that I don't even consider myself as being close to finished!!!! This truck will always remain a work in progress...I still have exhaust, interior, bed-wood, air-conditioning, and the list goes on and on! But I did pull the trigger on my wheels yesterday with Travis at Pro-Performance, and they will be sick!!!! I think that I will let everyone hang in suspense like me while they get built... In six weeks we'll see them!...and hopefully we will be in awe! I am super-excited! |
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Not much going on with my end lately.
I sent my hood hinges out to get black-oxide dipped, and they look killer! I didn't really want to paint them because I figured that they would chip, and look like crap almost instantly. At work, we send stuff out for oxide daily, so I thought what the heck? When they came back, I washed them down with wax & grease remover, and sprayed them with VHT hi-temp clear. I think that they look awesome, and if the clear chips, they are still black! (For those of you that don't know what black-oxide is, it is like the blueing on a gun) Here's a few pics! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/835/3qay.jpg And a pic of them on the truck. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../841/l434o.jpg Also, I kinda wrapped-up my windshield wiper/washer hoses/cowl grill set-up. Gotta finalize all of the small details! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/838/wsxo.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/845/hsqy.jpg The wiper grill work had a tendency to rattle, so I applied weatherstrip adhesive to both the tabs, & the slots that they fit into, and now they fit securely, no rattles!!! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../843/e6m7m.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../845/ekmp0.jpg Oh! I also got a chance to back the truck outside with the bed on to see what it looks like!...But like a dummy, I forgot to let it down to ride height before taking these pics. I had to air it up to get it off the wheel dollies... http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/835/jdqx.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/839/01od.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/844/ik9x.jpg |
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Your hood hinges look great. Overall, your truck is coming along great. Keep up the awesome job!
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Looking Great!!! :metal:
Gonna catalog the adhesive weatherstrip trick for the wiper grille...:mm: One quick question… What type of industry would I look to concerning the Black Oxide dipping process? :metal::metal::metal: |
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looking great, hinges turned out awesome, I never would have thought of that, and the anti rattle is a good idea as well. you have done a great job on this truck and I am very happy to see it all coming together for you. cant wait to see some blue on the bed and the wheels on it, going to be sswwweeeeetttttt:metal:
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Too cool man !!
Until you posted these pics, I thought there were no replacements for the windshield washer fluid nozzles (or squirters as I found they are also called). It took me all morning but finally found them on Summit. You sir, motivate me even when you are not trying to :metal: |
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Looking sharp! Bed looks great out in the sun!
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Terrific work!
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I want to black oxide dip my hood hinges as well. I called few places in L.A. for a price and I about choked. They acted like they weren't interested in doing them because it was such a small job.
Years ago, a company called Palmetto Industries used to sell a home kit where you heated the oxide solution over a camp stove, and back when I was into 1st Gen Camaros it was all the rage. I think they're out of business now, but I found another company that might have what we need: http://www.caswellplating.com/metal-...xide-kits.html I like your truck, Modges. Big block, big tire....my kind of machine! |
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That grill totally PoPs!!!
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The grill & headlight bezels are brand new pieces from Brothers. I think that the sparkle that you see is actually my intake tubes shining thru the radiator! LOL! |
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very nice man... looks great rolled outside with the bed on. nice ride height too. i bet you are ready to get some paint on that bed... so close, so close.
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if I remember right the poly tank is for 67-72 blazers, I just ordered the 60-66 suburban sending unit! had to trim the lock ring for the sending unit to work! then ordered tanks straps from brothers, all stuff I still got to put on the truck soon!
I'm just working on boxing in the c-notch and doing the bearings, seals, and new wheel studs to get the rearend all done now! |
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Not much to post from me lately.
I have been helping my dad work to re-vamp a few things on my brother's never-ending Jeep project...Trying to turn it around quick, so that it is not in our way! I started to get my hood ready to install by adding heat/sound insulation, and installing the parking lamps & wire harness. The main reason for the insulation was to hide some imperfections in the hood's condition, as I didn't fix all of the dents on the inside of the hood that I had fixed on the outside. The insulation was purchased from Softseal and has a cotton back with a foil type face. The legs & carriage bolts were items that I added for storage purposes, so that the paint will never touch anything while in storage. As always, here are a few pics to view! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/849/qubf.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/856/nayk.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/856/dtm3.jpg Oh, I also got a chance to install my glovebox liner & door! A crappy phone pic I know, but I am sure that it will show-up in photos somewhere down the road... http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/840/b911.jpg |
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great idea on the hood legs and the dash looks awesome, as far as where I've been, well I've been around just not posting a lot lately but I have been keeping up with you guys so don't start slacking lol.
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My main goal was to make sure that no-matter how it was stored, it wouldn't touch the paint. The dash doesn't look as great as your dash, but I am not finished working on it yet. LOL! I really loved looking at the pics of your dash with the sweet billet knobs. LOL!! |
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Hey guys!
I didn't get a lot accomplished this past weekend, but a few of the items were pretty monumental to me! I started out by installing my freshly tinted rear window into my cab. (that is yours truly installing the locking strip into the weatherstrip!) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/820/bb52.jpg This was the last piece of glass needed to enclose my cab from the outside world!....Which led me to the next milestone....To wash this dirty thing! My baby got it's first bath!!!! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/849/1ros.jpg I can't even start to express how good that it looks with no dust on it!!! These are just cell phone pics, and do absolutely NO justice to how good it looks, and it still needs to be sanded & rubbed! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/850/46wu.jpg Hey Bomp! How does the engine compartment look?...LOL! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../841/okhw4.jpg Oh, I almost forgot to say, I took the box over to the painter!!!! We are gonna do the final prep-work this weekend, and hopefully paint it next week if temp & humidity allows!!! Ya gotta love it!!! |
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Man Modges !!
I have not bathed mine yet, but looking at yours is motivational !! That bad boy is looking awesome !! Love the engine compartment, and that vette motor looks fantastic sitting there. Congrats dude :metal: |
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Truck is looking great!!!!
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