Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

Well it wasn't there today. He must of sold it. I needed the fender driver side also. It seems to be a popular item lol. But I will be able to use a lot for my truck.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

The only thing in the bed is the drive lines

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So I got the fender off today. I'm wondering if it should buy the patch from lmc , the whole fender or try and repair this one.

What do you think?

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Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

I would tray and repair that fender first. The aftermarket replacement fenders are not that good and will also need some work. There are places besides LMC to buy parts for these trucks.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

That's buckled pretty well. So would I just harder the heck out of it?

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

If you have the time, I would try and work it some to see if you could get away with the typical small patch for this part of the fender. Yes you will likely have to hammer on it pretty hard to start with to get it unfolded.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So I can not get the motor to start. It will turn. It has spark because I will put a little bit of gas in the carb and it will pop/backfire. So any idea on what to look at? The distributor?

Ive gotten the bench out, the heater core, the parking brake off of my donor truck. The one thing I can't get off is the knobs for the dash for the wipers, lights and such. Any suggestions on how to get that off.

The other thing I need to get off is the vents for the defrost/heater under the dash. I can't get to the screw its screwed in from the top, but I can't get to the screw.

So any ideas would be appreciated.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

It sounds like The distributor might be 180 degrees off. Or some of the plug wires are mixed up

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

To remove the headlight knob and shaft, you need to push in on the button on the headlight switch. The wiper knob I believe is held on with a set screw?

On the engine, I agree with checking the distributor phasing as well as correct firing order.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

I took the saddles out and it was a pain!

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

Yeah I'm gathering the same notion. They are a pain in the rear to get out.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

Thanks I was able to get the knob off.

Now with the motor. So the carb is bone dry. Fuel isn't getting into the carb. I'm in the process of rebuilding it. The distributor I think was off a little. Will figure that later. I installed a new fuel pump, mechanical, now to see if I can get fuel into this thing after rebuilding it.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

I've not been doing much lately. I've been having some health issues.

First My knee got swollen to the point where I could not walk. Then my Ankles. I found some lumps in my neck. Got a CT SCAN and found out it's Thyroid cancer that spread to my lymph nodes. I was to have surgery to remove it tomorrow, but this past friday I found out I have a bad heart and need to get that better before I can have surgery for the cancer.

Plus, Funds have dried up since im on disability from work. Soo It's kinda hard to do things right now. It's just gonna take even longer to get it at least drivable.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

Sorry to hear of your problems !! I hope everything works out OK !!

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

I was supposed to be at the hospital right now getting ready for surgery. But that changed due to finding issues with my heart.

I did try to get the truck running again yesterday. I did get my gas tank saddles put in before my knee gave me a problem.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So I have the parts truck which is a 62. It has the master cyl that is square with two outlets. My truck has one. Is that dependent on the tranny in the truck. What was the dual outlets used for vs the single master cyl.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

The '60-'62 Chevy's and '60-'63 GMC's 1/2 to 1 tons had hydraulic clutches. The brake and clutch master cylinder is one unit with one port for brakes and the other for the clutch. The '63 and up Chevy's and '64 and up GMC's 1/2 to 1 tons had mechanical clutches.


Very sorry to hear about your health issues. Hopefully you can get your heart strong enough soon.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So is there a way to swap it out? Or just part out the 62 matter cylinder

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

Swap what out? What are you wanting to do?

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

I was talking about the master cylinder if one type can be swapped out for another type. I'm thinking it probably has to do with the type of transmission and clutch that truck originally had so I'm thinking that it probably cannot be swapped out. The 63 that I have as a master cylinder just for the breaks so it's a manual clutch not hydraulic 62 truck has a hydraulic master cylinder and brake line

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

The '62 brake and clutch master is not a direct swap onto a '63-'66 firewall. There is one style of '63 master cylinder that will bolt up to a '60-'62 firewall if you are using an auto trans. However there will be a hole in the firewall where the clutch side of the master cylinder was.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

yeah that is what i was thinking. Thanks for the info.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So about back in March, I noticed some lumps on the side of my neck. I didn't think anything of it and I figured I'd watch it. Well, come September they didn't go away. So I scheduled an appointment with my doctor and we got a cat scan done. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. But during that same exact time, my left knee decided to swell up to the size of a cantaloupe and my right ankle started having problems also. The knee issue was a problem for about 2-3 weeks and my ankle I'm still having problems with. Oct 17 I was supposed to have the surgery to remove the cancer and the lymph nodes it spread to. Well, I failed my stress test and so the surgery got canceled. Due to me having a reduce ejection fraction of 40%. That is what the heart pumps out in a single pump. A normal heart should be 60%. So they wanted to make sure my heart was strong enough. Today I had an angiogram to make sure I didn't need a stent or a bypass. Thank God, it's none of those. So I got some medication. I'm sure my doctor will tell me to loose weight and now I need to figure out my surgery for the Cancer.

So that has kinda had me busy from working on the truck. Well that and work, but im not working right now so funds are kinda low.

Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So ive been working on the motor to get it running , the old manifold had broken carb bolts. So I got this one to fix that issue.

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Re: The neighborhood pusher! 1963 c10
 

So I Just had my surgery on monday to remove my cancer from my neck and my thyroid. So progress will slow for a while on the truck. I've been working on the motor and digging into the body. Found this, this past weekend. Wonder what the story behind it is.

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