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Thanks all. Shop time is therapeutic.
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Chris as I told you family first. This truck has been waiting for 20 years another week or two won't harm anything. But I understand, Cecil was my therapy when mom passed back in August. This old truck is a good listener.
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Agreed. I'll have new pics for ya tonight.
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Got the dash board fixed today.
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The drivers floor got cut out, and the new floor pan fit. On Friday it will get welded up. :metal:
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Santa brought Cecil a Christmas present today.
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Nice choice on the gauges. I'm looking at the same brand for my '47. How are you mounting yours? Did you buy some Basel adapter rings or will you modify your own?
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I'm going a different route with this one. It's going to get taken apart and made to look like the original speedo.
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Nope. I would suspect a collapsed spring. Unless a tire is low or they are mis-matched. Measure from the lower shock mount to the ground on each side. If the measurement is the same, it's your springs. If the measurement is much different then it is your tires.
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finished up the rear suspension |
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Additional photo of suspension
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"This is Cecil's fuel sender. I'll be installing an aftermarket 0-30 ohm sender to br compatable with the stock fuel gauge. The new in tank pump is all set up, tomorrow the sender goes back in, and the bed goes on for the last time." |
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Here's the finished fuel sender. I heat shrink and routed the wires through the old evaporation line, then sealed the end with heat shrink. |
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Cecil's speedo arrived from speedhut the other day, so of course my first step was to tear it apart. I think it will work out nicely in the stock gauge cluster |
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looks good sarge. here is a write up on the lean issue. not to deter from this thread but my daily s10 leans, this guys old set up prolly does lean, starting fresh should help iron it all out. http://www.s10planet.com/forum/archi...php/t-230.html
the gauge is looking great. Iv been hoping for a cheaper alt like this for years. been meaning to find a gauge to do the proper period looking conversion. this is prolly as close as its gonna get. I planned on making my own inserts, maybe add a bit of a different color to them, but I like how you used the actual insert too. Are you making a new hole in it for the High beam or just routing a light indicator elsewhere? |
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Bed was mounted for the final time today. |
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sarge, here is what I worked on a while ago for the new insert. I have the numbers from the stock gauge that I can move around to be spot on with that gauges numbers. You can see here how they line up, the stock AD gauge is close but this gets its spot on. Obviously the final product would look just like the stock insert, just with shifted numbers and the digital trip meter would show through like yours.
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Thanks 99. I'm going to let my graphics shop make the decal for me, that way i can keep them in stock. I've given them the new decals, and a template for the marks on the speedhut gauge.
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Drivers floor is all wrapped up. Next will be kick panel, then on to the passenger side. |
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Finished drivers floor. Passenger side was a little more rusty than I had originally thought. Once I scraped off all the under-coating, I found a screwed in piece of sheet metal... installed over the pre-existing rust of course. The patch panel is all made and fitted. Tomorrow I'll weld it in. |
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Passenger side floor work. I've got the kick panel patch fit, and ready to weld in tonight. I'm expecting to have the cab pulled tomorrow, and start getting the motor ready for initial start up. |
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Passenger side finished up. Tomorrow I'll install th he shifter and pull the cab. |
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Looking great guys! Sorry to back up a bit...is the brake mechanism from an S10?
Probably answer my own question if I go through the S10 sticky...thanks! |
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Yes, pedal mechanism is S10 square body.
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Very nice work and helpful information. Thanks for taking the extra time to post this.
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Have you showed how you modify the rear shock mount plate to re-located the rear end forward
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PIC 1 Shifter was installed to check clearances and shift rod geometry, then removed until the cab goes on for the final time. PIC 2 & 3 New kick panels all trimmed up and fit |
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Center panel made and welded in |
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looking good sarge, dang cabs are always hiding something. I literally just assume I gotta put almost all new patches in any of the ones I come across. Except a 54' I got lined up to do for a guy. Its from out west and is the most solid thing I'v ever seen in person.
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Spent the day removing Cecil accessories, cleaning, and painting everything. Engine is in for the last time. |
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Thanks 99. Rust repair seems to be the phrase of the day around here for sure!
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This is before and after straightening and cleaning the left intake runner, using a kit composed of 6 stainless steel balls. |
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Pic 1 is the right runner before straightening. Lots of dings. The kit doesn't make them perfect, but they are a damn sight better than they started out! PIC 2 is the finished runners ready for install. |
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When shawn brought me this TPI motor, it was missing the push rods, lifters, guide plates, and retaining bracket. I quickly discovered that it was cheaper to buy a whole core engine than to buy the parts individually. This is the doner motor, i was told it has a rod knock. $150, with a complete enact valve train. Second pic is transplanted into the TPI motor. |
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Here's Cecil's buttoned up powerplant. |
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Looks great...Jim
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I added a personal touch to Cecil. Hand striping in engine color on the intake and raised lettering... Gotta make it stand out in a crowd so it doesn't look like all the other slammed, patina'd, and Tuned Port injected '53 Chevy trucks on 18's and 20's in the parking lot! And Chris, I certainly appreciate all the attention detail you are doing with Cecil's transformation! |
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That looks really good! What are the intake runners coated with? If you have time, could you show the stainless ball kit used to fix the dings in the runners? Thanks!
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