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Fired up my GMC after 2 weeks sitting and ran her for awhile. She was happy I paid some attention to her.
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-15C (5F) so I just plugged it in and came in for a coffee. Today it gets to drop a stove off at the recyclers. It will be interesting to learn how she handles the fresh snow without the aid of positrac.
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Its cold out here and my GMC didn't have a working heater, so I took the blower motor out to find it was seized up solid. Put one in that I got from my 66...well...now I have freezing ice cold air. lol But hardly a touch of heat. Took the top off and the core had pine needles and crap on top of it...vacuumed that off...sill no heat. Thinking my core is plugged up or something. Will be taking the core out Saturday to see if the fins are still plugged. If they are I'll blow them out and if that doesn't help I'm throwing a new core in. Probably not a bad idea considering this one is 50 years old anyhow.
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That looks solid doobiebro, can't wait till you get it back on the road.
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I have the front on jack stands with the drum brakes torn apart. Wheel cylinder on front right was leaking. Both drums on front were originals and time for new drums and internals.
I just bought the 64 c10 on Tuesday. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...psrsgkakni.jpg |
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I detailed the 6cyl & 3spd that I took out of the 65 truck im building for my friend James and I put it in my 65 truck .
his truck gets the 350 & th350 that was in my truck. my truck was his parts truck , so I get all the leftover scrap parts to build mine with . I spray canned the fender the same red that I did the engine with to see how the truck would look red. backpayne your truck looks great , I like the paint .. |
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Hey, just noticed your youtube ID. I've watched several of your videos on youtube to get an idea of which direction I want to go for exhaust. Thanks for posting them! |
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Christmas Day in North Carolina, sunny, temperature in the 70's and my 4 year old grand daughter wants to go for a ride in my '63. We took a slow cruise all thru the neighborhood. It doesn't get much better than this.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hugh |
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Well I said I wanted it rolling by Christmas and well it's rolling . I still need to fit the rear shoes and rear wheel cylinders , but I have spoken to Don and he is getting me the rear Spring kit .
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psilqq37gk.jpg http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psb13ntckb.jpg Well after I pushed it outside , i decided to get the engine in place http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pslisvjpkw.jpg http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psnwzc0lhn.jpg The next job is to fabricate a mount for the TH350 auto box so the engine is in and the box will have to follow . I have already got the later 66 park brake cables so I can do away with the canter leaver system on the 65 . |
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Very Nice!!
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wow that looks great, keep it up
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Put some cardboard in front of the rad. Took about a half minute of head scratching but it can slide up from the bottom past the original seals and sit on the lip of the lower tank.
The other day I had it out and and when heading down the long hill past the dealership where this thing first entered service about fifty years ago, the cold light came on. With bare steel floors and door seals out of place this thing gets cold inside. Hopefully with the cardboard in place the engine can at least get up to normal operating temperature and the heater might run a little warmer. |
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I installed new belts and a rad cap and overflow tank in my 64 GMC. Also made a drive by video. See ya!
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Popped out the windshield and back glass. Question, is there any way to fix some 'foggy' sections in the glass? The spots are mostly near the edges and it seems like there might be coating that has leaked.
After that, I blasted and epoxy primered the cowls, front intake vent area and some patch panels for the front fenders. I mostly just did the patch panels to test some factory paint colours. Also, I found some rust hidden under the rain gutters seam sealer on my replacement cab. i guess I'm learning how to do lead body filling now. <womp womp> |
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I thought I'd start looking for a new set of brake rotors
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mounted my new tool box to the bed and added some magnets to keep the lid closed.
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That came out looking really good schpeen!
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Finished up detailing motor except for some minor stuff
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I figured out how rig up some temporary header extensions to keep the hot exhaust from burning off the engine paint from the block. I'll run this until I get to the muffler shop to get the real pipes mounted up.
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Bolted the bell housing ,motor mounts, and perches to the block. Got the location for the perches marked and holes drilled. Now I need longer bolts,lol. Block is freed up now to get this engine together now.http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps2suchbvr.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...psvqh0hmxt.jpg
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This took much longer than I ever thought it would, but my brother and I finally got my cab in paint. We spent countless hours over a couple of years on weekends. All done in our garages, but at least we had access to a state of the art booth to spray.
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THAT looks great! The green color really pops.
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Denton Texas Lookin Good. :)
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Took 2 hours to scrape (not finished) off one side of the front end. 50 years of buildup. Hey, at least it's not rusted. Lol
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With Martin's extra hands my cross member is now bolted in, and the drivers side LCA bolted in. The passenger side needs its ball joint to be removed as the LCA is damaged and will be replaced by the one that came from Paul "NevEno" once I push in the ball joint.
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psqk2lgasy.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...pskqgedvwl.jpg And an even more awkward job done as it needed a spare hand to lift the trailing arms in via the jack and getting the bolts through and buttoned up. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfsi6i16g.jpg |
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