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

I have that problem with school taking up to much of my time also. ;) Ive been watching the progress and it looks good! Keep it up!:metal:

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

Thanks, for the next couple of weeks I have exams and have no truck time at all!

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

Good luck on your exams Nik. We'll be waiting for updates when your done.

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

Thanks a lot, hopefully I can concentrate on studying instead of spending all my time on the forums:lol:

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

Feel yer pain bud. lol School and then work 6 days a week takes most of my time. And now the bad weather don't help anything either. haha

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

When I get my license my plan is to bring it in to the auto class so I can work on it during school.

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

That sounds like fun. lol I plan on getting my license in March. :chevy:

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

Got my intake/exhaust gasket installed and now there are no leaks but I'm still having a problem. Still won't fire unless I really flood it, then it just pops and backfires. could the cold have something to do with it? Any idea's?

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

Does your choke work? without a choke you will have to pump it full of fuel to start and then light pump to keep it going till it warms up.

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

Yep the choke works

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

Nik .Had you opened up the carb. and checked float and needle and seat? Did you also check the initial timing to line up at tdc on the harmonic balancer timing mark?

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

Funny. That's exactly how I start my truck without a functioning choke.

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

When I have the choke off nothing really happens. When it's on it fires, It's not actually running, just lots of popping.

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

Yes the float and needle are good and the rubber is in good shape and seats correctly. But I haven't checked the timing yet. It ran fine before and I didn't touch the timing at all but I'll still check

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

Been busy with school lately but got some work done on the truck today. Made a filler panel to cover up where the gas filler neck used to be. Still needs to be welded in place.

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

Looks great man, I know your pain but its just something we have to do no matter how much we want to work on our trucks instead of being at school.

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

Nice job bud! :metal:

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

Filler hole patch looks good Nik. How was exam week?

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

thanks man, thats why i cant wait until the summer:metal:

thanks tj! you been getting any truck time in lately?

thanks dale, exams have been good, only one more to go on Thursday and I'm done:metal:

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

No I haven't unfortunately. lol Spring, summer and fall are my busy times for the truck...especially since I have paint and body work to do. But this time of year it's to cold out. lol

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

exams are finally over and I can get back on the truck:metal: but first I had another project to tackle that I thought I'd show you guys. Just bought this really clean 94 Honda xr100 for $400! Runs really well and all it needed was a exhaust heat shield. Made one today and decided to get fancy and printed out a Honda logo template and then painted it on. Turned out pretty good

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

Looks real nice! Nice bike too!

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

Thanks bill, if the weather allows this weekend ill take the bike for a ride and push the truck out of the garage and get some bodywork done.

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

As someone who has ridden bikes since age 14, I can only approve.

And these little Hondas go well.

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

Nice find buddy! Now get to work on that truck! :lol: :chevy:

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

Thanks tj, that's the plan for this weekend

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

I've been outta touch with your build since page 1...:waah:

It's great to catch up and see all you've accomplished.:metal: I really dig the maple knobs and the rear bumper mod… Truly appreciate seeing the "outside the box" thinking...;)

Hats off to your Dad for Parenting done Right!!! Great to see you and others your age out here getting after these old trucks… Keep up the great work and if I can offer any advice, chase your passion in whatever arena and you will never say, "dang I gotta work again today…"

One parting thought… Stay warm and get the truck time in… although our winters here are interesting, weather wise, it's hard to blame the weather all the time… One week ago I woke up to this…
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1517/...e4b807ec_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

…and today is forecast to be sunshine and 61F… Welcome to Arkansas!

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

Covered in snow, yes, but that's a great shot!

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

thanks for all the compliments and wise advise Don! thinking outside the box and customizing is the best part of these trucks! I'm very thankful that my dad got me involved in all of this at a young age, i cant imagine how different my life would be if i didn't have this passion.
the weather will get better soon enough!

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

Just picked up some tires do a great deal last night. Almost brand new bfgoodrich premier touring radials for $100! They were just really dirty. This morning I went outside to look at them in the daylight and clean them. When cleaning them I discovered they were actually whitewalls! I had wanted whitewalls the whole time but I thought I couldn't afford them.

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

Dirty

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

And clean

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

Nice!

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

Nice score. They look good cleaned up.

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

thanks guys, i wont be using them for at least a few months but i couldn't pass up the great deal. my plan is to have most of the bodywork done and have her reliable by summer, so i can actually drive it:metal:

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

Nice score! :chevy:

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

got some work done on the truck yesterday. pushed it outside and got busy welding. welded in the filler neck patch, the door corner and a bedside patch. didn't get a chance to grind the welds down because it started snowing. ran into something odd on the door. looks like the factory put a thick layer of bondo on. it was under the factory primer.

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

filler neck patch

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

also cleaned up my tires more. used bleach and it worked great!

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