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I just got all of the front end Porterbuilt level 3 parts hung on my 1970 donor frame. Hoping to finish up the odds and ends this week and start cutting Crossmembers out of the rear end so I can start on that!

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Looks great!

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I was a slacker! I just took it for a drive.

Bumper and front windshield to come next.

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Looks good!

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I like that truck.

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Put in a new chrome dash bezel and for my centre console back in.

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The steering column in my truck has an excessive amount of wear. I had to weld up a groove that was worn deep into shift detent plate a while back just so it wouldn't pop out of park without pulling back on the shift lever. The shift bowl has loads of slop in it. Below is a video that shows the shift bowl looseness. The linkage that connects the column to the transmission was not moving at all in this video. I scored another '68 column out of a low mileage truck that is super nice and doesn't have any looseness or detent plate wear. I disassembled and painted it last night.


https://youtu.be/5f8jF-DhMsk



Replacement Column:

Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
 

Replaced the divorced choke thermostat. I then played with my idle mixture a bit and found it was too rich on one side and blocked on the other. A blast of Gumout took care of the blockage. Mo'bettah now.

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Replaced my steering column last night with the low mileage unit, and the looseness in the shifting mechanism is gone. The solid 67-68 steering shaft sure makes the column a pain to remove and install!

https://youtu.be/sZi8EhuJznE

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Replaced my speedometer cable just now. My old one would randomly start bouncing, so I got tired of trying to lube it. I got so lucky on that 1st mounting position in the engine bay. It was more or less finger tight. I thought I was going to have to loosen the outer wheel/fender cover!

Test drive shows the speedometer still working (that's good) and so far no bounce (even better). But I will have to go a month without bouncing to know if it is really gone!

Also installed my carb heat shield. Time will tell if it was worth it....

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In the process of replacing my old stereo which was acting up, with a half stereo that doesn't even have a CD player.

Yes I had butchered the radio opening in the dash long ago, but fortunately and just by luck the replacement has exactly the same size opening...WHEW!

May as well throw in a semi "Sideways Saturday" shot of my filthy toy while I'm at it. :)

https://i.imgur.com/V0ismXXm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/y0S7EdUm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/OxE9JE3m.jpg

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I thought my little c10 was a 4x4 today. Took it out in the woods, dropped the LF tire over bank, and busted my driver side manifold clean-half in two. We hooked up a chain and pulled it back up on the road (skidder trail). We unbolted the pipe and rallied the old truck 15 miles back home sounding like a derby car :lol:

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So what did I do today? Made a mess of both of my doors! Mucked up the anti-rattle on the passenger side and broke my Lower Glass Channel in the driver side. Though I think it was ready to break at any moment, so it was a controlled brake at not while in a drive-thru. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself!

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Knock off the exhaust pipe, instant race car right? ;)

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A little JB Weld and good as new.

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I changed the spark plugs yesterday. No big deal. And likely the fastest & easiest plug change I've done ever.

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I took the truck for about an hour long ride. Nice ride along the river and over the mountain. Love to drive it after the engine rebuild over the winter. Managed to lose a hub cap though. Bummer, they are the originals.

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I changed the fuel filter after work this afternoon. Actually, I installed a fuel filter. I'm almost frightened at the thought of there not being a filter in there for so many years.

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I enjoyed the photo progress of the rebuild of your 327. I had mine rebuilt about 3 years and 24,000 miles ago. One thing that I remember is that I got horrible gas mileage in the under 1,000 mile range of break in. It took awhile for the new newly rebuilt parts to mesh with another.

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Added as mich audio as I could with the tank still there. Got it back together and sounds good.

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Added as much audio as I could with the tank still there. Got it back together and sounds good. Made the double speaker mount for the original speaker area.
PS the dash was already hacked for a single din...I just filled the hole.
Tom

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Thank you for the kind words. I am certainly no expert and all the help I got here and from friends is what allowed me to rebuild it. It was the first time for me so yes, you can teach and old dog new tricks. I don't really watch mileage but it was not great before and I can almost watch the gauge drop as I drive. LOL

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I didn't even know what a "DIN" meant, no wonder my new stereo fit like a glove. :o

I see you put your manual choke knob in the same location as mine...well close.

Did you add a screw to your temp. control unit?

I'm thinking I did the same thing to mine years ago as it wasn't there from the factory, but I could be wrong.

I filled in my cigarette lighter hole cheaply with a complete O'Riley's cigarette lighter assembly.

I unscrewed the knob, JB-welded the ring, and screwed the factory knob onto the new element.

looks authentic. :)

https://i.imgur.com/X4cs95Kl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/eEV97Zpl.jpg

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I'm preparing to install a '93 700R4 I rebuilt recently. Pulled the TH400 on Saturday, and now I'm working on the wiring while I wait for a new torque converter to arrive.

I added a cruise control style brake switch that has a second set of normally closed contacts that will unlock the torque converter clutch when the brake pedal is pressed. Got fused power from the orange wire on the original brake switch connector and ran it to the new brake switch connector. Then I ran a pink wire from the other pin of the new connector to an empty slot on the firewall bulkhead. Added another pink wire on the engine bay side of the bulkhead that will run to a PSF101 vacuum switch, and then from there to the transmission connector.

I'm planning on connecting the vacuum switch to the timed vacuum port on my Edelbrock carb so the torque converter clutch will disengage when coasting. I also have a stock delay valve to put in the vacuum hose.

I will be hanging onto the TH400 in case I end up regretting switching to the 700R4. I had a 700R4 in my '72 and I really liked it, but there is an abundance of horror stories on this forum about the 700R4.

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I got to meet a forum member in my area, Bones72Super. Actually, it was more than just meeting him, he popped over and mig welded my lower glass channel thingy that decided to fall off when I was working on the door seals this last weekend. Apparently this channel had been repaired before, as Bones72Super pointed out non-factory mig welds! I am telling you, his weld job isn't coming undone. I am pretty sure that weld would survive me being T-Boned at 50 MPH (let's hope that never happens, knock on wood).

Now my Driver's door is all together, with all the seals!

Passenger's door Anti-Rattle belts are next (a re-do). I got the Precision Replacement Parts seal kit (from GMCPauls). The quality is really top notch but I had problems with the length. I ended up reaching out to Precision and they are REALLY stand up guys, I spoke in length with Jeff via email and on the phone. He totally gave me the benefit of the doubt and is sending me a new Anti-Rattle kit (free). I would not think twice recommend them. Though don't do like me and start plugging these belts in door clasp slots without measure for fit first. Once you get a few snaps into the door, good luck getting them out so you can reuse them (or rather NOT reuse them)! Anyways, I say I am 90% at fault. Ignorance isn't an excuse.