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05-14-2015, 08:48 PM | #26 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
Thank you all for the advise. I do have it acid dipped and bead blasted and ready for finish. I do like the idea of zinc myself but may see what else I can do. Hard to find plater's in this area.
I will get another heat stove and send it out for a finish with some other pieces in the future. I am anxious to get the truck rolling again. Take care, Tom
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05-15-2015, 01:05 AM | #27 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
This is the best way to go if you have it done professionally vs. DIY.
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05-15-2015, 03:07 PM | #28 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
Blue/72 what did you use to paint your air cleaner? I'm getting ready to tear my engine bay apart to start cleaning it up and yours looks great. Did you use the same to paint your inner fender wells and assorted black trim?
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05-15-2015, 04:36 PM | #29 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
I had my inner fenders, core support and battery tray all powder-coated and I just sandblasted and rattle canned the air cleaner with Rustolium satin black spray paint. It's a paint and primer in one. I sprayed it once then I wet sanded it with 1000 grit then gave it one more coat so it was nice and smooth. For the heat shield and riser I used a semi-gloss black high temp barbecue paint. I have put almost 600 miles on the truck since the rebuild and so far everything is holding up very well.
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My dad always says that HEI distributers are pointless... •1972 Custom/10 Deluxe. My first truck and I've had it since I was 7. Tilt, tach, AM/FM, 350, deep dish rally's, original paint and an increasing amount of NOS jewelry. It's always taking my money.. •1967 c10 with tach, dropped 3/5 on deep dish rally's •1972 Cheyenne Super. Sold |
05-15-2015, 04:42 PM | #30 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
Here is my build thread with more pictures of my front end rebuild.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=642629
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My dad always says that HEI distributers are pointless... •1972 Custom/10 Deluxe. My first truck and I've had it since I was 7. Tilt, tach, AM/FM, 350, deep dish rally's, original paint and an increasing amount of NOS jewelry. It's always taking my money.. •1967 c10 with tach, dropped 3/5 on deep dish rally's •1972 Cheyenne Super. Sold |
05-15-2015, 09:30 PM | #31 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
From the 1970 owners manual
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05-16-2015, 07:40 PM | #32 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
I think the reason intake is pre-heated has to do with the laws of thermodynamics.
In order for a liquid to vaporize, heat must be absorbed in the process. This, incidentally is how air conditioning works in the evaporator coil. When fuel is atomized in the carburetor, then exposed to the lower than atmospheric pressure of the intake manifold, it absorbs heat and vaporizes. If there isn't enough heat to be absorbed, a certain percentage of the atomized fuel fails to vaporizes, and collects in the intake manifold. In pre-emissions era, carburetors were tuned rich, which compensated for this loss of fuel that collected on these surfaces. This fuel, eventually made it into the combustion chambers, but in near liquid form, it burned poorly and contributed to HC pollution. The solution was/is to pre-heat the incoming air. By providing more heat to the atomized fuel, a greater percentage of it would vaporize, and contribute to the power of combustion. Because more fuel was vaporized, the carburetors could then be tuned leaner. For this reason, many incorrectly believe removing the pre-heat will result in a richer mixture and more power. Not necessarily so! (Although, cool intake does provide a more dense charge of air, which can increase power, but that's beyond the scope of this write up!) Port fuel injection did away with pre-heat, as fuel injectors atomize the fuel right above the intake valves. There is plenty of heat, and very little surface for the fuel to collect/condense on. Regards, Mike Edit: For typos!
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05-16-2015, 07:54 PM | #33 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
I ceramic coated my exhaust manifold and the associated riser tins. The tube itself and breather are regular powder coat. I don't know how it'll hold up, but it looked good. Hopefully it'll stay that way for a while.
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05-16-2015, 09:15 PM | #34 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
And that is a thing of beauty, very nice looking!
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05-16-2015, 09:19 PM | #35 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
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1970 K20 Z62 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...56#post9334756 1970 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645076 1969 K10 SWB CST http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...52#post8520352 1971 K20 Z84 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...90#post9047290 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...55#post8292555 "Sometimes I wonder if zander208 was even real..." |
05-16-2015, 11:44 PM | #36 | |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
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Great work and thank you for the input, Take care, Tom
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05-17-2015, 12:05 AM | #37 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
Beautiful.
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05-17-2015, 08:56 AM | #38 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
Tom - Brad's pic shows the 4x4 specific (Blazer and pickup) OEM dipstick setup.
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05-17-2015, 09:21 AM | #39 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
Tom...just because yours doesn't have the curved 4WD dipstick, doesn't mean it's incorrect in my opinion. I've noticed inconsistencies with this. The first pic is a 1970 very low mileage 4WD Blazer. It appears to me to have a normal "straight" dipstick. I've noticed similar inconsistencies with the long fill tube. I thought the brake booster option would make it a given, but the second pic is a very original 71 4WD Blazer with power brakes. It's got the curved dipstick, obviously, but not the long fill tube. More knowledgeable opinions please chime in.
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1970 K20 Z62 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...56#post9334756 1970 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645076 1969 K10 SWB CST http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...52#post8520352 1971 K20 Z84 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...90#post9047290 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...55#post8292555 "Sometimes I wonder if zander208 was even real..." |
05-17-2015, 09:50 AM | #40 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
The long fill tube is used for ac equipped trucks as the compressor covers the fill hole on the rh valve cover. The 70 above is interesting but not the norm as regards the dipstick. Tom am i correct in that your k20 has a non-stock engine block?
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05-17-2015, 09:56 AM | #41 |
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Well that makes sense. Thanks Pete.
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1970 K20 Z62 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...56#post9334756 1970 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645076 1969 K10 SWB CST http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...52#post8520352 1971 K20 Z84 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...90#post9047290 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...55#post8292555 "Sometimes I wonder if zander208 was even real..." |
05-17-2015, 10:35 AM | #42 | |
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You two are helping me very much. Like I have said, I may not follow the guidelines of correctness but at least I will know what it is and can make my decisions based on that. It is also great information to help others build there trucks. Take care and thank you for the info, Tom
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05-18-2015, 12:34 PM | #43 |
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05-18-2015, 01:50 PM | #44 |
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Re: Original heat stove finish
It's been several days and several new posts since I looked at this thread. Got me curious so I checked my heat stove which of course was removed decades ago, when I replaced a cracked exhaust manifold. The original factory color was........ rust! Actually there are some small areas along the bottom of it that still have the factory black paint. By all appearances it matches the black on the tube, which (to me) seems to be, for lack of a better term, satin black. Less shine than semi-gloss but a bit more than flat black.
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09-11-2015, 10:41 PM | #45 | |
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Hey, that 71 4WD Blazer in the second pic looks good. Oh, wait that's my rig ! FYI, it's actually a '72. I had the air cleaner, and heat riser tube powder coated. The heat shield for the heat riser tube was ceramic coated 'exhaust manifold grey' by a local ceramic coater. |
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09-12-2015, 08:24 AM | #46 | |
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1970 K20 Z62 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...56#post9334756 1970 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=645076 1969 K10 SWB CST http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...52#post8520352 1971 K20 Z84 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...90#post9047290 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...55#post8292555 "Sometimes I wonder if zander208 was even real..." |
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