the green 1982 snottsdale - calgary

[barrolde]

Hi Folks,

Great boards, have been so handy already!

I bought this what I consider to be gorgeous truck in fall 2009 because i wanted to learn more about mechanics but haven't had the time or money to really get it 'done'. It's turned out to be a great project for me because alot of the expensive accessories (rubber, paint, rollbars, carb, headers, rhino lining etc) were already bought and installed so i could just tinker on the 'minor stuff' that needed to be done. yeah right.

Anyways, as you can imagine there was more to meets the eye on the to do list.

I dont even know if this is a build log or what but I want to list what i've done already and what i'm going to do w/ some pics if for nothing else for me to reference back to down the road and show friends.

Spring 2010
Head Gaskets / Intake Gasket
Flex Plate and Bell housing
Rebuilt TH400 tranny
New U-joints
New output shaft housing and something i can remember that lived in there

Feb 2011
Starter - came with one year roadside assistance woop!
Drivers side gas tank
Spedometer cable
Blower Motor and squirrel cage
Battery 1050A, 875 CCA
Windshield washer pump
Tightened loose bolts in tilt steering column that were causing play in wheel
Fixed dome / courtesy light wiring, replaced door jambs
wired in new deck, amp, alpine door speakers and under dash tweeters, trying to figure out what to do for a sub though :/

Motor and drive train are now 100% solid except a small stutter in acceleration out of the gate I believe is due to poor carb tuning. I have the seat out and interior gutted right now, going to lay some electric blue carpet in there tomorrow just in case its not a loud enough truck already haha.

My TO DO List includes:
Fixing the goddam horn wiring - honestly driving me BONKERS
Replace broken / shoddy interior parts (everything but dash, gauges and seat)
skyjacker 7000 hydro shocks (riding on leafs atm :/)
replace defrost vaccuum pot
edelbrock carb tinkering - need help
new body mounts (try to level w/ trim on box!)
find / make mirror trim to match on the passenger side of box
disco ball - oh yeah
fix lighter outlet wiring
replace transfer case output shaft gasket - maybe silicon this time
Take apart diff's and make sure they are ok
Fix small leak at Rad - maybe its just a hose clamp?


Should be good to go after that!! Truck has only been used for cutting laps, street queening and trips to dump (as pictured) so far because I haven't felt confident in being able to go wheeling without the above work being done yet. Honestly, i'm so glad to be finally getting everything taken care of (for now) so i can actually go out, thrash it around and GET IT DIRTY.

It's been fun so far and i've learned tons so mission accomplished I guess. Hope you like her. Let me know if you have any advice or questions for me and if you are in Alberta drop me a msg and we'll go wheeling!

Cheers,

Barry