What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[BugzC10]

Rebuilt my rag joint. Feels like it tighten up the steering sitting still without the engine running. Have to test drive to confirm.

Thanks to TxFirefighter for his FAQ instructions. His tutorial with pictures was helpful.
Thanks Kevin.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=6525292

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by ironbutter

got this guy all ready to go in....



This....

Nice looking GMC, motor will look good in there too.

[VWNate1]

O.K. then but if you'd seen all the death and misery I have you'd never , EVER be without a park brake .

Remember this : it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt , worse yet if it's a child.......

3 TONS of old truck rolling away after the driveshaft falls out isn't fun , I know this .

Makes no difference you have new U-Joints and grease them as much as I do mine .

SAFETY KNOWS NO SEASON .

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[stepsider]

Got on craigslist this morning & found me a 68 super nice hood. little surface rust & a great price 220.00. got it home & a little cleaning & its could to go. Old hood was junk.

[Saclandman]

Figured out that the dwell on my new set of points was way off. No wonder it wouldn't start. Finally started, ran strong, forward and reverse gears working good. Even brakes were working just enough to stop me. Was all excited, then I saw water coming from the block. Upon further inspection, the block appears to have a big C shaped crack on the drivers side. One step forward, a big leap back. Now I have to make a decision.

[67Slider]

Originally Posted by Saclandman

Upon further inspection, the block appears to have a big C shaped crack on the drivers side. One step forward, a big leap back. Now I have to make a decision.

That IS a bad day! Sorry to hear.

I tinkered with touching up some black paint in the engine bay. Figuring out the little things I need to replace. Gotta love old trucks.

[texjake]

I painted the top of my dash black. I made my own antenna lead firewall grommet from a piece of fuel line & used some gorilla glue to hold the home made grommet into place. I ran all new wiper washer hoses from the washer pump to the washer jug & to the squirter nozzles. They both squirt like a charm. That is, after spending nearly a 1/2 day cleaning out those dang nozzles. I removed the looped heater hoses the PO had done & installed new heater hoses and checked for a leaking heater core. And to my amazement, the heater core is not leaking. I have yet to figure out why the PO had looped the heater hoses. Maybe because it blew hot air all the time cause I did notice that one of the levers on the AC control is broken. Thank God I do not have to change out a heater core!!

Dash before & after;

[Fleetline Fever]

Weather in the 50's for the first time in months, so I gave the old girl a bath.

[mmiddle]

Beautiful day today in North Texas. Spent so time with the wifey at the Decatur swap meet. Bunches of 60-72 truck parts there. Spent $115 and got all this. The doors are "scratch and dents". The PS is the one I needed and only has 3 small dings in it. The DS needs a new skin, but I think it will buff out.

[Lees68GMC]

Did drop engine and trans in, NOW everything goes back together

Motor is 2005 Vortec 5.3 from Suburban. We're using 2013 Camaro LS3 exhaust manifolds, x-pipe, dual flow masters, with K&N intake and PCM tune should be around 335-340 HP.

[74baggedbug]

Changed the rear brake pads and removed all the parking brake related brackets off the rearend/ calipers

[VWNate1]

Originally Posted by 74baggedbug

Changed the rear brake pads and removed all the parking brake related brackets off the rearend/ calipers

? what will you use for a parking brake now ? .

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

? what will you use for a parking brake now ? .

Hey, Nate,

Maybe he'll use the same thing I do. I have all the stuff, butt I prefer this.
Combined with parking on a flat spot:

[zicc1835]

could never make the bowtie gate fit right installed the original tale gate fit like a glove getting closer to sending her out for paint

[DGulliver]

It was nice today, so I washed the '72. I was careful not to knock off any more rust

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by DGulliver

It was nice today, so I washed the '72. I was careful not to knock off any more rust

love them steppers

[AKChevyman]

I didn't get any work done but I did order some parts. Which includes A complete wiring harness and a plumbing kit for my tank to the fuel filter and the pump.

[Mike_The_Grad]

Finally paint! It took a while to get everything prepped, but that's 80% of painting,right? I'm super happy with the way everything turned out. I even installed the intake...that was a lil challenging, especially right next to the plenum. But I got to say the "hardest" part is over. Time to start bolting everything back on. Already received most of the new goodies.

[PowerdbyChevy79]

Stripped the frame down...getting ready for some por 15 action...

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by PowerdbyChevy79

Stripped the frame down...getting ready for some por 15 action...

Flip.

[texasld]

Took the core support out of my truck... It's the wrong one so it will be going to sell.



Also stripped the core support brackets with a wire wheel and rattle caned em'. I'll be taking them to a friends shop to sand blast them, but they look ok for now.

[Hugh Mongus]

Bought a $1 rubber grommet from Ace. Removed the worn/broken bushing tightened it down with a nyloc nut and cured the slop in my shifter.

[VWNate1]

Tacking the upper mast jacket all apart , cleaning then greasing it will make your old shifter work As-New again and also return those loud GM " CLICK - CLICK - CLICK " noises as you work it through the quadrant .

[Econman]

Called the machine shop and told them I'd really like them to finish the work on my block because they've had it almost 4 weeks! Ugghhhhhhh

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by Econman

Called the machine shop and told them I'd really like them to finish the work on my block because they've had it almost 4 weeks! Ugghhhhhhh

What did you have done? For how much $$$$$.

I'm looking for comps so I'm less stupid than I am
now about the prices of engine machine work.