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

[72c20customcamper]

New power brake unit from Frank’s Pickmups came today

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

I didn't do anything significant to the truck but drove it the long way home after work yesterday morning. Beautiful sunny Sunday morning with very minimal traffic about at 7:00AM so perfect day for a 75 mile drive out of the City and cross country to loop back another way. Truck was down for 18 months and our drivng season here is quickly coming to and end so been driving it as much as I can since back on the road in June.

That turned out so beautiful. Super nice

[maverickmk]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

Finished the engine bay, the battery proved a challenge to buy.

Nice, that looks fantastic!

[72c20customcamper]

Wrong post

[Orefactory4x4 swb]

[Orefactory4x4 swb]

Didn’t do nothing to my 72k10 project, but picked this 70 up today

[indymachinist]

My truck was shooting fireballs on the dyno today

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by indymachinist

My truck was shooting fireballs on the dyno today

Heat me up some rubber for some traction!

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

Finished the engine bay, the battery proved a challenge to buy.

Beautiful work.

[samkost]

Got a lot done the past two days.
My 50 year old tachometer gave up and so a new aftermarket tach went back in.
While everything was apart and accessible I went through my entire dash instrument wiring issues for hopefully the last time.
Cleaning up and organizing all under the dash wiring checklist:
Tachometer and all the following working as they should:
Glove box light, Courtesy lights, Cigarette Lighter w/light, Wipers with Intermittent, Heater fan 3 speeds, LED dash/heater control lights and fixed a broken wire to the PRND321 column light.
Whew!

[Chevys4life]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

New power brake unit from Frank’s Pickmups came today

Is that setup for a drum to drum brake system?

[Chevys4life]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

Finished the engine bay, the battery proved a challenge to buy.

Your engine compartment looks very nice.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Chevys4life

Is that setup for a drum to drum brake system?

This is for my 72, truck is disc/drum brake .

[54blackhornet]

Originally Posted by samkost

Got a lot done the past two days.
My 50 year old tachometer gave up and so a new aftermarket tach went back in.
While everything was apart and accessible I went through my entire dash instrument wiring issues for hopefully the last time.
Cleaning up and organizing all under the dash wiring checklist:
Tachometer and all the following working as they should:
Glove box light, Courtesy lights, Cigarette Lighter w/light, Wipers with Intermittent, Heater fan 3 speeds, LED dash/heater control lights and fixed a broken wire to the PRND321 column light.
Whew!

Beautiful work !

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by indymachinist

My truck was shooting fireballs on the dyno today

I'm kinda partial to '68 Stepsides.

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

New power brake unit from Frank’s Pickmups came today

I put one of those on my C10 in 2017. Very happy with it but one suggestion paint the cast master cylinder before install. It dont take long for them to look like crap.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

I put one of those on my C10 in 2017. Very happy with it but one suggestion paint the cast master cylinder before install. It dont take long for them to look like crap.

I aways put a couple of coats of either clear or the cast blast . Cast iron will rust up quickly . I did the same on my 68 most likely a mistake since the truck has patina

[weq92f]

Originally Posted by indymachinist

My truck was shooting fireballs on the dyno today

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That is a fine looking rig Sir! The stance is right.

Hope it laid down some serious bald eagle freedom.

-klb

[samkost]

Originally Posted by 54blackhornet

Beautiful work !

Thank you.
Next up is the upholstery.

[OregonNed]

Took a very short cruise in the evening after getting the rear end project done. Still need to drive it a bit more, wash all the summer dust off from the last car show, and retorque bolts.

[samkost]

Originally Posted by OregonNed

Took a very short cruise in the evening after getting the rear end project done. Still need to drive it a bit more, wash all the summer dust off from the last car show, and retorque bolts.

Looking good Ned.
I’m partial to the nice ride of the long beds.
So how does it handle with your new shock relocation kit?
Enjoy your drives.

[OregonNed]

Originally Posted by samkost

Looking good Ned.
I’m partial to the nice ride of the long beds.
So how does it handle with your new shock relocation kit?
Enjoy your drives.

Really good - I am pretty happy with it.. seems firmer and a little "bouncier" - very minor - but its quite a change from the extra heavy duty spring that were back there before..

[samkost]

Another beautiful day in the PNW.
I ran some errands today and I had to go to a carburetor specialty shop to get some 3/16” vacuum line for my HEI to manifold vacuum advance.
NAPA and all the auto box stores don’t seem to carry it anymore.
Back home I decided to take a short drive with the C10 and noticed a new ticking noise.
Rams horn exhaust manifold leak? Yep!
Went to retighten the bolts when the forward passenger bolt fell off onto my hand.
It turns out the restoration shop from “Hell” that I divorced from broke/snapped the exhaust manifold bolt and used blue RTV silicone to hold the bolt in place.
Perfect. No one will ever notice
1 step forward, 2 steps back.
It’s gonna be alright, a new day tomorrow

[OregonNed]

Sorry for all of the pics, but I washed mine last night and back in the garage before the Northwest rains begin. It looks as though my trim should be easy to reinstall looking at how lined up both sides are. A future project.

[Jiggers72-GMC]

Ned, no need to apologize for pix, we lov'em, great truck man .........

great reading truckers