My Crew Cab Short Bed Project, AKA "Project Destiny"

[scotts62]

Well are you driving it tomorrow??? Huh? Huh? Huh?

[okieraptor]

Originally Posted by BGRAFX

When do you okies sleep? Lol

Wow I haven't heard of that stuff in years!

[scotts62]

[joe231]

Not tomorrow....
Fix one problem, find 3 more.
It's either running hot or the temp switch is the wrong one.
The brakes are dragging and the pedal won't return on it's own
the trans isn't acting right either.
Got more work to do
never-ending....

[scotts62]

Ah damn,,, just needs some bugs worked out.. been sitting for a while it sounded like, need help haller i need something cheap to do where i wont spend any money this week

[BGRAFX]

Now ya know why it sat for so long and the PO didn't want to hassle getting it going. You will be cruising soon bro.

[scotts62]

Yeah it will all come together and be a sweet ride!!

[joe231]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Ah damn,,, just needs some bugs worked out.. been sitting for a while it sounded like, need help haller i need something cheap to do where i wont spend any money this week

I hear that.
I'm about to the point of taking a break from it.

Originally Posted by BGRAFX

Now ya know why it sat for so long and the PO didn't want to hassle getting it going. You will be cruising soon bro.

yeah, I'm sure the sitting has been hard on everything. I just hope the trans survives. I don't have the money for a rebuild right now.

[joe231]

Oh, and it doesn't want to idle.
Surges and dies. I hope it's just a dirty/blocked IAC.....

[BGRAFX]

I'm sure scott62 has a trans in his stash

[scotts62]

No i actually stole Joes stashed trans

[joe231]

between Scott and I, we have a half dozen spare transmissions.....but they all need rebuilt

[BGRAFX]

So rebuild em & sell em, that way the one you keep for yourself is actually free becuase you used the profits of the one you sold. .

[joe231]

Sounds so easy, doesn't it?
The one in my truck is suppose to have been rebuilt, don't know how long it sat after the rebuild though....

[JohnC]

From what the guy told me it didn't sit that long after the rebuild. Now who knows how he judges time, but I wouldn't say that long.

Just keep your head up man, and plug away at one thing at a time. Sooner or later you would have had to redo everything anyway. So just look at it like you won't have to mess with it later.

[joe231]

Thanks John!!

I tried bleeding the master, still the same. Swapped the booster and the brakes are good now.
Figured out my thermostat was bad, replaced it. Still showing hot. I went and bought a new temperature switch and compared the resistance. Sure enough the switch was the wrong one. Replaced it, went and got a shroud from pull a part for $8.95, and now it seems to be running nice and cool.
I got a bottle of Lucas trans treatment, put it in, and now the trans shifts nice. I also dropped my gas tank and fixed the sender for the gas gauge. Now I have a working fuel gauge. Turns out that my idle problem was from being about out of gas.
So guess what?........after getting all those problems resolved today,
I'm driving this bad boy









took the family (including the dogs cruising)
we put around 50 miles on it tonight without a hitch.
I love driving this thing!!!
Still gotta tie up a few loose ends (ducts in the dash, heat and air controls, trans speedo gear change, and paint some interior trim)
oh and I need to transfer the stereo system from the 80 also

[menace121978]

thats what its all about! right on Joe!! i'm glad you kept picking away at it almost time for altitude adjustment!?

[scotts62]

Very cool man glad yo got it running!!!!

[joe231]

Originally Posted by menace121978

thats what its all about! right on Joe!! i'm glad you kept picking away at it almost time for altitude adjustment!?

Thanks Dennis!
Yeah, I'm thinking about flipping the rear and throwing some cut coils in the front. I just don't want it too low....
Edit: After look at my pics again, I think I might just drop the front a couple inches and see how it looks.

Originally Posted by scotts62

Very cool man glad yo got it running!!!!

thanks Scott!!

[ksbrktracer]

Kool deal Joe.....glad to see you drivin it.....!!!!!!!!!!!

[BGRAFX]

Good lookin crew ya got there joe, even the dogs went for a ride.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by ksbrktracer

Kool deal Joe.....glad to see you drivin it.....!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Tommy!!
How have you been?

Originally Posted by BGRAFX

Good lookin crew ya got there joe, even the dogs went for a ride.

Thanks Michael!!
The dogs are happy I finally got it going too, now they will get to ride a lot more!

[JohnC]

Awesome man! Glad to see that beast finally on the road!

[scotts62]

So ill see it when i go to work on Tuesday, right..???

[joe231]

Thanks John!!

Scott, you should.
You might see it sooner