My 88 buildup on a tight budget

[benoit454]

I have to second coat it all tomrrow. Then maybe I can put stuff back together.

[tecky11]

wow the rotors got rusty fast, loots good tho

[benoit454]

yea as soon as water hit them bam rusted instantly. I plan to knock the rust off and then clean them with brake clean before use for sure.

[tecky11]

or replace them since they are out

[benoit454]

I don't think so. notice the title? tight budget? I spent my last $20 buying brake hoses and sway bar end links. I'd like to buy new ones or just have these resurfaced.

[tecky11]

lol true looks great tho

[benoit454]

thanks, be alot better once I get my paint on lol.

[Ricky78045]

How many cans did it take to paint all those? Looks really good
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[benoit454]

less then one. it's a quart of oil based rustoleum. I only used a little over half.

[benoit454]

2nd coat on the front end, and then installed all 4 balljoints and reinstalled the knuckles....

[BIGphillip79]

Did you pull the front end apart just for paint?
That's dedication.

[benoit454]

yea clean up and paint, but the steering stuff was to replace it all, new balljoints, tie rods, idler arm.

the diff. I took out to clean and paint but I got seals coming for it. I'm gonna fix the leaking axle seal and pinion seal on it.

I got the rotors, pads, and calipers put on yesterday, then fought the sway bar end links, and also fought the grease fittings. Now it's greased up and the brakes are on, even got the new brake hoses on it.

[BIGphillip79]

careful when you pull the axles for the seal. In the long end there is a washer/spacer that goes on the little bearing race on the end of the axle shaft. you wanna make sure that's in place. Mine fell and I didn't know it was there and it chewed the hell out of some bearings.

[benoit454]

I got t all apart and put back together but the seals are wrong. the seal that was leaking wasn't a bad seal, just wasn't sealing to the housing like it's too small of dia. just barely to make it tight enough to be a press fit. it goes into place easy.

The pinion seal i got it too small too.

I got the wrong part number for it, but the axle seal is the one everyone calls for and it won't seal up to the housing right.

[benoit454]

I haven't taken any pics but it's all back together, just working on setting the toe, then have to tighten the sway bar end links, fill fluids, like diff. brake, and then power steering. I also of course have to bleed all the brakes. Then I need to do the body work on my inner fenders to get them ready.

[benoit454]

front end is back together, have to do all the fluids and bleed brakes and such though. Also check toe and have an alignment done, but for now I started on body work underhood.

I sanded and primed the inners and then painted the underside of them same as my frame, then did the back of the fenders and firewall, doing all the body worked areas, fan shroud and rad. support in body color.

[Ricky78045]

Looking good, makes me wanna paint my inner fenders!
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[benoit454]

yea you should lol. j/k

[benoit454]

found somethings a bit interesting tearing down the front, well removing the fender.



that doors been hard to shut and makes a loud pop when it catches you have to pull hard, roller pin is bent bad. I knocked it out, going to order a new one for both sides. The ds has been missing as well as the ds door spring since I got the truck.

Also notice anything wrong?




yea removed that bolt and that come with it. It's broke clean off and has been for quite some time, has rust on it, no clean metal.

Now that I kept yall waiting long enough, I got some PAINT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[benoit454]

more work done today..

[benoit454]

couple pics of the flake

[75ChevyGuy]

This truck has definitely come along way! I like the way the underhood is looking.

[benoit454]

thanks, I'm looking forward to getting it back together, and doing the rest of the truck.

[Dub_X]

It's coming along good. I didn't notice if you had mentioned this or not, but are you gonna end up painting the truck blue when it's all said and done? Because the blue is looking damn good on your parts.

[benoit454]

yes sir the entire truck is going to be that same blue. going to do behind the cab and bed, door jambs, bottom of the hood and the entire outside, bedline the inside of the bed, maybe throw in some matching blue inside the cab.