Captain America 68 short/fleetside

[colgad]

Finally got me a 4 door pickup

[GR8-68]

Great fab work on the fog lights bro

[colgad]

Thanks bud!!

[gottattooz]

I finished installing the roll pan and fog lights. I had to remove the grill and bolt the roll pan to it as one assembly. I deleted the gravel pan and cut the front of the frame horns off to make everything fit.

I decided to run the fog lights with the low beams instead of the high beams like i had mentioned previously. It didn't have the right look with the high beams.

The big down side, totally unrelated to the recent mods, is that i noticed i have a pretty significant oil leak at the back of the Oil pan. It's either the oil pan gasket or the rear main seal. Regardless, i have to pull the engine back out to fix it.

-Josh

[colgad]

Most all of the older LS engine have this issue. The rear main and the gasket on pan that holds it harden and leak. The replacement rear mains lip is different and seems to go in backwards but it is labeled outside. Careful alignment is important or you will have another leak. They make an alignment kit that is pretty cheap to make it fool proof.
Truck is looking great love the look! We will have a C10 get together and we will let you know when soon.

[flashed]

Looks good ,hate to hear about the oil leak .

[gottattooz]

I can't believe it's been 7 years since i started building this truck. The front shocks were feeling soft, so i upgraded to KYB gas-a-just shocks. Living close to the Summit Racing store, I save money on shipping. I got both front shocks for $75.00. Man! What a difference. I also noticed the sway bar bushings were mangled and the bolts were bent. So i upgraded to the polyurethane bushings and put in bigger bolts.

-Josh

[gottattooz]

Well i pulled the engine out today. Turns out it was the rear main seal leaking. I'm going to replace the oil pan gasket, pick up tube o-ring, valve cover gaskets, knock sensors and valley pan gaskets and intake gaskets while it's out. Dad and I have been looking at camshafts, thinking about a mild upgrade while we're resealing everything else.

-Josh

[indymachinist]

Wow!! I haven't checked in on this build in a long time. Things sure have changed!

[BigDaddyV]

Wow, you sure have come a long way! Love how the truck looks! Its been a while for me too. Glad to be back and see how far you have come! Awesome!

[gottattooz]

Well, i replaced every seal and gasket on the engine top to bottom, front to back, except the head gaskets. During my first real tat drive, the steering was binding. I double checked the power steering fluid level and it was fine. Well later on i was driving to get food and i smelled burning plastic. I pulled over and there was a piece of wire loom laying on the header. Upon further inspection, there was no wire in the loom. The writing for the fuel level gauge and the evap sensors wss wrapped around the steering shaft like spaghetti on a fork. So now i have to pull the driver's side inner front fender and run new wires there.

Today, while driving home from work, i smelled burning oil and when i got home i looked under the truck. Sure enough, the rear main seal is leaking. I think it's leaking worse than before. I'm so pissed right now, i was to part it out. I know I'm just being dramatic right now, but what a total pain i the ass!

-Josh

[builtbyKane]

Bummer. Nothing worse then doing pain jobs more than once.

[cornerstone]

Oh man. Get some buddies over, and have a few beers. sorry man.

[chasinhiway]

First off let me say Great looking truck. On your oil leak a lot of the time the housing that the rear main seal is in leaks as much as the seal itself. Those seals can be tricky to put in with the housing still on the truck. I work at a GM dealership and you can by the housing which comes with a new seal and housing gasket for not much more than the seal cost.

[Operatorfailure]

That's amazing man. I love TBSS's and my wife loves wagoneers. Are you doing a build thread? If so, link it here, I want to follow.

[gottattooz]

Originally Posted by Operatorfailure

That's amazing man. I love TBSS's and my wife loves wagoneers. Are you doing a build thread? If so, link it here, I want to follow.

I'll probably do a build thread here. The full size jeep forum doesn't seem to be very active, and your have to get a separate photo account to post pics there.

-Josh

[Operatorfailure]

Sweet. When you do start a build thread, please link it here so I don't miss it!

[gottattooz]

Originally Posted by Operatorfailure

Sweet. When you do start a build thread, please link it here so I don't miss it!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...48#post8311848

Here you go.

-Josh

[gottattooz]

https://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee...656092725.html

And here's the captain on Craigslist already.

-Josh

[fecklessgadfly]

Hate to see Cap move on, but I've always loved Wagoneers. Hope that build goes well.

[gottattooz]

I don't think it's a good deal at all!! I tried to shorten the steering shaft, and ended up pulling the entire steering column out of the truck. If I had known, I would have done this when I had the front clip off the truck. My other problem is I didn't measure anything before I pulled it out!!!! Oh well, I"ll try again and see what happens. Thanks for everyone's advice and assistance.

-Josh