2 for 1 Part II...

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by aggie91

He better not forget that I know where he sleeps at night...

It is running and drivable, but the speedo is way off. I talked to my tuner, the pcm is set up correctly for my combination, so I need to dig into it a bit further.

Korbin forgets that I am in no real hurry to get it done. I don't have a shop, I don't like to work in the rain, and I sometime just don't want to work on it. I need to sell something so that I can build my shop, but I don't think I can get much for him, nobody wants a smart ass teenager who thinks he knows everything...

warning shot returned...

From my understanding..... supply is far greater vs demand for that particular model.

[Hankster]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

From my understanding..... supply is far greater vs demand for that particular model.

Lmao, Aggie your threads are the greatest!

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

From my understanding..... supply is far greater vs demand for that particular model.

Exactly!

Originally Posted by Hankster

Lmao, Aggie your threads are the greatest!

Thanks! For once I am having fun with this build. I only mess with it when I feel like it and post up my progress so others might learn something or get a laugh about it. Not having any real deadline to finish it by has been kinda nice....


I have not done much of anything on it except start cleaning out the doors and interior to get them a bit nicer. I have all the new weather stripping from Sunburn and even the power windows, but I am not sure it I am going to put the windows in or just keep the manual ones. Keeping the manual ones is the easy way out, I would just need to die the panels black. Looks like the weather might be really nice this weekend, so after getting a few house projects done, I might get to spend some time on this heap...

[Hankster]

I'd be interested in the power window stuff for my 86,

[tinydb84]

Finally read this thread. Man you transformed that truck. I am saving this for my LS swap later....

[aggie91]

Well it finally stopped raining here for a whole weekend when I had nothing else planned. Got a few thinks done on this one that I have been putting off.

I got the filler panel between the rear bumper and the bed installed. I used the filler from the Blazer that I got the bumper off of. I used just the two outer Blazer brackets to mount it. I think it works well and looks good.



I also hooked up the column shifter and got rid of the B&M Quick Silver Floor shifter. Just to much of a pain to have it for what this truck is for...

I also started on the interior revamp. I got my ACC carpet kit in from Stockinteriors.com on Friday. I took that door panels off and sanded them with 100 grit with a B&D Mouse sander. It took off all the old dried out plastic and most of the texture. That was all I did before shooting them with HF truck bed coating. It left a satin/flat finish with a fine texture. not perfect or show quality, but very nice for a daily driver called White Trash . I see if I can get a picture of what it looks like up close....

I also pulled out the blue vent trim kick panels and cleaned them up. I used some Krylon Fusion Satin Black (the paint for plastic that they sell) on them and reinstalled them. They look good. Sorry no before and after pictures...

I did not install the carpet, noticed a leak in the windshield and decided to hold off on the carpet till I get the windshield replaced. Should be sunny the next couple of days, so I hope I can get that done tomorrow.

Here is the before for the whole interior from when I bought it home:



Here it is without the seat and carpet...


I hope to have the interior dome this upcoming weekend. I'll get pictures as I go this next time I work on it.

[aggie91]

Pulled out the broken windshield yesterday evening. Found the area of the leak at the bottom of the driver's side.




Wire brushed the area inside and out and treated with rust convertor. Looked good this morning before I left for work. Not major rust, but enough to cause the leak and was able to fix it before new glass goes in today.

Also, I pulled out the rest of the interior parts & pieces. Ready to wire wheel the floor and clean the painted surfaces before putting it all back together.

[aggie91]

Well got a few more things done on the truck the last couple of days.

Tuesday, I got the new windshield installed. They forgot the mount for the rear view mirror, but that is minor right now. When I got home from work, I got after the floor with my grinder and wire cup brush. its not perfectly clean, but it is good enough for my intensions at this time.



There was a few spots of surface rust, so I treated them to some rust convertor. Should be good enough for now.


Wednesday after work, I put down some sound deadening material on the large flat areas. I read you only need about 25% coverage to be effective so that is why the complete floor is not covered. I have 6 pieces that are 6" x 11" that are going on the back cab wall in the centers of the raised areas. I will have to do that after I clean the cab wall and headliner area with degreaser. It's kinda dirty... I also put a 6" x 12" piece on the inside of the doors. I may add another to the doors, I am going to finish the door weather stripping first to see how the door sounds when you shut it. Here is what the floor looks like now:


Looks like its going to rain again today and tomorrow. Maybe I can finish the interior this weekend after I do the yard work...

[68Timber]

Is that the same sound deadener you used to sell?

[Hankster]

Looks like your getting a good bit of work done and you have a good plan for sound deadener locations. Keep it up!

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Is that the same sound deadener you used to sell?

Sorry, no, I never used to sell any thing like this. It is actually Peel & Seal that I got at the local Lowe's store.

Originally Posted by Hankster

Looks like your getting a good bit of work done and you have a good plan for sound deadener locations. Keep it up!

Thanks!

[aggie91]

Got home from Owen's game last night and had a bit of time to spend on this truck. Got the interior sheet metal washed down and cleaned up. Looks way better.

In this pic, you can see the difference that one swipe of the sponge and degreaser did on the left compared to the right...


I had to meet someone at the house at lunch today, so while I was waiting, I got the Peel & Seal applied to the back wall of the cab. I will be ready to work on the carpet or doors tonight....

[SCOTI]

Did you find a seat?

[aggie91]

No, Scoti did not find a seat yet. It is for Korbin's CC not this one...The week before He bought it, I scrapped out a seat frame that the bottom was good. That is just our luck...

[aggie91]

Worked on the interior more. Here is my in process lower door panels.
I just used some 1/8" thick plywood from a shipping box I got from work. The piece was just the right size to make the panel for both doors.

First I made a pattern for the passenger door from some tape and heavy paper:


I cut out the panels and labeled them to know which side is what and what end goes to the front...Then I covered them with some black carpet. I used some 3M heavy duty spray adhesive that I got at Lowe's.




They turned out good and I will attach them with some small black screws that will "hide" in the carpet well.

[aggie91]

Next up on the items to fix for the interior was the insert for the dash. I had about 6 or 7 of the posts on the back that had broken off. I decided to use some 10-32 machine screws as the replacements. I took a small sander and sanded down the spots of the broken pins to give me a flat spot for the head of the screw to sit. I used some Loctite quick setting epoxy to attach the screws to the back of the insert.








I only had one that was a little off of location, so I just drilled the hole in the pad a bit oversize to get it to line up. Overall I am happy with the results. I was able to use a flat washer and a nut on the back side and was able to tighten each one and none of them came loose.

[aggie91]

Yesterday, I came home and put the interior back together. Not 100% complete or show quality work, but very nice for a DD. I had one of the clips for the window crank go flying off while trying to put it back in the handle. I need to get one on the way home today. Still need to do the seat belts and the arm rests on the door panels, but I think it turned out nice and it is very comfortable.





It needs a tilt column to be very comfortable to get in and out of for me, but that might just have to wait. II put in new weather stripping in the doors and window tracks. The windows are nice and tight in the new felts and the doors shut well. Big difference from where I started:


Now, I just got to get the speedo to read correctly, add a rearview mirror, and get an electrical issue on the turn signals and park lights worked out and it will be ready for the road...

[Hankster]

Wow! Sweet transformation.

[68Timber]

Looks great!

[aggie91]

I got the truck inspected on Saturday and registered yesterday. I have been driving it around town and it seems to be a good driver. I have a few issues to work out. The worst one is a BAD vibration above 55 mph. I have not had the rear tires balanced since they were on Sunburn, so that will be the first thing to try. I checked the drive line angles when I did the flip on the rear axles, but I did not have the drive shaft to verify the working angles of the u-joints. This weekend I plan to get it up in the air so that I can check the angles again and correct anything that is out of wack.

[aggie91]

Sure did Liltroy..
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=651699

Your looks like a Blazer or Suburban sender/tank. Yours is easy. just cut off the two fittings on those lines, slide the nut back as far as you can and cut just the flared end off. remove the nuts and replace with the fittings:
The fittings I used are:
Jegs 3/8” tube to -6 Male AN Fitting (#100551)
Earl’s 5/16” tube to -6 Male AN Fitting (#165056)
I used one Earl’s and one Jegs because of cost, I saved a few bucks & Jegs did not have the 5/16” fitting (the Earl’s 3/8” tube to -6 Male AN Fitting is PN#165006, if you have to have both fittings the same brand). I got these thru Amazon.com.

[Liltroy]

Thanks for the info Aggie. Yep, I'm doing a 25 gallon blazer tank swap. Great writeup btw! However, after researching this all day(I didnt know you had replied already,lol)it turns out that Russell has come to the rescue for me.I just found out they now make these http://www.summitracing.com/parts/rus-640610, http://www.summitracing.com/parts/rus-640600 to adapt inverted flare fittings such as mine to AN fittings without having to do any cutting. I just ordered these up along with the rest of my fuel system goodies. I'm gonna try these first and if for some reason they dont work, I'm sending them back and definately doing it your way.....which, btw, is alot prettier.

[aggie91]

I'd like to see how those fitting look. That would be the easy way out for those senders that have the inverted flare fittings....

[Liltroy]

well they didnt work out. they arent as deep as pictured on summits website so they arent deep enough to engauge the threads. Im going to return them and do the same setup as you I guess.

[aggie91]

Figure I will post a quick update here.

Most of the vibration I had is from bad pinion angle. Got that fixed and there is still a small bit, so I had the rear wheels rebalanced. Turns out one of them is ever so slightly bent that you can see it when it was on the balancer.

Anyway, drove it quite a few times to and from work, it turned out nice. Very comfortable.

For Korbin's 18th birthday, I gave this truck to him since this is really what he wanted for a driver. Like Sunburn, but just not as nice. He has not really done anything with it except drive it and had to replace the master cylinder. He is having a 12 bolt rear built up with 4.10 gears and an Eaton Limited slip so once that is in, he will have the exact drivetrain that was in Sunburn before the accident. The only things different from the chassis set up on Sunburn to this one will be the Corvette brakes, The No Limit rack and pinion, the PBFab Forward Arms, and the Addco Sway bar.

He is planning to set up the AC and get it working hopefully over the next month or so. I will see if I can get him to post up on here as he puts his touches on White Trash.