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

[pjmoreland]

Rebuilt engine is in place. Someday I'm going to get lucky and the motor mount bolts are going to thread in without loosening the engine stands first. Not today, though!

[toolboxchev]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Rebuilt engine is in place. Someday I'm going to get lucky and the motor mount bolts are going to thread in without loosening the engine stands first. Not today, though!

Purdy! My fingers are exactly the right size and I can thread them in by hand! I get lucky sometimes.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by toolboxchev

Purdy! My fingers are exactly the right size and I can thread them in by hand! I get lucky sometimes.

Whenever I remove the center bolts from the motor mounts, the engine always moves around just enough that the holes in the engine stands no longer line up perfectly with the motor mounts. This makes it necessary to loosen the bolts attaching rhe engine stands to the frame so they can be moved back into alignment with the motor mounts. Every time!

[Jiggers72-GMC]

Well done PJ, she looks good in there!!

[pjmoreland]

Finished installing my rebuilt engine. It started right up. Took it for a ring-seating test drive. No smoke, and it isn't overheating. What a relief!

Made a little throttle spring bracket so I wouldn't have to use one of the intake manifold bolts. I still need to paint it.

[body bolt]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Finished installing my rebuilt engine. It started right up. Took it for a ring-seating test drive. No smoke, and it isn't overheating. What a relief!

Right on!

[Chevys4life]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Finished installing my rebuilt engine. It started right up. Took it for a ring-seating test drive. No smoke, and it isn't overheating. What a relief!

Made a little throttle spring bracket so I wouldn't have to use one of the intake manifold bolts. I still need to paint it.

Nice work on that bracket!!!

[Steeveedee]

Congrats on the engine, and I must say that is a really cool bracket!

[Ol Blue K20]

Great and congrats on the start up. Bracket looks good.

[Jiggers72-GMC]

That's great PJ, glad to hear it went well. nice truck

[pjmoreland]

Thanks, guys

[pjmoreland]

The TCI 700R4 bracket it is screwed to has a little throttle spring mounting tab in the back, but I believe it is designed to work with a Holley, so it doesn't work with my Edelbrock carb.

[Boog]

So when did you swap to an auto trans?

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Boog

So when did you swap to an auto trans?

My truck had a TH400 in it when I bought it. I pulled a '93 4L60 from a Caprice at the local pick-n-pull and rebuilt it last year. I did this to improve highway driving. I am concerned about its long-term reliability though. My plan is to install a Tremec TKX when funds allow, or if the 4L60 self-destructs. I have gathered all of the main truck-specific manual parts so far, most of which came out of a '67 C20 at that same pick-n-pull. That way I'm ready when the time comes.

-Bell housing
-V8 manual transmission cross member (probably won't use this)
-Clutch pedal
-Z bar & frame mount
-Clutch rods
-Clutch fork
-High hump cab floor cover
-Floor-shift steering column (converted from automatic with OE parts purchased from Mel of Classic Bowties)

[Boog]

Oh I see. You were just painting a bell housing while painting the engine for possible someday use. Then I saw the auto in the bay. Good plan. You just might enjoy rowing through the gears again someday.

[Rich72C10]

Decided to go with an aluminum overlay for my glovebox, since I really wanted the shinny trim around the woodgrain. With some 3614 3M Molding Tape and adjusting the glovebox latch, I am happy with the results!

[Jiggers72-GMC]

Richard, nice work on the ww jug and the glove box, well done

hdrolling, that box looks in perfect shape, you shouldn't have any trouble selling.

[Rich72C10]

Thanks Gerry :-)

My climate control light on the left side (AC has two lights) was flickering on and off. I figured easy fix there, as the bulb holder came disengaged from the hole. Not so much as it is a pain to get your (or my) fingers up under there on the bulb holder. Whilst upside down and fighting those darn little clasps into the hole to snap in, the light bulb (actually a LED) came off INSIDE the climate control. Took me like +hour to get the bulb out. I had to loosen the climate control, remove the fan switch, and use various pick tools to get bulb facing outwards (the LED end) to grab it.

So note to self, don't let the light bulb come off EVER again inside the climate control. What a total PITA that ended up being. Though now both lights in the climate control work without flickering. So I won the battle, damn you little light bulb hole!

[Steeveedee]

Next time you get in a fix like that, rig a flexible hose on your shop (or house) vac with some window screen on the end. You could suck the bulb out of the housing, easily.

[Rich72C10]

did you just come up with that off the top of your head or you have had to do that before? LOL

Cool / great idea, never occurred to me to try something like that.

[Steeveedee]

Done it before, with spacecraft parts. Somebody dropped a screw and couldn't find it. We searched for days, on and off. Using a screen on the vac is necessary to capture the part before it goes into the bag house, where it would never be found. The screw had to be found or the launch would delayed. If it fell into the wrong place it could cause all kinds of trouble either at launch or in orbit.

[Rich72C10]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Done it before, with spacecraft parts. Somebody dropped a screw and couldn't find it. We searched for days, on and off. Using a screen on the vac is necessary to capture the part before it goes into the bag house, where it would never be found. The screw had to be found or the launch would delayed. If it fell into the wrong place it could cause all kinds of trouble either at launch or in orbit.

okay, that's a pretty cool and unexpected "case study". If it works for a space ship, it will work for a 72 pickup! ha!

🚀 🛻 🚀 🛻

[toolboxchev]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Done it before, with spacecraft parts. Somebody dropped a screw and couldn't find it. We searched for days, on and off. Using a screen on the vac is necessary to capture the part before it goes into the bag house, where it would never be found. The screw had to be found or the launch would delayed. If it fell into the wrong place it could cause all kinds of trouble either at launch or in orbit.

The exact reason why i dont fly!

[pjmoreland]

Replaced the parking brake boots. The originals were long gone. Reminded me of what it might be like to pass a kidney stone. Used lots of grease, and it was still a struggle to get them to slide over the cable end.

[BrentBTK]

I just pulled the trigger on a new power plant for SSybil. Blueprint Engines 350 w/ 365HP 401Tq with a full serpentine setup installed. New Torque converter, flex plate, motor and tranny mounts, exhaust manifolds, and a direct fit aluminum radiator with electric fans are all on the way as well, all in stock and on the way from Summit Racing. Hot diggity!! Now, the waiting game begins!