Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[57truckguy]

Very nice
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[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by ddubbs

Nice to see some Alaska people on the forum. Liking the thread. Hope to see you next summer out and about!!!!!!!
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ddubbs do you have a rig your are building?
If you are would like to compare notes some time!

Originally Posted by 57truckguy

Very nice
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Thanks 57truckguy !

[McMurphy]

Ok wow, talk about a dork...

You guys said to test fit my door when doing these rockers, so I did. I tacked the rocker in, tossed the door up there and it set right in place, no problem.
Man I rock!! so I thought~~~~
No one said to bolt it on and test open the door....

Le Sigh.

I have to undo the spot welds on the front end of the rocker, because the front bottom edge of the door catches it and the door (all bolted up this time) only opens about 9-10 inches before it binds. It shouldn't be too much of a pain to fix, just a tad more time consuming than I expected.
Getting all my practice in on the p-side so mebbe I can look like a pro when I get to the d-side.

Yeah riiiiiiight !!! LOL

Otherwise it was an easy install, was actually one of the more fun things I have done as far as welding goes. I got my cab corner in on that side as well. I will make another post with pics of how that has come along....

[McMurphy]

So this poor cab corner/shoulder has had to be a major training ground for me, on top of the obvious beating it took many many years ago.

I posted the pics from what it was when I found all the bondo, to what it looks like tonight after I have sanded down my very first slinging of da mud !!

weird to think the pics in date order are:
26 Nov 11
26 Dec 11
30 Dec 11
04 Feb 12
07 Feb 12

I guess that says I dont focus on any one thing for very long any more, eh?

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

So this poor cab corner/shoulder has had to be a major training ground for me, on top of the obvious beating it took many many years ago.

I posted the pics from what it was when I found all the bondo, to what it looks like tonight after I have sanded down my very first slinging of da mud !!

weird to think the pics in date order are:
26 Nov 11
26 Dec 11
30 Dec 11
04 Feb 12
07 Feb 12

I guess that says I dont focus on any one thing for very long any more, eh?

I missed this fix.
Any tips?
I'll still need to do that on my 66.
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[ddubbs]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

ddubbs do you have a rig your are building?
If you are would like to compare notes some time!



Thanks 57truckguy !

I have the yellow and white 68 chevy that's on airride. Didn't build it,bought it from David Neal. Just got all my porterbuilt stuff in today to start building a 72 c-10. New to the forum and don't know how to work it yet!!!!
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[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by ddubbs

I have the yellow and white 68 chevy that's on airride. Didn't build it,bought it from David Neal. Just got all my porterbuilt stuff in today to start building a 72 c-10. New to the forum and don't know how to work it yet!!!!
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Originally Posted by ddubbs

Trucks coming along nicely!!!!!
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"on airride" ?? Not sure of the reference, sorry. Is your '68 a show car/truck?
I will be parting out a '85 GMC Sierra 3/4 ton next week, let me know if you want or need anything for your '72 there will be a ton of body and frame parts I will not be using as well as most of the interior stuff.

Originally Posted by flips72

looking good

Thanks Flips, I sure appreciate the time you take to look at my mess !!

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

that looks a whole lot better! i hate when people try to use bondo instead of fixing the metal! a light coat is one thing but when you fill holes with it thats going to far!! i had the same problem around my tail lights, had a small dent and someone desided to put 1/4-1/2" of bondo to smooth it out! it took me 10-15mins with a metal tire spoon to push it all out, it was hard to get to!

keep it up, your really doing a good job!! and if you need more practice you can come on down and do my rockers, lol!!

Thanks Chad!!
I am totally with you on the bondo. I swear to put in as much metal as I can and am only using the bondo to smooth out the welded spots and fill the pin holes.
I will be down in your neck of the woods in the next couple years, we have a rental down there in Lawton I will be getting ready to market soon after I retire. Will that be soon enough you think??

[ddubbs]

[QUOTE=McMurphy;5175255]"on airride" ?? Not sure of the reference, sorry. Is your '68 a show car/truck?
I will be parting out a '85 GMC Sierra 3/4 ton next week, let me know if you want or need anything for your '72 there will be a ton of body and frame parts I will not be using as well as most
You can do a Internet search for David neals 68 chevy c-10. It will probably pull up the classic trucks article on it.:metal
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[ddubbs]

Nice to see some Alaska people on the forum. Liking the thread. Hope to see you next summer out and about!!!!!!!
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[57truckguy]

Duh.... usually when we said put door on we mean on the hinges

I hate to say this but the snow you posted on daves thread is as close as I've gotten to snow this year... we've virtually have had no snow and we usually get at least 25 inches or so over the winter...Only thing is this will not fill up the lakes for the summer unless we get a rainny spring.

you are getting pretty good at welding thoes panels! Are you using 22 gage wire?? or which one... I'm out of the small stuff and the 30 just burns a hole in the sheet metal.. LOL

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by 57truckguy

Duh.... usually when we said put door on we mean on the hinges

I hate to say this but the snow you posted on daves thread is as close as I've gotten to snow this year... we've virtually have had no snow and we usually get at least 25 inches or so over the winter...Only thing is this will not fill up the lakes for the summer unless we get a rainny spring.

you are getting pretty good at welding thoes panels! Are you using 22 gage wire?? or which one... I'm out of the small stuff and the 30 just burns a hole in the sheet metal.. LOL

Yeah not much snow in my home town this season either, which normally means it will be a wet summer.
Surprisingly up here I have come to learn that Tundra, is a grassy word for Swamp....

Yes 22ga wire.
Though I need to get a block of brass or something because even with my gas turned down to 5-10 psi, I still blow holes in the sheet metal sometimes.

[ddubbs]

Trucks coming along nicely!!!!!
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[flips72]

looking good

[chad64chevy]

that looks a whole lot better! i hate when people try to use bondo instead of fixing the metal! a light coat is one thing but when you fill holes with it thats going to far!! i had the same problem around my tail lights, had a small dent and someone desided to put 1/4-1/2" of bondo to smooth it out! it took me 10-15mins with a metal tire spoon to push it all out, it was hard to get to!

keep it up, your really doing a good job!! and if you need more practice you can come on down and do my rockers, lol!!

[chad64chevy]

lawton it 4 1/2- 5hrs. from me, but you would be closer, lol!! i'm planning on having my truck on the road by this time next year, with alot of the bodywork done! if i would have found this site a few years ago, i think i would be done with it by now! i've learned alot on here, and i put off buying stuff for my truck over the years because i didnt know what i know now! we you do head this way we will need to meet up so we can check each others trucks out in person

[allaboutchevelles]

Looking good McMurphy. Your moving right along with the metal work. Just remember the only people that dont make mistakes are the people that do nothing. I think its only a mistake if you cant correct it. Your doing a good job. keep up the good work.

[k1rodeoboater]

I'm still fighting with my passenger rocker right now. The gap in the rear is perfect...but the front keeps hitting. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what is going on that is causing it to lift up as I press the rocker into place.

[allaboutchevelles]

I used small self tapping sheet metal screws to press down and hold the rocker down firm against the inner rocker. then I used clamps at the bottom, I guess its called the pinch weld to pull it tight and that solved my problem with mine hitting. hope that helps some.

[57truckguy]

Hey Sarge,, I took an old piece of copper pipe and split it, it was split already from a freeze, and use that to back up my welds.. It works great and (fancy word) inexpensive.. LOL It bends to any shape I need and gets in some pretty tite spots as I made three or four(can't seem to find all of them all the time, must be the ghost) of them in different sizes the back up makes a big difference as I can lay in a puddle and let it cool to grind down later.. I use metal plugs for anything bigger then 1/4 inch at least for me that seems to work better then trying to fill in a big hole.. I also did some lead work on the firewall , found it to be a lot easier then we're led to believe. Just have to make sure the area is clean for the lead to stick.. Takes some practice but doable by almost anyone... the only problem now is that getting the lead has gotten very expensive. When I did mine 10 years ago only cost about a dollar a pound now its a lot higher and the EPA is all over the place trying to get it banned all together.

[McMurphy]

Ok guys, on page 4 I put up pics of a '85 Sierra that I had gotten for a donor rig.
Tonight I drove it home and got it into the garage. Tonight it is defrosting, and tomorrow I start a 10 day marathon tear down on it.

The plan is to get as much stuff off it that I think I will want or need then push it out into the yard. Then I will start in the detail work on the parts that I took off it. Having said that, I hope I will be into the rebuilding stage of my rig soon. I still have to redo the front end of my p-side rocker that I goofed up, and totally do the d-side floor pan, outrigger, rocker, and cab corner.

But starting tormorrow morning it will be about stripping the GMC down as fast and efficiently as possible.

Luckily the temps have jumped up to 35* !! The snow was actually melting today ..... I know ..... like WHOA ..... right ?!?!?!?!

LOL

More to follow, and as ever, thanks for taking a look !

[57truckguy]

Seems a real shame to tear down such a good looking vehicle.. Not being criticle just an observation as 10 years from now someone will wish they had that vehicle.. In a while I'll be getting or bring home an 82 that belonged to my dad.. less that 30000 miles and still driven once in a while. no rust and garaged since day one, I drove it home that day dad bought it.. Will be not touched and only repaired and driven regularly. My son has already said it belongs to him... LOL

[57truckguy]

Having a heat wave... LOL time for a party..

[C@rnut001]

Good luck with tearing down the GMC and getting all of the parts off that you need. It has been nice with the temps warming up. We jumped about 65 degrees in a little under 2 weeks time.

[flips72]

cant wait to see the tear down. i love taking stuff apart, its the re assembly that stinks, seems like you allways scratch something.

[McMurphy]

I will post some pics later, perhaps today... I am taking leave this week since it is a short week and I never work Valentine's Day anyways. But I am way ahead of schedule, the wife took leave this week as well and the help has been invalueable!!

So far the most vexxing thing about this has been the intermixing of meteric screws and bolts!
For example the flexplate-to-torque converter were 15mm!!
I was literally spitting cuss words.

It is to the point now where if my 9/16 is too small and the 5/8 is too big (for example again) I start with the cussing.

LOL

I have an old essay about Real Sergeants and one of the points is that a Real Sergeant can cuss for 5 minutes straight and not use the same word twice.

I am getting my exersize in for sure.

More later guys, thanks for checking in on me!!!