What did you do to your truck today!

[Lippyp]

Refitted my fuel pipes to the carb along with my shiny new billet specialities fuel filter to replace the fire hazard glass one I fitted a few years back. I then took the water-pump off, cleaned it up, degreased it, and now its ready for a coat of POR15 Chevy orange paint tomorrow, I also cleaned up the front of the engine and may well paint that too whilst I have access, not the ideal way to do it piecemeal but it's going to be a while before the engine ever gets pulled out to paint it properly and frankly at the moment its damnned ugly. The chrome timing chain cover seems to be missing a couple of bolts that I need to find from somewhere and it need s a bit of de-rusting and a polish to make it look half reasonable. I picked out a spot to mount the derale electric fan controller I bought and realised I need to get a 1/2" NPt to 3/8" NPT reducer to fit the sender into the intake.

Tomorrow I shall be pulling the radiator out to clean it up and paint it, removing the small bodged on electric fan to replace it with a proper aluminium shroud (which I still need to make) and big electric fan from a Volvo T5. Then it all needs wiring up. After that I might just be ready to fill up all the fluids and fire her up!

[o6r1man]

I have a buddy that just built a new engine for his car and wanted me to rebuild his 600 holley for him. So after I got it rebuilt I pulled the carb off my mine and put his on there to make sure there was not going to be a issue when he fired his up to break in the cam and have to shut it down. It ran great on my truck.....well to good. It ran better then my carb does

[dukcaln]

finally bumped the timing up to 13... and wow what a difference in smoothness and sound of the motor.... I like it. Also measured for the stereo and speakers. Readjusted the idle fuel mixture too...

[srvivor71]

Took out the bench seat and installed 3 point seat belts. Got the belts from LMC - "instructions" were pathetic. Belts were universal and not made specifically for my truck. Kinda pissed because I think I paid a lot for them ($180 for the pair).

Going to bring the seat to get reupholstered in the next week or so.

The original anchor bolts had some kind of thread locker on them and wouldn't come off, even with a 650 ft/lb impact wrench. Had to use a 30" breaker bar and a lot of brute force. This little job ended up taking about 5 hours!

[DaddyO]

Today I have the exhaust tied in from the headers. No longer uncapped!!

[oldblue1968chevy]

put some trim on the tailight area and the tailgate also polished it with mothers and a polishing wheel on electric motor on bench

[wwotr]

Originally Posted by srvivor71

Took out the bench seat and installed 3 point seat belts. Got the belts from LMC - "instructions" were pathetic. Belts were universal and not made specifically for my truck. Kinda pissed because I think I paid a lot for them ($180 for the pair).

Going to bring the seat to get reupholstered in the next week or so.

The original anchor bolts had some kind of thread locker on them and wouldn't come off, even with a 650 ft/lb impact wrench. Had to use a 30" breaker bar and a lot of brute force. This little job ended up taking about 5 hours!

I hear ya.
paid about the same price for mine and the Instructions left SO MUCH to be desired. Had to have a Friend that does sheet Metal, make me 2 sets of Custom Bent Anchors.

[chevytruckluver]

welded on the firewall, got a a/c delete panel from Porterbuilt!

[BIGKEV]

Cam, intake, heads, carb, radiator, electric fans, HEI, 130 amp alternator, trans service, and rear end service. Will do cam break in tomorrow when the neighbors aren't sleeping. All in all it was a productive day. I wish I could have done the break in, but I broke my balancer removal/install tool and ended up having to buy a crappy removal tool from amateur zone, and run all over town to find a 7/16 - 20 bolt with enough thread to make a make shift install tool. which cost me a couple of hours of daylight. Sometimes I miss having a shop, especially on days like today. A lift would have saved me at least 2-3 hours.

[hotrodhomi]

Went to a show.

[dukcaln]

oing to install the autometer big hulk of a tach today....LOL

[Red68]

Changed out the fuel pump, trying to solve the problem of hard starts when it sits for a week. The fuel line up to the carb was dry when I took it off!! Still cranked on it for 15 sec. until it started, hoping it was because it was a new pump, we will see in a few days. Also adjusted the timing and carb. Seems to run a little better after it warms up.

[70cst]

I brought my truck (The Circuit Rider) home last night.

[Palf70Step]

Looked at it while I watched tranny fluid leak out of the front pump housing of the 83 l

[Bull72]

Originally Posted by srvivor71

Took out the bench seat and installed 3 point seat belts. Got the belts from LMC - "instructions" were pathetic. Belts were universal and not made specifically for my truck. Kinda pissed because I think I paid a lot for them ($180 for the pair).

Going to bring the seat to get reupholstered in the next week or so.

The original anchor bolts had some kind of thread locker on them and wouldn't come off, even with a 650 ft/lb impact wrench. Had to use a 30" breaker bar and a lot of brute force. This little job ended up taking about 5 hours!

Bummer, I was about to buy the same set. Do you have any pics?

[mcmlxix]

Test fit my custom brackets for my D60 front axle upgrade... Here are the brackets, cut on the waterjet, out of 5/16" plate. No clearance issues and everything lines up great. Still need the RH caliper for alignment then they can be TIG'd... I was thinking of making a jig to hold the pieces to be welded....

and because everyone loves pictures....

Passenger side ...







Driver side...

[flashed]

I took my Buddy Buckets to the upholstery shop for recovering today ,does that count ?

[bsteele]

Installed CCP m/c, booster and prop valve. Now I am having trouble getting the pin through the booster rod and pedal arm. Try again tomorrow.

[GMC69]

Attempted version 2.0 of the truck cover. Apparently my truck cover doesn't like really strong wind and tried to hide under the truck, not on top of the truck, lol. I installed some grommets and added a few bungy cords and will see what happens in the next few days.

Time to get it detailed for the car show coming up this weekend.
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[wwotr]

Well Tomorrow.......

Taking it in to get my Lokar Gas/Brake & E Brake Pedals (and covers) installed, along with a Gas Tank Carpet Kit, and LED Back-Up lights.

[eagleuh1]

Got my Resealed, painted Dana 60 in, runs quieter with 3:54 vs 4:56 and good pinion bearings. Also mounted my in bed spare tire carrier. Fits nice, no tire rolling around anymore. Bought from board member. Opened up my spare guage console to see how was going to modify for electronic speedo for the 5.3. Closed it back up until I have S10 console on table too. Not truck related, but repaired carbon fibre Spoileron for my hangglider that was damaged by hailstorm. My other hobby.

[Lippyp]

This afternoon the front of the engine will be getting its third and final coat of POR15 orange engine paint. The waterpump has already had three coats. Its a bit of a ghetto job as I've only painted the front of the block/heads at the moment but it sure as hell looks a lot better than the previous mix of bare metal, rust, black paint and flaking chalky orange. I have a feeling judging by the overspray I found that the previous owner pretty much opened the bonnet and fired a spraycan over all the existing crud with little or no prep. I may also rub down the remaining paint on the waterpump pulley and get some primer on it.

[zellway]

Working on getting my 67 back to looking like a 67. Installed my restored (now black) steering wheel. Also moved the old wheel over to my 68.

[Lippyp]

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Alternator bracket has been painted too and the waterpump pulley is awaiting paint.

[eagleuh1]

Pics of new Dana60 and tire carrier.