Silverado restoration in Finland

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Happy New Year Ilkka! I can understand both sides of the discussion about the spacers. It was good to see you were able to sneak your truck out onto the road even though it's winter. Is Finland similar to Norway and Sweden in the type of cars? If so, your truck is probably very unusual there. And very big compared to the rest of the cars. I'm sure any one of us would be proud to have that truck. It is as if new, while being 37 years old. Even though most of the work is done it would be fun for us to see where you go and how you use it. I hope you will keep posting pictures.

Thank you LT7A, and happy new year also to you! It was very slippery to drive when we drove back home from the seals changing service. Because rear tire is so wide and no pins.

Finland is quite same kind land than Norway and Sweden is. And yes, this kind of car is quite different than usually here in Finland. There is too much boring cars in Finland roads (especially in winter), but in the summer there will see some nice cars. I will put more driving pictures when the summer comes.

It was a long time since last time when we did something to the Chevy. We have had a really busy autumn, but now is a bit easier, so now we have to do the rest of things in Chevy. Yesterday I went to the garage and did some small things. I have not a pictures of that, maybe later.

[Dads79GMC]

Looks outstanding Ilkka!!!

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Dads79GMC

Looks outstanding Ilkka!!!

Thank you very much Mike!

[mingoman]

Wonderful build and just a great looking truck! Keep warm up there!

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by mingoman

Wonderful build and just a great looking truck! Keep warm up there!

Thanks a lot, mingoman! We try to keep warm. 😉

[MrFinland]

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Same man who painted this truck, changed all truck rear end seals last week. Here are a few pictures when we drived it to the seals changing.

[MrFinland]

I found and buyed this Chevy full-size pickup brochure. In that brochure is pretty much information of Chevy pickups and of course a few fine pictures. Unfortunate this is -87 model year (our Chevy is -84), but hopefully we will found somethimes correct year brochure. Here are a few pictures of brochure.

[Dads79GMC]

It all came together nicely Ilkka!!

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Dads79GMC

It all came together nicely Ilkka!!

Thank you Mike! I hope so.

Today I was in a few hours in the garage and the new rear corner strips are nightmares. Hope I can make them good?!?

[MrFinland]

Yesterday I ordered hopefully last parts from to the Chevy (Classic industries and LMC truck) and hopefully those parts will arrive this month. I couldn't find a jack sticker for either of the companies or anywhere else. If I had a picture of it, then I could do it myself.

We found a better front emblem and I fixed it before I installed it.

[Jaysonb]

Looking good Ilkka!

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Jaysonb

Looking good Ilkka!

Thank you very much Jayson!

[MrFinland]

Last night I restored the jacket. Before and after pictures.

[superdav]

Originally Posted by MrFinland

Last night I restored the jacket. Before and after pictures.

Very nice work! Where did you get the jack sticker?

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by superdav

Very nice work! Where did you get the jack sticker?

The sticker is old, I only cleaned it and protected it when I painted the jacket. I couldn't find anything new from the sale so I had to keep the old one.

[Dads79GMC]

Boom!
looks awesome!

[Dads79GMC]

Nice!

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Dads79GMC

Nice!

Thank you very much Mike! By the way, I don't understand why my pictures are upside down even though my phone shows them correctly?!?

[MrFinland]

Today my brother removed the diesel injection pump. It seems like that is "J" model pump (same than Hummer and heavy duty truck)! It should be a little bit more powerful than normal injection pump. My brother is going to take the pump to the service place in southern Finland, (500 kilometers from here) because there is someone who knows what he is doing. Hopefully specialist can get more horse power.

[Zachary17]

Mr Finland the c code and j code pumps are the same except the j code has the fuel screw turned up more with more timeing.the stock c code 6.2 made 130hp/240tq the military j code 6.2 in the cucv trucks made 165hp/330tq if you want these numbers you will have to get a j code intake without the egr advance the timeing a few degrees and turn the fuel screw up 1/4 turn to get more power and get rid of the factor intake tube with a good exhaust and more fuel should get you around stock 6.5 power.and if you haven’t already get the injectors rebuild with the pump

[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Zachary17

Mr Finland the c code and j code pumps are the same except the j code has the fuel screw turned up more with more timeing.the stock c code 6.2 made 130hp/240tq the military j code 6.2 in the cucv trucks made 165hp/330tq if you want these numbers you will have to get a j code intake without the egr advance the timeing a few degrees and turn the fuel screw up 1/4 turn to get more power and get rid of the factor intake tube with a good exhaust and more fuel should get you around stock 6.5 power.and if you haven’t already get the injectors rebuild with the pump

Thank you Zachary17! The pump specialist called today and said that the fuel screw was really small and the pump has something broken but I don't remember what. Hopefully new parts can be found in the pump. The repair will be quite expensive but hopefully it will be good.

The intake manifold is original, but other parts should get more power.

[Zachary17]

Mrfinland I must ask did you ever check the main webs for cracks? 6.2s like to crack at the outer bolt holes 3 out of the 4 6.2s I have now are cracked.other wise I love the truck!
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[MrFinland]

Originally Posted by Zachary17

Mrfinland I must ask did you ever check the main webs for cracks? 6.2s like to crack at the outer bolt holes 3 out of the 4 6.2s I have now are cracked.other wise I love the truck!
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Zachary17, yes, there are also small cracks in our block but many have said that small cracks do not harm in those 6.2d engines. Someone said that almost all of those 6.2d engines are cracking in the same place. So we run on that engine as long as it works. That's the picture of our crack.

[MrFinland]

I installed the rest of the side moldings and the beb corner trims in place. Outside is soon finished, only the front fender emblems are not yet installed, but those are also coming from Classicindustries to us.

[Dads79GMC]

Trim looks most excellent Sir!