1970 One Owner Short Step

[Ta2edjr]

Just read through your entire build thread man this truck has came along way. You are very talented..what's your take on the gauges ben looking at the same ones for my 72 ls swap any pros or cons to them? They sure do look good

[boynton]

Originally Posted by oldgreen69

Very nice work, truck looks great, and familiar....

Thank you and it does! I am fortunate to have a wife that supports my truck habit.

Originally Posted by DeepOceanStepside

truck looks awesome!!!

Thank you.

[boynton]

Originally Posted by Ta2edjr

Just read through your entire build thread man this truck has came along way. You are very talented..what's your take on the gauges ben looking at the same ones for my 72 ls swap any pros or cons to them? They sure do look good

I ended up running dual senders for everything because the gauges are designed to read the old style/volt ranges. The cluster comes with all new senders and then I bought a brass adapter pack to convert the ls threads to the npt threads. Everyone that sees them is very impressed with them since they match the color of the truck. The only cons I have seen is they are a little slow to respond when I accelerate hard (I have not had digital gauges before so I am not sure if this is normal or not), I had to make my own plug because they just come with bare wires hanging off of the back, and the build quality is a little lower but I have not had any issues. Again I haven't owned a high end set-dakota digital, so I don't have am to compare them to. They look great sitting in the truck and I haven't had any glitches yet other than the slow response. Let me know if you have any other questions!

[boynton]

Time for our first oil change since I finished the build. Does anyone have recommendations for performance brake pads? I am running 71/2 disc set up in the front and I am seeing a lot of brake dust. I don't really have any issues stopping but a ton of dust.

[rgunlock]

Looking sharp! Glad to see your getting some miles on it.

[boynton]

Originally Posted by rgunlock

Looking sharp! Glad to see your getting some miles on it.

Thanks i am really enjoying it. My dog decided to help me work today (finishing some electrical stuff). He thinks he is a 5 lbs lap dog.

[Low Elco]

Quietstops get em at oreilly

[nate68]

What size wheels and tires?

[boynton]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Quietstops get em at oreilly

Thanks!

Originally Posted by nate68

What size wheels and tires?

[boynton]

Headed to good guys this weekend. If anyone is going to be there let me know! I would love to meet up and see some trucks in person.

[boynton]

I finally got my 8 364 emblems in. I also sent my wheels off to get them polished since I bought a used set when I built this truck. They look almost new now! I will try to get some more pictures in the am.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by boynton

I finally got my 8 364 emblems in. I also sent my wheels off to get them polished since I bought a used set when I buoy this truck. They look almost new now! I will try to get some more pictures in the am.

Nice emblems! where did you have those made? Very cool

[boynton]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Nice emblems! where did you have those made? Very cool

A guy on the forum named Shortie if you search billet emblems, it should come up. He can make anything you want, just don't get in a rush.

[Ol Blue K20]

The emblems look great.

[boynton]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

The emblems look great.

Thank you sir, I didn't do much other than polish them and bolt them up.

I have been working on building a fan shroud out of aluminum the last couple of weeks. My buddy owns an a/c shop and has all kinds of metal tools for producing air ducts. He can build anything! I will get better pictures when I get the fan mounted and the plastic wrap off. I wasn't able to work on it much this week but I should finish it the first of next week. Next he is going to help me build an engine cover.

[SKT]

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Great job w/ this build - came a long way and looks awesome!

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[boynton]

Originally Posted by SKT

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Great job w/ this build - came a long way and looks awesome!

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Thanks!! it has been a great journey.

[boynton]

I haven't made much progress on my fan shroud because I have been working on my dad's truck and doing a 5.3 swap in another truck but hopefully I will get back to mine soon.

I took a break this weekend and went to the goodguys show at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft Worth last weekend. it was a blast and super busy on Saturday. I got to see a few board members trucks as well as run into a few old friends.

the first picture is my dad's '71 my 70 and Chad's (Cashed) '70.

the next picture is mcbassin's '69. I am also shopping around for paint colors for my next build ('72 K5 Blazer) so that is what the other two are for.

[boynton]

I also got to see (not meet) David Kindig. he was there with two of his builds. they were very nice cars but it surprised me to see a few things about them. I noticed after they build the motor, they hung the starter on it with everything that wasn't going to be shiney and shot the whole thing. it really surprised me they didn't paint each component separately. I'm pretty sure I saw some paint staying to flake off of the plastic intake. don't get me wrong they are still very very nice cars. nice gaps good materials high quality parts ect.

[boynton]

it was a really fun weekend. I parked on Sunday and left to look around. when I returned, I found a really nice '70 camaro parked right behind me.

on the way home I rolled over 5,000 miles on the odometer (don't worry I all alone on the highway when I took this).

I highly recommend goodguys if you have one in your area.

[Ol Blue K20]

Great to see you had fun. Jocko posted a thread and has a pic of your truck. You should get on and claim your truck. Its on 67-72 message board.

[mcbassin]

Awesome pictures Boynton! I wish I could have met up with you and talked trucks. I need to get your cell number next time. I did meet several forum members out there. It was a great time.

Congrats on the 5K mark, I rolled 4000 mile mark on my truck on the way down. These old trucks are so fun to drive out on the open road.

[boynton]

thanks mcbassin. we will cross paths one day. your truck looked really good.

[boynton]

I had a few questions about my digital gauge cluster and thought they may help others that are trying to use them.

Originally Posted by T-MAC
I was reading through a post about the digital dash from LMC (Intellitronix). Did you use this for an LS swap?

Yes it is paired with a 2009 LY6 6.0 I bought one of these a few years ago and just now getting around to hooking it up. It is for an LS motor. If you don't mind, I had a couple questions/comments as their tech people weren't much help.

It seems the temp can't use the PMC feed?

I ran two temp senders, the stock 09 in stock location and the '70 style sweep in the passenger head (it is already drilled just need an adapter)


What exactly does the parking light input require? Is just a 12v presents when the parking light are on so it dims the dash?

Yes it dims to 50%

The tach doesn't read tens and one positions, always 00 at the end. Turns out, that is how it works. Kind of crappy there if you ask me.

Ya it doesn't bother me as I have an areoforce gauge that reads everything off of the obd II to a single digit, but I agree it shouldn't have taken much more effort.

Fuel gauge doesn't seem to work, but also haven't had a chance to trouble shoot that.

I ran a stock sweep since that is what the cluster is programmed for (I think 0-90 ohm) you can pick up a decent one for about $30-50 but you get what you pay for (spend the money)

Over all, besides the Tach and I get the Temp to read, I guess this thing is ok, but I see LMC isn't carrying them anymore. My guess is these has issues and the manufactures tech support isn't much help.

Yes they weren't much help. if it were not for my buddy at DBRODS in Taylor, TX I would have been up a creek without a paddle.

Thanks for any input.

Tracy

[boynton]

So I'm reaching out because I don't know where to look next. I'm having issues with my a/c. I'm using the stock gm compressor with a vintage a/c setup. My system is still pressurized with freon the clutch is working the way it should on the compressor and my Guatemalan says the system has the correct about of freon in it. The heater shutoff works properly so no hot water in the heater core but no cold air. Any ideas? My lines aren't getting cold or sweating under the hood. I'm guessing the compressor went bad and just isn't cycling the freon or compressing it? Any thoughts or guesses will help. Thanks in advance. I have about 8k miles on the a/c setup. And the compressor was used and now has a total of around 30k miles on it.