What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[VWNate1]

Those seat covers look very nice indeed .

A word about recovering seats : the foam illustrated is shyte and partially the cause for early failure and always the cause of uncomfortable seats .

Black or grey foam is *much* harder and gives vastly better support .

oddly , Automotive Trim Supply Houses never seem to carry it .

I go to Furniture Trim Shops , and be wary as the pricing can be all over the map , in a bad way .

Once you use hard foam or (better) cotton batting , you'll never go back .

[matthamby]

Happy day! I was showing a co-worker what I had done to my truck this weekend, and explained why I didn't drive it in to work today - carb leaking gas He, being a Ford guy, said "I have a Quadrajet you can have, I don't know how I come into possession of it, but it's yours. all you have to do is find an intake" so I called my buddy who has been helping me with the mechanics and told him (also a Ford guy), he said "I have a factory 4 barrel intake that will work" Jackpot! The Lord really looks out for me!

Oh yeah, what I did this weekend!

seat repaired from this



to this



then removed the bench seat, removed all of the fuses and took a drimel tool with a wire brush and cleaned the fuse panel clips and fuses, put bulb grease on all of the fuses then put them back in, then put the seats in



I have made some repairs over the past few weeks also:





I also removed the glove box button and fixed it (WD40 and worked it until it was easy to push in and out)



I remember this thing not working from when I was a kid, we would be going down the road and all of the sudden WHAM! open glove box lid across the knees! I got it in and operated it a few times, then closed it, I went to put some screw from the bench seat into the box for safe keeping, I can't get it to open now! I'm waiting for me to be going down the road and it fall open on my wife's knees!

[Andy4639]

Over the weekend I went from broke to new with brake light switch.

From this:




To this:


With this added to it:

[In The Ten Ring]

All I did today (yesterday) that was truck-related was to pump out the water from my derusting electrolysis tank. That greasy air cleaner left me an oil slick in the tank so I tried to get the water out without taking the oil with it (not a complete success).

[matthamby]

In my office this morning! Quadrajet! told him he was just showing off with the color matching box

[Rich69shortfleet]

Yesterday I got a big ole box of goodies from Manes. New gauge cluster bezel, tach/vaccum gauge conversion, dome light harness (my truck is so basic the dome light isn't connected to door switches), courtesy light harness, new engine harness with HEI provisions and a new temp sending unit that will hopefully get the dash gauge back to reading properly (pretty sure I have the wrong sending unit in there).

[quick60]

Are those really gauges in your dash panel or printed cutouts? LOl maybe an optical illusion.

[YourBuddy'sTruck]

Wife bought me a hammock for my birthday.
Found the PERFECT place to hang it!

[Old Iron Garage]

Swapped the old wore out seats for 2014 Tahoe 2nd row leather seats.

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Old Iron Garage

Swapped the old wore out seats for 2014 Tahoe 2nd row leather seats.

How did you handle seatbelts?

[Old Iron Garage]

Next weekend project!

[Rich69shortfleet]

Solved my misfire problem in the HEI (bad rotor) and installed a new temp sending unit. My factory gauge now reads properly. I hope my near future upgrade projects all go as well. Can't wait to get that new gauge cluster in with a factory tach and vacuum gauge. Now that I have all the factory gauges working properly I'll probably take the aftermarket underdash gauges out.

[OregonNed]

Was wet sanding some, but man it is 95 here, so I am off until evening.

[Rich69shortfleet]

I installed my new gauge cluster housing now sporting a full compliment of factory style gauges. I only had to pull it back out once, the damn printed circuit had a bad spot and one strip short circuited and melted. I was able to fix it with a bypass but I shouldn't have to with a brand new part. Anyway, finally got everything working. Then I started in on my Digi-Tails LED tails install. Egad they make it complicated, more complicated than it needs to be I think. And then they have an error in their instructions about the size of mounting holes to drill. This caused a good hour's extra work to compensate once the holes were drilled. For the price they charge, their instructions should at least be accurate.

[Rich69shortfleet]

Yesterday I pretty much completed the install of LED lights all around. I started a separate thread with a link to a Youtube video if anyone is interested.

[Rich69shortfleet]

I installed dome light switches and courtesy lights. Can't believe they built so many of these without door activated dome lights. It got too dark as I was working so I left it until tomorrow to tidy up the wiring and better attach it up under the dash.

[Andy4639]

I got the bed cover alarm switch installed to go with the rest of it. I have a nice working system with shock senor and doors hood and bed cover triggers.

[Metaldoc]

drove it up and down the street for the first time.

[Mator]

Originally Posted by Metaldoc

drove it up and down the street for the first time.

That's funny, I couldn't wait to drive mine just like that. No windshield hood or bed. But man it was a since of accomplishment. Good for you.

[Rich69shortfleet]

Finished installing the courtesy lights. Found some pre-existing holes in the bottom of the dash so I didn't even have to drill any extra holes! Love when that happens.

[slaughter442]

With the help of a great guy Thanks Adam My new to me 72.

[rsgt]

Originally Posted by slaughter442

With the help of a great guy Thanks Adam My new to me 72.

Your 72 looks like mine. Mine is fairly new to me. You can see it on my build thread.

[zellway]

Originally Posted by slaughter442

With the help of a great guy Thanks Adam My new to me 72.

That's a great looking truck! And I see already rolling on rally wheels! Any more changes to come?

[VWNate1]

I loaded some stuff in the bed and scratched the heck out of the new paint and Its still not drive able yet =8-^ .

C'est la Vie , it _IS_ my Shop Truck .

[Metaldoc]

This the first trail fit with all the boards and bars. Looks great and with it being composite it is finished once I screw it down. I need to trim a little off some edges but that's it.