Restoring Rusty

[Gregski]

cleaned the passenger side motor mounts - noticed there is a slight difference between the passenger side and the driver side, the passenger side has the nut welded to the mount, the driver side does not

one clean set of mounts and one still dirty

did they paint with that black tar back in those days, I swear that stuff was allover these babies - and it's a dirt magnet!

[Gregski]

got the first motor mount in the paint booth for a coat of primer, I know it's silly not to paint them both at the same time, but I just had to break the monotony of wire brushing gunk off of things, I'm sure you'll understand

[Gregski]

and I went back to wire wheelin', I just had to clean the motor mount bolts as they were so grimmy you could barely get a wrench on them, not ACCEPTABLE

once cleaned, I shot some clear on them to prevent them from rusting (hopefully that will work)

needless to say I care more about the engine bay than the cab, hee hee

Fun Level: 2.6

[flashed]

Dang dude ,you work fast .

[Crcrft78]

LOL I love your backyard paint booth C-clamp parts holder.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Crcrft78

LOL I love your backyard paint booth C-clamp parts holder.

keen eye my friend, custom fully adjustable mind you! and you have no idea how many times I spent an hour looking for that stupid C clamp in the garage, lol

[Gregski]

so I decided to remove the engine cross member support brackets (not sure what they are officially called) after all, and I'm glad I did as there was a ton of stuff to clean up back there

just making a note that the thick washers go on top of the bolt

[Gregski]

not sure you picked up on this detail from my support bracket anatomy schematic, but one of the bolts had the washer on the bottom and not on top like the other three

see the bolt in the bottom right hand corner

maybe this is important, or maybe Sally the GM assembler was having a bad day, ha ha

[Gregski]

Note To Self: Don't use your leg as a vise when wire wheelin'!

Second Note To Self: Please reset Beers without Injury counter to Zero!

[Gregski]

set up the Summer paint booth configuration and made some hangers out of the wives coat hangers (remember the metal ones?)

seems like I am making more of these every couple months, I wonder where they are all ending up?

[Gregski]

it was FREEZING when Polar Bear Garage opened today - ha ha

[Gregski]

got the driver side engine "bracket" (that's what LMC Truck calls em) cleaned up and primered, so the part that bolts up to the engine block is a bracket and the bottom piece that bolts up to the frame is actually the engine mount or motor mount as I prefer to call it ~ there learned something

borrowed that white barrel from Walter White, seemed like a very nice fellow

[Gregski]

and then it was back to the grind, wire wheel a little, vacuum a little, aka rinse, lather, repeat

[Gregski]

but three hours later the passenger side was done

now I will probably go back and clean up that brake and fuel line, but the frame is as good as it's going to get, remember all you have to do is knock off the loose rust for POR15 you don't have to take it down to bare metal, so I think we've reached that goal

[daddyjeep]

Don't forget the POR15 metal prep since you went to bare metal.

[rgunlock]

Looking great, but what happened to all that carefully laid out plastic to protect your patina? Get in the way too much?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rgunlock

Looking great, but what happened to all that carefully laid out plastic to protect your patina? Get in the way too much?

LOL, yeah gut stuck in the angle grinder once, (where did you mount the Go Pros in my garage bro?, or are you with the NSA, jk) no but seriously took them down after the first pass cause they were gray/brown and I couldn't think straight with that much dirt hanging around.

The entire day was spent like this, grind a little, vacuum a little, grind a little, sweep a little, grind a lot, vacuum a little, grind some more, you get the idea, it was more work to clean so often but I would crawl under the frame, and sit on the grand in the engine bay and I didn't want to crawl through piles of dirt so I would stop and clean every so often

[Rob C]

Awesome thread!!! Will help me tons on my 87. You guys sure got a ton of knowledge.. Keep up the great work Gregski! I've just made it to page 54 since getting off work. I can't stop...lol. Anyhow- lookin great

What's the next novel gonna be??

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Rob C

Awesome thread!!! Will help me tons on my 87. You guys sure got a ton of knowledge.. Keep up the great work Gregski! I've just made it to page 54 since getting off work. I can't stop...lol. Anyhow- lookin great

What's the next novel gonna be??

Wow, thank you so much for the positive feedback Rob, yeah the guys on here are very knowledgeable and willing to share what they know, great group of truck owners for sure.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

Don't forget the POR15 metal prep since you went to bare metal.

NO! This is a horrid misconception. POR15 should be applied to crusty surfaces not bare metal.

[daddyjeep]

Originally Posted by enaberif

NO! This is a horrid misconception. POR15 should be applied to crusty surfaces not bare metal.

That is correct...exactly why I recommend using the metal prep. The POR15 doesn't adhere well to clean metal without it.

[y5mgisi]

Gregski, when you adjusted the valves, you rotated the motor and adjusted them all individually when each cylinder was off of its respective cam lobes right? In other words, you didn't just adjust all of them without rotating the crank around right?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by y5mgisi

Gregski, when you adjusted the valves, you rotated the motor and adjusted them all individually when each cylinder was off of its respective cam lobes right? In other words, you didn't just adjust all of them without rotating the crank around right?

Get #1 to Top Dead Center

Exh. 1 - 3 – 4 -8​
Int. 1 - 2 - 5 - 7 ​
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Get #6 to Top Dead Center

Exh. 2 - 5 – 6 – 7​
Int. 3 – 4 - 6 - 8​
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Adjust until pushrod will not wiggle using your fingers and then add ¼ turn. Adjusting until push rod won't spin may give incorrect setting.

Only turn the engine 2 times. once for TDC #1 and again for TDC #6

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

Don't forget the POR15 metal prep since you went to bare metal.

Yes sir, done! I used my own coctail 1 part Phosphoric acid to 3 parts H20, works the same as their million dollar product.

[Gregski]

the wind died down so I decided to paint the motor mounts and [ahem] engine brackets

I had some Cast Iron paint left over from the Paint Shootout that I did to pick the right hue for the engine, and this was the runner up - by Dupli-Color, practically looks identical