What did you do to your truck today?

[chevyrestoguy]

I pulled the original 4-speed out of the truck and removed the crossmember in anticipation of the upcoming suspension swap. I also cut out the old exhaust and removed about 10lbs of dirt and grime off the chassis. I'll break out the steam cleaner next weekend and really make a mess.

[pdxhall]

I started installing my new rear mount fuel tank. I'm not quite done yet but enough to post a couple of pix. What do you think?

[losthope]

well yesterday the neighbor kid needed some money to go to the high school football game, so i had him chase tools and had him crawl under the truck with me and i showed him how to install the th350 i picked up.He seemed really interested and it helped me since im still on crutches...then today i rewired engine compartment and hooked up a set of headman headers, and put the edelbrock carb that came with the truck on,and got the motor to turn over and a couple backfires through the carb ,but carb needs to be rebuilt and was leaking all over the place, so i moved on to putting some 6x9's in the gapping door holes and installed a cd player .....i now have tunes!

[Rich 5150 69]

Good to here you making progress, Losthope. did you here the news in our area, some guy working on his `54 chevy pu with a drop light had a fuel leak, set his garage on fire, lost his truck, `54 belair and mini van...sad

[losthope]

Originally Posted by Rich 5150 69

Good to here you making progress, Losthope. did you here the news in our area, some guy working on his `54 chevy pu with a drop light had a fuel leak, set his garage on fire, lost his truck, `54 belair and mini van...sad

no i didnt hear that!!!!! what a shame!!everybody worrys about gas tanks in the cabs then others worry about them behind the axle sometimes its the things you dont expect that go wrong....

[Rich 5150 69]

Originally Posted by pdxhall

I started installing my new rear mount fuel tank. I'm not quite done yet but enough to post a couple of pix. What do you think?

Looks good pdxhall, Mustang...? how many gallons....? How much room for the tracking bar...?

[samuellg1977]

I added some length to my exhaust. The duals dumped right behind the cab and echoed on EVERYTHING under the bed. Now, nice and quiet in the cab with a little bit of rumble outside... the way it should be. Now, maybe I won't get headaches from the roaring in the cab with me!!

[Slow Build]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

I added some length to my exhaust. The duals dumped right behind the cab and echoed on EVERYTHING under the bed. Now, nice and quiet in the cab with a little bit of rumble outside... the way it should be. Now, maybe I won't get headaches from the roaring in the cab with me!!

How far back did you go with the exhaust.

[samuellg1977]

Originally Posted by Slow Build

How far back did you go with the exhaust.

The end of the muffler is in the center of the cab, but the pipe runs all the way out to the step on each side. Considering putting a X or H-pipe in it to balance it out. I dunno yet though.

[samuellg1977]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

The end of the muffler is in the center of the cab, but the pipe runs all the way out to the step on each side. Considering putting a X or H-pipe in it to balance it out. I dunno yet though.

Here is a picture of the mufflers and the drivers side extension i put on yesterday. Makes a world of difference inside the cab.

[HEI451]

You might also add a balance tube in the after muffler tubing between both pipes, near where the exit the mufflers.

[samuellg1977]

Originally Posted by HEI451

You might also add a balance tube in the after muffler tubing between both pipes, near where the exit the mufflers.

In addition to or in place of an H-pipe before the mufflers? What does this do to the performance or sound? It is an all stock 350 with some headers, so I am not concerned with peeling the street back or anything. I just like a nice V8 sound out of these old trucks.

[HEI451]

I would have built an X pipe instead of a front balance tube, and then, add the rear balance tube to the after muffler/tail pipe setup.

This does help overall performance, and helps keep the system quieter, without making it sound like a Rolls Royce.

I am building this system for my 1964 Chevy C30 1 ton dually flatbed truck, with 305E V6. Have same on my 1972 all aluminum Rover V8 engined Vega.

[smilts60]

I went out in the backyard today, and took a real good long hard look at my truck. Then went to bed. But a couple of days back I cleaned out he back. and removed the seats did some fiddling with the tailgate. Im getting ready to move it around front and begin work on it.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by smilts60

I went out in the backyard today, and took a real good long hard look at my truck. Then went to bed.

I do that daily.

[bobbylast]

i found a six foot long batch of shed snake skin... today i sprayed my truck out with spectracide...hopefully any lurking snakes will bail out.

[samuellg1977]

Originally Posted by bobbylast

i found a six foot long batch of shed snake skin... today i sprayed my truck out with spectracide...hopefully any lurking snakes will bail out.

It's not that I am afraid of snakes... It's a game that I play... When I see a snake, I scream like a little girl and RUN. The farther away I get, the more points I award myself. And I have NEVER lost!!!

[bobbylast]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

It's not that I am afraid of snakes... It's a game that I play... When I see a snake, I scream like a little girl and RUN. The farther away I get, the more points I award myself. And I have NEVER lost!!!

i just dont wanna ride with one in the cab...under seat drivers.

[losthope]

well today i rewired the cut and spliced wires under the bed that went to taillights....it took me about 3 hours to rewire the four wires in the tail lamp harness!!!!! i couldnt believe this simple task would take so long, but i wired everything right the first time i know i did cuz i followed a thread on here that means it had to be right you guys couldnt be wrong could you???but everytime i stepped on the brakes the dash lights would come on....totally confused the hell out of me...so i came back in and checked the thread again and wrote down what color wires went to what, double,triple check everythings wired right but dash lights still came on when you stepped on the brakes??? so i figure the turn signal switch has to be messed up ,so i pull the steering wheel and find nothing funky going on probing every possible thing with my test light...by this time i cant figure out what is going on and im pissed im pretty good at wiring cars and at finding electrical gremlins and im stumped....all the wires under dash havent been tampered with i even pulled gauge cluster out so i could see every wire really good and nothing is spliced at all.....WTF....im really pissed thinking i should just buy a universal wiring harness and just rewire the whole damn truck.....so i go back to the back and check the wiring again everythings wired right and testing right with the probe light .....finally i remember that one of the bulbs in the back i couldnt really get out of the socket figured corrosion glued it in there.. so i finally wiggle the bulb out and its a single filament bulb and was touching both contacts in the socket so everytime i stepped on brakes the power back feed up the running light wire making the dash lights come on as if you had the headlight switch on....Sometimes i wish i could go back in time and punch the previous owners in the face after they signed the title over for some of the stuff ive seen them do after ive got the vehicles......rant over..

[Revoh]

^^ That sounds about right.

[Rich 5150 69]

Originally Posted by losthope

well today i rewired the cut and spliced wires under the bed that went to taillights....it took me about 3 hours to rewire the four wires in the tail lamp harness!!!!! i couldnt believe this simple task would take so long, but i wired everything right the first time i know i did cuz i followed a thread on here that means it had to be right you guys couldnt be wrong could you???but everytime i stepped on the brakes the dash lights would come on....totally confused the hell out of me...so i came back in and checked the thread again and wrote down what color wires went to what, double,triple check everythings wired right but dash lights still came on when you stepped on the brakes??? so i figure the turn signal switch has to be messed up ,so i pull the steering wheel and find nothing funky going on probing every possible thing with my test light...by this time i cant figure out what is going on and im pissed im pretty good at wiring cars and at finding electrical gremlins and im stumped....all the wires under dash havent been tampered with i even pulled gauge cluster out so i could see every wire really good and nothing is spliced at all.....WTF....im really pissed thinking i should just buy a universal wiring harness and just rewire the whole damn truck.....so i go back to the back and check the wiring again everythings wired right and testing right with the probe light .....finally i remember that one of the bulbs in the back i couldnt really get out of the socket figured corrosion glued it in there.. so i finally wiggle the bulb out and its a single filament bulb and was touching both contacts in the socket so everytime i stepped on brakes the power back feed up the running light wire making the dash lights come on as if you had the headlight switch on....Sometimes i wish i could go back in time and punch the previous owners in the face after they signed the title over for some of the stuff ive seen them do after ive got the vehicles......rant over..

LOL sorry we now know your feeling better....!

[samuellg1977]

Originally Posted by bobbylast

i just dont wanna ride with one in the cab...under seat drivers.

They do get annoying with all the demands "turn here, swerve left, now right. Wipe out that parked car while you swat at me". I get it. They really are bossy!
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[coulter]

i like those tail lights man!! those look great

[glos55]

Very nice!! Creative, I like it. I been thinking of a third brake light? Any thoughts?

[markeb01]

I used a pair of Ron Francis Brite Lights for my 3rd (& 4th) brake lights. They work only on the brake circuit – brakes, turn signals, and 4 way flashers. With the twin Caddy tail lights this provides 3 lights per side for turn signals, and 6 for braking.

http://www.ronfrancis.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BL%2D69R