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Re: Restoring Rusty
well my mission should I choose to accept it
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Re: Restoring Rusty
gentlemen last question I swear before I go transferring all that dirt and grime off the frame and on to my pretty self, ha ha
can I / should I drill some 3/8ths or bit bigger holes in the lowest part of the lip on this cross member both front and back to properly drain out all the oil, coolant, and gosh knows what else that loves to accumulate there, or will that cause any structural harm? |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
drill away you will be fine.
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so got the Passenger lower motor mount off, took a bit of doing first to excavate the nuts of these bolts to get our 9/16th socket on them, second to get under there to hold the bolt head and prevent it from spinnin'
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and the anatomy of a dirty Passenger side upper and lower motor mount, both top and bottom sides
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Your crossmember looks ten times cleaner than mine. Lol
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well guys and gals, The Greg wants to get that motor in this truck as soon as he can, that's why he is pushing so hard
under the premise of an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, I decided to cover as much of the engine bay and cab as possible with some thin (pronounced easy to work with) 2 mil plastic, to keep the crud that the wire wheel was going to spit out from sticking to my [ahem] patina, lol hey, when I pull this plastic off you won't be able to see through it, I guarantee it decided to dull up the sharp hinges to keep my own eyes in their sockets and keep the plastic from tearing |
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no hon, I have NOT seen your old comfy black gym shorts, what would I be doing with your black shorts... where did you say you left them... in the garage?
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alright, let's start a wheelin'
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and we have drainage, Git 'er done!
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maneuvering around the proportioning valve and the brake lines is proving to be a chore even with them unbolted from the frame, will have to come up with some sort of solution quick
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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! |
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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
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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 |
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Dang dude ,you work fast .
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LOL I love your backyard paint booth C-clamp parts holder.
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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 |
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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 |
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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! Last edited by Gregski; 03-28-2016 at 10:26 PM. |
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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? |
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it was FREEZING when Polar Bear Garage opened today - ha ha
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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 |
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and then it was back to the grind, wire wheel a little, vacuum a little, aka rinse, lather, repeat
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