What did you do to your truck today!

[dmwphoto]

Originally Posted by aventur1

Got up this morning at 2:45 this morning because my horn was blarring! My horn just started blarring on it's own, mmmmm wonder what caused that?

your truck was lonely.....

Temp change and horn contact problem

[aventur1]

Found out why more horn was blowing last night, horn button popped off....found it on the seat this morning...

[dukcaln]

finally replaced the dash bulbs today....boy what a difference at night now....

[Bert W]

I haven't done much, still taking parts off as opposed to putting them on. So I took pics. My plan is to pressure wash it this weekend.

[Shyguy]

I went out to the garage and looked at the rust damage on my '67 cab which is located under the cowl and just shook my head and left confused. This is nothing unusual for me since this is the first truck I have tried to fix with so much rust.

Decided what the heck, might as well go to my son's house and see how he was doing on restoring the '68 GMC swb fleet and to have the evening meal with them.

When I got there he was just getting back from test driving the truck, it was not running right so I watched him adjust the carb.

After eating we decided what the heck, might as well put the hood on since it was the last piece of the sheetmetal to go on after painting. I had never adjusted one myself so I learned it takes time, patience and a lot of adjusting if you have taken a truck all the way apart and painted each piece individually.

[Shyguy]

Originally Posted by Bert W

I haven't done much, still taking parts off as opposed to putting them on. So I took pics. My plan is to pressure wash it this weekend.

My truck is taken apart about as yours, but mine had a lot more rust problem than yours.

Most people probably would have just got another cab, but since I wanted to learn how to repair rust we cut out rust and put on at least 12 repair pieces.

I am lucky because my frame was cleaned by a PO who never finished the build. All I have to clean up is the front cradle and firewall.

[dukcaln]

finally got the 5" tach installed

[bbadfred]

I am a day late but yesterday I DROVE mine for the first time since 2000!!!!! Today worked on the kick panels and speaker wiring

[Shyguy]

Here is a few pictures of the '67 swb GMC I helped my son put the hood on yesterday.

My son is in the background of one of the pictures taking a picture with his cell phone.

[wrwelton]

Well its time to work on the grill. I removed the center and coated it with oven cleaner. Wow that stuff works great. I have sanded it down with 600 grit where scratches were bad and now I am sanding it with 800 grit, wet sanding the whole way. I think I will go with 1000 grit and see how it looks. I am putting the windshield and slider in this weekend. Should be stasrring the truck next week.

[aventur1]

Guess I did not know you could sand the grill to shine like that by wet sanding using 800 to 1000 sand paper....looks nice good job.

[wrwelton]

It still needs to be buffed. I painted around headlights today and working on plastic grill. Anyone know if I should paint leading edge of plastic grill.

[redmonster]

upper and lower radiator hoses, replace radiator, water pump,thermostat, wire harness from fuse block
trying to get the temp gauge to work
picked this up monday

[redmonster]

67-68 original chevy blue steering wheel

[bollybib]

The driver side lock mechanism was stuck so I lubed everything and found a broken spring in the door handle. The lock & handle work fine now even with the busted spring.

Next up is a headlight warning buzzer (NAPA 7821637).

[jayman68]

Originally Posted by bbadfred

I am a day late but yesterday I DROVE mine for the first time since 2000!!!!! Today worked on the kick panels and speaker wiring

Congrats, must feel good!

[ffk]

installed new front 2 1/2 drop spindles , zinc coated drilled and slotted rotors,new ball joints,tie rod ends,pitman arm , ect.new motor mounts and trans cross member

[67cheby]

Nice
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[PAWS 72]

Cleaned her up good for the first show of the year.I'll take some pics of what is there and post them.

Where do you post pics of the shows? Here or somewhere else?

[cpisani70@aol.com]

Decided it was time to tackle some tranny leaks! I have been working on these trucks for years but transmissions are one place I'm very weak at , that said I'm very happy with the result. The truck is a 71 C-20 402/400 , leak at the modulator so I pulled it and when I called the local parts store they had one in stock and it was $6 so that was a no brainer! Next came the speedo assembly, I managed to remove it without breaking anything, brought the whole thing to a tranny shop where they put all new seals in it right there and charged me $10, so both leaks were repaired the same day for under $30 without breaking anything! I know this is long winded but seldom do things go this smooth.
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[longbed67]

Wasnt today... but Thursday night I dropped in the motor and trans!

[88fordf150]

Originally Posted by longbed67

Wasnt today... but Thursday night I dropped in the motor and trans!

Wow! Looks like thats going to be one hot little 6.

[68GMCCustom]

yesterday I completed 90% of the new efi fuel system. I had to add a return and make some fitting/end changes, which ultimately wound up in my removing all the 1/2" aluminum tube and -8 AN fittings and s.s. hose...and replacing with -6 AN s.s. hose and fittings.

today..finish the fuel system, install a few sensors...and on to wiring!

[dukcaln]

found a plug wire resting on the header...... nice burnt wire so I replaced with a longer set that can actually route better..... running pretty good so wonder how long that was going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oldgold70c10]

Finished testing my modified speedometer.