What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[69Penka]

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[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 69Penka

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Sure is purty! I like that color.

[69Penka]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Sure is purty! I like that color.

Thank you!

[69Penka]

A few more.

[Chevys4life]

Originally Posted by 69Penka

A few more.

That's a nice color combination. It is going to look really good!!!

[72c20customcamper]

Got the new engine started . Ran real nice now I can put the nose back on . Have a video but for some reason I can’t upload it from my phone to YouTube

[Steeveedee]

Does BPE break the cams in on their engines? If it's a roller, that might be a moot point? I've read the break-in procedure and it seems to be full power runs. Seeing all the horror stories about cams going flat, I hesitate to rebuild the old 402.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Does BPE break the cams in on their engines? If it's a roller, that might be a moot point? I've read the break-in procedure and it seems to be full power runs. Seeing all the horror stories about cams going flat, I hesitate to rebuild the old 402.

Ran on a dyno but it’s a roller cam engine so there is no initial 2000 rpm for 20 minutes break in ,as per their instructions I did turn the engine over on the starter with the plugs removed till it had oil pressure start at high idle check for leaks and noise ,drive at moderate speeds and not at one speed to long for 500 miles . I did use their break in oil never put bright blue oil in an engine

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Does BPE break the cams in on their engines? If it's a roller, that might be a moot point? I've read the break-in procedure and it seems to be full power runs. Seeing all the horror stories about cams going flat, I hesitate to rebuild the old 402.

Another thing I don’t remember ever taking a brand new car and revving the piss out of it in park or neutral. I remember getting new AMC cars and jeeps right off the truck prepping them and then putting them on the lot . Nobody ever did the 2000 rpm for 20 minutes . Well I can remember my cousin taking AMXs and Machines out and beating the piss out of them .

[69Penka]

Originally Posted by Chevys4life

That's a nice color combination. It is going to look really good!!!

Thank you Chevys!!!

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by 69Penka

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Nice, looks good

[69Penka]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Nice, looks good

Thank you Blue!

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Finished carving out space in my garage and moving my benches and boxes around
Installed floor anchors so I can winch by myself
I've jiggered my divorced choke coil to make it kindasorta adjustable, and she smoked like a chimney on cold start, so I need to make a kindasorta adjustment ;-)
Asked for an electric choke for Father's Day :-D

Drilling concrete w/o a hammer drill is tedious and the drill wanders

[Rust_never_sleeps]

I also pulled the plug off one of the headlights to diagnose an intermittent fault, and the lug came off the back of the light with the plug.
Root cause identified

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

I also pulled the plug off one of the headlights to diagnose an intermittent fault, and the lug came off the back of the light with the plug.
Root cause identified

Was it LED or incandescent [incl. Halogen] ?

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Was it LED or incandescent [incl. Halogen] ?

Old skool sealed beam incandescents

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

Old skool sealed beam incandescents

Less than $10 buck fix. R&R headlamp.
Bulb manufacturers will tell you to replace the pair. Sure. They sell twice the bulbs that way. You could keep the used/good one for a spare.
How old was the failed one?
Here in AZ corrosion is at a minimum, but Packrats might gnaw your wires out overnight.
I left my Jimmy alone for about 3 nights. Rats chewed thru the #5 sparkplug wire. They were expensive blue silicone 8mm Taylor HEI wires. I found an old used yellow Accel wire and stuck it on. Works fine.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Less than $10 buck fix. R&R headlamp.
Bulb manufacturers will tell you to replace the pair. Sure. They sell twice the bulbs that way. You could keep the used/good one for a spare.
How old was the failed one?
Here in AZ corrosion is at a minimum, but Packrats might gnaw your wires out overnight.
I left my Jimmy alone for about 3 nights. Rats chewed thru the #5 sparkplug wire. They were expensive blue silicone 8mm Taylor HEI wires. I found an old used yellow Accel wire and stuck it on. Works fine.

It's old enough I could have probably soldered the lug back on, but I already have the relay kit, so I bought two halogens to use with that.
Slapped some satin black on the headlight bezels while I'm at it

[KQQL IT]

Finally got another stereo installed.
Last one locked up on a reset.
And got the cab corner mounts from Jeff Drew installed. May paint them eventually if I get around to repairing the rest of the rust.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

I also discovered that my led-swapped instrument cluster won't light, so I'll be digging into that again. My incompetence is multi-faceted ;-)

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

I also discovered that my led-swapped instrument cluster won't light, so I'll be digging into that again. My incompetence is multi-faceted ;-)

If you mean the instrument bulbs in the dash:
LEDs are polarized unlike incandescent bulbs which flow either way.
You'll have to find a positive side and key all the LED globes the right way.
I don't know if, like old XMAS lights in series, if one is BO or out of phase, the whole string won't work.

Try the sockets one at a time flipping the LED polarity.

They also don't dim very well. Maybe the new ones can. IDK.
I switched back to 168 incandescents.

[EdwardSams]

At some point the previous owner cut the doors and put two 6x9 speakers in each. They sounded terrible so I decided to upgrade to Kickers which sound great. They are powered by a Kicker amplifier that is mounted underneath the passenger seat, also installed by a previous owner.

I purchased the speakers from Crutchfield, excellent customer service.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

If you mean the instrument bulbs in the dash:
LEDs are polarized unlike incandescent bulbs which flow either way.
You'll have to find a positive side and key all the LED globes the right way.
I don't know if, like old XMAS lights in series, if one is BO or out of phase, the whole string won't work.

Try the sockets one at a time flipping the LED polarity.

They also don't dim very well. Maybe the new ones can. IDK.
I switched back to 168 incandescents.

Right, diodes are by nature uniderectional, but I'm pretty sure the wiring in the cluster is in parallel, not serial. otherwise all the lights would fail together even with incandescent bulbs
I'd be very surprised if I managed to get them all the same orientation even if I tried, but we'll see.

[68bowtie]

I finally finished assembling the front end. Wish I put the new grille hoops on before installing the grille. That was a pain!

[68bowtie]

Look a bumper!! How sweet it is. Well done!!!!