Restoring Rusty

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Jstock85

Greg excellent work man! Shout out from the Deep South!! Read the thread and will use your work as a reference for my own project . I have a couple questions for you about the different paint products you used throughout your build. I'm maintaining interested in the interior and the exterior trim. Any info is good. Thanks!

thank you for the kind words, enjoy your build

[Gregski]

well it was time to put on some big boy pants and weld up my exhaust cause you know what those there U joint clamps aint leak tight, I don't care how tight you turn them

that there bulge is a resonator in an attempt to take the drone out, I get a drone sound around 1000 RPM

passenger side

[Gregski]

here is a stare and compare of the still clamped up driver side and the newly welded up passenger side

Note I had the resonator right up against the muffler, not my proudest moment there but we hammered in the intermediate pipes so hard into the header extensions that at the time I did not want to take the whole thing apart in hopes of getting them separated, but when the time came to weld things up I used some BP Blaster and my 3 lbs sledge to somehow get them apart

[Gregski]

and both sides done and ready to go back on the truck

I really hope moving these resonators / baffles what ever you wanna call them further up and away from the mufflers will have some impact on the drone sound

[Gregski]

Mandatory Injury Report - MJR

honestly I have no idea how I sliced my hand there, probobly removing that exhaust and on those pesky U joints, they drew blood one last final time

[Gregski]

some day I will own three or four of these (AVE style, please check him out on YouTube - he is so funny) and swappin attachments will be a thing of the past

[rusty76]

I've had glass packs on my truck for eons and honestly they've never droned on me. The only thing I see I would do different on yours is to point the tips (ends of exhaust) toward each other slightly. Like twenty degrees or something. It helps cancel the sound waves. It's the way mine were done. They stop right before the axle. I'll be redoing my exhaust for sure but however what I had worked great and sounded awesome.

[Wide Open]

Resonators on the late model stuff is after the muffler very near the exhaust tip. Wonder if that would take care of it?
Maybe also try some turn outs?

[Gregski]

so added the new Summit digital Volt Meter gauge in the upper left

hope to add the digital fuel gauge next month to complete the Quartet

baby steps folks, baby steps

[Gregski]

and shoved the new Air Fuel Ratio AFR Gauge in the upper right, this is a temporary placement until I get the Vacuum gauge (that's what the second hole is for - forward thinking folks) and then will make it look more better, but still in the same general location

[bhc41051]

I hear John Deere corn head grease is good for steering boxes. I'm pretty sure power steering and air conditioning are aimed at the "pantie-waist mama's boys" market .

[SkinnyG]

1. You don't fully own a project until you've bled on it.

2. You know you are a man when you look down, see blood all over the place, and your first thought is "geez I sure hope that's not mine."

3. I have Dynomax Super Turbo 17748 mufflers on mine, because I'm not 16 anymore, and I can't stand drone. I'd probably get a shorter body muffler though - these are almost too quiet.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by SkinnyG

... I have Dynomax Super Turbo 17748 mufflers on mine, because I'm not 16 anymore...

best come back ever!

[Gregski]

so got the oil pressure installed, not sure why it's reading 5 PSI with the truck off but 61 PSI with it warming up sounds good

also got a volt meter wired up, 12.4 volts with the key in the auxilary position, and 14.1 ish with the truck running

man this iPhone camera just can't grasp the concept of focus when it comes to shooting these there green digital read outs

[Gregski]

got the oxygen sensors installed and the new AFR Air Fuel Ratio DLG-1 dual gauge calibrated

more details can be found in the thread below:

INNOVATE DLG1 Wideband O2 Oxygen Sensor Tuning Diagnostics Logging Air Fuel Ratio etc

[Speed2acer]

Great timeline posts. I'm just starting a 78 Cheyenne stepside resto and your info has helped greatly. Thanks for such a detailed post!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Speed2acer

Great timeline posts. I'm just starting a 78 Cheyenne stepside resto and your info has helped greatly. Thanks for such a detailed post!

thank you for the kind words, please document your build and take pictures, if for nothing else to sit back one day in your rocking chair with your granddaughter on your lap and look at them and go damn I did that?

[Chrispbrown36]

It had been a while since I had read through your build, so I decided it was time.
Man I am jealous of the pick and pulls you have in your area. We were down in Nashville a couple of weeks ago (2 and a half hours away) and there were three and I thought I had found heaven. Ended up between the three there was one....that's right one.....square body on their lots. There was an 84 that was but a shell. Locally, one pick and pull and no squares...in fact nothing under the early 90's....at least truck wise. The local junk yards want an arm and a leg for everything. I live in a wasteland of square parts.

[68Timber]

Originally Posted by Chrispbrown36

It had been a while since I had read through your build, so I decided it was time.
Man I am jealous of the pick and pulls you have in your area. We were down in Nashville a couple of weeks ago (2 and a half hours away) and there were three and I thought I had found heaven. Ended up between the three there was one....that's right one.....square body on their lots. There was an 84 that was but a shell. Locally, one pick and pull and no squares...in fact nothing under the early 90's....at least truck wise. The local junk yards want an arm and a leg for everything. I live in a wasteland of square parts.

They've dried up here as well. I used to go to the pick and pull just to walk the yard and browse but for the last year or so there hasn't been a square on the yard period.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 68Timber

They've dried up here as well. I used to go to the pick and pull just to walk the yard and browse but for the last year or so there hasn't been a square on the yard period.

ditto, things are disappearing is Sacramento California yards as well, trucks be gettin' famous, time to start building Crown Vics, ha ha

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Chrispbrown36

It had been a while since I had read through your build, so I decided it was time.
Man I am jealous of the pick and pulls you have in your area. We were down in Nashville a couple of weeks ago (2 and a half hours away) and there were three and I thought I had found heaven. Ended up between the three there was one....that's right one.....square body on their lots. There was an 84 that was but a shell. Locally, one pick and pull and no squares...in fact nothing under the early 90's....at least truck wise. The local junk yards want an arm and a leg for everything. I live in a wasteland of square parts.

Bro, things have changed fast, now I go to the four local yards and every once in a while there aint even one Squarebody to pull parts off of, for real even here in sunny Northern California

[Chrispbrown36]

There are two squares (one sitting in my neighbors garage and one sitting in a pole barn up the road) that haven't moved in at least 5 years (that's how long we have been here). The neighbor that has the one in her garage....well she and I aren't exactly best friends or I already would have talked to her. The one in the pole barn...I have stopped multiple times and can never catch anyone at the house. I am hoping eventually I will catch someone and be able to get a new parts truck or a new project. Otherwise I am going to have to travel to hit up pick and pulls.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Chrispbrown36

...The neighbor that has the one in her garage....well she and I aren't exactly best friends or I already would have talked to her...

Two Words: Say it with Flowers!!!

seriously man no woman will say no to flowers, show up looking semi clean, buy some flowers, say excuse me ma'am I was no where in the neighborhood and decided to stop by, would you mind if I was to admire that truck of yours... and thats that, no offers, no pressure no ctiticism, this is just a Hello there neighboor visit, that's a nice truck ma'am, thank you for letting me look at it, have a nice day

you're welcome, ha ha

[Chrispbrown36]

Or I could just flag her down one of the times she drives by our house at 2 miles per hour watching to see what we are doing so she can call our landlord....ya she is one of those...

[Will206]

I hadn't looked in a while, had to come back and catch up on 10 pages. Looking great, as always Greg.

A couple of things...

I am in a similar situation on mufflers. I got pretty cheap welded Thrush mufflers. Previously this motor had stamped, bottom barrel turbo mufflers and it sounded pretty good, I can't see how this won't be an upgrade, but I too am a little concerned with drone, especially with long tube headers.

Also, I might just go have them welded, I am not convinced me or my harbor freight welder are up to the task.

I also have the same package from Innovate. I just wanted to be able to fine tune this thing ensure optimum A/F, I say good call.

I also have a related gauge package. I have elected to delete all the factory gauges and put together a $200 kit from Intellitronix, which gives me all digital gauges. They look very similar.

Here's a quick video of its first idle:

https://youtu.be/AKEP61owQ7M