What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[66clow]

Fix the hole in my firewall. A lot less heat!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by 66clow

Fix the hole in my firewall. A lot less heat!

You're gonna be in trouble! That looks like one of your wife's "good" wash cloths!!!

[66clow]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

You're gonna be in trouble! That looks like one of your wife's "good" wash cloths!!!

She will never find out. She won't step foot in it until I get AC. Lol

[74baggedbug]

Installed a new 160amp alternator only to find out it was bad right outta the box.. hope to be up and running tomorrow

[flashed]

Looks good .

[mud.man.rj]

Firedemon, is that an auto with 3 pedals still, looks like it used to be a std.
Mudman.

[Metaldoc]

Door art on one side done

[suburban99]

Got my 6.0 LS in place and bolted down. Dirty Dingo mounts and cross member..
Very tight fit with the TH350 in stock position...hooked up throttle cable and installed my home pinned harness.

[midniteblues]

Originally Posted by firedemon

yes it was standard I went auto last winter haven't got around to pulling the pedal yet I been torn on weather to cut it or pull it it looks like a pain to pull . I still step on it when I go to start it makes me feel stupid every time doh

The pedal is easy to come out.
Take the bolt out on the leaver/push rod side of the pedal use a chisel or screw driver too open up the leaver and pull the pedal out the left side of the assembly .... real easy and leaves lots room for the left foot with the small brake pedal pad.




Yesterday I got the dash and doors mostly back together.
Put a guage cluster in and a matching wiring harness in instead of the hacked mess idiot lite cluster harness that was in it.

Better door handles and door locks that match the ignition key.
New dash pad
A good heater control,
New heater tubes,
Cleaned up and lubed inner heater boxes.

I gotta find my stash of radio of oe radio knob bucket mounts to put the radio and glove box in yet.

And I have a perfect 67 camaro steering wheel to put in too see if i like it better than the oe wheel but the column is coming out today for lube and cleaning.

And I'm gonna cut and weld up the heater core mounts so they fit my aluminum heater core.....then the outer heater box can go back in.

Hook up the auto meters
And put the seat in.

I'm kind of digging the multi colored body for now.
One day I'll blow it all apart and it will all be black like it orginally was.

[GR8-68]

Finshed rear brakes and brake lines.

[KQQL IT]

Changed door seals, hated the glue mess and crappy fit.
Ordered the push on style for GMCpauls.

[VWNate1]

Based on a tip I read here I bought the ?Dodge Dakota? (correct me if that's wrong) door seals from Steele Rubber Co. and installed them, they're made in America and so have much better quality and won't rot away in two years like the Chinese crappo ones do .

That 6.0 Liter engine looks impressive, I can't imagine feeding it .

[findog78]

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

Changed door seals, hated the glue mess and crappy fit.
Ordered the push on style for GMCpauls.

I got those. Easy to install but a biznatch to close the doors. I have to slam mine.

[ElKotze]

Put new rear end in my Longhorn, a GM 9.5 14 bolt SF, replaced my HO72. Just couldn't find any gears anymore, just Brake pads and bearings. So now I went from 4.11 gears to 3.42, very relaxed Highway driving now-2500 rpm @ 65mph! Plus, it's a lot easier on gas now. Good thing about that axle is there are a ton of different gears out there from 3.20's all the way up to 5.11 or so. If you got all the parts you need, you can do it in one weekend pretty easy.

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by ElKotze

Put new rear end in my Longhorn, a GM 9.5 14 bolt SF, replaced my HO72. Just couldn't find any gears anymore, just Brake pads and bearings. So now I went from 4.11 gears to 3.42, very relaxed Highway driving now-2500 rpm @ 65mph! Plus, it's a lot easier on gas now. Good thing about that axle is there are a ton of different gears out there from 3.20's all the way up to 5.11 or so. If you got all the parts you need, you can do it in one weekend pretty easy.

Nice work. Looks like you have added to the collection since you picked up the 68 in Reno.

[OregonNed]

Haven't addressed it yet, but walked by the truck this morning and saw a nice little puddle of coolant under the lower radiator hose, which was wet.

[matthamby]

Well, driver's side mirror fell out, that's what I get for putting something that looked like it belongs on a Ford on my Chevy!

[NoStopN]

That's just your truck telling you not to put ugly parts on it.

[54belair]

Today, I finally paid attention to what my truck was telling me. For some time, while trying to finish up my build, I have been fighting with door alignment. I managed to get the drivers door (and accompanying spacing) very close to what I wanted but the pass. door has been another story. Ive had the door off and on a few times seeking the correct location before I said screw it and let it sit for a few months. Today I decided to tackle it again and for some reason I suspected the hinges (the new aftermarket hinges). I dug out one of the old hinges and low and behold--they are made differently---only slightly, but they ARE different. Luckily enough I had a spare door in the supply room and even better the "old" hinges were very tight. So, now I have two "new" yet "old" hinges painted and ready to mount tomorrow. God, I hope this solves my issues!!!!!

[ElKotze]

Oil change. Short trip to warm up the oil

[SoCoC10]

Installed new 20" US Mags Ramblers

[mud.man.rj]

Ramblers are a really nice looking rim.
Mudman.

[3rdGen.c10]

Built some sway brackets to match the width of the 3rd gen camaro rear sway bar for the rear of my 67 c10. Also fabbed up some exhaust clamps with a wider base for the bushing to mount it to the axle.

[ghalperin]

Originally Posted by 3rdGen.c10

Built some sway brackets to match the width of the 3rd gen camaro rear sway bar for the rear of my 67 c10. Also fabbed up some exhaust clamps with a wider base for the bushing to mount it to the axle.

I'm about ready to install the same sway bar in my 67.
What size muffler clamps did you use? What did you use to make the frame brackets? Do you have any installed photos?

[3rdGen.c10]

Originally Posted by ghalperin

I'm about ready to install the same sway bar in my 67.
What size muffler clamps did you use? What did you use to make the frame brackets? Do you have any installed photos?

I used 3" clamps and I welded a piece of flat stock to the top of the clamp to give the bushing more surface to sit on. I made the sway bar brackets from 3/16 wall 2" square tubing that I had laying around and some flat 3/16 pieces and just cut and welded and drilled to make these. They put the end link holes an inch further out on each side to make the correct width for the bar without having to use a spacer like you would with the factory 3rd gen camaro /firebird mounts. It's not installed yet because I painted them so they're drying but I should have some installed pics posted Tuesday.