The 283 Rebuild Begins

[4dranch]

Mac
Hope it solves your problem..

[jason65]

Glad you found your leak Mac.

[daverod]

Mac found his leak.

[4dranch]

Congrats Mac.....


Hey swing by and grab my truck on your way to Alan's

[MacAttack]

Will do, David.

[jason65]

Thats great Mac. So is it charging now?
Ok is on the way.

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by jason65

Thats great Mac. So is it charging now?
Ok is on the way.

Yeah. He said I did a beautiful job on the voltage regulator - right up to the moment I forgot to sand the paint off the wheel well so the ground wire could actually do its job.

Mac.

[MacAttack]

Took the truck back to the electrical repair shop this morning.

Dash lights don't work.

Right turn signal (dash) indicator doesn't work.

Dome light flickers - despite brand new headlight switch.

Dash battery load gauge doesn't work.

Steering wheel cocked about 45 degrees after horn repair.

Mac's money on this repair: 100% good.

Vendor's success on this repair: 75% good.

I'm beginning to think that I should really research our SoCal Members for these kind of repairs on my vehicle, as the supposedly high-caliber repair facilities in my area are just turning out to be the same old "tell-em what they want to hear" shops.

Mac.

[NF65Fleetside]

Hey Mac where you at in Socal, I see surf city...you in HB? Im up in West LA. There is a great shop and member on here by the name of 1Gearhead, shop is Classic Performance in Santa Fe Springs, call Jerry, he is a cool guy and great work/prices.

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by NF65Fleetside

Hey Mac where you at in Socal, I see surf city...you in HB? Im up in West LA. There is a great shop and member on here by the name of 1Gearhead, shop is Classic Performance in Santa Fe Springs, call Jerry, he is a cool guy and great work/prices.

Yep - I'm in HB. Thanks for the source - I'll check'em out.

I used eddingsengine.com to build my motor, despite being all the way up in San Fernando and was blown away by their old school attitude (you know, actually doing what they committed to?) and realistic price structure, and that's what I'm looking for in everything else on the this truck and my 65' Chevelle Malibu.

[NF65Fleetside]

Jerry is your man then! thats what hes all about, guy has been doing this for a very long time. Work is priceless and wont take out a second mortgage! Plus hes about 30miles closer! here is the info...

Classic Auto Service
9127 Painter Avenue, Whittier, CA
(562) 789-8813‎

Look him up on here, 1gearhead

[joe231]

hey Mac, I found you your own personal emoticon.....

[TimE]

Originally Posted by joe231

hey Mac, I found you your own personal emoticon.....

[jason65]

Good job Mac. Good to see your still trucking along on it.

[MacAttack]

Thanks Jason - it's amazing how little items can be overlooked and not missed until you fix them.

The wiper arms and blades are an example: Had to put a socket over the driver's side drive shaft and gently pull on it with a 1/2" drive ratchet. Got it back to nearly stock and now the blade doesn't lift off the wind shield. Don't know how you'd bend one of those shafts - but it came to me like that in 2003, from the P/O.

Come on rain! Bring it!

Mac.

[jason65]

I know what you mean. I'v been chiping away at the little stuff to. You thread reads like it's running and driveing well. Good to hear it.

[protrash64]

Glad to see you both are getting little stuff done.......wanna come over and play with some sandpaper??

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by protrash64

.....wanna come over and play with some sandpaper??

Sure, if we can do some welding patches on the corners of my doors.

Mac.

[protrash64]

No problem

[MacAttack]

First oil change coming this Saturday, after the Donut Derelicts.

300 miles on the new motor.

Mac.

[4dranch]

hows your electrical doing, after all the night mares?

[MacAttack]

The drama is under control in the electrical department.

The ammeter was toast. Don't care. Going with a volt meter. Shopping for a three-holer below the dash gauge sheetmetal (preferably the 2-1/16" diameter SW oldschool type), so I can have an Auto Meter unit like the oil pressure and water temp units.

The only gauge that's functioning in the old cluster presently is the fuel.

The truck's got a job now - helping my boy in his landscaping business, so I'm pretty satisfied now that all the lights, inside and out, work.

We put a new Mexican blanket seat cover on the old girl - which is cool and now I'm looking for a proper fit rubber floor mat (heavy duty), so I can trim up the sheet metal hole for the shifter and put my custom boot on the goose neck shifter.

Mac.

[justcuz]

F 19 250 my 61's license plate
M 43 601 my 63's license plate

I have not owned these trucks for over 30 years but still remember the plate numbers.

I read somewhere that somebody made plastic glove boxes. A nice plastic one would last a long time if it did not get brittle and crack.

I think the old cardboard gloveboxes are a pain!

[4dranch]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

now I'm looking for a proper fit rubber floor mat (heavy duty), Mac.

Check with Tony (Lilred) he had a rubber mat a few months back.
Heres a link to what Tony had or may still have.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=314092

[jason65]

What colors of serape did you get?