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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
I love these Drive a 97 EC every day. Good work! Any link to the panel bond/gun combo?
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
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https://www.amazon.com/3M-Adhesive-M...26468864&psc=1 I could get the glue locally for around $80 and the gun for $150. Definitely a better deal on Amazon. The gun is sturdy and very well built. It will probably last me for the rest of my life at my hobby level of vehicle repair. |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
I filled the transmission with fluid this evening and changed the fuel filter while it's easy to reach. I did those things while waiting for the body filler on the cab corner to dry so I could sand.
I KNOW it isn't a great job, or even a good job. But it's my first time doing it, and I'm happy with the results. I used some seam sealer in the gap between the rocker and the cab corner, just like factory. I worried most about the side where it will be seen. The back isn't bad, but it isn't perfect either. The bed will always cover it there. At least it's better than if I'd just stuffed rags in the rust hole and bondo'd it up like most do to these trucks. A few coats of primer and some sanding, then some paint, and the cab will be completed. I have high hopes my shifter will arrive tomorrow. Once it's on and my cab corner is painted I'm pretty much ready to set the cab on. I'm getting excited about that. ![]() Last edited by Bigdually; 02-12-2020 at 11:31 PM. |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Big progress yesterday!
My shifter came in the mail, got that bolted up and it seems to work nicely, I think I like it! Got home from work early and threw on a few coats of primer and a few coats of blue paint that is SO much darker than the color on the lid. Oh well, at least it's not rust. ![]() I also finished up some little things and got the new cab mounts on the frame, then fired up the tractor and rolled the frame outside to set the cab on. Once I got it on and back inside I hooked a few things up enough to see if I have power on everything that is different in this cab from the old one. I do, but there are some ground issues I think. It'll crank over but I get no fuel pump, but the relay is clicking. Also I have a whole slew of dash lights on, looks like a Christmas tree. Being that I don't have the cab bolts in yet and that there's not much grounding anything, I'm pretty sure it'll heal itself as I keep putting it together. I didn't get a picture of it as it sits until I was about to walk out of the shop, I can see it looking like a truck again! Last edited by Bigdually; 02-14-2020 at 09:30 AM. |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Sucks how it 'started' but it's shaping up to be a nice resurrection of a cool little truck.
Nicely done patch repair for your first attempt. I'd just rock a rattle-can re-spray in a color that matches better. Use some finer grade Scotch-Brite or steel wool to help w/the blend.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Good progress. I think the repair looks fine. An autobody supply house can mix up your exact paint code in a spraycan for you. Runs about $15.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
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Haven't made any progress this week due to work, but this evening I came home and kinda just sat and looked at it. I had my battery sitting in the passenger floorboard and jumper cables run up front to hook things up. My issue had been everything out the back wasn't working and my fuel pump sounded funny. It hit me that all that stuff grounds to the frame, and I hadn't hooked up the wire that usually runs from B- down to the frame. A simple quick connection and now everything works! Of course, this was the time the battery decided to give up and fill the floor with acid from a mystery leak on the case. Thank God I had a box of baking soda in the shop fridge, it came in handy ![]() I think tomorrow I'll work on the front clip and maybe the interior. This evening I'll pick up a battery that actually fits the tray, my old one was too big and had a bungee for a hold down that was rollover tested and held up like a champ ![]() Last edited by Bigdually; 02-21-2020 at 06:59 PM. |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
![]() Odd thing was the leak is from the bottom of the case, I think where the battery was too wide and vibrated for a long time over the edge of the battery tray. Have a proper group 78 unit in there now with 800 CCA. ![]() Worked on it for several hours today (Saturday) and got lots done. Reverse lights work now, had to wire my transmission reverse switch to the wiring that was inside the cab that used to go to the auto column. Switched over the brake light switch from the old auto pedal assembly to the manual one to make the brake lights work. Rewired all my aftermarket guages and my electric fan setup too. Hooked up and adjusted the parking brakes, and set on the front clip. The new front clip was in really good shape, except the passenger inner fender and the battery tray were rotted. My old front end had a good inner and tray, so I did the old swaperoo and now the whole front clip on the truck is solid. Fenders need a shim on the top bolts, but I didn't have any so I'll have to adjust that later. There were lots of wires and plumbing and cables to route, and they're all tucked away nicely now, I just have to bolt on the hood and stick in my LED headlights from before, then the bezels. Inside I need to pick the best floor mat and put that in and then bolt in my red seat because it's far more comfortable. Then it's door and window seals. As it sits now it moves on its own power. I need to bleed the brakes again, they're a tad soft, but otherwise everything works! |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Lots of work on display!
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Wow! It almost looks like a truck again!
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Yes it is! I told myself, and everyone else, that a couple weeks from the time I started was all it would take to be driving it again. Realistically it was just over a month
![]() Those words exactly were what my girlfriend said about it! Did some more things today, I picked up a couple bulbs I was needing, 1157s and 1003s. Installed said bulbs in the front right turn signal and the floor courtesy lights in the cab. Then I swapped out the busted taillight lens for the best one of the four that came with the new cab and stuck my headlights in along with the bezels. I put in my seat too, and threw on the hood and it was ready for a test drive. The test drive was good, but uneventful. My voltage gauge quit on me, but I think it's just a wire pulled loose, I was tidying them up and hiding them before I put the seat in. It also smoked like a TRAIN for a couple minutes, but cleared up as all the oil from being upside down finally burnt out of the cylinders and the manifold. Other than those little issues everything worked exactly as it should. Next up is getting the two driver's side tires broken down and the beads cleaned then remounted. There's dirt and grass in the beads from the rollover causing them to leak down slowly. Then definitely the door and window seals are next, followed by swapping the door lock cylinders, the door panels, and the A-pillar trim from my red cab. I'm thinking for the floor I'm going to order a new vinyl mat, both my old ones are torn. I've seen the light at the end of the tunnel for a couple days, and after driving it today it feels good to be out! There's a tire shop beside my work, so in the morning it's returning to daily duty and being dropped off for the tire work, and hopefully the seals and interior swapping can happen tomorrow evening. Edit: I know in the pics it looks like it's pulling a trailer, but it's not hooked up. Optical illusion ![]() |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
<6wks turn around is solid kickin arse.
Well done 😎👍
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
I ordered all those door glass channels from Rock Auto, they fit great.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
When we redid our little show truck I got a whole weatherstripping kit for around $150.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Thanks!
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Well, yesterday was a mixed bag of results.
I got the tires broken down, beads cleaned, remounted, and balanced and didn't even have to wait, I dropped it off and the shop did it while I was at work. When I got home I got the door seals on both sides replaced, the A-pillar trim switched over, and I had just finished with the glass run on the drivers door and was installing the window glass when I fumbled and shattered it. I've had window glass in and out of these first gens probably 20 times on various trucks, and that was a first. There's a good local glass shop I like to use, so this morning when they open I'll be their first caller and get a new one coming. With any luck it won't be too long before it gets here. On a positive note, the window seals from RockAuto are super nice and are fitting perfectly! If I have to wait on new glass at least I'll have the passenger side to work on until it comes in. I'm switching my red door panels over too and am going to try to salvage my red headliner. That will make the whole interior look more put together and less like a Kindergarten art project. Too many primary colors ![]() |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
New glass came in today, called a little after 8 AM and had the new one there by 1 PM. My GF picked it up on her way home from work and we finished the weatherstripping project this evening. Also lubed the window regulators and swapped over my red door panels and the door lock cylinders from the red cab so that now all my keys are the same as they always were.
It's a LOT quieter in the cab now and it's nice that it isn't windy anymore with the windows up. ![]() |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Is it a factory style black rubber mat?
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
It is, from ACC. It covers the full cab floor though instead of just the front half like the factory one, and seems to be thicker. It also has insulation with it for heat and sound.
Tonight I worked on something completely unrelated to fixing the small leak from a couple grommets on the firewall and putting in the new floor mat. I put in a radio! Picked it up for free from a buddy who has an old Blazer about to go to scrap, I think it looks nice and it seems to work pretty well too. Main thing is I'll have a clock now ![]() Also switched the 34 year old speakers out for the newer Pioneer units that were in the dash of the new cab. They fit nicely and dont sound too bad, but I'm not too picky about sound systems anyhow. I'm pretty happy with the results. |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Thanks, I'll take a look for the mats. I didn't know they made those, and mine is cracked.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
No problem! I got mine from RockAuto, just over $100. Carpet is the same price, odd enough, but I wanted the vinyl for this truck since I drive it to and from work with dirty boots. Don't know yet how it fits, but if it's like the other ACC products I've used, probably just fine.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Throw that old radio on ebay. I had one similar I had taken out and sold it for several dollars! It's actually an uncommon unit.
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
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I did sell a bunch of the leftover stuff from the build that was too good to throw away just today. $75 for it all. I was happy to have it gone and the kid who took it was happy to have parts to fix his truck. ![]() |
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Re: 1986 S10 Daily Driver Rollover Rebuild
Well, life and work have me at a place where now the truck is running and on the road I'm sort of not doing much to it. I still have the flooring out of it and there are a few odds and ends I need to wrap up, but it's been running great and I've been driving it every single day.
I did have a small issue that is gonna force me to park it until I get it fixed, the muffler blew out and split open! I noticed it getting a little louder but yesterday it gave way completely and the drone in the cab is so deafening that it actually hurts to ride in the cab ![]() |
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