What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[vt05091]

Lots of work done recently to get the old truck back in daily service. No power steering was the biggest factor keeping me from daily driving it. Here's a before and after of the engine bay:

[flashed]

Looks great ,like a different truck under there .

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by vt05091

Lots of work done recently to get the old truck back in daily service. No power steering was the biggest factor keeping me from daily driving it. Here's a before and after of the engine bay:

That must have been a ton of work with the engine still in the truck... any tricks you can share? I just noticed alternator has switched sides, why ?

[vt05091]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

That must have been a ton of work with the engine still in the truck... any tricks you can share?

Oh no, engine was out, minor rebuild, steam cleaned and some bits painted. Alternator moved to provide access to the power steering fluid reservoir. May be other reasons, I'm a checkbook wrench. I much prefer to drive 'em than work on 'em.

[71threequarterton]

Truck has been idling ROUGH all of a sudden. I pulled off the air/fuel mixture screws(Edelbrock 1406) and those puppies were covered with a bunch of gunk. Cleaned those off and the truck idles a little better now. I think I need to give the carb a good cleaning and adjusting though.

[jessemthompson]

Added some C10 emblems and took the boy out for a ride. Can't beat 75 degrees in February.

[NoStopN]

I got one of the bedsides off today.

[TheCougarine]

Today I finally had time to start polishing the trucks paint. I'm happy with the results from a few hours of work, its not exactly super shiny by any means but its a huge improvement over how oxidized the paint was. It at least looks like the trucks red now. Some of the paint is probably too far gone but I'm hoping with a little more work I can get some more shine out of it.

[VWNate1]

Remember to wax each panel after you've polished it else the paint will soon look worse than it did before .

I like this rig .

[KQQL IT]

Upper radiator hose, pump to carb fuel line.
Realized the radiator and thermostat housing are dying, and I have a ton of cleaning to do.
I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Putting around in Old blue.

[crazyjeenyus]

Originally Posted by darrellyates

Well, this WEEKEND I got the a/c mounted, mounted two computers, installed the padded dash, mounted the new fuse box, and pulled the wiring harness for the LS3 thru the firewall... It's just laying on top of the engine for now. Oh, and I also installed the radiator core support. A little touch up on the paint, and then the radiator goes in and I can hang the inner fenders and do my plumbing!!

Nice truck!

Where did you get the frame.....No Limit?

[James the III]

Got in a fight with wife over it..

She; when are you going to do something with it
me; the money for it when to the 10th anv. trip you wanted..
before that it was to help my mother
before that to help your parents
before that it was your sisters kid..
Sorry, I'll make sure thetruck is done before helping anyone or giving you the vaca you want again

[VWNate1]

Ouch .

James, finding the right Woman is tough .if she's worth it, just bite the bullet and work with it .

Mine is, I know I'm blessed .

[NoStopN]

I have no experience with budgeting with a wife. It helps, since my budget is so small to start with.

[Andy4639]

New windshield installed in the Ramp rat truck today! Looks great the guy did a heck of a job.
The first picture is of the old one.

[VWNate1]

"I have no experience with budgeting with a wife. It helps, since my budget is so small to start with. "

_THIS_ .

I guess I'm lucky in that I have water tastes on a beer budget .

[TheCougarine]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Remember to wax each panel after you've polished it else the paint will soon look worse than it did before .

I like this rig .

Thanks man and yea I think one more time going over it with polish then a coat of wax will get it about where I want it or at least as good as this paint will ever be.

[James the III]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Ouch .

James, finding the right Woman is tough .if she's worth it, just bite the bullet and work with it .

Mine is, I know I'm blessed .

Oh, she is a good wife and a car gal.. but sometimes she forgets what money got spent on.. And it hit a nerve.. Asking why I haven't spent time and money on it.. after cutting a check of 2200.00 for repairs to her truck..
and booking another vaca for this year.. just was boom..
She doesn't understand why I don't just buy what it needs and/or I want and charge it..
I'd rather not.. and save and buy ..
It's all good,, she came home from work and asked why I hadn't used the gift card she got me for my x mas/b day to summit to get heads..
I sad I had to save up to get them.. she was like " I gave you a gift card of 125.00 "
I replied, I know.. then opened the afr site and the page for the heads, and handed her the laptop.. she was what is this, I said this is what the cost..
her jaw dropped..
I said, I had the money put aside for them an intake and the machine work.. but you wanted to go to Hawaii for our 10th..
All I got was if those cost that much, how much is the stuff in basement..
I said more than your truck repair and less than the diamond on your finger..

Great wife but no clue on what stuff cost..

last summer A few streets away someone was selling a mustang..
She was like, I'd like that, even if it isn't the year I really want..
It was a green on green 1971 mach 1 , I stopped and let her get out and look at it, As I sat in the car as I knew it was going to be big bucks.. and wasn't going to bother..
She looked it over and was I likey.. I said, hope you plan on a good bonus, at that point she looked at the for sale sign and got back in the car..
She said it wasn't bad only 3500 I said I think you missed a zero..
she got out and looked again..
and yup.. it was, she got into our car and I said now you know why I was mad when I found a 1970 for 4000 and you only said wrong year..
All good, Don't think she'll be asking for a 68 fastback again anytime soon

[bigguy69]

Originally Posted by andy4639

new windshield installed in the ramp rat truck today! Looks great the guy did a heck of a job.
The first picture is of the old one.

is that a new window seal? It looks good. I need to fix mine but i heard that it is hard with the chrome in it.

[toolboxchev]

Originally Posted by vt05091

Lots of work done recently to get the old truck back in daily service. No power steering was the biggest factor keeping me from daily driving it. Here's a before and after of the engine bay:

Nice I love those stockers. As for me its not what I did today, yet what I am going to do for my truck today!

[Andy4639]

Originally Posted by bigguy69

is that a new window seal? It looks good. I need to fix mine but i heard that it is hard with the chrome in it.

Yes new seal with old SS trim. I have done my 71 twice with the trim. It's a pain but it is do able. I had my son and daughter helping me so that was part of the problem.

[wpavlis]

Replaced a rusty parking brake cable with a shiny new SS one from inline tube

[RodnRudy]

I finally got around to replacing my proportioning valve that was leaking out the front, small leak but annoying. CPP sent me a new one last year. I drove the truck with a sandwich bag taped below the valve to catch the fluid, Rube Goldberg would've been proud!

[Mator]

Was it leaking from where the black cap is in your bottom pict? I have one doing the same thing now. I was kind of hoping it would stop or was some type of bleed.

[RodnRudy]

Yes it was leaking out of the front. I called CPP and they sent me a new one no charge. Seems the had a bad batch of the valves.