Restoring Rusty

[green72s]

Gregski, sorry to hear about the house situation, but then happy that you already have a prospect in mind.

Looking forward to seeing what happens with Rusty (Fleet or Stepper).

[Gregski]

So moved in to the new house over Superbowl Weekend

Couldn't resist taking this pic of one of the first boxes moved. Epic!

[Gregski]

Truck Doing Truck Things!

Rusty sure earned his keep! I don't know how people live without a truck in their stable?

[Azryael]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I don't know how people live without a truck in their stable?

It's awful!

I've never owned a pickup of my own, but that's why I'm on the hunt for one.

Getting into woodworking and metalworking means I need to be able to haul materials!

Same thing goes with landscaping.

My Wrangler can only carry so much even with the top down and the rear seat bench out!

Great thread, at any rate!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Azryael

It's awful!

I've never owned a pickup of my own, but that's why I'm on the hunt for one.

Getting into woodworking and metalworking means I need to be able to haul materials!

Same thing goes with landscaping.

My Wrangler can only carry so much even with the top down and the rear seat bench out!

Great thread, at any rate!

thank you, right now trucks are hot, ie popular, people are buying them for all the wrong reasons like me to Hot Rod them, so they are way overpriced right now, however for your needs a long bed would make very much sense, and they tend to be "less desirable" in the eyes of the Hot Rod TV car show watching knuckleheads like me, so you can still probably land a very good deal, think lumber rack etc. right

I love wood working and am trying to learn metal working, do you have a link to some of your work or future project ideas would love to see them.

[Azryael]

Originally Posted by Gregski

thank you, right now trucks are hot, ie popular, people are buying them for all the wrong reasons like me to Hot Rod them, so they are way overpriced right now, however for your needs a long bed would make very much sense, and they tend to be "less desirable" in the eyes of the Hot Rod TV car show watching knuckleheads like me, so you can still probably land a very good deal, think lumber rack etc. right

I love wood working and am trying to learn metal working, do you have a link to some of your work or future project ideas would love to see them.

Greg, exactly! I also want a crew cab so I can carry my friends and family around; in addition to being a work truck, I want it to be my adventure vehicle to take to several national parks and maybe head up to Canada some day.

As for my woodworking, I've worked with wood ever since I was a kid, but I've only in recent years (I'm only 25) begun to really have this urge to make furniture and what not. I still have plenty to learn, but I'm happy with what I've made so far!

This was my most recent, and biggest project. An entertainment center that's meant to be a built-in for my parent's house:



Built using cedar. Unfortunately, I had to have the lumber company "pick" the wood for me, since I didn't have a truck to go grab it all! Overall they did a great job, but I did end up with a few extremely warped boards. Looked into various methods of reshaping the boards, but I didn't have the time nor the proper means to do it!

Sorry for the threadjack!

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Azryael

Greg, exactly! I also want a crew cab so I can carry my friends and family around; in addition to being a work truck, I want it to be my adventure vehicle to take to several national parks and maybe head up to Canada some day.

As for my woodworking, I've worked with wood ever since I was a kid, but I've only in recent years (I'm only 25) begun to really have this urge to make furniture and what not. I still have plenty to learn, but I'm happy with what I've made so far!

This was my most recent, and biggest project. An entertainment center that's meant to be a built-in for my parent's house:



Built using cedar. Unfortunately, I had to have the lumber company "pick" the wood for me, since I didn't have a truck to go grab it all! Overall they did a great job, but I did end up with a few extremely warped boards. Looked into various methods of reshaping the boards, but I didn't have the time nor the proper means to do it!

Sorry for the threadjack!

oh my goodness that is absolutely stunning, gorgeous, you built that and you are such a young man, what talent and good taste, I see the corner you built this into that must have been a challenge of its own

[Gregski]

One load down, dozens to go...

Apologies for posting one pic at a time, its all my iphone allows me to upload at once

[Gregski]

Since I went from a three car garage to a two I tried storing some truck parts in the kitchen, but the wife didn't go for it😳

I don't get chics, hee hee

[RDrancher]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Since I went from a three car garage to a two I tried storing some truck parts in the kitchen, but the wife didn't go for it😳

I don't get chics, hee hee

Me neither! That stuff really brings out the color in that room.

[Gregski]

When it was all said and done you couldn't fit a que tip in that garage...

Fun Level = 1.1

[moregrip]

Originally Posted by Gregski

When it was all said and done you couldn't fit a que tip in that garage...

Fun Level = 1.1

[rusty76]

Glad you got moved. Can't believe you sat that box like that. Can't you read? Lol.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Glad you got moved. Can't believe you sat that box like that. Can't you read? Lol.

LOL yup, it was one of the first ones we moved, and I thought oh boy it's gonna be a long weekend

[Gregski]

Captain's Log March 3rd, 2017, today Rusty becomes my Daily Driver. That's right after a 3 year lease I returned my electric Nissan Leaf and will try to drive this 1974 rig on a daily basis, wish me luck.

[Gregski]

so finally got a couple hours to work on the truck, one thing that needed doin' was to swap the side hung float bowls with the center hung ones on this Holley carb, this also called for replacing that silly little straw connecting the two float bowls with the single fuel inlet with a proper dual inlet hard line (though I am not a fan of the hard line and may try a rubber hose solution some time down the line)

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Gregski

one thing that needed doin' was to swap the side hung float bowls with the center hung ones on this Holley carb, this also called for replacing that silly little straw connecting the two float bowls with the single fuel inlet with a proper dual inlet hard line

That's an expensive mod. Any particular reason for doing it other than getting the fuel inlets on the "correct" side of the engine? I've been using that same carb for nearly two years now. Its only issue was being a little hesitant on very cold mornings, which I have solved by drilling out the squirter orifices to .035".

Of course, since I bought my 80487, Holley has introduced an 80458 with center hung bowls. (Place "aargh" emogi here.)

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by MikeB

That's an expensive mod. Any particular reason for doing it other than getting the fuel inlets on the "correct" side of the engine? I've been using that same carb for nearly two years now. Its only issue was being a little hesitant on very cold mornings, which I have solved by drilling out the squirter orifices to .035".

Of course, since I bought my 80487, Holley has introduced an 80458 with center hung bowls. (Place "aargh" emogi here.)

I was tired of the silly plugs you have to remove to see how high your fuel in the bowls is, and have gasoline poor out on the hot engine, plus all the cool kids had em, jk also that silly straw that connected the old float bowls had those pesky rubber tips that would tear every time I took the bowls off to reject, it got old real quick

[Titomars]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I was tired of the silly plugs you have to remove to see how high your fuel in the bowls is, and have gasoline poor out on the hot engine, plus all the cool kids had em, jk also that silly straw that connected the old float bowls had those pesky rubber tips that would tear every time I took the bowls off to reject, it got old real quick

The secret to those transfer tube seals is use a bit of Vaseline on them before installing them.

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Gregski

also that silly straw that connected the old float bowls had those pesky rubber tips that would tear every time I took the bowls off to reject, it got old real quick

Ah, there's your problem. Carb felt bad because it was rejected.

I need to get a pair of the clear sight glasses (for the carb.)

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by MikeB

Ah, there's your problem. Carb felt bad because it was rejected.

I need to get a pair of the clear sight glasses (for the carb.)

LOL, hey I'll handle the humor around here, jk

[Gregski]

the last time I attempted this swap I did not have these two coupling adapter thingies to screw in the smaller fittings of the hard line into the much larger openings in the float bowls

so I scored this one on eBay...

[Gregski]

and this second coupling I bought directly from Holley, same thing just a little bit more money

I honestly don't know where the smaller gasket is supposed to go as it just falls in if inserted towards the cab side

[Gregski]

so having those two thingmajigs allowed us to mount the chrome hard line to the carb, it took some gentle persuasion to separate the inlets to be as wide as the carb they came about 1/4 inch too narrow I think, hey aftermarket parts right!!!

[Gregski]

then the typical interference problems started, hey it's Hot Roddin' aint it, nothing fits on the first try

that pesky chrome hard line hit the water inlet/outlet for the heater core in the intake manifold, go figure right?!

well we was ready for that, so I busted out one of my trusty 1 inch 4 hole plastic carb spacers and gave that a go