What did you do to your truck today!

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Pics?

Okay, ole dollor.

[jc70chevy]

just lmao at mags reply

[ole dollor]

Pics?

Okay, ole dollor.

thanks, thats a lot better. now i know how you did it......

[jd7]

Started my baby today !!!!!!!!! Fresh built 350 motor with lots of machine work and lots of goodies,camel back heads ported and polished,holley carb,edelbrock intake, TH400 trans bullet proof I hope stall converter, lokar kickdown kit, headers,magnaflow mufflers,black magic extreme fan. Going to break in the cam 2mro and readjust the valve lash.Can't wait to drive it.

[silverbullett]

Replaced blown header and collector gaskets with new ones from Remflex and added ARP hardware to the mix. Now I just need to get rid of these old rusty mufflers.

[VWNate1]

Phooey ~

Thanx for trying anyway .

Back to the Jaguar SMITH'S gauge I guess .

Looking at the corroded PC there , I imagine it's just a matter of taking some serious time to disassemble the entire dash binnacle and ever so carefully hand polish each and every connection , especially where the MPC plugs in ~ those female contacts are usually brown and they need to be shiny copper colored to have accurate gauges ~ I've done several of these now and the improvement in fuel gauge accuracy and ilumination is amazing .

However , it's very easy to ruin the PC if you're rough on it when polishng .

Also , you'll need to schlepp on down to SEARS or where ever and buy some thin ignition wrenches so you can hold the inner nuts from turning as you loosen the outer nuts on the PC , as soon as they twist , the delicate PC's mylar is ruined...

Adding a ground wire from the binnacle to the cab's frame is always wise as is replacing the usually gone missing braided ground straps from engine to cab , engine to frame , cab to frame , core support to frame and so on ~ try this , your headlights will *instantly* be white at night and your battery will charge up faster too....

All these gaugse work on milliamps so anything that hinders current flow , makes them balky and inaccurate .

[flushdrew]

it's 38 degrees here today, and i'm heading out to go replace the hub with the new assembly i got.
$25 at a place in the next town over.
wheel hub, dust cap, taper bearing, bearing seal, brake drum and lug studs.
we'll see how it goes.

[Mr.Hyde]

pricing parts and planning financially how to attack this build. The biggest question is drive train and how to get the box and cab home haha...

[Pont406]

made some passes...

[hpcgmc]

VWnate - what's a "pc" that you are referring to?

Flushdrew - sounds like a lot of progress in a week - I've got to get to work on sanding and priming my beast soon!

Pont406 - love the pic of the old beast at the track! What times did you turn?

[ryanroo]

Originally Posted by hpcgmc

VWnate - what's a "pc" that you are referring to?

Flushdrew - sounds like a lot of progress in a week - I've got to get to work on sanding and priming my beast soon!

Pont406 - love the pic of the old beast at the track! What times did you turn?

PC = printed circuit. the funny plastic thing on the back of the gauges that has the copper tracks running through it


Ryan

[VWNate1]

It's Friday and the plan is to yank the pre - smog cylinder head off my '66 292 and get it to the Machine Shop for a total rebuild , I plan to put it on my ailing 250 then set about overhauling the 292 , not sure what I'll do with it when it's done .

[flushdrew]

hpcgmc thanks! - the truck i bought was pretty close to road ready, but the PO had done some work on the body but never sealed it. so it was rusting. rust protection was priority 1.

[Shyguy]

We continued getting the '67 cab and front clip ready for putting on the primer. I did paint and surface rust removal with a random orbital sander while my son patched a few spots and layed on a thin layer of bondo here and there.

Sanding is slow going when it gets to where hand sanding has to be done for the feathering in.

[bigdog57]

just got my baby out of mechanic pergatory. (he had it for two months) it only cost an arm and a leg to get new heads put on it.

[ItsRandy]

Went to the upholstery shop to pick up my truck, it wasn't done yet. The seat was back in it and the door panels were done but not installed. I was told I will be able to pick it up tomorrow. The upholstery guy still has the headliner, dash pad and sun visors left to finish.

[mud.man.rj]

Good work takes time and the work looks good.

[VWNate1]

Pulled the head off the 292 , it looks a bit grim in there .

Dropped the head off for rebuilding and made arrangements to buy a four wheel engine stand to - day after my Union meeting , maybe I'll be able to get the engine hoist and get the 292 off the ground and onto the stand so I can begin disassembling it .

[68GMCCustom]

Originally Posted by ItsRandy

Went to the upholstery shop to pick up my truck, it wasn't done yet. The seat was back in it and the door panels were done but not installed. I was told I will be able to pick it up tomorrow. The upholstery guy still has the headliner, dash pad and sun visors left to finish.

That seat looks comfy...like the door panels too. May I make a suggestion before you add those door handles...I am looking at these for my truck. 55-66 armrests...they have a better look and fit the same hole spread (I understand) on the doors.

[70CHEVYBB]

My new doors and bumpers showed up wednesday. Its to bad I managed to order a gmc bumper instead of a chevy front bumper. I installed the rad support and fenders and doors. I can now align it all up and weld in the rockers and cab corners. I have a commercial sand blaster with 185 cfm diesel compressor being delivered next week to my house to use for free. I have alot of work to do to get ready for that.

[ItsRandy]

Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

That seat looks comfy...like the door panels too. May I make a suggestion before you add those door handles...I am looking at these for my truck. 55-66 armrests...they have a better look and fit the same hole spread (I understand) on the doors.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[68GMCCustom]

n/p...you may prefer the stock ones...just thought I'd throw it out there.

[pat 70/71]

Gave her a bath and a heavy boot on the gas pusher thingie! cheers, Pat

[Shyguy]

My son and I finished the body work and sanding on the cab and front clip today. I am learning a lot on this build from my son.

Tomorrow we will clean up the truck and get it ready for wet sanding.

[ItsRandy]

No it's not deja vu or a the beggining to a bad joke...I went to the upholstery shop to pick up my truck today, it wasn't done. The door panels were installed and my upholstery guy was working on the headliner. Should I hope to pick my truck up tomorrow?