What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[lgh1157]

I finished this bed :

[lgh1157]

Another pic

[leegreen]

I put mine back on the road for the summer. Now with power steering, improved cooling and a somewhat better hood fit. Still a long list of things to do, but I get to drive it now.

[dsraven]

Post 5402, my eyes are wonky from a quick look. How are yours after doing that work?

[nvrdone]

Had the left rear brake hang up on the way to a show Saturday. Pulled it down and found the spring on the adjuster wheel had broken. Replaced all the hardware on both sides along with all brake shoes and had the drums turned. Now the brakes seem to be working much better.

[idbeast]

So, I bought a 3d printer to made some things for the beast, a different center console cover, and speaker covers for the cab corner speaker box's.
Then I got the back-up camera working with the 9" touck screen navigation stereo!

[leegreen]

your dash looks pretty good for a modern update of 50s truck. I'd like to see a zoomed out picture of the whole thing?

[idbeast]

Originally Posted by leegreen

your dash looks pretty good for a modern update of 50s truck. I'd like to see a zoomed out picture of the whole thing?

Here you go!

[mr48chev]

I did drag the dash I am going to put in mine out and take some photos to post on a FB group to try to find a part that I need for it. It was the original dash in the first car I ever owned that I replaced with a dash out of a parts donor car in the late 70's and saved back.

I figured out that I also need to straighten out a couple of pieces on it that I bent back when I was 19 and thought I wanted to make a varnished wood dash with round gauges for it.

My shoulder is getting pretty well healed up and I might actually have a progress report in a couple of weeks.

[leegreen]

idbeast, you made it look like it belongs there. well done

[vintovka]

Busy week. Replaced all the spark plugs, did a tune up, replaced shocks, door hinges, and upgraded Halogen Floods to LEDs. Pics and particulars on project link below

[JDarby]

Originally Posted by dirty dish

Attachment 1565996finally got tires mounted and put on had to mount them by hand wouldn't fit on tire machine

Wholly ****!!!!!!!
Talk about MonSteR TrUcK!

[JDarby]

Originally Posted by lgh1157

Another pic

SeXY!!!

[JDarby]

Originally Posted by leegreen

I put mine back on the road for the summer. Now with power steering, improved cooling and a somewhat better hood fit. Still a long list of things to do, but I get to drive it now.

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Very nice looking truck!

[nvrdone]

Well, I got the sticking rear brakes figured out & fixed, so I figured I'd take a run to a local swap meet. When I got there, I checked the temp at the hub and it was 119 deg on the left and 126 on the right. Didnt have any brake drag. Thought all was well. Boy was I wrong! When I got home the left hub was at 219 and the right was at 130. There was some smoke coming from the left brake, so off came both drums. No problem on the right but the left axle bearing made a terrible grinding noise. Looks like tomorrow I tear the axle apart to start a complete rebuild. Wish me luck.

[mr48chev]

If it has the axle that has the bearing running on it you may need an axle before all is said and done.

[nvrdone]

its got a 12 bolt out of a c10 so I'm not sure how the bearings go on. I will figure it out & get it fixed. Maybe I will end up building that 9" I want.

[dsraven]

it's best to do a complete differential teardown when an axle bearing goes out. a lot of the filings can find their way into the rest of the housing and other bearings can be affected. I always take the whole thing apart, check bearings etc, clean everything up, replace what needs to be new and then assemble. I use a garden sprayer to clean inside the axle tubes. a small rotary wire brush on a long rod works well, with a drill to drive it, to clean down the axle tubes if there is debris there. a long rod with a long nut, like the threaded rod connector nut, works well and then i usually thread the end of the wire brush so it can be threaded onto the rod.
good luck, hope it is just a bearing. there are repair bearings made if you find your axle is chewed up, but then a new axle likely wouldn't break the bank either.
post up some pics when you get tht far.

[dsraven]

it's best to do a complete differential teardown when an axle bearing goes out. a lot of the filings can find their way into the rest of the housing and other bearings can be affected. I always take the whole thing apart, check bearings etc, clean everything up, replace what needs to be new and then assemble. I use a garden sprayer to clean inside the axle tubes. a small rotary wire brush on a long rod works well, with a drill to drive it, to clean down the axle tubes if there is debris there. a long rod with a long nut, like the threaded rod connector nut, works well and then i usually thread the end of the wire brush so it can be threaded onto the rod.
good luck, hope it is just a bearing. there are repair bearings made if you find your axle is chewed up, but then a new axle likely wouldn't break the bank either.
post up some pics when you get tht far.

[mr48chev]

I actually made a deal for the piece I need for my dash for my 48.

This has been kind of a secret squirrel thing with me but without telling what it is out of the top photo shows the piece the guy cut out and is sending me to replace the piece I cut out of my dash when I was 19 in 1966 with the screwball idea that I was going to put in a varnished hardwood dash that looked like what was in 66 GTOs at the time.

I had saved this dash in the shed ever since I took it out of the car in the late 70's early 80's and put a complete dash out of a donor car that had sat upside down behind the old mechanics shop in Bickleton Wa Across from the Bluebird cafe. We went up with my buddy's rollback truck and winched it on the truck still upside down and strapped it down and went across the street to get some coffee because it was seriously cold that day. I stripped the parts off that body for my car and then sold the hulk to a friend of his from Canada who paid him good money to haul it to Canada. It might be running around BC with a Carson top on it these days.

I'm amazed at how much I hacked out of that old dash. I got a nice instrument panel and rebuilt 6 volt radio from a guy in Bend Oregon a couple of years ago for it and this piece will let me get the dash together.

I'll let folks figure out what it is out of on their own though.

[nvrdone]

Wow did i get lucky !! I've got a 12 bolt c10 rear axle in my truck. Last week, I started getting a loud grinding noise out of the left rear wheel. When I got home the axle hub was at 219. so I started pulling it apart. found the left axle bearing was missing one roller. Looked inside both axle tubes with a flashlight and magnetic probe. Nothing. One of my friends suggested before we tear it down, I flush it with carb cleaner and see what comes out. Sure enough the missing roller dropped into the housing. So now, we tear it down and replace all the bearings. I feel like I should buy a lottery ticket!!!

[leegreen]

Final install on new 3" exhaust, this time out to rear bumper by way of rear trailing arms.

tacked up


painted and ready to go back


If anyone can cut and weld and is thinking about doing their own exhaust, these universal U bend kits you can get from car parts places or amazon are a good deal.
One kit like this https://www.kmstools.com/universal-d...haust-kit.html has done 3 exhaust systems now and still has some bends left.
Add your muffler of choice, a v-band clamp or two and some hangers and go for it.

[mr48chev]

It was an honest 103 here yesterday and expected to be up there again today. I'm not getting much done but want to work on my dash now that I have the repair parts for it.

[Tempest67]

Originally Posted by leegreen

Final install on new 3" exhaust, this time out to rear bumper by way of rear trailing arms.

tacked up
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painted and ready to go back
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If anyone can cut and weld and is thinking about doing their own exhaust, these universal U bend kits you can get from car parts places or amazon are a good deal.
One kit like this https://www.kmstools.com/universal-d...haust-kit.html has done 3 exhaust systems now and still has some bends left.
Add your muffler of choice, a v-band clamp or two and some hangers and go for it.

Nice routing that exhaust, from Drivers side to Pass side. and thanks for the tip on the universal pipe kits, as I wasn't sure what to do, but you have convinced me to give it a try. (when the time comes)

[leegreen]

Originally Posted by Tempest67

Nice routing that exhaust, from Drivers side to Pass side. and thanks for the tip on the universal pipe kits, as I wasn't sure what to do, but you have convinced me to give it a try. (when the time comes)

Driver's side has panhard bar in the way and my DS rear fender mounted fuel fill tends to burp gas if you fill it too fast so I really wanted tailpipe on pass side.

If we had not had a half box of 3" bends in the shop I'd probably have gone 2.5" as I was worried about how hard snaking the exhaust through the suspension was going to be. This bend kit has one end of each piece expanded for a slip joint - that makes it a lot easier to have things hanging in place and still be able to adjust angle and length a bit before tacking. This actually went a lot easier than I expected and that duplicates the experience my son had doing a custom exhaust under LS swapped 91 z28 and my experience doing LS Swapped Sonoma. It was easier in all three cases than anticipated.

I do recommend getting some Vband clamps like https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01N9LO3UA/ expensive but worth it to make things easily removable. I'd consider cutting the flange off your headers and welding vband on too. Just do all welding with the bands clamped together.

And good hangers. I actually scrounged rubber hangers and the steel supports from GM trucks at local pickapart for this, the enlarged end of factory style hanger support is much better than just straight rod. I welded the supports onto bar stock as needed to make mounts I could bolt to frame. Pipe was held in position and hanging in a web of bailing wire while I sorted hanger locations out. some tire lube makes getting the rubber hangers on and off a lot easier