Knomadd '71 SWB C-10

[knomadd]

On another note, nothing picture worthy, but I did manage to get the wires all routed and mounted/zip-tied out of the way for the Accuair system. It started to rain Friday night / Saturday morning, so no work was done this weekend. I wish I had a shop to work in.

[sduckworth13]

Thanks Duane for the information on the hood.

[Dieselwrencher]

The new hood looks great! I was really surprised how nice my tri-plus hood fit from all the horror stories I kept hearing about others.

[knomadd]

Thanks guys!

I was able to get some more of the air management installed and buttoned up. Please excuse the dirt and rust underneath. This one is used often, and parked outside. On with the pics...

VU4 and computer mount:


Water trap mount, and some electrical and air line routing:


Electrical and other water trap mount:


Gauge air line routing into cab using old fuel line hole:


Air pressure gauges installed:


I haven't connected the bags to the VU4 yet. I wanted to test it and make sure the tanks and everything held pressure first. It's a good thing I did because the compressors wouldn't shut off. Not sure if it's a wiring thing, or a bad pressure switch. I've been over my wiring multiple times and I can't see anything wrong, so I'm thinking it's the switch. Have one ordered and on its way here. Just in case, I reached out to Travis at Pro Performance and he's going to get me some wiring schematics for the Accuair with Viair pressure switch. Neither set of instructions from either manufacturer show connection between the two systems, so we'll see if there's something wrong with my blending of the two later. Either way, I hope it's a simple fix.

I also have a small leak in one of the water trap fittings. I think I'll pull it and redo the thread sealant and re-cut the air line.

[knomadd]

The wife let me put her car outside for the weekend so I pulled the truck in and got the air lines ran for all four corners. The Accuair SwitchSpeed is finally up and running!!! Works great too! I need to drive it a bit, check the ride height and get used to the air pressures I should expect, but I'm sure that will all work out just fine.

It took me way too long to get it done. I should have started this a long time ago. Can't believe I didn't do this sooner!

[mcbassin]

Very nice work Duane! Looking good buddy. Keep up the good work. Hope to see some new pictures or video of the air setup in action.

[knomadd]

I'll try to get the wife to take a video. It's frigid here today though so I'm not sure how likely I'll be to convince her to get video this evening. I should be able to do pictures soon though. Drove it to work and aired it out in the parking lot.

[Blown06]

Nice clean install, I've been checking progress but haven't commented a lot. Looks awesome though.

[rincones]

I will stop by to see it this weekend.
Great Progress.

[knomadd]

Well, here are a couple of pics from today...



I left it at work tonight... I hopped in the truck to leave and got no response from the starter. Had to charge the battery a couple times this weekend so I thought it was the battery. Turns out the battery is fine, but the starter isn't kicking in. I've got a new one on its way. Should be here Wednesday, so I guess I'll be changing it out in the parking lot on Thanksgiving.

[original-71]

Originally Posted by knomadd

Well, here are a couple of pics from today...



I left it at work tonight... I hopped in the truck to leave and got no response from the starter. Had to charge the battery a couple times this weekend so I thought it was the battery. Turns out the battery is fine, but the starter isn't kicking in. I've got a new one on its way. Should be here Wednesday, so I guess I'll be changing it out in the parking lot on Thanksgiving.

can you air it up ? I got two tow straps in my daily if you need help getting it home tonight no reason to leave that truck out in the elements. if you need help just pm me

[RRR18]

Sucks

[knomadd]

Originally Posted by original-71

can you air it up ? I got two tow straps in my daily if you need help getting it home tonight no reason to leave that truck out in the elements. if you need help just pm me

Thanks Hector, but it stays outside all the time, so no big deal.

Originally Posted by RRR18

Sucks

Yeah, tell me about it. That's not even the worst part. Read on...



I did get it fixed today. Well I have a couple of new parts anyway.

I replaced the starter and still had nothing. Since I never replaced the ignition switch with the one from the American Auto Wire kit, I thought that might be the culprit, so I ran home and grabbed the new switch, replaced it and still nothing...

After some discussion with my dad on the phone, we thought about the neutral safety switch. Turns out, the shifter had moved a bit and was not allowing the neutral safety switch to send the start signal through to the starter. This might have been the problem from the get go.

I now have a new starter and ignition switch that I may not have needed in the first place. I still need to adjust the neutral safety switch a bit, but it works again.

[knomadd]

Its home now!

[aboesec10]

truck looks damn good laying down. You need to come by and see the truck, cold beer in the fridge!

[Advanced Design]

Glad you were able to fix your truck. Man, it looks really good there!

[RRR18]

When it's something like the shifter just moving outta place at some point after being really pissed off you just gotta sit back and laugh your ass off.

[GAc10boy]

Glad you got it home and have a good idea what the culprit is.

[knomadd]

Originally Posted by aboesec10

truck looks damn good laying down. You need to come by and see the truck, cold beer in the fridge!

I'll have to stop by one of these days.

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Glad you were able to fix your truck. Man, it looks really good there!

Thanks, me too.

Originally Posted by RRR18

When it's something like the shifter just moving outta place at some point after being really pissed off you just gotta sit back and laugh your ass off.

Yeah, I felt so dumb, but actually laughed it off pretty quick and told my coworkers about it about 5 minutes after I got it started.

Originally Posted by GAc10boy

Glad you got it home and have a good idea what the culprit is.

Me too. I'm also glad it's something pretty easy to fix. I was afraid for a little bit that I was going to need to solve a wiring issue. Glad it wasn't that!

[knomadd]

Got new billet light and wiper knobs installed. These are some nice pieces made by a board member. I got lucky and got the last set he plans on making.

[knomadd]

I also took a couple pics with the Christmas lights at night. Sorry, all I had was my crappy cell phone. This is "enhanced" from photobucket. Best I could do.

original pic


Parking lights off...
Enhanced

Original

[knomadd]

Got the cowl hood painted and on the truck!


It makes the rest of the truck look bad though. The rest of the truck looks better in pictures than it is.

Now I need to get started on panel alignment, and bodywork so I can get the rest of the truck painted.

[Mikem_72]

Wow .... that looks really good man. It gives it a tough look.

[aboesec10]

ooohhhh shiny!!!!

[knomadd]

Originally Posted by aboesec10

ooohhhh shiny!!!!

You ought to know, you painted it, and buffed it out! Thanks again for your help with that, and helping me get it on and lined up the best we could.

Originally Posted by Mikem_72

Wow .... that looks really good man. It gives it a tough look.

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

New hood looks great! I've always been a fan of cowl hoods.

Thanks guys, I really like it. I've liked the cowl hood look since before I owned a C10, so I knew I wanted it eventually. I'm pretty happy with it out of the box.

I do have a small issue. Aaron and I installed the Eddie Motorsports hood hinges and the entire hood sits too far to the passenger side. There is relatively no adjustment side to side, so I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to get it lined up perfectly, but I do know the entire truck needs some panel alignment done, so I'm not worried about it yet. After an hour of adjustment, we have it the best we could get it without going through and aligning the rest of the panels.

I'm wanting to take it to LST with the C/10 Club at the end of February, so I won't be pulling it apart before then, but I think I'll be doing it shortly after that. At least getting the panels lined up better.