"The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

[Gordonr1973]

Rust never sleeps...but on the bright side there are always going to be replacement panels! :-)

[89muscletruck]

Looking good! I can`t wait to see this driving around town

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by 89muscletruck

Looking good! I can`t wait to see this driving around town

Thanks! I hope to be on the road with it in 12 days!

Are you interested still in my red & grey long box? I might sell it this month.

[Gordonr1973]

RAAMmat on doors and roof now.

Finally wired in my compass & temp mirror.

[Greenlee]

Gordon,
Tell me about your compass/temp mirror. I want to do this. Where did you get it and how was the install? Thanks
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[Devillusion]

Looks great man.........nice work so far. Would also like to know about the mirror mod, might have to do that to the 4x4 project.

[89muscletruck]

Originally Posted by Gordonr1973

Thanks! I hope to be on the road with it in 12 days!

Are you interested still in my red & grey long box? I might sell it this month.

I would be interested but I just don't have the funds right now. Thanks for the offer though!

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by Greenlee

Gordon,
Tell me about your compass/temp mirror. I want to do this. Where did you get it and how was the install? Thanks
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Originally Posted by Devillusion

Looks great man.........nice work so far. Would also like to know about the mirror mod, might have to do that to the 4x4 project.

I just got a mirror and the temp sensor at the wrecker off a 2004 Avalanche.

Then, I hooked the green wire and brown wire off the mirror to the sensor (extended the wires to fit the truck).

I grounded the black wire off the mirror to the cab roof.

I put power to one of the pink wires.

The rest of the wires I tucked away b/c they are for auto mirror dimming, reverse gear dim cancelation etc etc

Easy as that! :-)

[Gordonr1973]

Nice package showed up at the door today.

I'm getting rid of the PSI LS harness and putting in a Speed & Performance harness that Mark there had done up for me on a rush basis.

I'm sick & tired of all the problems with PSI harness and it's going in the trash.

Needless to say, I'm not fooling around anymore and I'm going with the best!!

Love how it was packaged and how everything is labelled --- some people (POS, oops I mean PSI) could learn a thing or two from how 'real' customer service is delivered with pride: notice how the person who built and the other person who inspected the Speed & Performance harness signed their names on the manual!

I should have it in by Sunday night. Will update more over the weekend if I can.

[Gordonr1973]

Just a quick pic of the S&P harness going in.

I can't say enough how much better this harness is over the last one from PSI.

Very well made!!

[Gordonr1973]

Working about 6 hours a night to get it done (hopefully) for Street Wheelers this weekend!

[gGMC DOG]

looking sweet

[rs72z]

Nice!

[foamypirate]

Looking great! Are those OEM door panels?

[trout]

thats a 88 burb door panel thats been wraped by a former member on this board..... nice love the look gordon

[Gordonr1973]

Thanks guys!! Encouraging words are always welcome in my garage!!

Driver's door done, chromies on the floor in.

Fixed the column wobble (forgot to put in the spring seat).

Finished doing the roll on bedliner.

It's better than it was unfinished, but it isn't a professional Rhino Lining by any means. But will probably get a box cover of some sort for it one day.

[Jonboy]

Gordon, can you get me a couple of pics of your fuel filler setup? I have a later tank and an early filler neck; it is almost impossible to fill up.

[Gordonr1973]

Took the day off today to get a bunch of stuff done on the truck in order to leave tomorrow morning for Street Wheelers.

Got the A/C converted to R134 from R12....system was fine, held pressure and now blows cold like my first girlfriend!

Got the wheel alignment done too and she's tracking straight as an arrow.

Now practicing how to wet sand and polish with a rotary...will post more pics later if I have a minute.

This a spare fender I had...before & after pics!

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

Gordon, can you get me a couple of pics of your fuel filler setup? I have a later tank and an early filler neck; it is almost impossible to fill up.

There are some better pics a couple pages back I think.

I tried to make the sharp corners with regular rubber fuel hose, but it got kinked too bad. The muffler shop bent up some tubing for me to make the compound curve to reach the tank, with just rubber connectors on either side of that to reach the fill and the tank.

[Jonboy]

I went back and looked, but didn't really see any. If you get a chance after your trip, if you could snap a few of the tubes you had bent, I would appreciate it.

The truck is coming out sweet. Good job!

[rs72z]

One piece of advice always buff with the rotation going off the edge of the panel,, if you hit it with the rotation going onto a edge it will burn the clear or worse, it will grab and screw something up. I hope taht makes sense. Also go easy on the edges, itry to stay off of them if possible.

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

I went back and looked, but didn't really see any. If you get a chance after your trip, if you could snap a few of the tubes you had bent, I would appreciate it.

The truck is coming out sweet. Good job!

Okay, no prob. The black drips are the bedliner that came through the holes.

Here are driver's and passenger sides:

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by rs72z

One piece of advice always buff with the rotation going off the edge of the panel,, if you hit it with the rotation going onto a edge it will burn the clear or worse, it will grab and screw something up. I hope taht makes sense. Also go easy on the edges, itry to stay off of them if possible.

Thanks!! I totally understand what you mean.

Since I'm a chicken, I'm going to mask off all the edges I will be near

[Jonboy]

Thanks for the pics. Does it fill up pretty easily?

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

Thanks for the pics. Does it fill up pretty easily?

Yes, I just filled the driver's side tank this afternoon. No splash back, no spray up or anything. I am very careful not to let the nozzle rest against any one side though as I'm filling up as the rubber connectors on my hose might come loose --- I haven't done it enough yet to be sure either way.

Just note that I kept the 'vent' tube on the neck and I made sure the nozzle of the gas pump hose was below that openning.