1971 K10 Stepside - Getting a Roller Roadworthy

[pjmoreland]

Painted the center of the tach face this evening, and then applied the decal. That decal was not easy to place in the right location.

[pjmoreland]

Also trial-assembled the NP205 onto the back of the NV4500. Designed a transfer case shifter lever bracket that will attach to the transfer case. Cut out the design from paper to test the fit. I placed an order to get the parts laser cut.

[loudchevy]

Nice design. Where are you getting the parts cut from?

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by loudchevy

Nice design. Where are you getting the parts cut from?

I ordered the parts from SendCutSend.com. They have a location fairly close to where I live, so shipping is quick.

[loudchevy]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

I ordered the parts from SendCutSend.com. They have a location fairly close to where I live, so shipping is quick.

I assumed that's who it was. I haven't ordered anything from them, but have seen some other IG builders use and promote them. The parts and shipping always look great

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by loudchevy

I assumed that's who it was. I haven't ordered anything from them, but have seen some other IG builders use and promote them. The parts and shipping always look great

I have used them for the parts that go into the dummy filler necks I sell. I've never had any issues with their quality. They sent me someone else's order once, but they corrected the mistake quickly.

[pjmoreland]

Worked on the engine a bit this evening. Installed the bellhousing and measured the runout. It's. 004".

Put the engine up on the stand. The oil pan was leaking profusely when I had this engine in my other truck, so I removed the oil pan. I'm also going to replace the plastic timing chain cover with a metal one, so I removed that cover, too. The timing chain is fairly loose. I ordered a replacement just now. It should be ready for pick-up tomorrow at O'Reilly.

[pjmoreland]

Installed a new timing chain this evening. Also installed dowel pins for locating the metal cover I will be installing on there.

[pjmoreland]

Worked on a few different things today. Went over to a friend's house to remove an angle bed wood strip from a wrecked stepside bed he has. Detached the bed side and then drilled out the spot welds. The one on my truck is mangled up for some reason.

UPS delivered the laser cut parts for the NP205 shifter bracket. I welded it up and installed it. The shifter ended up slanting so far forward in 4 low that it would hit the transmission. Moved the shifter mounting hole in the bracket by about 1/4", and it solved the problem. Had to grind off the welded on nut, fill the hole, drill a new hole and weld on another nut. Here's a video of the shifter bracket in action. The shifter lever feels nice and solid.

https://youtube.com/shorts/iuJAig4WenA?feature=shared

Painted the metal timing cover, clutch fork, clutch inspection panel, NP205 shift linkage and the shifter bracket.

[pjmoreland]

Here are a few more photos of the shifter bracket

[pjmoreland]

Spent a little bit of time out in the garage this evening. Cut down the crank reluctor wheel so it can be used as a spacer behind the OE harmonic balancer and still fit behind the metal timing cover. Installed the front crank seal in the timing cover. Installed the cover. Installed the harmonic balancer. The timing mark on the balancer lines up with zero on the metal cover.

[57taskforce]

That shifter bracket is awesome, nice work!!

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

That shifter bracket is awesome, nice work!!

Thanks! I'm nervous about how the stick is going to align with the hole in the floor hump front-to-back. That will be the first thing I check once the engine, transmission and transfer case are mounted in the truck.

[loudchevy]

That bracket turned out great! You were right, that shipping is fast.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by loudchevy

That bracket turned out great! You were right, that shipping is fast.

Thank you. Yep. One day

[pjmoreland]

The shifter tower on my NV4500 is worn down where the shifter stub sits against it. That surface is aluminum, so it's not surprising. The bottom end of the shifter stub was rubbing and snagging on the selectors when moving the stick side to side. Instead of spending many hundreds of dollars on a new top cover assembly, I copied the repair from this thread:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=742499

Instead of hunting for a measuring cup the right size, I bought a second stub retainer cup (part number NV93444) and modified it. I left four ears protruding off the bottom to help retain it in the opening. There were two spots on the original conical surface that I had to smooth out with a burr. The shifter is smooth, quiet and tight now.