1964 GMC 3/4 ton build :D

[sdwolff98]

Here are pictures of the charging, starter, and fuse box power cables. found some neat tri way battery feeds through knu conceptz website.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

more pictures

Sean

[Captainfab]

Lookin' good Sean

Where did you find that mega fuse holder? I like that one better than the typical ones I have seen with the phony rubber cover.

[sdwolff98]

Hey Captain,
Here is a link to them: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/576-02981003ZXT
10 bucks for them at mouser not a bad price. The chevy police editions also had a 3 bank model of them as well.

Sean

[Captainfab]

Thanks Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well after futzing around and going back on forth between bench and truck got the lower heater and defroster valve in place on the truck. took a bit of contrapting to keep the hoses clear of all the belting stuff lol.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Also over last few weeks been working on the power cable setups and how to manage the multiple power feeds running through the engine compartment. At this time its 90% done. Still debating on using the clamps you see in the pictures versus a setup I found that uses plastic insulation inserts still looking at both options right now.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

and lastly started getting the battery tray squared away lol have been building it over the past week and its coming out pretty nice. Still have some smoothing and shaping to do the the major weight support leg but quite happy with its turn out.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

more pics of tray build

Sean

[sdwolff98]

also got this lil gem in yesterday. 1965-1975 Canadian GMC parts panual hehehehehehehehe going to start looking at some of the few differences in here

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well start getting things reassembled and aligned for the body shop to start finishing the pain here soon. and oooohhhhh man the bed is turning out verrrrryyyyy nicely quite happy with this one!!
Aluminum core support is making some progress, battery tray 90% finished.. motoring right along. waiting on some parts to come in guy found that with minor mods a 93 electric window regulator from a chevy van will work in our trucks with a few minor mods will see what it requires and post it up on another thread

Sean

[Captainfab]

The bed floor looks great Sean

[sdwolff98]

Hey Captain,
Yeah it turned out gorgeous and also found a crystal clear bedliner to coat it with so it should last a long time!

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well this has be the most frustrating temper inducing part of putting my old truck back together arrrrgggghhhh 84 bed wood bolts..... fingers not small enough sometimes unable to contortion enough to get one of the lil buggers in place

[sdwolff98]

also a friend brought up a concern with running the power cables through aluminum fixtures attached to metal lol.... So went digging around and found a guy that makes delrin line clamps to fix the problem. 4 clamps 80 bucks and custom milled to clamp the cables without damaging them

Sean

[sdwolff98]

also started working on getting the interior dash parts installed. Found out the abs back panel had to be clearanced to clear the dash braces. Oh lil things I find. Eventually can unplug everything off the abs and sent it out to be made of out of aluminum by docs customs me makes a nice panel assembly
I also got the jeep cherokee door stops in today and going to start the mods a guy showed me so the doors will open fully
Sean

[sdwolff98]

And also got the wiper linkage and arms done and back in the truck I apparently lost one of the pieces at some point but luckily a friend had a parts truck with what I needed in his yard.

Sean

next post is the Dynacorn wiper cowl and it is rough painted but now with the wiper linkage in place the panel is out of kilter and not lining up well with the body lines kinda frustrating you pay 200 dollars for what you think is a quality parts then it goes to crap :/

[sdwolff98]

the dynacorn issues grrrr. I emailed them about it I doubt they will respond but we shall see what happens.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

some more

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well ordered all the parts for the bed tool box/gas tank cover build. I decided the heck with it and ordered the mar-k hidden fastener bed rails along with a few rails for the bottom wood surround for the tank order a short fleet bed wood kit so the wood will match. Also waiting on some clear bed liner to come in so I can start treating the bed wood on the truck top n bottom :d
Sean

[sdwolff98]

And back to the doors got the passenger side door off and right as I was about to take it off the engine hoist ram decided to retire rotflmao lol sometimes Murphy sometimes!!!!! but got it off and drilled the alignment holes for the hinges and them hinges are not easy to take apart.... but hinges are rebuilt one is kinda stiff but should loosen up with use! and driver side latch assembly was worn out luckily there are a few nos ones still running around so new one is in hand and has original grease still on it

Sean

[sdwolff98]

got some of the hardware in the other day stainless rail strips for the tool box build up. Also layed in the battery to starter cable with the 375 amp fusible link setup. waiting on some high temp sleeving to come in for it now then finish it up. Also started playing with polishing the stainless looks good rough polished also reinstalled the "I hate it " column. looking for other options this thing just is not fun working with and was supposedly DIRECT fit no mods needed..... well I tell ya mods were needed! Also looking at my throttle pedal mounting setup and going to be redesigning it here soon as well just does not look good under the dash :/

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well battery starter cable is finished and hooked up. Still a few more things to get finished with grounding cables to get the truck ready to fire up

Also got the passenger side perfectly aligned or dammed near and now have to figure how to get it adjusted so it closes properly

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Also did away with the ididit column in favor of modding a 76 tilt manual column I found at a local junkyard here in the area. so far working through the little issues but getting it there. Going to be doing another test fit saturday and get it set in place

Sean

[sdwolff98]

and finally the gauge cluster has been bugging me..... but finding someone to make an aluminum panel designed for speedhut gauges for a reasonable price has been difficult so trying it myself lol...... these pictures are the second attempt at it will have more this weekend to post how its coming along. I did get lucky and find the carbide cutters I needed for the gauges and the ac vent in the cluster along with a 5/8 inch metal draw through punch for the buttons...... the first panel I cut with tin snips lol not happy with it I ordered a drill mounted nibbler and came out much much smoother
Sean