Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Going to steal the Hood Release and EBrake mods as well as the vent pull cables... Awesome forward thinking Man...

Anything I can do to help you out, just hit me up. I am honored you would steal from me.
Well, in this manner anyways..

[Bomp]

Theft in progress here too. Using them when I get to that stage in my build. I got your stuff bookmarked.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Theft in progress here too. Using them when I get to that stage in my build. I got your stuff bookmarked.

Well I guess the challenge for me now is to stay far enough ahead of you guys builds that you get to see some of the other tricks I have in mind....
Hmmmmmmmmm
I best get down to the garage

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Well I guess the challenge for me now is to stay far enough ahead of you guys builds that you get to see some of the other tricks I have in mind....
Hmmmmmmmmm
I best get down to the garage

Got my Spyglasses on!!!

[pdxhall]

You come up with some of the neatest ideas. I may have to steal a few.

[Low Elco]

Cool ideas! Gotta watch this!

[Bomp]

Like all the mods so far. Have them bookmarked,,,,, Plannin on comming back at a future time to ssstealll them for my truck.
I do have to ask though.............. Is there a seal or gasket around the tranny inspection cover to prevent leakage? I might have just overlooked that bit of info.
Since Im at it............Is there a vid on the subject matter?

[flips72]

thanks for the side shot, looks great and i really like the dome light, who would have guessed a milk jug,great thinking.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by pdxhall

You come up with some of the neatest ideas. I may have to steal a few.

Well stay tuned, there are more on the way !!

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Cool ideas! Gotta watch this!

Thanks for taking a look, the encouragement helps a lot !!

Originally Posted by Bomp

Like all the mods so far. Have them bookmarked,,,,, Plannin on comming back at a future time to ssstealll them for my truck.
I do have to ask though.............. Is there a seal or gasket around the tranny inspection cover to prevent leakage? I might have just overlooked that bit of info.
Since Im at it............Is there a vid on the subject matter?

Steal away, I have no trade secrets. Just more time, energy, and ideas than I know what to do with. Not sure what kind of video you would be looking for though. But fair warning, I do no look good or sound good in front of the camera !!
I know about the bookmarking, I do that, and save a lot of build photos from different projects going on here!!
I am not 100% done with that tranny access cover... after I pull the engine back out, I am going to mark the cover from the underside and weld in baffles that will help prevent water intrusion.
I will also be making a gasket for that, either a snug up with rubber hose, or some sort of flat gasket with bicycle inner tube.
Either way, it will be waterproof !!
More to follow on that.

Originally Posted by flips72

thanks for the side shot, looks great and i really like the dome light, who would have guessed a milk jug,great thinking.

There was retainer tabs and countours for that dome light lens cover that I had to stress into the plastic. I threw it into the vice and gave it a good squeeze. It will do the trick until I make an order to the Caddy parts place.

I also have to confess that the angles of the cyclops light, and the mount I made were purely accidental in how they countered each other so effectively. I clearly recall mounting it up, and then taking the photo, and after posting the photo saying to myself "wow, that really looks like it was made for that..."

Got my HURST C-shifter in yesterday !! Gonna get that tranny mocked up with the shifter and cut the hump before I pull the engine back out this weekend.

Hooray for progress !!

[ddubbs]

Wow the truck is coming along awesome. Just got caught up on your thread. Just got back to town. Need to get started back on mine. Keep up the great work.
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[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by ddubbs

Wow the truck is coming along awesome. Just got caught up on your thread. Just got back to town. Need to get started back on mine. Keep up the great work.
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Yeah I have been wondering about you !! Welcome back!
Just in time for the a$$ snapping cold too, you really planned this one good
I think we broke the -20 mark earlier this week....

[chad64chevy]

good progress mcmurphy, i like the mods you have been doing! i got a third brake light for a s-10 blazer! i got the idea from 'protrash64' here on the forum it looks good too! i just need to get busy doing stuff to my truck before the cold weather really gets here! you can keep it all up there with you, lol!!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

good progress mcmurphy, i like the mods you have been doing! i got a third brake light for a s-10 blazer! i got the idea from 'protrash64' here on the forum it looks good too! i just need to get busy doing stuff to my truck before the cold weather really gets here! you can keep it all up there with you, lol!!

Ummm yeah .... cold weather, I hear ya !!
Good luck with that down there

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So this week my shifter handle arrived and I was like ---- Yay !!!



Then today I mocked it up to cut the tranny hump and access door, and decided to toss in the seat too, you know just to be sure.
Then I was like ------- bummer !!!
This is with the shifter in 1st gear..... Le'Sigh....



I always knew this may be an issue so I made sure to remember the adaption that Markb did with his build here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=444502&page=2
with this adapter plate he made,




So tomorrow before I yank the engine and tranny this weekend I am going to make one of those and ensure it clears all tolerances because there have been a lot of parts to this project that have been held up or set aside waiting for the transmission and shifter considerations.


I hope each and eveyone had a wonderful day, Happy Thanksgiving to all those so inclined to celebrate it. Time for dinner here !!

[Bomp]

Can you heat up the handle and bend it forward?
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Oh, Happy Thanksgiving too.

[KroAutomotiveInc]

love the video man way cool! that first song made me bust up my futures so bright i gotta wear shades haha

[Ta2Don]

Great Video McMurphy...Too Funny!!!

[Leadfoot Lambert]

You guys have waaaaay too much time on your hands LOL

[Bomp]

Okay,,okay,,, Now that I've had another chance to watch it after a good nights sleep. What can I say,?,,??? Speechless. Oh, wait,,,thats your video.
Was that a 4 or 5 bolt install????
Vaarry clever,,,,Vaaarry clever.

Nice vid MM. You have a way cooler selection of hats than I do.
Going to have to start a "builds" thread with just video.
-guess balls back in my court-

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by KroAutomotiveInc

love the video man way cool! that first song made me bust up my futures so bright i gotta wear shades haha

Yeah Kro, IMO Timbuk3 was sadly underappreciated. If I make another video, perhaps I will use their song "Easy" as it is among my all time faves.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Totally Cool. No pun intended.
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Yeah it took both Friday and Saturday to make the video, that is why the opening and closing temps were so different. Even so, the ending one was showing warmer just due to my wife's body heat as she was holding it !!

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Great Video McMurphy...Too Funny!!!

Thanks for looking Ta2Don, I doubt Hollywood will be calling any time soon though....

Originally Posted by Leadfoot Lambert

You guys have waaaaay too much time on your hands LOL

Pffft.... getting that thing to render in the editing program took longer than most of the making !! Grrrrrr ,,,,,, Thank you for looking it at, after all if this stuff isnt fun, then what is the point?
Might as well go out and buy some import with a warranty and call it a day, ya?

Originally Posted by Bomp

Okay,,okay,,, Now that I've had another chance to watch it after a good nights sleep. What can I say,?,,??? Speechless. Oh, wait,,,thats your video.
Was that a 4 or 5 bolt install????
Vaarry clever,,,,Vaaarry clever.

Nice vid MM. You have a way cooler selection of hats than I do.
Going to have to start a "builds" thread with just video.
-guess balls back in my court-

No shame in the game brother !!
Your "I like frogs" line was killing me, and I almost..... ALMOST.....responded to that.
Maybe next time.

The video was fun stuff though. I am wondering what to make one of next. Too bad I didnt do it for some of my more recent mods.

[piratexpress1369a]

mcmurphy you are a man of many hats ...cool vid..lmfao ....can you do some more that was great laugh...nice job

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

mcmurphy you are a man of many hats ...cool vid..lmfao ....can you do some more that was great laugh...nice job

Glad you liked it.
Actually, I am just happy people take the time to look at my nutty build thread here...

I started making an inspection plate for my transmission....
Guess I could do something video-ish with that.

Thanks for the motivation, I already know the opening shot for the video.

[flips72]

now thats awesome, the bracket aint bad either

[Ta2Don]

Lookin forward to new videos... and continuing to watch your thread

[Captainfab]

You guys and your videos crack me up

May as well have some fun along the way.......

Good job though, to both you and Bomp

[likaroc13]

lol, you are craaaaazy! ....love the ingenuity though! now I need to figure out how to make cool videos