49 3600, s10 swap, project boogie

[joedoh]

thanks, I think they fit the look just right. maybe I said it, but on my 41 (next project) I plan to use the skinny 5" or 6" ones and the bias look radials so that the caps poke out a little. I love that look!

working on gauges, decided the odo would be appropriate on the gauge face. The last truck I used a non-tach cluster so the odo and PRNDL were all one piece, but on the tach dash they are separate. on the last truck it had a gazillion miles so I didnt care about the odo reading but on this truck it only has 79k miles and I DO care about showing that. the mileage is stored in the cluster, so I cant change to a single gauge cluster unless it had the same miles. enough blubbering.



trial fit. the last time I glued the display to the face but this time I wanted a stronger mount. there is a nice plastic ring on the cluster that I filed down so that it would be at the correct height in the 49 gauge.



I used my gap filler glue and it is STRONG.
next I wanted a stronger way to mount the speedo gauge, so I gutted the 49 speedo mount and drilled the s10 gauge face to mount to it. I had to countersink the screws which was nerve wracking but worked perfect. I also drilled the speedo to accept the turn signals (amber) and high beam indicator (green). I would have liked to use green for turn and blue for high beam but cest la vie, radio shack was limited on their LEDs




the lower holes are for the speedo limit pins, when you plug the gauges in they self test pin to pin so that the speedo is calibrated. on the last truck I played with this to see if I could widen the range, and it worked!

The flat white still looks like ****, pardon my french. I am going to sand it off and leave it kind of raw, I think that will look better.



mounted the quad gauges too. this zap a gap glue is the best, so strong!. Last time I drilled and used screws and it was still a wobbly mess.



I got the extension harnesses for the steppers built, just need to plug them in, the turn and high beam wires run, all I need is to sand the faces for the patina and then assemble. I got some nice blue 12v panel lights for backlighting. should work a treat!

[northern 49]

That's awesome what you are doing with the gauges, I never would of thought to try any of that. Can't wait to see them finished.

[joedoh]

its been spitting rain lately and I am tired of covering the window with a towel. I want the door installed before I put in the window though so it doesnt fall off and break the window. here is a tip though. dont ever take the door off no matter how easy it makes your life. It was like a jigsaw puzzle with the upper hinge totally loose and the lower hinge still installed. but I tell ya, its the smoothest working door I have had.



glass installed, no more late night running with a towel.


have a full plate this weekend going to try and have the gauges in tomorrow though. I sanded through the white paint a little and they look a little rougher. I will put some lines on them and I think call it good.

[lower50's]

Your bed turned out really nice. sucks about the one hole tho. I like how your gauge is turning out.

[joedoh]

today I made the trip I was dreading, picking up my 41 and 49 that were still 60 miles south, along with paying for and picking up my car trailer I bought from the same guy. I was dreading it because it was an older trailer that hadnt been used in a while, and the brake wires were frayed and broken so no trailer brakes. also, it was two half trucks on one trailer. turns out I shouldnt have worried.

got all hooked up, my partner in crime helped. he had installed the trucks backwards and in reverse order of how I would have, so I was worried the tongue weight would be light.


while I was there I did a little more shopping. bought a smashed up grille and of COURSE another cab


that winch on the trailer is a monster, I looked it up it is a 3500lb rated derrick winch from the 20s! (older picture)


it had a pulley that let the cable go under the front truck, so I hooked it to the back truck and cranked it tight, only needed wheel straps and one hold down strap after that. then it was the 60 mile journey on back roads home. cotton is in


stopped in derby to see bartman


safe and sound! shouldnt have worried, at first I was doing 35 but eventually got to 55. that was as fast as I dared without trailer brakes. the tongue weight was a little light but ok.

[Zoomin]

Looks like you had more than enough weight on the tongue to me. I think that trailer has seen better days, for sure.

[joedoh]

really? even with all the weight on it it towed like a wet dream. its a little down on the front side because he wasnt sure what the ball size was so I borrowed a hitch and it was low. also, there is like 800 lbs on the bed to counter the tongue weight.

it needs a coat of paint sure, and the electric brakes hooked back up, but they wanted almost $600 to flatbed both trucks to my house, I didnt pay a lot more than that and got a trailer to boot!

[99 to Life]

trucks look awesome. you got quite the honey hole there. For 60 miles that shipping is a bit high. But man I just dread picking stuff up anymore. Prolly cause I don't have my brake controller hooked up, lights on trailer got chewed by dog and I can't afford to wear and tear my daily any more than I do. Seems like the backroads and cotton fields made for a nice day with the kid some sunshine and no busted tires!!!

[Advanced Design]

Nice score on the cabs and trailer. Glad it hauled home with no problems.

Are the cabs for future projects?

[joedoh]

yep. the 41 (thought it was a 46 but its a 41) in front of the garage is already in process now that the 49 is done. and the 49 gmc on the trailer is after that. and then finally the 41 on the back of the trailer after that, BUT it may be that new cab I just bought with the front clip I removed today, its in better shape, and I havent measured but I think the fenders on the red/white truck may be bigger.

this is the one I removed the cab and front clip on today.

the cab was the worst of the 3


threaded the needle today, the black truck above was in this spot before I took it to the front yard


the GMC has a couple good accessories, the radio here and there is a GMC recirc heater with defrost under the dash


you can kind of see the heater in this picture, its actually still really nice. the picture shows the floors are completely solid but the kicks are almost gone. weird?

[av8tr33337]

I really appreciate you stopping by and hooking me up with those bolts. $600.00 to pull two cabs 60 miles? I need to get my trailer cleared off and start hauling some stuff I guess. I could quit my second job then.

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by av8tr33337

I really appreciate you stopping by and hooking me up with those bolts. $600.00 to pull two cabs 60 miles? I need to get my trailer cleared off and start hauling some stuff I guess. I could quit my second job then.

no problem, the timing worked perfect.

the gouging was my fault, the farmer said he had an "in" with the tow company up the street, they had hauled his stuff before. I lacked his last name and community history though, I waited 3 months for the first delivery which they said they would do when they had business either coming from or going to wichita to save me money. he gleefully wrote me up for full price and even charged me the $20 for rural delivery (that every other tow company to date has waived even though technically I am 1 mile outside the city limit). so they actually got double paid because they would have hauled an empty flatbed home (picked up another fare) I told them to wait on the rest, and have picked them up myself since. this may not be my final trailer, I still want a tiltt bed, but its fine for now.

[lower50's]

You have a good selection of future projects now.

[joedoh]

messed with parting 41s out this week, but need to get gauges at least partially done. I cant find a face color that looks right but I need gauges to shake the truck down, so I just dusted white over the sanded faces and made some marks



wired everything up


got the quad gauge wired too


first test, promising but not done yet


dont mind all the idiot lights on the circuit board, they are the ABS (gone) airbag (gone) and check engine (needs reset, from when I ran it without temp sender and other stuff disconnected)
the speedo is setting at 10mph, I had this problem in the last one, I will adjust the needle. the temp gauge is either stuck or the temp isnt coming up. the turn signals only one works, but the LEDs are ok, so more testing needed. the fuel gauge reads low too, but I only have a couple gallons in it. more distressing is I revved the engine a second and the fan flattened out and took out the temp located overflow. yay. I quit for now haha.

[Flysocal]

Got some cool trucks for sure. I amazed by your yankee enginuity on the electrical.

[joedoh]

thanks for the kind words!

speaking of trucks, got to visit the 65


seems that he was working late and someone stole it from outside. he found it a block away, let that be a lesson to all the guys who do the late model swap and program out the passlock system, it was the passlock system that killed the fuel pump half a block from where they jimmied the steering wheel



you can see the broken ignition and all the pieces there, I had a spare column and harness you can see I wired up on the floor. had to do column relearn, which is basically turning the key on and leaving it on for 10-15 minutes till the security light goes out, then turning it off then doing it all again. 2-3 times and it learns the column signal. the battery was dead from sitting with the ignition on, so I jumped it with my truck, you can see my partner in crime helping by being good.


the little jerks posed on the truck we are guessing, dented in the hood and roof



I got it going after 3 relearns, about an hour.

[iowaboynca]

man that sucks. at least he got it back and had a friend like you to get it going again.

[Bushwickbill]

Dang that sucks to hear about the 65. just when i was about to bypass the pats on my grand marquis maybe ill re think that

[Advanced Design]

Truck stealing xxxxxxxx.....what were they planning?

Good you could help get it going again with the relearn.

[joedoh]

I knocked out all the dents for him while I was there, even strapped to the rear bumper and yanked out the dent from them trying to push start it after it died. he has been talking of selling it, I think he has a buyer, getting it running again so quickly sure boosted his spirits. he is an "enginērd" like me but it was pretty clear he would have searched a long time for the info on fixing it. I had the parts on the shelf and knew what to do.

[Nut Case]

joedoh

God bless, good karma.

Good on ya!!!

Keep on keepin on

NC

[lower50's]

Oh that sucks! Good on you for being able to help him out so fast. Maybe there pics will show up somewhere and you can catch them.

[99 to Life]

dang, and I got all pissed this AM when I seen one of my pumpkins smashed on the street. What I'd give to catch these dooshbags. Now steeling a custom truck is a whole new can of disrespect. Glad this is all working out and a lesson learned. That is why I run a kill switch and even that you can easily wire up toggles in a sequence so its even more of a process to figure out. atleast they didn't get pissed and smash all the windows.

[joedoh]

the hay is in the barn, its almost all over but the shouting. picking up a couple parts tomorrow and then its clean the garage for the 41.


gauges in and working, turn signals work perfectly EXCEPT they have that dumb "bulb out" glow that makes them shine dimly only with the lights on. I call shenanigans.



cleaned up


still not sure if the back window is a good idea but here it is


some hero shots with the sun going down

[av8tr33337]

Truck looks great. Been dragging my feet a little. Working 2 jobs sux. Rebuilding my Carb this weekend and maybe try to fire it up.