1966 C1434 SWB Custom Cab

[northern 85]

Very nice !!!

[CustomCab66]

Well stuff is falling out of the bed so out with the old wood so I'll be posting from time to time

[CustomCab66]

For the true Chevy truck enthusiasts here is a picture of the original grease pencil marking on the brace at the end of the frame rails. It's is marked C1434

[jocko]

enjoying your build thread for the first time and will be checking back on progress. Really like the way you're doing things right as you go along. Had a very similar 66 swb bbw and do miss it! Looking forward to the progress.

[CustomCab66]

Now that I'm back from the coast it's time to get back into the garage. Almost ready for some black paint. I'm hoping to get the bed back together this weekend. All the wood is cut to the proper width which is 6 3/8 at the corners, 7 7/16 starting at the wheel wells, and the two in the middle are 5 7/16.

Here's the link to GMC Paul's site for the wood info:
http://www.gmcpauls.com/47-72_BedWood_Info.htm

[CustomCab66]

Burning the midnight oil last night trying to get the boards painted so they could dry over night

[CustomCab66]

Spent the better part of half a day installing the wood today but it was worth it.

[northern 85]

That looks great!!!

[CustomCab66]

Well I hate to part ways with my old SBC 400 but when it's time it's time. This managed to follow me home so now I preparing to drop this combo in there.

[CustomCab66]

3/8 Fuel line added to the sender to feed the fuel pump through a 100 micron filter. The word on the web is to use a Walbro pump which seems to be inexpensive

[CustomCab66]

In order for the lock up torque converter to function properly a constant 12 volt source needs to be wired to pin 33 on the PCM. The switch in the image is a corvette brake light switch which has normally open and normally closed contacts. I did change it up instead of using the jumper I ran an ignition hot ( pink wire) to the normally closed side of the switch while the button was depressed (foot off the brake peddle state).

[CustomCab66]

I ran the fuel line today so that it exits the floor by the original line

[okndn]

I really like what you are doing, mostly with the LS swap, and want to see the whole thing completed. The LS is my plan on my truck

[LostMy65]

I'll be watching from this point forward.

[CustomCab66]

So out with the old. I'm interested in seeing what was causing #8 cyl to burn so much oil. It would foul a plug every 30 miles at highway speeds

[CustomCab66]

Look at the build up on the exhaust valve. Is it 1/16 of an inch thick piston seems to be pretty clean considering how much oil it was burning.

[CustomCab66]

So my garage floor is covered in SBC parts all of which are in excellent shape. The 882 cast heads are nothing special but because of the comp cams extreme energy cams .477/.480 lift I added comp springs, guide plates, and screw in ARP rocker studs. Next thing on my agenda is to pull the oil pan and pistons I want to see what #8 looks like

[CustomCab66]

Number 8 piston was the one giving me trouble. But I found that the top ring gland on #3 had some damage from pre detonation or heat and the top ring was broken in three places. The engine has always had a weird noise on the rotating assembly. Maybe this was it

[LostMy65]

I'll be watching...

[CustomCab66]

Motor mount plates are made and installed. now on to the tranny cross member. I know I'm re- inventing the wheel here but it's more satisfying when you make your own parts

[CustomCab66]

If I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. Tapping out one last hole for 3/8-16 and broke the tap. Hope I can weld to it and get it out otherwise I will need to redo that whole plate :/

[CustomCab66]

So I came across a little luck because was able to remove the broken tap. Happy to say the motor is in there all bolted up. With the hoist out of the way I'll be able to start the tranny mount, oil cooling lines, fuel lines and connections

[CustomCab66]

Doesn't look like a tranny crossmember yet but I know there's one there somewhere. 👍🏽

[scdude37]

love seeing this project. Like seeing the 5.3 coming together and the progress on it. I would like to swap mine out sometime to the same thing you are running.

[CustomCab66]

Thanks, the progress is not quite as fast as I'd hoped but I'll get it evenually