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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
Question. Bought a 16" radiator overflow long time ago, it's too tall to fit inside engine bay. It won't fit behind grill on passenger side where rad cap is because of A/C hard lines, but it will fit in driver's side. Do you think this will work? If so, which location you think would be best? I figure I will eventually get a cover for this area and I can just fab a hole around the cap. Otherwise I will have to buy another overflow that is shorter to fit in engine bay....
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
I'd probably look at the shorter unit and keep on the passenger side. I like the idea of the cover with the hole for the overflow cap. This way the lines would be shorter.
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
I put mine on the passenger side of the radiator support. Right next to the radiator.
Where the battery would have been in the stock location. Right next to your ac lines from the condenser. Weird how it doesn’t work for you.
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
mine is on the drivers side inside of the core support next to radiator. Looks like you have your electrical stuff where mine is.
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
Same here. The only thing to consider with putting it in front of the core support is that you will probably see it through the grille. I mounted my trans cooler in front of the core support and it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
Well I got inspired. Took another hard look at it and made it work. The tube at bottom is really close to inner fender but it should work. I had to make extension for top bracket, and welded them to core support. The brackets are slotted too so the overflow bolts to those brackets and can slide up/down about 1/4 to 1/2 inch.
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And no paint this weekend. Saturday was too cold, so I got up early and smoked a brisket and pork butt. Sunday rained and FedEx never delivered my paint supplies(supposed to have been delivered Friday....).
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
New AZ opened up in my town last week so now I have a close parts store. Dropped in last night a grabbed some 1/4" line for the new overflow. It barely fits with that 90 but no kinks, g2g
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Coming along nicely
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Hats off for making progress in the cold rain!!
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Fits nicely in there. Good choice I think
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Re: TA_C10: Stage 1
Glad to see it ended up behind the core support!
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Old school methods. As you all know, from the factory our c10 wiper motor and washer pump were mounted in the cab under the dash. So when I smoothed the firewall I decided to relocate the washer hose grommet inside the cowl to keep those hoses hidden. Got the new hoses ran tonight. Pump works! Finish hose routing when I start putting the truck back together.
I picked up the washer hose kit from Classic Industries. Very good rubber. Should last long time. And the lengths are pre-cut to fit factory, even though I re-routed things the lengths are still pretty much the same and should work just fine. https://www.classicindustries.com/pr...rts/t1449.html ![]() I may or may not route my water bottle feed line like this. I'm trying to figure out if I can route it down the inside of cowl instead of outside of cowl for feed, but I already have my fender installed ugh.... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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That's a nice mod!
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Update - Paint (Bed, Grill, Miscellaneous parts)
Well, everything is painted now except for hood and glove box door. It took me too long to build racks Saturday morning and I completely forgot it was Halloween. Only 2 racks fit in my garage so the other 2 were outside in the driveway. Yes, I sprayed half these parts outside. Well I couldn't spray paint with kids walking by, so I sprayed just a couple coats of sealer before I realized this and quit. Sunday roles around, per the recommendations from paint tech sheet I had to spray another coat before top coating it, and I barely had enough. When I mixed what I had left it dawned on me I could add reducer to make the paint last for all the parts. Boom, just enough to do one single coat on everything. I was rushing, and wore out from a 14 hour non-stop day Saturday. First thing I did was forgot to turn the compressor on, so I ended up running out of air and by the end of the spray, tailgate and wheel tubs got bigger globs of paint I had to sand down. Next thing I noticed was when I finished, I needed to fill spray gun cleaner bottle. I go looking for it and found the reducer.... ![]() ![]() I looked it up, and hopefully I will be ok, because it's acetone and couple other things I can't pronounce. I pray the adhesion was not affected. I said screw it and kept going. So in 6 months if my paint starts peeling, we will know why.... I am not enjoying this part of the build let me tell ya. 1st round of painting, I did the cab, and it took several spray outs to figure that out, still ended up with rough paint in places(pressure too high - 18psi). I ended up respraying the whole cab a week or two later and reduced to 16psi and slower speed. 2nd round of painting, I did the doors, front fenders, inner fenders. Reduced to 16psi, it was better, but I slowed down way too much and the metallics blotched together. Didn't know this till weeks later when I had truck out in the sun and was standing 30 feet away. 3rd round, this weekends ordeal. But, I read the tech sheet and realized they recommeded 10psi. Where I got 18 or 16psi I have no idea. But when I sprayed this paint at 10psi, with much better gun control and speed, OMG it looks badazz ![]() I will say however, somehow, the inside of the cab turned out pretty decent in smoothness and color so I dunno how that happened but I got lucky I won't have to repaint that for any reason. But here is the kicker, I still have to spray the glove box. Let's just hope I can get that even remotely close in color..... ![]() Obviously I would've had someone else paint this truck had I gone a different route, but thank my lucky fridge full of beer this is not a show truck ![]() Few pics. I had the garage completely wrapped in plastic, this pic is after a bit of cleanup but hanging all that plastic this time was a blessing for cleanup. Didn't completely wrap previous times. ![]() ![]() ![]() This pic was today, they already have dust on them... Texas........ ![]() ![]()
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Oh man I can feel your struggle. Painting is supposed to be the fun part! But it's usually the most stressful to me. But you picked a paint that is difficult to spray not only because of the metallic but also the sheen, so hats off to you for taking on the challenge and sticking with it. Now put it together and start driving it and enjoying it!
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I'm with Potter. Tough color to spray, but man you are so close now. I also forgot about Halloween while I was working away on the truck...
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Yeah thanks guys, appreciate it. The truck is gonna be multi-colored for a while lol. But pretty sure I figured it out this time around. Bed parts and grill look so much better than rest of truck, color is deep and smooth. Hopefully my speed was good this time and no blotchiness. I plan to scuff my front fenders and repaint them when I paint my hood next. The front fenders are the worst of it all, I should be able to mask everything off and spray them pretty easily.
I got the grill on last night, will have pics soon. I'm ready to get this thing put back together.
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Update - Bed Wood. Relax it's temporary
![]() I need something to hold me over for a year. Bed wood is EXPENSIVE. And I want the aluminum stuff since I will be using this truck. So I pulled out the plywood and did 3 coats of Rustoleum Topside. Should hold me over. Quote of the day: "Relax, it's not a show truck" ![]() ![]() ![]()
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No criticism from me! That stuff is expensive and once you put it in it's not good for hauling much. There is value in a truck that is not perfect - you can use it and not worry about it!
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I hear the aluminum floors are a little more sturdy, as far as long lasting that is, and you also don't have the fade factor that wood has. So as soon as I can I plan to get something from smokey road rod shop - https://www.smokeyroadrodshop.com/
I feel like with that floor I will be able to use it like a work horse without worry. ![]()
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While 'cool', those alum floors sure don't seem like they would fair well in anything that sees real world use as a truck.
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Aluminum seems to show bumps & bruises much easier than steel or wood from my experience unless the material is THICK. Not sure what their price range is on those floor set-ups but I recall they were more than wood floors. I couldn't imagine spending more for a floor (a high grade wood floor) only for it to be more susceptible under normal blue-collar type usage. Parade/Good-Guys queens? I get that...
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