72 K30 Build

[swamp rat]

But, in Rosanne's case she was always wrong......... Nevermind......

[flashed]

Looking great .

[7dee2]

Ha it’s always something, if it ain’t one thing, it’s another!


Thanks flashed!


Went after the 4x shifter first as I’m trying to get our interior installed. Seems that this one was a real old mistake, all during mockup we used the square body shifter from our donor K35, when I shifted (pun!) to the correct earlier gen shifter everything needed to move forward an inch or so. So, my bad here’s few pics of the high hump fix.

[rgunlock]

What is it with these shifters? Looks like it was a pain to repair but came out much cleaner looking than my carpet repairs

[Dieselwrencher]

Hey, I have a couple I need to relocate too from a NV4500 and a 241DHD. I feel your pain. Nice work though.

[7dee2]

Thanks Rick, I was thinking of you while cutting the carpet and discovering the opening needed to be moved forward.

Thanks Ryan, it really wasn’t too bad and after all the trouble to convert the truck, fighting the shifter when it’s all done just can’t happen!


Tightened up the linkage (added bushings, wavy washer, etc.) and then some Blue Loctite seems to have done the trick for the pivot bolt backing out problem. 2nd pic is with the shifter all the way back in the 4Hi position.

[71blksuper4x4]

Looking sharp!

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice! Someday I'll get back to that part of putting a shifter handle in again.

[7dee2]

Thanks Trevor & Ryan!


Thinking our interior cab wiring is done, here's some pics before the seats get installed later today. Sorry, dang shop camera has trouble with black!

[First c10]

Looking good Brett,
I wish my seats had that much room under them!!!!

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by First c10

Looking good Brett,
I wish my seats had that much room under them!!!!

X2!

I also wish that my seats folded forward more. They don't because mine came from a quad cab and not a standard cab.

[7dee2]

Thanks you guys!


With factory seat’s and the tank relocated there is lots of room behind and under, really good spot for this stuff to go! Pretty well hidden and accessible if necessary. Already to install pic just prior to installing the driver’s seat.

[7dee2]

Did a short walk around video for you guys showing off all that under seat room! lol! https://youtu.be/J3pAOP4OSk4

[First c10]

Hey Brett looks good. I like how you are doing all the interior stuff with no doors. I am going to do that.!

[Dieselwrencher]

That looks so nice! I really like those buckets. They are addictive.

[7dee2]

Originally Posted by First c10

Hey Brett looks good. I like how you are doing all the interior stuff with no doors. I am going to do that.!

Thank you, it sure makes working on stuff easier with the sheet metal out of the way. After everything is sorted (sounds like Edd China ) hanging the body panels will be one of the last things we do.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

That looks so nice! I really like those buckets. They are addictive.

Thank you, me too! I’ve never had a 67-72 bucket seat truck before and went all in with our C10 and K30 projects. Pretty sure I’m/we’re going to like it a lot as most everything else I’ve owned has been buckets.



Blue has still been carrying on just a bit, had to replace it’s Delco Gold (now discontinued) 42-month battery in the 39th month under the full replacement warranty due to sulfation (yes , free battery!). It flat would not charge over 12.4 volts period no matter what, here’s a link to describe this issue. http://www.batteryweb.com/library/wh...-batteries.cfm

It’s also still having some fuel starvation troubles, thinking winter blend fuel on the hottest day of the year (96 degrees at that time) lots of heat soak (red lights, stop & starts) it just was too much to ask of the old truck. Installed a helper electrical fuel pump for the bad fuel/hot days scenario, if necessary it may become a primary fuel pump if we have anymore issues.

[7dee2]

Tried resetting the combination/prop valve in the truck and that is not an easy task by yourself. Ha, after removing it found that I’d managed to push it all the way the other way from blocking the rear to blocking the front! Just glad we have an easy way (?) to re-bleed the rear brakes, happy frogs are back and always ready to help out.

[7dee2]

While waiting on brake parts to arrive had at the AC again, here’s our vacuum and then charged pressures with a 94-degree ambient temp. Yep, that's UV dye on the gauges and I managed to get some in the system also!

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice! I'm jealous for sure.

[7dee2]

Ha, me too Ryan, my norm is usually out riding around in old blue w/o AC!


Time to rebuild these dust shields prior to installing the fenders.

[7dee2]

Another job for the big stapler!

[First c10]

oh Man that looks like your getting closer to getting the fenders on!!!

[7dee2]

You betcha, going to start hanging sheet metal next!


Decided the first CPP replacement combination valve must have been bad (couldn’t have been my fault!)! Ordered another new valve and this little tool that should guarantee my success, it replaces the safety switch until your satisfied with the bleed.

Brake fluid did eat some frame paint off and I’m right back to really, really, poor flow to the rear brakes. Arrrgh! Found that fluid flows from both the rear input and output lines but not through the actual inline proportioning valve.

Pulled it back out and removed the prop valve off the new part. Arrrgh! Found the prop valve was full of oil (and? grease?) so I’m thinking my bad should have cleaned it prior to install. On closer inspection found that even cleaning it wouldn’t allow fluid to move like the original. Don’t usually like to modify new stuff but it was obvious it just wasn’t going to work properly in our application. Opened up the bore just a little bit and tada, we have brake fluid to the back of the truck! Yippy Skippy!

Ha, after some paint touchup looks exactly like it did in the beginning before all of this! But now our brakes work great and the light on the dash is working correctly. Winning!

[Dieselwrencher]

That's a PITA but great to hear you got it fixed up!

[7dee2]

Thanks Ryan, yes it was but I know it's going to stop on a dime now!


Flatbed update; Good news it’s here, bad news they totally disregarded the final revised signed CM drawing! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=956

We were going to wait for tool boxes until it got here for ease of installation and I'd get to pick the box's, that didn’t happen. The fuel fill is not on the right side as we had specified. It is far enough back that we can make it work, just need to rotate the fuel tank 180 degrees. Expected the tail panel to be treadplate but it came in smooth, I'm ok with that, still looks great. All in all, I think it’s going to be a pretty nice bed for our K30.