What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[70 shop truck]

New rear brakes today and rust busting done this morning. More rust busting tomorrow. i think when I finally get rid of all the rust all that will be left is 4 tires and a steering wheel.

[texjake]

I am finally done with the interior! It was a long and tedious journey but everything is new & clean!

[70 shop truck]

Wow. Great interior!

[texjake]

Originally Posted by 70 shop truck

Wow. Great interior!

Thanks! This is what is use to look like before the transformation.

[70 shop truck]

My tank is in the cab also and I'm wondering if the new carpets are cut for this?

[chevy2tom]

There is, check with lmc, brothers, GMC paul one of them has it.

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by texjake

I am finally done with the interior! It was a long and tedious journey but everything is new & clean!

man you did good , that looks great .....congrats on the great work you have done. been working on ole dollor .....pic's will come.

[ole dollor]

well new white wall tires . new dash wood grain , new rocker panels left and right and painted doors and front fenders, been at it for about a week and a half , waiting on some of the paint to dry so I can put the doors back on and go to coffee....her are some pic's .

[Saclandman]

Prepped for the engine swap. S@$t just got real.

[bigun911]

Got mine running for the first time in 17 years and drove it to the end of the street and back. Once I figure out how to load a video where I can link to it, I will.

[greywurm]

I pulled a tired l6 and put a 72 350 in my 71 long bed this weekend... What a chore for a first time swapper to do alone. May rebuild the l6 or may sell it. Haven't decided yet.

Pulled the old motor Friday night. I didn't have the parking brake on so the truck rolled back a little and turned the transmission a bit. I'm pretty sure the only thing that stopped it from rolling further was the transmission dip stick. Oops...

Saturday I replace the transmission mount and use my police crown vic to push the truck up the driveway to turn the transmission back. Got it pretty straight. Jacked up the tranny so it was level. And lastly put the old motor on a second engine stand so I could use the hoist. The wife had other things for me to do so that was about it for today.

Today I got the motor in place and on the new motor mounts. Was getting late and have calculus homework so had to call it quits.

At this point, I need to figure out how to get the last half inch between the engine and tranny cleared and get the transmission all the way turned right. Probably about 3/4" off. Any tips would be appreciated.

[68wannabe]

Got the floor cut out and prepped for the complete floor replacement!

[texjake]

Originally Posted by ole dollor

man you did good , that looks great .....congrats on the great work you have done. been working on ole dollor .....pic's will come.

Thanks Don! It's been a labor of a love to get it to this stage. I see you been working hard on yours too....great job, looking good!

[texjake]

I installed the under the dash LED light strips & wired them into the dome light. Sorry for the bad iPhone low light pic.

[texasld]

Originally Posted by 68wannabe

Got the floor cut out and prepped for the complete floor replacement!

Wowzers that's a lot of cutting. Going to be awesome when it's all back together though.

[Econman]

Got the modulator valve, governor and accumulator back in. Plus, a nice coat of cast aluminum paint. As soon as I get a cherry picker borrowed, I'll be adding the torque converter and marrying it to my freshly rebuilt 350 and in the chassis it goes...!

[68wannabe]

Originally Posted by texasld

Wowzers that's a lot of cutting. Going to be awesome when it's all back together though.

Yep! I can't wait either. Then the new motor and tranny can get put on

[OregonNed]

Originally Posted by michael bustamante

Yeah whered you get those filler covers in all you pics? Watch those wrenches on your battery!

Just saw this - online from Undercover Innovations...

[flyngti]

While prepping my truck for sale, I noticed the headlights were flaky. I bought a set of relays a while back so I finally decided to work on the entire headlight circuit. The flakiness came from the connection to the dimmer switch. The low beam wire overheated and melted the connector and the wire. I didn't want to scrounge around at the bone yard for another connector so I drew one up in the 'puter and 3D printed it. With the headlight relays in place, there won't be enough current flowing through the dimmer to be a problem again.

[Blakeman350]

Had some spare time today so I made a new over flow tank.

[deltong60]

Originally Posted by Lanman1972

I put a bright shiny bumper on an old rusty truck!

I dig the bumber !!

[BugzC10]

Originally Posted by flyngti

While prepping my truck for sale, I noticed the headlights were flaky. I bought a set of relays a while back so I finally decided to work on the entire headlight circuit. The flakiness came from the connection to the dimmer switch. The low beam wire overheated and melted the connector and the wire. I didn't want to scrounge around at the bone yard for another connector so I drew one up in the 'puter and 3D printed it. With the headlight relays in place, there won't be enough current flowing through the dimmer to be a problem again.

That's quite the printer. Nice job.

[Wildcard]

I went in to my work a couple hours early this morning and got all the new upper and lower a arm cross shafts along with all upper and lower balljoints, cut 1 1/2 coils off the springs. and purchased new flex front brake hoses.

just need to build the front shock relocate brackets and new shocks

can put all the LH front suspension together but wainting on a new upper a arm stud that turned in the frame and had to use a cut off wheel and cut it so I could bet the a arm off. New studs should be here Friday.

This is my 67 Chevy I picked up a few weeks ago, 350/th400, pretty descent shape other than all bushing in running gear are shot.

Here is a shot of when I finished buffing here out , cant believe this actually came out as good as it did.

Wildcard

[BlacklandCamper]

Since the weather was nice, I went ahead and finished my carb tweaks. The new 50cc accelerator pump is in, and I was able to verify that I am running a 6.5hg power valve.
Got the fuel filters installed, and managed to fire it up for the first time in almost a month.

First impressions are that the flat spot is now gone, and it should run like I want it to. Just a few more tweaks with the fuel system, and then it's on to the interior electrics, and suspension.

[vidman]

New driveshaft finially in. Just a few more things to do before i drop the bed and cab back on..