Forest's rebuild thread

[forestb]

This is how I feel most days I work on the truck.

[forestb]

Got my tail gait and grill letters on this weekend. Here are some photos of my engine bay.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by forestb

Got my tail gait and grill letters on this weekend. Here are some photos of my engine bay.

Looking Stupendous!

[forestb]

It has been about 8 years sense my truck has had a solid floor. It sure feels good to get it back in.

[forestb]

Yay got new tail light brackets installed. Boo the tail light don't work. The blinker and the break light do but the not the tail lights. I think it is not getting a good ground but am not sure.

[The Rocknrod]

Your keeping me motivated - looks great!

[forestb]

thanks

[aggie91]

Looks good. Which radiator did you use? I like the more rounded top tank compared to others that I have looked at.

[forestb]

I got it from Us Radiator. I have not driven it a hole lot but I am happy with it so far.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Looks good. Which radiator did you use? I like the more rounded top tank compared to others that I have looked at.

[forestb]

I created a new license plate bracket. I have never liked the original location. It is all mock up parts. Have not put it on the truck yet.

[chevyfreek]

Beautiful truck you have. It makes me want to go buy a short stepper!!

[forestb]

Originally Posted by chevyfreek

Beautiful truck you have. It makes me want to go buy a short stepper!!

thanks

[siggyfreud]

Looking great! Bed wood looks amazing. Was that a kit?

[forestb]

Yes it was from mar-k. I added the gas filler door my self.

Originally Posted by siggyfreud

Looking great! Bed wood looks amazing. Was that a kit?

[The1960APE]

The build is looking GREAT, I like the white inside the bed, its a nice contrast!

[forestb]

Found this today. It is a wire that got squished by a bolt. It is a wire that goes to my tail lights. I fixed it but didn't get a chance to see if it salved the problem. I am hopeful but I am thinking it will not fix it sense it was only one wire and both tail lights don't work.

[forestb]

Wheel vintiques. They are 17x8. They powder coated them black for me but now they only sell them pre coated in silver. I think you can speshal order them in bare steel. There website says they are out of stock but if you call them they have them.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by forestb

Wheel vintiques. They are 17x8. They powder coated them black for me but now they only sell them pre coated in silver. I think you can speshal order them in bare steel. There website says they are out of stock but if you call them they have them.

I'm sorry, I meant the front tires.
btw... I nominated you for the TOTM.

[forestb]

Nitro tires
Thank you for nominating me.

I have to worn you that if you get the 275/55r17's in the rear and lower it 5 in or more you might have to roll the lip and even then you might have some rubbing issue on the inside the rear fender. That's on a step side. If you want to know the problem's I'm having I will post the link. But the fronts work fine with a 4 inch drop with no rubbing issues
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[forestb]

Finally got my tail light fully installed and working correctly after the squished wire problem. While trying to figuring all that out I found that the guy that installed the wiring got the tail light wire and the dash lights wire switched on the headlight switch. I also had a lot of trouble figuring that one out because the bulbs were not sitting properly in the tail light sockets so the tail lights were not going on.

I also had to make a new trans mount cross member because I had a 700r4 installed and it was causing my old bracket to sag and the drive shaft was hitting my emergency brake.

I also had to widen my rear fenders a little. I thought I was going to either get new tires or try to roll the fender but I saw that the tab that the fender bracket attaches to has a slot rather than just a hole. So I was able to pull on the fender and retighten it so that the fender stayed pushed out a little which should give me the clearance I need. I also got new rear shocks because the old ones were shot. I think that will help a little with keeping the rear from swaying around and rubbing.

I also had to trim some mettle off the bottom and top of my fan shroud so that it fit properly against my radiator. I think that help with a lot of the sound that my electric fan was making due to vibration.

I know these all seem like simple things but some of them were keeping me from taking the truck back to the transmission shop so that he can fix the leek coming from the seal between the tail shaft and the drive shaft. He also needs to install the speedometer cable which he could not install at the time because it was on back order. After the transmission is finished I can try to start saving for the interior again.

[forestb]

I tried installing the plate in it's new location. What do you all think?

[forestb]

I ran into a mistake I made before I had the mettle work done. I drilled holes for the air conditioning before the work was done. I guess I accidentally marked the wrong holes to be filled. So the old heater holes were left open and the new ones I drilled were filled in so I had to redrill them yesterday. Fortunately the vintage air kit comes with plugs to fill the original holes but it will not look nearly as nice as the holes being welded shut and painted��

[forestb]

I was getting my cab floor ready for installing some heat insulation and found a small pin hole and after some poking around with a screwdriver I found this. I think if I do a little more poking I will find that the area below is rusted also. I know I had a rust hole in a similar spot that was supposed to be fixed but it might have been in the other side. I will have to go through my old photos to see.

[forestb]

I have been spending the last few month taking the truck back and forth from the painter. I thought i had it all ironed out until I washed my truck last weekend. While washing all looked fine. About 2 hours later a lot of the cracks that he was supposed to have fixed returned. I think he thought he could just buff them out but it turns out they went deeper. I am vary tired and discouraged right now. I was about to start work on the interior. Now that will have to be put on hold. Here is a photo of the roof.

[forestb]

Sorry that image got messed up