What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[VWNate1]

Where the flexing as I drove perhaps a little bit too hard in the really twisty bits and ripped the floor loose from the rest of the cab due to rust along the pinchweldment :

This was the same day/time I broke a rear shock mount .

Frame all stripped and ready for bead blasting :

[VWNate1]

250 CID i6 engine ready for cleaning , I know I drove it filthy , please don't tease me too much :



After the first cleaning :

[VWNate1]

...To post lots and lots of pictures , I'll stop if anyone complains .

All cleaned and stripped , ready for the (!NOT!) fun of wire brushing off the two coats of old paint :



I have two milk crates full of cleaned 250 parts ready for bead blasting , I'm just waiting for time and dry weather...

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

...To post lots and lots of pictures , I'll stop if anyone complains .

All cleaned and stripped , ready for the (!NOT!) fun of wire brushing off the two coats of old paint :

[I have two milk crates full of cleaned 250 parts ready for bead blasting , I'm just waiting for time and dry weather...

I think we all like a lot of pic's.....good to see you are on you way to having a really sharp truck, I will be puling my head in the near future and do a valve job on mine, # 5 is showing weak..... Nate good luck on the truck...

[big jr]

Got my drive shaft in fired it up and discovered that I now have a bloody header leak. Let me start over I drive a 70 cst20 longhorn daily Itthrough my drive shaft out on new years day and just got a replacement I removed the 3/4ton running gear back in June put a 12 bolt from a 78 5/8ton and drop spendles from classic industrys i t was really easy took 6 hrs to do the front and a day for the rear only problem was the spring perch's had to be moved in 31/2 inc well the guy I had helping me got in a hurry and the pinion was off 2 inc and put the ujoints in a bind I put 25000 miles on them everything was fine until I pulled my tractor to Orange and put a bind on the drive line it striched the yoke out and slung out the drive shaft at 65mph

[big jr]

Have you used easy off oven cleaner in the yellow can it will remove everything down to bare metal. Spray it on let it sit respray then hose it off

[VWNate1]

Yes ;

I have tried oven cleaners but this is the 250 I'm not planning to take apart just yet plus , truth be told , I'm a geezer who likes the ' zen ' of diligently working out there with my drill motor throwing old paint chips in my face (yes , I use a full headgear typ face shield) , the dogs laying watching me and occasionally interrupting to _demand_ belly rubs etc...

[Lou Boffa]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Yes ;

I have tried oven cleaners but this is the 250 I'm not planning to take apart just yet plus , truth be told , I'm a geezer who likes the ' zen ' of diligently working out there with my drill motor throwing old paint chips in my face (yes , I use a full headgear typ face shield) , the dogs laying watching me and occasionally interrupting to _demand_ belly rubs etc...

Looks good Nate. Keep 'em coming.

[VWNate1]

Okey-Doke ;

To-day (Wednesday) is my Friday so I hope to spend a couple days working on it and other projects , I'll try to take some more photos .

I cannot tell you how much I enjoy watching you alls working on your rigs ~ the skills displayed here are amazing and humbling .

[jethro5333]

finally got some paint on the bed. took all day to get the garage warm enough to spray.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by Lees68GMC

Had the Bed inside Painted by a friend

Got pics of how you ran the tube to the fuel tank back there? Looks nice.

[big jr]

Got the front ujoint in the Carrier in fired up my longhorn and put 150mi on it without a vibration at all runs strong tomorrow in changing the oil fixing the hedder leak and gonna drag my boat to the lake and fish all weekend I'll get back with you on Sunday the horns back on the road

[poway]

Oven cleaner is great to degrease everything. I get it at the $.99 Store. I then go over the left over paint with a wire wheel.

[hammerholley]

Originally Posted by zellway

Added one more to the fleet.

Do you know how rare this truck is? Is this an 8 lug?

[dirtyjim]

finally put the Nissan 20's on the back so it now has matching shoes

[Possmguts]

Installed this shock re-location and adjustable panhard bar kit... is anyone else using this?
Im gonna scrap the bolts and weld it all up.

[DaHos]

Originally Posted by dirtyjim

finally put the Nissan 20's on the back so it now has matching shoes

Now thats funny....had to take a look out back and see if it was still there......lol

[BlacklandCamper]

Swapped the 750 Holly for a 600 AFB (please keep the "I told you so's" to a minimum), received a pair of unmolested, big valve double hump heads (yes, yes, the 305 heads are gonna go), replaced the plugs, wires, cap, and rotor, re-timed the ignition, charged up the battery, and drove it to work.

Now, I just need to finish the suspension, and get it riding and sitting how I want, as well as figure out where the glitch is in my dash lights.

For some reason I can only upload one photo at a time...

So here are the goodies in my trunk.

[BlacklandCamper]

Casting number. Just because.

[VWNate1]

More cleaning electric drill motor and SAFETY FACE SHIELD :


You'll notice I stopped here to show the rusty old surface underneath the paint ~ I like it to be clean and shiny so the new paint adheres well .

The left side of the block is almost ready for paint :



Pulled the oil pan to check for sludge , this is the whistle clean oil intake screen , due to routine BLISTERING HOT oil and filter changes :

[VWNate1]

Nice clean engine in side so I cleaned the gasket surface HOSPITAL CLEAN :



See ? clean as can be everywhere :



Even the sump had NO SLUDGE in spite of this old engine burning oil like crazy and fouling spark plugs in 150 ~ 200 miles :

[VWNate1]

This engine was rebuilt some time ago and the methods use by the Rebuilder to ensure no oils leaks was to GLUE EVERYTHING TO - GETHER leaving giant ugly mooshes of sealer dribbling out everywhere , inside and out , here are my tools ~ Ether (starting fluid in Foo-Foo cans) to soften up the rubber glue and old rock hard cork gaskets , metal scraper to begin then two different size wire brushes to clean it all good enough to eat off of and to better control leaks upon re assembly :





Sometimes I use Aerosol gasket remover to begin degrading old paint , I'll try the oven cleaner next .

When using rotary tools it is CRITICAL to use the $15 face shield ! . I got metal chips in my right eye decades ago the _one_ time I was " too busy " to go get it and my right eye will never be good again , learn from my stupidity , not your own horrible pain and misery spending the entire weekend awake in the Hospital please.... .

I hope to get back to it to - morrow and will attempt to show the usual damaged oil pan bolt holes and how to fix them , sorry about the blurry photos , some are , some are not , it must be me .

OBTW : the face shield gets filthy dirty but it's easy to clean , : use running cold water and your CLEAN FINGERS to gently work the grime lose and float it off with out scratching and ruining it , then shake dry and blot off the water drops with wadded toilet paper .

Wiping it with rags , destroys it instantly no matter how soft and clean you think your rags are .

SAFETY KNOWS NO SEASON ! .

[dirtyjim]

Originally Posted by DaHos

Now thats funny....had to take a look out back and see if it was still there......lol

nice truck you got there

[dirtyjim]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

When using rotary tools it is CRITICAL to use the $15 face shield ! . I got metal chips in my right eye decades ago the _one_ time I was " too busy " to go get it and my right eye will never be good again , learn from my stupidity , not your own horrible pain and misery spending the entire weekend awake in the Hospital please.... .

I hope to get back to it to - morrow and will attempt to show the usual damaged oil pan bolt holes and how to fix them , sorry about the blurry photos , some are , some are not , it must be me .

OBTW : the face shield gets filthy dirty but it's easy to clean , : use running cold water and your CLEAN FINGERS to gently work the grime lose and float it off with out scratching and ruining it , then shake dry and blot off the water drops with wadded toilet paper .

Wiping it with rags , destroys it instantly no matter how soft and clean you think your rags are .

SAFETY KNOWS NO SEASON ! .

its still a good idea to wear safety glasses under the shield and when you raise the shield tilt your head down so your looking at the ground at your feet. chips, shavings and such collect between the shield and the headband, then when you raise the shield it falls straight into your eyes

[outdoorsman310]

took a picture of my truck today. I also picked up my crossmember from the salvage yard. does anyone know if the gmc crossmembers will work with a 350? its twisted like a v8 but might have been a v6?