46 pickemup in NJ "the Rebuild"

[CURSED GEARS]

Good update. Your OCD is paying off.

[Koffer]

Sweet rig so far , shot over here to take a look at it after you posted in my 700r/292 thread
Unlike my dumb marshmallow coloured and shaped stepvan with too many miles your doing yours right , I'm just trying to keep my Carlisle parts wagon in good mechanical shape and more driver friendly

[paintman]

Well the paintman had hoped to finish up the brake lines this weekend but thanx to Fed Ex, my tubes never showed up after they sent me an e-mail saying they would be delivered on Friday.

Sooooo instead I spent a long miserable weekend working on the back of my cab. To refresh every ones memory.......The previous owner didn't know how, or didn't want to fix the dents on the back of the cab. So instead he took a big piece of sheet metal and about 50 pop rivets and put a band aid over the mess (see post 66). Nothing like spending a holiday weekend welding, grinding, and burning through But by the end of Monday I am pretty close. Just a little more grinding to go.

[paintman]

I do have a problem however and I don't know how the hell to go about tackling it.
One of my inner, rear cab, wall supports is loose at the bottom and I don't have a clue how to reattach it. By the looks of the other 2, it appears that they are held in place with some kind of glue. At the top they are all held in place by the cross support running over them. The one on the drivers side has some kind of glue or tar behind it. The center one has nothing behind it. Now at the bottom it looks as if they are being held in place by some kind of seam sealer, but by the looks of the one that is loose the supports are not long enough to go into the sealer. I guess pics would help How should I go about fastening the loose one?


See here's the problem... If i push on this support so that it sit up against the rear wall, it doesn't seem long enough to sit in the sealer. perhaps i should just smear a truck load of some kind of glue behind the support, and then wedge a 2x4 between it and the dash to hold it in place while the glue dries. Any other suggestions?

[paintman]

Well FedEx finally showed up with my tubing so I could finish my brake lines.
The front line that crosses over to the passenger side was the hardest of them all to fab up. Took all afternoon and some extra OCD medication. I could have made things a lot easier on myself by making it 2 pieces with a splice in the middle of the cross member. But nooooooo I had to spend 2 hours bending it, clamping it back onto the frame, taking it back off and adjusting it, clamping it back on, making the next bend, and so on, and so on...... but here's what i ended up with.



The last line I had to do was from the prop valve to the rear distribution. block. The good new is I can cross off bending and flaring brake lines on my bucket list. And my therapist told me I can slowly wean myself off the OCD medication. She also told me to keep on drinking with her, so at least I got that going for me

[CURSED GEARS]

Looking slick/professional. keep it up.

[63 & 64 Bowties]

can't wait to see this done. Any updates?

[paintman]

Originally Posted by 63 & 64 Bowties

can't wait to see this done. Any updates?

In my best Jack Nicholson voice...................You want updates?... You can't handle the updates! Actually things have been moving at a snails pace. But finally some head way. I had no idea a full blown blueprint on a motor would take so long but when you have to order a lot of custom sized parts it takes time.

The motor is just about wrapped up, just waiting on some custom push rods and then dyno day should be next week. I have to say the guys up at Larry's Power are meticulous as all hell. I can't say enough good things about them.They were even nice enough to make me up a custom timming pointer.



Looks so lonely sitting with all the big boys.......

[joliver33]

Awesome looking truck paintman. I got to say you have a great build thread with tons of detailed information and ideas. Looking forward to your next updates.

[paintman]

Getting closer...............Had some issues with the valve cover hitting the guide plates, but the guys up at the motor shop just machined a little material off the inside of the cover. Hopefully dyno day is this week.

[eagleuh1]

Beautiful engine . love the headers.

[TJ's Chevy]

Paintman,
Just read your entire build. Your doing an awesome job on the truck. Keep up the good work. Also wanted to say how awesome it is to see another 6 cylinder fan on here...nice to not be alone. lol And one day I wanna have a race between you and me with our 6 cylinders. Watchin the progress from here out.

[truckeez]

Originally Posted by paintman

Any of you guys dropping in for a look see know if this heater can be run off of 12 volts or retro-ed with a different fan motor to run off of 12?

cool project---ditch the old motor assembly and slip in a flat modern 8" spal assembly--like half of a modern radiator two fan kit.
I lkes them ole 250's -- the 292 is a hawg, yesterday I tried to get an ole buddy to swap his locked up gmc 270 for spare stuff I had.
I also like 181 merc's (mercruiser 4 cyls)

[truckswede]

I have to agree with what someone else said earlier in this thread, for someone who claims not to be a builder/fabricator, you sure seem to have your ducks in a row. You're doing great work as well as documenting it for us.
And that 6 banger would be the pride and joy of any engine compartment!
Great work Paintman, and thanks for showing us!

[paintman]

Ok played around with the ole girl on Monday. Here's some of the data from 2 of the last three pulls. On the last pull we re getted and hit 288hp unfortunately we ran out of paper for the printer so you'll just have to trust me i guess. I'm trying to figure out how to upload a the videos. I guess I have to open a youtube account? Love for you guys to hear this beast, let just say it f'ing howls!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol.
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[CHIZZLER]

that is awesome. motor looks great.

[Koffer]

Sweet
I think if I took my 292 anywhere above 4k rpms I would be picking pieces of block and rods out of my leg when it shot thru the dog house

[TJ's Chevy]

WOW! I'm stoked!!! Super super excited to get my 292 back!!! Man that makes me excited! Thanks for the dyno pulls and yeah you'll have to get a youtube account and they are free...so looking forward to more videos!

[paintman]

so after spending 2 hours trying to figure out how to do this on our new mac lets see if this video works.
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[paintman]

Originally Posted by paintman

so after spending 2 hours trying to figure out how to do this on our new mac lets see if this video works.
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I guess not.............

[paintman]

lets try this..............
http://vid42.photobucket.com/albums/...pstt3dbyux.mp4

[paintman]

some more dyno porn.................just ignore my dopey wife
http://vid42.photobucket.com/albums/...psw8amgcpo.mp4

[TJ's Chevy]

Dang it sounds good! Wow, What are the specs on the cam?

[paintman]

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Dang it sounds good! Wow, What are the specs on the cam?

Its Tom Lowe's 270 cam with JE (not Ross) 10:1 pistons, crower rockers, guide plates and springs, custom length pushrods.

[paintman]

Forgot to mention that the dyno pulls showed the carb was to small. The guys at the shop said a 600 cfm is the way to go and would probably get it to hit 300 hp.