What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by Mike_The_Grad

Thanx @ elliot949 &@TeX Jake. Anytime I get two of the same opinions its good enough for me.pictures soon to follow. Any idea on how many cans? I'm gonna paint engine and trans.

Probably no more than 3... the key to this product is to apply it EXACTLY per label... If you do Everything right there will never be a time that you would need a "professional" repaint it...

This product actually is what most Restoration companies use to paint OEM style restoration projects...

[Ridgeclimber]

I spent my weekend stripping the paint off of my hood and the front fenders. I used aircraft paint stripper then sanded it down. Very time consuming.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by Ridgeclimber

I spent my weekend stripping the paint off of my hood and the front fenders. I used aircraft paint stripper then sanded it down. Very time consuming.

Oh...My neck!

[jmorri34]

Originally Posted by Ridgeclimber

I spent my weekend stripping the paint off of my hood and the front fenders. I used aircraft paint stripper then sanded it down. Very time consuming.

That looks really good, I have been struggling on how to strip all the old paint off my truck it needs to go to metal. All in all did the stripper work well for you and what did you use in the sanding process thanks Jerry

[VWNate1]

Just be EXTREMELY CAREFUL of chemical burns ! I first used " Aircraft Remover " in the 1960's and got some on my hands and arms , boy howdy was that a bad burn and hurt like the dickens because no water or anything else to remove it from my skin .

[texjake]

Originally Posted by Originally Posted by Mike_The_Grad

Thanx @ elliot949 &@TeX Jake. Anytime I get two of the same opinions its good enough for me.pictures soon to follow. Any idea on how many cans? I'm gonna paint engine and trans....

Originally Posted by Elliot949

Probably no more than 3... the key to this product is to apply it EXACTLY per label... If you do Everything right there will never be a time that you would need a "professional" repaint it...

This product actually is what most Restoration companies use to paint OEM style restoration projects...

Agreed. Apply as per label. I painted a set of headers on my 38' Plymouth ratrod truck last year and once they were installed & I ran the truck they never blistered or discolored. And since I didn't have a oven to cure them in, I painted them in the summer sun when it was 103 degrees outside. And I also did the run cycle as directed just to help cure them from the inside out. Also a great prep surface is the key to getting paint to bond forever.

[sgt1022]

Replaced broken transmission mount

[Wildcard]

got my New 10 1/2 Ubolts in yesterday, going to make drop blocks this weekend

Wildcard

[Saclandman]

Installed my new engine harness, and got the old boy fired up..kinda. Took a lot of fiddling with the timing, but finally got it sputtering with the accelator smashed to the floor. Looked down the carb, pumped the throttle, and just a little bit of gas is dribbling out. I just rebuilt the carb too. It was shooting a nice jet out right after I got it back on the engine. Now, just dribbling. Guess I have to pull the carb apart again.

But it ran, yippee!!!

[Mike_The_Grad]

Awesome thanx again @elliot949 @TeX Jake much appreciated. I'm in so. Cal. And its been really nice weather lately. i.e. 70°-80°. I even have a space heather that can supply the heat over night.

[First c10]

Puts some paint down before we install the new motor!!!!

[jmorri34]

Took her on a ride around town, went to the folks house and to get pizzas for dinner before the icepocalyps hits here in houston and the city falls apart!!!

[VWNate1]

Hooked up the trailer and drove out to Adam's and bought my new cab ! .

Now I have to wait until Thursday or Friday to take it to the body shop and see what he wants to replace it .

[OregonNed]

I test fitted my new seat and figured our how far up I needed to mount my floor shift:



Then removed it and began the fat mat installation:



Then laid the new carpet in to test fit:

[VWNate1]

Be aware that media blasting creates heat and can warp panels WAY beyond salvage ~ I've seen this happen many times , even though the company said " yeah , yeah ~ we've been doing this for 20 years and never ruined a panel yet " .

Once your original panels are ruined , you're going to wish you'd chem stripped instead .

[Mike_The_Grad]

This was 2 days ago. My first successful engine/trans pull. Had a couple buddies with a lot more experience than me, over to help. And I'm very glad they showed up. Saved me from making a very time consuming mistake since I was going to just yank the distributor out without finding tdc on #1 piston! Now begins the fun part! CLEANING! then paint. Also found out my timing chain cover is missing my degree timer. So now I gotta pull balancer and water pump.just one more thing to do... but it needs to be done. Might as well do it while its out in the open. I'm really excited to see how this is all gonna turn out. More pics soon to come

[9teen69]

About half way done with PS conversion. Pulleys, gearbox, pitman arm installed. Pump painted and rebuilt. I like the way TXfirefighter painted his, wish it was powder coated but rattle can will do. I did have my pulleys power coated 60% gloss.

Sorry keeps flipping photos.

[Ridgeclimber]

Last weekend I finish stripping three layers of the old paint off of my hood and front fenders. We then finished of fixing a couple of dents on the hood and one fender. Prepped and primed the hood and fenders yesterday. Today I stripped the grill. Oh ya and I picked up my new billet aluminum dash panel and glove box door from one of the forum members. Looks good with the new auto meter gauges I picked up aswell.

[harpo231]

There's a trick to the fuel pump rod... should be a bolt on front of block that doesn't look like it holds anything. Take it out push rod up and put longer bolt in. This will hold rod till you're done . just don't tighten enough to scar rod,and don't forget to put original bolt back in.

[VWNate1]

Grimy but not really bad , it'll look great when you're finished .

Did you remove the entire front clip as one piece ? .

[texjake]

My Flowmasters came in today & got them installed. It sounds so much better now! And yes my interior is still gutted, waiting on parts to come in.

[BugzC10]

Originally Posted by texjake

My Flowmasters came in today & got them installed. It sounds so much better now! And yes my interior is still gutted, waiting on parts to come in.

Which one did you get and how bout a sound clip / video.

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by texjake

My Flowmasters came in today & got them installed. It sounds so much better now! And yes my interior is still gutted, waiting on parts to come in.

need to drop by and see what you have done so far.....how far away are you from street use ... ole dollor is at the trans shop fixing a small drip right now...took her today and will try and pick her up on Monday..

[KyleSeal]

Originally Posted by OregonNed

I test fitted my new seat and figured our how far up I needed to mount my floor shift:



Then removed it and began the fat mat installation:



Then laid the new carpet in to test fit:

Where'd you get the carpet from?

[tomshortwide69]