What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[Boog]

That's some clean pan Nate. How many miles on that engine?
Myself, I have always changed the oil filter along with oil and my engines stay cleaner inside for it. Filters are too cheap not to change it every time is my thinking.

[VWNate1]

Yes , that was the inside of the pan when I took it off , didn't even wipe it clean yet .

I have no idea how many miles on it , I've had it for ....? 5 ? years now ? .

When I bought it in Texas , it took most of a CASE of oil to get it to Los Angeles and it'd foul spark plugs in 150 miles .

I converted it to OEM HEI and opened the spark plugs up to .070 , the plugs still come out oily but it doesn't smoke and runs great ~ you DO smell the burnt oil if you're behind it though .

Here's the oil screen , notice only three tiny bits of crud :



When I removed the dented chrome rockerbox (I didn't like it anyway and am sorry it got dented as I figured to give it away , someone would want it and can still have it fi they want to bang the dent out) , this is the clean top end I found :



You can see : NO accumulated sludge nor the normal crispy junk .

Yes , you CAN ' drive your engine clean ' and it takes nothing more than regular HOT oil & filter changes .

ALWAYS change the filter ! I can't imagine anyone wanting to leave a quart of dirty oil in the engine......

If you do regular hot oil & filter changes , you can use Dino based oil and cheapo filters too .

I normally use synthetic oils but this thing burned so much oil I was using the basic 40 W " on sale " house branded oils .

FWIW , this engine didn't leak and I kept it sharply tuned and made sure the PCV valve and all those rubber grommets here & there were in good shape , they're under $ 10 each in the " HELP ! " aisle at any FLAPS .

This old truck is the one I outran many Sports Cars in during Road Rallies .

Many more pix , just ask .

[VWNate1]

OBTW : in addition to the chrome rockerbox I have the chrome side tappet covers.... they're O.K. , covered now in CHEVROLET ORANGE paint that'll be easy to remove .

[DarkFlounder]

Built a rolling cart and got the replacement long bed off the floor so I can work on it and give the wife her parking space back.

[eric67c10]

Installed timing cover and harmonic balancer

[74baggedbug]

Ordered these today .. Going with a 20x8's & 10's. Now just gotta wait 6weeks for them to get here

[Ol 67 C10]

Rebuilt my door hinges, hung my rust free OEM doors, pulled the seat and carpet out. Now I can start on fixing the rust in the cab.

[cooperhw]

Jacked it up. Pulled the motor and transmission. Pulled the 457 Eaton dually rear end out. Installed the new 14 bolt full floater dually rear end. Pulled the entire front suspension out.
Wish I could say that was all before noon, but no, took my tired old butt all day and dragging the last hour or so.
Couple pics of todays work.

[outdoorsman310]

Got 'er up and running. New 350, junkyard 4 speed to replace the turbo 350. not a bad swap, but it did take awhile and cost many monies. I'll put some pics up tomorrow.

[BugzC10]

Originally Posted by 74baggedbug

Ordered these today .. Going with a 20x8's & 10's. Now just gotta wait 6weeks for them to get here

Those will look sweet! Good choice. I was considering them, but didn't want to sell my near new 15" tires for a new set.

[VWNate1]

THANX for the up dates and great photos ! .

Seeing them helps keep me motivated .

I am still sore from lifting the TH350 tranny a few times Thursday , I seem to remember them being lighter when I was still 35 years old...... .

[nicks diner]

TruXedo lo pro tonneau . 20 min install and fits like a glove. Solid product.

[Possmguts]

Finished up the engine cross member and A-arms today. Have a few things on the way and a couple more things to get cleaned up and painted to get the front end back together. Still have the rear end housing to work on, but have everything else for back there, so I'm getting closer to having a roller.

[cooperhw]

Pulled the 79 donor front crossmember out and got it installed in my 68. That 1 ton crap is awful heavy. Took all day.
Got Homer back on all 6 tires and rolled over to the cherry picker. Ready to put on new motor mounts and exhaust manifold in the morning and stab that sucker back in where it belongs.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by cooperhw

Pulled the 79 donor front crossmember out and got it installed in my 68. That 1 ton crap is awful heavy. Took all day.
Got Homer back on all 6 tires and rolled over to the cherry picker. Ready to put on new motor mounts and exhaust manifold in the morning and stab that sucker back in where it belongs.

Dont know a whole hell of a lot about these trucks yet, but looking at how the sway bar is mounted to the A-arms on that one ton set up Im seeing that nothing Ive looked at for mine looks like it mounts the same... My A-arms have the two holes for mounting the bushings, but I cant find a sway bar that mounts like this. Any ideas? I know yours is a stock set up, but why cany I find that?

[Ol 67 C10]

Got my new cab mount bushings installed today. Now I can do the final adustments on my doors... only to pull them back off to do my rockers and rust repair on my cab. Will get some pics up soon.

[85burb]

today and yesterday I installed drop spindles and disc brakes. still have to install brake lines and power booster and lower the rear more. the lower ball joints did not want to go in for nothing. I have a snapon ball joint press and it was a pita to get them in. ended up braking the square part right off my snapon ratchet. ended up getting the last one in with a autozone braker bar and cheater pipe.

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by Possmguts

Dont know a whole hell of a lot about these trucks yet, but looking at how the sway bar is mounted to the A-arms on that one ton set up Im seeing that nothing Ive looked at for mine looks like it mounts the same... My A-arms have the two holes for mounting the bushings, but I cant find a sway bar that mounts like this. Any ideas? I know yours is a stock set up, but why cany I find that?

I would look at a 73 t 87 truck/suburban. I put one of those donors under a 63 GMC and it has one.Is yours a 1 ton?

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by cooperhw

I would look at a 73 t 87 truck/suburban. I put one of those donors under a 63 GMC and it has one.Is yours a 1 ton?

Its a 1/2 ton but the A-arm looks the same with the same holes for the bushing mount on the lower A-arm

[cooperhw]

Put new cab mounts under the truck and Put the motor and transmissions back in. Pulled off the broken motor mounts and exhaust manifold.

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by Possmguts

Its a 1/2 ton but the A-arm looks the same with the same holes for the bushing mount on the lower A-arm

Yeah I think the 73-87 1/2 ton chassis is what you want. I have two of them in my yard right now. Both have the sway bar.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by cooperhw

Yeah I think the 73-87 1/2 ton chassis is what you want. I have two of them in my yard right now. Both have the sway bar.

Thank you. I appreciate that and will look into it.

[das601]

What did that seat come out of? Did it need a lot of adjustments to the floor? Very nice look to it!

[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.

[74baggedbug]

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