What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[Ken O.]

Originally Posted by Smitty

Brought the old girl home after the transplant.

What I have to look forward to someday. I'm jealous. Looks very nice.

[Smitty]

PJ, that’s a tensioner between the alternator and a/c compressor. The spool part of it hangs below it.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Smitty

PJ, that’s a tensioner between the alternator and a/c compressor. The spool part of it hangs below it.

Oh, ok. Now I see what's going on. There's an arm connecting the tensioner pulley to the tensioner.

[Indyuke]

Originally Posted by 67C10Step

This may be sacrilege but I worked yesterday on converting my old oil bath breather to accept a traditional air filter element. Like it for the classic look but want something a bit less hassle. Thus far I have gotten all the old element cut out of the top cover and am grinding/sanding it smooth. Will clean it up, paint it, and determine what size WIX filter will work and be off to the races.

This is exactly what I did to mine. See post #1335

[Smitty]

New household joke. Being sheltered in place and going into establishments rarely. I didn’t have the ability to transfer money into my checking acct. to make a payment on my Visa for the motor. The wife had the where withal to make the payment. So between her and my daughters it became her motor. So last night I emailed her a picture of “her” motor which she had never seen. The daughter asked her if she was going to name it “Big Debbi”.? Since while growing up they always referred to her as “Little Debbi.”

[Boog]

[Brocoli Wad]

Tore the old carpet out, put the new one in.

Light blue’ll show the sand less, I hope.

Had to reuse the escutcheon from the original as none came with the new one. It might not be the right color, but it does say Erie, PA instead of Xiden, China, so there’s that. Still need to screw down the thresholds and deal with the PO’s speaker and mystery wires.

Seat cover’s due in 5 weeks.
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[v8truckin]

Swapped out old shocks with some BT street performance shocks

[3757chevy]

Looks good ,What cover are you getting?

[72afr]

Took off the wheels to get new BFG's mounted today. Already had the truck on the stands and forgot to loosen the lugs before Recruited the Mrs to hit the brakes and hold the wood block to lock the tires while I loosened them up. Actually got a "I'm excited to get this back on the road" from her as she sat in the drivers seat.

[Gigem]

New seat cover and rear bumper

[72 Super]

Originally Posted by Gigem

New seat cover and rear bumper

The seat cover looks great!

[Chevys4life]

Originally Posted by Gigem

New seat cover and rear bumper

Looks good..........I am finally starting on mine this Saturday. I can't wait to take the same picture you have!!!!

[Brocoli Wad]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Looks good ,What cover are you getting?

I’ve orderred one from Eckler’s. They had no pictures of it in blue, only saddle, so I asked them for a picture. Instead they had the manufacturer send swatches. The vinyll component has a hint of a metallic sheen and the cloth is thick and textured. Looking at them immediately reminded me of the Impala I rode in as a child.

I’m anxious to get this thing into the truck!

My truck came with the 90’s Cheyenne seats. I found a fellow a couple hours north of me (a member here, though I don’t know his name) who had just pulled the bench from his grandfather’s truck, having just found a nice set of buckets he liked better. I was thrilled to have his seat and all it really needs is a new cover, though I may repaint the undercarriage while I do the upholstery.
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[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by Brocoli Wad

I’ve orderred one from Eckler’s. They had no pictures of it in blue, only saddle, so I asked them for a picture. Instead they had the manufacturer send swatches. The vinyll component has a hint of a metallic sheen and the cloth is thick and textured. Looking at them immediately reminded me of the Impala I rode in as a child.

I’m anxious to get this thing into the truck!

My truck came with the 90’s Cheyenne seats. I found a fellow a couple hours north of me (a member here, though I don’t know his name) who had just pulled the bench from his grandfather’s truck, having just found a nice set of buckets he liked better. I was thrilled to have his seat and all it really needs is a new cover, though I may repaint the undercarriage while I do the upholstery.
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Cool , now I'm looking forward to pictures when you get it.

[May70]

Fixed up an old dash I had in the stash....

[Rich72C10]

I been fighting a oil leak on the driver side at the very rear back oil pan (where it has the little bracket/brace on the oil pan and larger bolt). I tried normal Permatex RTV, then wrapping the bolt with Teflon Tape with Permatex RTV, then again with the Permatex Right Stuff RTV. Best I could get was just above seeping/little drippings. So I cleaned it all off again, which was fun since I really laid on the Permatex Right Stuff the other day. I put on 6 coats of Permatex 82099 Spray after putting the bolt in with a good amount of Teflon Tape (followed any/all tips on the spray on the internets). After two 5 mile test drives there is no run off on the oil pan and zero drips on my garage floor. Though it does look like a family of snails has been living on my oil pan lip LOL.

Between my test drives I installed matching Pertronix flame-thrower spark plug wires. When I was asking my zillion question to Pertronix support they stressed the distributor needed correct wires. I really couldn't tell what kind of wires I had, so I decided to replace them. Their custom SBC wires fit perfectly with my Chevy/GM OEM looms that go around the back of the engine then up under the Ram Horns (what a pain the longer ones are).

On my 2nd test drive with the new wires, unexpectedly I found the truck running so much better. When putting along in the neighborhood as the truck shifted from 1st to 2nd, then 2nd to 3rd the truck would have a wee bit of power drop. Hard to explain the feeling but I would just give it a wee bit more gas to plow through this odd drop/feeling. Now when she shifts in these areas she feels peppy and I can keep the gas peddle in place. The before feeling was like when driving a manual and you shifted too soon - kind of like that but not exactly. Real hard to explain the "feeling".

[Rich72C10]

after roughly 70 miles today, no oil on my cover and there is only that one dot on the pan where it is weeping from the oil plug (I have a new washer for that when I do my next oil change).

I have also gone from 8~10 MPG to a solid 15 MPG too - YAY!

[Steeveedee]

Excellent!

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by Rich72C10

I been fighting a oil leak on the driver side at the very rear back oil pan (where it has the little bracket/brace on the oil pan and larger bolt). I tried normal Permatex RTV, then wrapping the bolt with Teflon Tape with Permatex RTV, then again with the Permatex Right Stuff RTV. Best I could get was just above seeping/little drippings. So I cleaned it all off again, which was fun since I really laid on the Permatex Right Stuff the other day. I put on 6 coats of Permatex 82099 Spray after putting the bolt in with a good amount of Teflon Tape (followed any/all tips on the spray on the internets). After two 5 mile test drives there is no run off on the oil pan and zero drips on my garage floor. Though it does look like a family of snails has been living on my oil pan lip LOL.

Between my test drives I installed matching Pertronix flame-thrower spark plug wires. When I was asking my zillion question to Pertronix support they stressed the distributor needed correct wires. I really couldn't tell what kind of wires I had, so I decided to replace them. Their custom SBC wires fit perfectly with my Chevy/GM OEM looms that go around the back of the engine then up under the Ram Horns (what a pain the longer ones are).

On my 2nd test drive with the new wires, unexpectedly I found the truck running so much better. When putting along in the neighborhood as the truck shifted from 1st to 2nd, then 2nd to 3rd the truck would have a wee bit of power drop. Hard to explain the feeling but I would just give it a wee bit more gas to plow through this odd drop/feeling. Now when she shifts in these areas she feels peppy and I can keep the gas peddle in place. The before feeling was like when driving a manual and you shifted too soon - kind of like that but not exactly. Real hard to explain the "feeling".

Pictures

[72c20customcamper]

Got the last bits for the center console today . Dual 3.0 USB ports with voltage meter. Now I can start on the upholstery

[Rich72C10]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

Pictures

You want pictures of the area of the spraying on the oil pan or my new wires? If wires you want to see how they are routed from top to bottom?

[zicc1835]

I am interested in seeing how you routed your wires thanks much
Jess

[Rich72C10]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

I am interested in seeing how you routed your wires thanks much
Jess

Figures, that is the one that will take a few photos LOL. You can get all the brackets from GMC Paul's, except for the two that are up around the distributor. I had to get those on eBay ... I think it is Vett people that have them.

So the photos are from Top, going down, to where we end up at #1 plug. #1/3 and #2/4 fish through the motor mount and it is a PITA to get them through there too! I also put a yellow square to point out the brackets - they are a bit hard to see.

Hope this is what you wanted - the passenger side is the same. But the brackets around the distributor are different from each other.

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by Rich72C10

Figures, that is the one that will take a few photos LOL. You can get all the brackets from GMC Paul's, except for the two that are up around the distributor. I had to get those on eBay ... I think it is Vett people that have them.

So the photos are from Top, going down, to where we end up at #1 plug. #1/3 and #2/4 fish through the motor mount and it is a PITA to get them through there too! I also put a yellow square to point out the brackets - they are a bit hard to see.

Hope this is what you wanted - the passenger side is the same. But the brackets around the distributor are different from each other.

thanks for taking the time to post those pics...... nice work I needing to re route mine on the 55 265