What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Thanx !

Nate you can buy the tail gate letters for about $7.00 a set. looks like the original ole dollor has them ...Don

[Lou Boffa]

Nate, congrats on getting your truck back. That separation anxiety is a b!#ch!
It looks beautiful.

[In The Ten Ring]

All I did truck-related yesterday was to spray a ton of "Flex Seal" (which doesn't work as advertised ) into the bottom of the new electrolysis tank trying to patch that leak.

[VWNate1]

Originally Posted by ole dollor

Nate you can buy the tail gate letters for about $7.00 a set. looks like the original ole dollor has them ...Don

Too late ! I didn't want decals , I wanted it painted like original , he painted it but was a bit sloppy .

C'est La Vie , non ? .

[VWNate1]

A Painter's tip for W.Brown :

When re painting with the backlight and windshield in place , , raise up the outer lip of the old rubber & tuck some electrical wire or 1/4" nylon rope underneath it ~ this will hold it up so your sanding , blocking & so on , will " feather " and remove that nasty old lip of built up paint etc. , leave it there when you paint too and remove it (CAREFULLY !) a few days after you paint it , this makes the edge looks nice and smooth , even with nasty old dried up rubber , helps prevent leaks and makes it easier to replace the rubber later when you get sufficient $ to buy new rubber and glass.....

This is one old Used Car Lot trick I learned to make turds look much better....

Removing the door handles , always is another simple thing that will pay HUGE dividends later when the new paint doesn't chip/peel 'round then handles in a year .......

Your truck is looking good .

10 Ring ~ you're truck is actually rather rust free ~ the core support & inner fender rust is common due to battery leakage even here in the Desert , keep at it .

[DdowC20]

Still working on brake lights. I got the turn signal switch back in. Unfortuneately, I dinged the threads up pulling the wheel. I didn't strike the nut square and it turned and mushroomed the shaft. And the wheel still didn't come off. So I beat the crap out of it and need to re thread it. I ordered a new tail light socket because when I changed the bulked the whole thing came part. That should be here today.
I hit a deer with my step daughters car on Wednesday and bent the radiator and radiator mount, busted out the headlight assembly and pushed the fender back into the drivers side door. So tomorrow is work on PT Cruiser day. The freaking deer looked like it was doing a pirrouette right before I hit it. I was passing a uhaul van think it got sucked around by the wind off the truck. Pretty exciting.
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[Wbrown]

sprayed some primer gonna be along night of blocking

[tommy3horse]

I am in receipt of a large box of interior pcs from Classic Industries to give my truck an interior facelift. I will post before/after pics when i get done on Sunday. All the parts look great.

[In The Ten Ring]

My helper (dad) came over and we removed the grill cowling.

We also began removal of the inner fender from its mount to the core support BUT those bolts are in very bad shape. Dad was in a hurry to get home so I stopped wrestling the rusty bolts and just soaked them with ZEP Twister, which is a great breakfree penetrant.

I have also learned that my grill cowling probably needs to go to the media blaster and paint shop along with the other parts.....lots of surface rust on the underside. *I guess trucks are like houses: you need to double any renovation estimate!

But, now the the cowling is off, I won't need any more help removing the fenders other than God, helping with those rusty bolts!

Here's a pic. I couldn't get it rotated.

[VWNate1]

Ofttimes striking a rusty bolt immediately after soaking it with your favorite penetrant helps wick the liquid on my shocking it....

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Ofttimes striking a rusty bolt immediately after soaking it with your favorite penetrant helps wick the liquid on my shocking it....

Great advice! Thanks.

Yesterday, I removed the passenger inner and outer fenders. What a job! Rust issues force me to use a Dremel tool to cut the inner off the core support but the rest wasn't too bad, except for I didn't know where all the core support-to-fender bolts were. Oh and my bumper got into the way! I may remove the bumper before it's over with.

I removed the fenders as a unit and then actually got most of the remaining bolts out to separate the inner from outer fender. Only 1 bolt broke off and 1 bolt I cut with a reciprocating saw then broke it off.

[Econman]

I worked on some piddly stuff..

Attached my Lokar detent cable to the tranny and snugged down the cooler line fittings.
Tapped and plugged my oil filter adapter.
Gapped the spark plugs and put them in.
Installed a new brass vacuum hose fitting in the intake for the brake booster.
Wasted time (unsuccessfully) looking for a coolant temp sensor that's 3/8 thread with the button tip.

[hamjet]

Cut up a valve cover to adjust the lifters while engine is running so oil does'nt get all over, plus to watch the push rods to make sure they are rotating ok,( that was painful cutting up one of these covers), started cleaning the secondary 2 bbls for the 3x2 setup, so far it runs good on my home made redneck engine stand.

[aod92]

I know it's not much but I added arp hardware to my 12 bolt. I think these small changes make a big difference.

[stepsider]

Took off my back bumper on my stepside & painted it black, Wanted to know my rear end ratio so I pulled the diff cover, To my surprise I have a posi. After counting the teeth & doing the math, it turns out to be a 307. New gasket & posi oil & I'm ready to go.

[Econman]

Today, I primed the oil pump... turning the crank 1/4 turn every 3 mins.. with 10w-30 conventional oil and Lunati break-in additive..

Installed a new coolant temp sensor..

Installed a new Pertronix stock-look dizzy.. (but forgot to buy the new coil with it. lol)

[In The Ten Ring]

I'm kind of at a "stopping point" as my favorite Chem professor would say, so I just cleaned up on the wire wheel and NAPA Rust Treated all of the bolts from the cowling and fender removal. Of all the fender bolts removed yesterday, only two won't be used again (threads rough).

[CST10]

Changed the coil in old Owen.

[VWNate1]

Econman :

You needn't buy a $uper $pendy ignition coil from Pertronix but you absolutely -MUST- read the instrucxtions ans match the resistance of what ever coil you do use , to whet the directions say ! it varies upon with Ignitor setup you buy ~ some are designed for 8 ~ 11 VDC voltage , other are designed for straight 12 volts and failure to match the oil will cause failure, this is the reason some complain Ignitors are no good ~ not because they're bad , because they fail to personally check ~ even if you buy the $pendy $pecial (B.S. BTW) Petronix coil , TEST IT before installing it ~ .

The best igniton coils will be epoxy filled , NAPA's excellent Epoxy filled coils are affordable and last forever but you can use the old crappy coil lying in your junk box as long as it's tested and has the correct resistance .

I wish I could give back even 1/2 the help and good advice I find here.....

[Econman]

Thanks, Nate.

The feedback I've gotten is to use the 1.5 ohm coil..

[VWNate1]

Never mind ' feed back ' ! READ THE INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONS then choose , test and use the correct coil .

-Nate

Originally Posted by Econman

Thanks, Nate.

The feedback I've gotten is to use the 1.5 ohm coil..

[Econman]

Just as I will and always do...

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Never mind ' feed back ' ! READ THE INCLUDED INSTRUCTIONS then choose , test and use the correct coil .

-Nate

[In The Ten Ring]

A power failure killed my chances to make the night before's dream come true of running electrolysis on a bracket (I did dream that!) so all I did was see if my rubber spray fixed the leaking electrolysis tub. Well, no, actually! However the leak slowed to a mere 1/4 of an inch of water level per hour so that will work fine.

I hope to run it today.

I did get in a price check on media blasting and I hope to get my parts over there on Wednesday.

[Saclandman]

Found a leak in my radiator. So, being the industrious person that I am, said to myself, "screw it. Imma fix dis mah sef." More is always better, right? And sandles are always a good choice when soldering over a concrete floor. The resulting splatter burns are fantastic.

[In The Ten Ring]

I started wearing safety glasses anytime I was under a truck when I got a piece of rust in my eye. I stopped wearing flip flops when I missed a step and folded my toenail back 110 degrees. If you value your feet (and your survival) stop wearing those deadly things. Lecture ends.

I hope you got your radiator fixed. More is better....just ask your wife/GF.

Yesterday I hauled my NOS fender, NOS outer rockers, and OEM core support to the media blaster. I managed to forget to take the grill cowling so I'll have go back again!

I have been running electrolysis for 48 hours on a bracket. It's taking forever but that bracket has sections that are down to bare metal. The process will continue.