What did you get done 3/7/10 springs coming edition

[old Rusty C10]

Only thing i did truck related was go buy a scanner tool to figure out why the CEL is on in the S10... other than that its been a busy week and the st pattys day parade was in SI this today so me and the bride and her family went there.. some cool old cars and some military hardware went downt he street but nothing earthshattering

links to the pics..http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...8984059&ref=nf


you all?

[S10Fan]

The wife and I got back Thursday night after spending a few days in Pocono Pa celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. After I unloaded the car my wife asked me if i was going out to the garage to tell the Heap that "Daddy" was home. LOL.

Replaced the bed strips with some stainless ones from Mar-K. Decided to sand and re-coat the bed wood while it was out. Got everything back together this afternoon.

[Gemp]

I got one step closer to finally starting on my 2wd Jimmy project. I got the junk Caprice loaded on the trailer ready to go to the scrap yard.

[spankbomb]

Slid my new junkyard housing underneath and took a bunch of measurements and put them into a 4-link calculator. Then I began window-shopping on the internet for four link parts and sent a couple of vendors parts lists for quotes. Will hopefully order up new parts tomorrow or Tuesday.

[1974ChevyC10]

i actually did something truck related for the first time in a long time.i bought a new(well to me anyway)truck-a 1978 Chevy Scottsdale 1/2 ton longbed.also looked at a couple vehicles for sale for the wifey.so its been a pretty productive week vehicle wise so maybe this is a sign that a new van is coming for the wife as well.

[turbo350]

Stripped all the smog stuff off the new (to me) 400 and put it on the stand. I was pretty happy that at least it turned over by hand. Ran out of time to due a compression test. In the process I was able to use the new crane I bought and even with the little puny caster wheels it came with I was still able to roll it around the garage pretty good. Never though I'd get excited about an original 70s era smog motor

[Raised On Chevy!]

Insured my 83 after the abnormally short winter we had, good for about 7-8 monthes again

[SCOTI]

I yanked the 12-bolt w/3.42's out of my 74. It's been dying a slow death & man was it a mess. I'm going to autopsy it later this week or next weekend to see if there are any pinion bearings left....



I got the 'new' 12-bolt w/3.73's I acquired from board-member 'Jonboy' cleaned up, added fresh bearings + seals, & under the truck. Still need to set it back on the ground to finish tightening the leafs & shackles, add differential fluid, & double check all the hardware is tight. I finished up in the dark yesterday & it's been raining all day today.

I should also receive a couple of parts for my 64 project this week so this rear-end swap will be put to work immediately. I'll hopefully be tugging a rolling chassis worth of parts to get powder-coated soooooon.

[Jonboy]

I went to Austin to help a friend out with a few of his projects. We gutted a pretty rough '84 4x4, and put a new master cylinder in his '74 Blazer. We also diagnosed a bad fuel sender (after pulling the tank) in the Blazer, and installed carpet in his '87 Monte Carlo SS project. That was yesterday, we cleaned the shop up this morning before I had to head home. It was great being able to hang out, and work on some cool stuff.

I also scored a few cool things fro my '79. I have a beautiful set of old school slotted mags, and a way better dash pad. I'm pretty stoked!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

I went to Austin to help a friend out with a few of his projects. We gutted a pretty rough '84 4x4, and put a new master cylinder in his '74 Blazer. We also diagnosed a bad fuel sender (after pulling the tank) in the Blazer, and installed carpet in his '87 Monte Carlo SS project. That was yesterday, we cleaned the shop up this morning before I had to head home. It was great being able to hang out, and work on some cool stuff.

I also scored a few cool things fro my '79. I have a beautiful set of old school slotted mags, and a way better dash pad. I'm pretty stoked!

You still plan to swap them for the Ralleys?

[softballnrd27]

I polished the center caps on my wheels and also stripped and primed them all. I actually painted 1 to see what it would look like and I can't wait to get them all painted and installed. I even replaced the faded center sticker with an eagle globe and anchor sticker. Here are some pics:
Beginnig:

After:

Side by Side:

New stickers:

Painted Wheel:

[bigblock73]

Got Yeller back from the painter last week, so I have ordered some new parts to put on, and started the interior reassembly.

Wife and I also purchased a new crib for the new visitors that are on the way...I assembled it in the living room, only to find out it didn't fit thru the bedroom door. SO, took it apart and reassembled it again in the room. Sucked, but now I can take it apart and reassemble it without directions...LoL.

Other than that, just did chores and relaxed as much as I could.

[Jonboy]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

You still plan to swap them for the Ralleys?

I still don't know. They are so nice, I would love to run them. As a backup, I brought my set of ralley's to work, and have a set of the factory aluminum wheels there too. I need to figure out what tires to go with. My slots are 15x8.5. If there is any way to get the slots to go with a 4/6 drop, I need to figure it out.

Edit: the wheels have a 3.75" backspace (I just chcked). Will this work with a 275/60 or so?

[74 C-30]

nothing truck related, but finally got to make some maple syrup. my brother in law and his dad tap 200-300 trees and make a little syrup, and its a blast

[oldschool18]

got my bed painted and a couple odds and ends done, still waiting on lots of parts to come. next weekend cut and buff the bed, then hopefuly the following weekend all the parts will be there and I can get it together and have it on the road........just got off the phone and friday I will be going to go pick up a 91 chevy blazer 4x4 with a 350

[longbedrick]

took the gross old cattle racks off. BIG improvement! also pulled the old girl out of the ruts she's been sitting in for the last couple years

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

I still don't know. They are so nice, I would love to run them. As a backup, I brought my set of ralley's to work, and have a set of the factory aluminum wheels there too. I need to figure out what tires to go with. My slots are 15x8.5. If there is any way to get the slots to go with a 4/6 drop, I need to figure it out.

Edit: the wheels have a 3.75" backspace (I just chcked). Will this work with a 275/60 or so?

255-60's for sure in the front. I know rotation was a consideration so the 275-60's might be a bit tall for the front w/that back-spacing.

[Jonboy]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

255-60's for sure in the front. I know rotation was a consideration so the 275-60's might be a bit tall for the front w/that back-spacing.

Do you think 255/60's on the front will be OK? I am not so much worried about rotation as I am having the wheels look funny being the same width with different sized tires. I agree with what you were saying, I honestly probably wouldn't rotate them anyway. I think 275/60 on the rear would be fine.

[D.FENS]

New starter and some 1/0 gauge stereo power cable fixed my no-start condition.

Thought I had a couple of dead Optima$ (common) but turned out the starter was dragging so hardcore it burnt the wire in two.

Also picked up some more front-end parts, hoping to get the drop going by early summer.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

Do you think 255/60's on the front will be OK? I am not so much worried about rotation as I am having the wheels look funny being the same width with different sized tires. I agree with what you were saying, I honestly probably wouldn't rotate them anyway. I think 275/60 on the rear would be fine.

The 255-60 275-60 combos on 8.5" wheels would both work well. Ideally, you'd have a narrower width front tire on a 7"/F & the 275 on the 8.5"/R, but the sizes you have will work.

[68Timber]

Cleaned up/repainted the headlight buckets on my truck and put a new grill on, painted a set of rally's for my daughter's truck.

[81shortstep]

i primed painted and cleared some of my ball joints and tie rod ends

[87 chevy silverado]

how did you clean the center cap up so nicely

[jitteryguy]

haul'd off the trash then went to get new glass's (that took 4 hour's) and install'd some Suburban interior trim I found at the local Pull-a-Part in the Dually !

yesterday was more perductive , got the race car, one of the S10's and the Malibu haul'd out to my brother's place to store for a while.

[jitteryguy]

oh ya ! and took my Girlfreind out to a local park and walk'd 7346 mile's ! every step UP HILL .