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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Members Rides => Topic started by: 2502 on April 04, 2008, 01:43:28 am
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been eyeing the neighbor's wreck for a while now... and i finally got them. pushing it into my driveway tomorrow but it's mine. so now i got a nice parts truck for NOTHING. well, 500. pretty much has anything i wanted in mine already, and it's got a nice 350 crate motor which i have no idea what's been done to it. but it had won a few trophies before it's demise. i can't wait to start. all i'm missing now is a shaved door kit.
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Sweet, $500? Good deal!
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Good score!
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Oh yeah, that's a good deal. I hope I have that kind of luck. There's one similar to that around the corner from my house and I want it. It's about that color, and lowered just like that.
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Oh yeah, that's a good deal. I hope I have that kind of luck. There's one similar to that around the corner from my house and I want it. It's about that color, and lowered just like that.
pretty much everthing i was planning on sticking in my truck is already there. just need paint and a stereo now.
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The interior looks super clean as well as the exterior chrome.
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i notice the wheels are rusting. anyway to safely remove the surface rust?
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try this
http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&w=+wheel+rust+remover&Search.x=26&Search.y=15
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Nice find proably was kinda tough looking at that sit across the street just waiting for them to come off of it. ha ha
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Your telling me you can strip parts from that huh??? For me...I would end up with 2 projects lol dont have the heart to strip a chevy
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Your telling me you can strip parts from that huh??? For me...I would end up with 2 projects lol dont have the heart to strip a chevy
i agree but you have to do what you have to do i was going to do that but i could not do it
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try this
http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&w=+wheel+rust+remover&Search.x=26&Search.y=15
thanks thanks... i been watching this censored word's will get you removed from this forum thing for a YEAR waiting. and yesterday, i drive down, see him in there... now i've harassed the old woman who insists they were going to fix it... but i was like hey, i got cash if you wanna sell it... and he says, no sold it!
i was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... i told that old bat to CALL ME if they wanted to sell it. he's like guy's coming to get it, sold it for 500. i was like did he give you anything yet? when he said no, i drove thru the yard and said tell him to edited i'll give you an extra hundred and give you the cash now.
so within a few minutes the chick that owned it was down at the house, we wrote up a contract and she's got the title in hand that i'll prob go pick up later on tonight. they can't get away. it's at the end of my street. i can see it from my bedroom window. muahahahaha. i was dancing like i was on medication i'm THAT excited. i got so depressed looking at it sit there and rot.
i would have two prokects, but the frame on this thing is twisted so bad, i just wanna take what i need and sell the rest.
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nice work man! that looks like a nice project!
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i can't wait to start... is there anyone around here local to harrisburg pa? trying to get in touch with more people that are into these trufcks like this... and know what they're doing for guidance... my grandfather passed away so my main source of info is gone now..
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have the 79 shortbed, dual tanks, with the olds swap done to it. it had a 260 in it that died, so i bought an olds 350 before getting the neighbor's 80 that she wrecked. her bed was in better condition than mine, so i'm taking that and sold my orignial. she had a 350 crate motor swapped into hers, so she says, so i'm taking that motor and tranny and going all chevy. i'm not mechanically inclined so i have to rely on relatives and friends that are to help out... so it's coming along VERY slowly... but here's some progress pics
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Was the frame twisted from her wrecking it? Reason I ask is I've seen a lot of these trucks with the passengers side rear sitting low which appears to be twisted.
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Was the frame twisted from her wrecking it? Reason I ask is I've seen a lot of these trucks with the passengers side rear sitting low which appears to be twisted.
yeah it's like a twizzler. she was drunk when she wrecked it, so i'm taking everytyhing i can salvage and swapping it over and selling what i don't need. i pretty much got my money back and then some for one of the trucks and some extras and still got two sets of wheels a cab and a ton of smaller crap to get rid of that's going up on craigslist again later..
question i have is... how long does it actually TAKE physically to swap over the motor, tranny and ac? not counting the bed and suspension etc... my stepfather is supposed to help but his go kart obessesion has taken over and i'm getting tired of it... but i don't know what i'm doing so i might have to take it to a shop now.
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If you have the proper tools and some experience around it could take a weekend. A reputable shop could do it in a day but I would plan on two.
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If you have the proper tools and some experience around it could take a weekend. A reputable shop could do it in a day but I would plan on two.
that's what i was told by another mechanic. so the fact that it's sitting here months later is pathetic when it's sitting at a mechanic's house...
guess i'm gonna have to talk to a few shops. we have the tools here but i don't wanna chance damaging wiring when i start taking stuff out. i'm not an idiot i' just dont' know what i'm doing with this stuff. but i could easily help get it done with someone showing me what to do.
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I know exactly what you are saying. It took me a little while to learn about these trucks. I think you would be surprised about how easy it is to work on them.
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Mark/Label EVERYTHING, Take Good pictures for refrence before during and after, and it won't be that hard. I would say a day and a half.
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it's intimidating looking at it from my eyes haha. i'm a girl i don't get that greasy. lol... i made sure to drag some covers over all the tuff today everytime it rains lately i just start to cringe thinking about rust growing... i'm gonna get my little brother now that school's out so i have the extra hands there and start with swapping the other bed over first, then tackle trying to get the dead motor outta my 79. that's just getting tossed so i don't care what happens to it on the way out...
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haha, i didn't realize you were female...sorry bout that! looks like a really nice start...is that a Silverado? if so, that's pretty odd that it has no factory A/C. it just looks like it has the Silverado package from the "brushed aluminum" trim and the "deluxe" horn button...nice lookin truck though!
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haha, i didn't realize you were female...sorry bout that! looks like a really nice start...is that a Silverado? if so, that's pretty odd that it has no factory A/C. it just looks like it has the Silverado package from the "brushed aluminum" trim and the "deluxe" horn button...nice lookin truck though!
yeah the girlfriend throws people off lol.. yeah it's a silverado, just no ac.. so i got the ac from the other truck that i wanna swap over.. esp now since the weather here when tstraight from winter to summer.
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ah, it's pretty easy to do...especially if you have small hands for working up in the dash installing that ductwork. i did it on my old '79 C10...which had a Corvette 327 and a 3-on-the-tree and NO power options, lol
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ah, it's pretty easy to do...especially if you have small hands for working up in the dash installing that ductwork. i did it on my old '79 C10...which had a Corvette 327 and a 3-on-the-tree and NO power options, lol
that's the problem. i got man hands. lol. i'm not some girly girl, nor am i small. so i can't squeeze into spots my gf can...
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ah, it's pretty easy to do...especially if you have small hands for working up in the dash installing that ductwork. i did it on my old '79 C10...which had a Corvette 327 and a 3-on-the-tree and NO power options, lol
that's the problem. i got man hands. lol. i'm not some girly girl, nor am i small. so i can't squeeze into spots my gf can...
lol, well, then i think it's time to recruit the GF as your mechanic's assistant...;)
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lol tried that. she starts on something and next thing you know she's working in a bikini top, and there's no concentration after that point.
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my God! yea, i think i'd have trouble concentrating as well...just have her do the work and you sit back and watch and tell her what needs to be done...:)
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my ! yea, i think i'd have trouble concentrating as well...just have her do the work and you sit back and watch and tell her what needs to be done...:)
yup. hahahahha. she's actually handy with stuff like this. what she doesn't already know, she has the understanding of. not clutzy or awkward when it comes to working on stuff like this. and the girl can rip apart a computer and diagnose something and have it back up and running in minutes. and plays guitar. word.. lol
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Good catch! now tell her to go change your oil and make you a sandwich! :P
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Good catch! now tell her to go change your oil and make you a sandwich! :P
oh you can't do it anyway she always has to be the one to get under and get dirty. i love it haha. has no issues kicking off her heels and ripping off mufflers on the way to dinner parties either..
don't get me started on the kitchen either. half the stuff she makes for dinner i've never heard of, but i have no compaints.. and for being 20 yrs old, that's a miracle in itself..
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you. are. the. luckiest. woman. alive.
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you. are. the. luckiest. woman. alive.
lol thank you sir. now if i could get her to swap the ac, i'd invest in an engagement ring... even though she topped me on that last year when she got the ring and popped the question... it wasn't even a faggy girly thing it was pretty nice...
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hahaha, well, sounds like you can get her to...
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i love the blue on your project way more than the red on my pickup. the wheels are bad ass. i love'em. cant wait to see what you do to the motor
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ok today was a journey. due to a longer story my old butt is living at home. so during this transplant of parts, my jerkoff stepfather towed both my trucks behind the house outta site, cause quite honestly he had no intention on doing the work he made a deal on. so now i have some airbrush and paint work to repossess.
anyway, the 79 has that olds 260 in it, and that still had to come out. the 80 has the 350 so called crate motor, that had to come out. the frame in the 80 was twisted pretty far back under the truck and kinda trapped the motor in but the guys got it free.
two 30 packs of beer, and a stack of pizzas. mike taylor from the psychobuells (for any of you that follow motorcycle stunting) came up with two other riders allan and dustin from next level crew and they busted it out.
the 80 was pretty bad, and a huge pain to get back to the garage, it pretty much has no steering. we towed it very slowly, stopping everytime the steering would pop, bfh it back into place, coast a little further. it finally gave way and we couldn't rig it anymore so it had to be steered with two guys on either side pushing the tires to steer it as people in the back pushed it thru the gravel.
i did get dirty, while they were pulling the motor in the 80 i dove into my engine bay wth a lot of gunk remover and some various scrapers and wire brushes to get the loose rust and grease out. i need a pressure washer. BAD. tomoorow we're going to attempt to take all the wiring crap from the ac out and swap it over, even though i'm afraid of wiring cause i tend to just ruin everything with a wire. is there a way to get everything thru the firewall WITHOUT cuting it? or is cutting it and using connectors to put it back the easiest way to go? help asap!! other than that, i think on my day off and pay day, we might just pull off the front end so i can clean and paint the firewall while the engine's out.
i pretty much just was the gopher, asking a ton of questions, getting in the way, and fetching tools as they were needed.
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today's mess.
i figured just in cause, go back over everything, make sure wiring, plugs, etc are all out in cause there's something in the other cab that doesn't have i may need. so what i've noticed is that the firewall is drastically different. before i hack a hole in there to fit the evaporator and whatnot, i'm gonna make sure all the duct work is in place and all lines up before i scrap the rest. figure i can use the ac cab to make a template outta cardboard shouldn't be that hard.
as we got the rest of the wiring and whatnot outta the wrecked cab, it started stoerming AGAIN. so i threw a cover over my 79 and headed into the garage to start tearing stuff off the engine to clean up. there's so much grease caked up on there it was easier to go with a scraper first, then gunk it and scrub off with a wire brush.
the headers are sorta rusty, they were hit too, then hit with some header primer and set aside. i washed out and blew out all the ac vents and set them to the side in the garage til later this week when i get another day off. they're calling for storms constantly so it's screwing up my momentum.
but here we go. if anyone has anything to say about the differene in the firewalls, and anything they might know off hand about clearance issues, let me know. looks like my inner fender is way to close to the firewall to fit teh evaporator housing... and if anyone ahs one of those, the fiberglass case on this is busted i need a new one. and a condenser.
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looking good
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POR 15 has a brush on manifold restoration paint that works allot better than any spray bomb I have ever used. Othe rhtan that it5 loks like your ankle deep head first! ;D
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POR 15 has a brush on manifold restoration paint that works allot better than any spray bomb I have ever used. Othe rhtan that it5 loks like your ankle deep head first! ;D
i'm doing this with a manual, and a camera. i have no clue what i'm doing. i stripped the other cab, but i'm taking now the engine stuff apart piece by piece and cleaning it. i might even go get a small parts washer to aid caues the grease is just caked up a half inch thick. i hit it even with a scraper first, THEN put gunk on, then tried to clean it. lots of work
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lots of work
You have no idea, it only gets better :)
Wait until you start putting it all back together, and you go to bolt on one of your perfectly functional old parts, and compared to the new stuff looks awful, and then start replacing or cleaning stuff for no better reason then it just looks bad.
Do yourself a favor and establish your goals ahead of time. And stick to it, until finished, then plan your next goals. If you want a show truck, fine. Start planning now what it will take.
The important thing is to work torwards your goal and don't waiver, otherwise you'll never finish.
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lots of work
You have no idea, it only gets better :)
Wait until you start putting it all back together, and you go to bolt on one of your perfectly functional old parts, and compared to the new stuff looks awful, and then start replacing or cleaning stuff for no better reason then it just looks bad.
Do yourself a favor and establish your goals ahead of time. And stick to it, until finished, then plan your next goals. If you want a show truck, fine. Start planning now what it will take.
The important thing is to work torwards your goal and don't waiver, otherwise you'll never finish.
i'm cleaning it all. anything that i took off is getting cleaned. so when it comes to putting stuff into the other cab, there's not much left on the firewall as you can see from the pics. so everythings getting cleaned. i was getting yelled at last night when my stepdad was like, you won't even SEE that. well, oh well, i'm not doing things halfway and just slapping it together. i got some time before someone has the time to help me put it back in, so starting with the engine bay, i want it cleaned as best as possible, then i'm going to take off the front clip and spray the firewall before i bolt all of this up. as long as there's no rust thru like the other cab, then i gotta have a friend come weld new metal in then paint. so i'm keepin my fingers crossed.
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no clue how photobucket moved or deleted a bunch of my project pics but anyway...
after using various degreasers that didn't cut thru enuff, i tried some cheap easy off knock off brand from wal mart. i didn't even get half thru the can, it cut the grease down in like 5 minutes.
it says not to use on chrome, but if you use it and get it off quickly it works just fine and doesn't dull the finish. which i want satin finish anway but here's a shot of the mess i'm in, and a shot of the valve cover to give you an idea.
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If you want to get grease off and don't care about the finish of the part afterwards. Easyoff is your friend...
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If you want to get grease off and don't care about the finish of the part afterwards. Easyoff is your friend...
you can use it on chrome in short spells. just can't let it SIT on there forever. rinse off and if needed you can repeat.
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there was this stuff i got from a Harley shop years back called "Pig Snot" that was an AWESOME chrome cleaner. when i first got my '72 Super Beetle it had chrome rims on it that were rusted pretty badly...once i got done with that stuff and a lot of elbow grease you wouldn't ever know they were rusted...i mean, if you looked CLOSE enough you could see pits in some places, but from a distance they looked like new rims...
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today's mess...
pretty much finished taking the bolt ons off to get it cleaned for paint. intake, fuel pump, etc. grabbed like ten bucks worth of easy off, sprayed on, blasted it with the pressure washer, and it's clean. i'm going to do it one more time tomorrow as some tiny spots had some grease run into it. and i got lazy and didn't feel like fighting with the hose on my fuel pump.
friend of my brother's wanted a hat airbrushed, so he came over with a bag full of cheap chrome accessories from like, auto zone.
i'm not complaining.
only thing is i was trying to avoid chrome now with the black and flat silver i think the chrome will look retarded.
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it is looking good i can not wait to see it painted
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i don't know if i'm gonna like the flat black, silver and chrome. i'd rather just go with a dull satin finish... does anyone know of a way to scuff this stuff to take the chrome shine down? if i get the time i'm gonna pinstripe a few things... or have a friend of mine do it if i don't do it myself... thought about pinstriping all the inside stuff, firewall, etc
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steel wool, scotch brite, sandblaster
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steel wool, scotch brite, sandblaster
used the easy off and scrubbed with a steel brush... lol.
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after letting it sit for a day while i drank myself stupid, i did the easy off and pressure washer again. after such, i easy offed AGAIN and hit it with a brand new grill brush, to make sure that i got everything off. brush stayed blue everywhere i scrubbed, so moved on to blast it for the last time. then i just easy offed the engine bay, basically repeating the same steps. we'll probably pull the front end off tomorrow. there seems to be some kinda textured crap on my firewall around all the bolt holes, etc. feels like rhino liner or some kinda spray on liner. will this sand off? if all goes well tomorrow and i get the clip off, it's next to degrease again and prep the engine bay for paint, as well as sealing the frame with a rust preventative my jobber suggested instead of por15. so wish me luck i'm going dummy on this...
yes, i did go back in and pull the hose off my water pump. lol going satin black and silver. not sure how this is gonna look with all the crhome crap i got but we'll see i guess. i already used high heat primer on everything before using the satin black i top coated it with...
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late start today cause i was laying in bed watching power block in an effot to actually LEARN something..
figured i'd swap all the duct work over for the ac while i wait for the new evaporator case to come. so that meant, yeah, i was going to cut something and screw it up. which i did. but it's not THAT bad. lol.
pulled the front clip off to find more rust than i thought was initially there, fine, replace it later. now i might just wait on spraying the firewall since those parts need replaced anyway. save my time and money this month unless sem comes thru and sponsors my little project like always.
made a carbooard templatre of the ac firewall, and used it to cut the on ac. which i still got it a little bit off, and after a couple hours and not having the extra hands i needed to hold the bugger in place i just got pissed and hacked out a chunk. figured we'd weld it back later when i closed off the hole for the non ac blower.
i was a little bit off, but the duct work went in and lined up with teh defroster, so that wasn't needed. the rest were. only thing pretty much left to do is bolt everything in place and swap out the control now it's kinda just in place for the time being while i wait on that missing part.
for a cheat sheet, i downloaded vintage air's non ac kit directions, and just mapped out what i did and didn't need as i went along. they have a check list on there, so it went pretty smoothly.
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so here's the story. i bought a 79 silverado last year. the motor blew. i know nothing abut cars or trucks, so i had to rely on my stepdad's oh so expert redneck knowledge when i bought this thing. long story short, it was all olds crap under the hood, and now after a lot of swearing and cursing people for dead, i bought another 1980 for parts to harvest. air conditioning, suspension, the bed etc. my cab and frame weren't rusted too bad which was my major concern.
slowly as we pull things apart we're finding more and more things to address but all in all still not TOO bad. only i tore everything apart to replace what was rotted, and now my stepdad renigged and won't put it together even after he got his helmets painted etc, which was the agreement for trading him paint work for him to put the truck together. which all he had to do was get the motor in and running, i can bolt body panels on and have somoene else weld any metal that needs replaced.
i got this a year ago. so now since the bed's off, i'm going to start the por15 or something similar, if anyone can recommend the frame. i got the firewall cut and the ac components under the dash, which was a task. all the extra vents, and making sure i cut it right even after i measured 10 times and made a cheater template i still managed to cut a little too much. but that's what welders are for.
the inner and outer fenders are trashed. so i got brand new ones. i wanna swap everything over from the other one over to the truck i'm keeping. so i'm basically doing this all via stuff i can find from the internet, and pics of what i did when i took it apart. for the ac swap i found some aftermarket kit for ac, and downloaded their instructions, which worked. the motor's in, but not hooked up it's just sitting on the motor mounts so nothing else has been bolted in. i'm trying to take the right steps for stopping rust on this thing now while i'm putting new parts on it. i want it to be nice, but i am going to drive it.
question is, now my so called radiation brain cannot remember how to prep stuff. the metal comes with that black coating on it, what primer should i use to put on this when i get the new fenders monday? i'm thinking just solid black, nothing too fancy. i'm back and forth between my gram's garage and my mom's where the trucks are parked. so i'm painting and prepping in the driveway most of the time. so house of kolor black since i have a ton of it is what i'm thinking to use. solid, so there's no need for worrying about color not matching, can i just spray everything piece by piece?front end is all disassembled and in my garage now, so i figured why not?
any suggestions would be great. i noticed that eastwood has rust encapsulator cheaper than por15, so i'm weighing time vs money with everything i do on this.i'd rather not waste time if it's not going to cost me an arm and a leg. i see that i can spray on the por15, but read there's a few different ways to thin it out to spray.
any recommendations suggestions, etc. or feel free to tell me i screwed something up totally. i'm going with what i can find on the internet, my manual, and with the maps i made for myself photographing every single bolt i took off when i tore this down.
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so here's the story. i bought a 79 silverado last year. the motor blew. i know nothing abut cars or trucks, so i had to rely on my stepdad's oh so expert redneck knowledge when i bought this thing.
well theres a hole lot of that around here. but anyway the back coat on your parts is primer i think at least lol. as long as you keep your measurements the same on the paint it should match up pritty good
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ok today's progress which wasn't much. pulled the radiator support apart a bit, started to use the stuff i ordered online from por15.. followed the stesp...
as i was grinding some of the rot in the corner, a small hole appeared. as much as i hate to be ghetto i am not buying another rad support. so i'm using some jb weld quick stick to fill in the hole. then some metal filler to smooth it out. i ordered a pint of it, which from now on i'll use the other stuff. the kbs kit is the same price but i think comes in a quart rather than a pint and ends up being like $5 cheaper when the shipping etc is tacked on. so that's what i'll order for my frame.
i was able to thin it out a bit, and i sprayed it on. it levels out pretty good so i blasted it. so from what i got outta the pint, 5% thin with lauquer thinner, i was able to get about 3 coats on my rad support, and 2 coats on my inner fenders. which wasn't too bad. i really laid it on my rad support esp in the nasty spots. it's still a little tacky now but it should be dry by the morning...
fyi, the marine clean is some nasty stuff. cleared off the grime everywhere i sprayed it but don't get that stuff on ur bare skin.
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very nice i am going to have to get some of that stuff
good work
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i used por15, but i'd get this stuff
http://www.kbs-coatings.com/KBS-All-In-One-Chassis-Kit_p_36.html
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nothing really today, plugged the hole up since the por15 dried.
pulled out my fenders, saw a small ding, so put it back in the box cuz i don't have any light filler to use til tomorrow. day was shot.
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well it's been some time off and again between doc visits, etc... so i finally gave up on this thing and had it towed to a shop to get it done. it sitting at my mother's property between her husband sabotaging crap and the cats all over the covers tearing them up, i get the call that the motor was flooded and things are all rusted in side, and something that looks like chocolate milk is pouring out of cylinder 8.
so now what. fml.
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so of course there's ALWAYS a story behind the fiasco of this truck.
so yesterday, we rent a tow dolly to go get them both. i drive about 40 min south to the mechanic's farm that was working on my truck. parts are missing, he's moved, great. we loaded it up, and took it. not before fighting in the mud with it for an hour trying to get it pushed up on the dolly. of course, yesterday was the only day it was raining. which of course, it only rained when we were outside pushing something, but the transits to and from, no need to even turn my wipers on.
so as we're about to leave, my gf notices a pomeranian running around. the people that lived there, this halfassed mechanic and hsi family, left their two dogs there to starve. they'd been gone little over a week, both dogs locked inside with no food or water. so great, we took the 2 dogs. my gf took the pom, and i took this old boxer that was nothing but bones really.
go home, drop off truck 1.
go to mom's, meet the constable there. it starts pouring again. those pigs piled 3 riding mowers, a fireplace, some staircase, some kitchen cabinets, tons of garbage, a baby grib, toys, bicycles, van parts, whatever in the bed, on top and around my other truck. another hr to dig it out, got it up on the dolly easier. got it home.
so being soaked and covered in mud almost the whole day, i'm glad i keep a change of clothes in my suburban. dry pants, yes. but i still have this boxer. i can't keep him, my rottie tried to kill him. so we facebooked it up, someone knew osmeone that had a rescue for boxers, so sure, yes i was asked to drive him out. didn't realize that was an hr outta my way. but ok, the dog's in good hands now.
but moral of the story is i got both my trucks home, where MY toolbox is, MY body stuff, everything to actually make some prgoress. so i got some of the stuff off the wreckage that i wanna keep, i gotta get the tow hitch off and the wheels and bed. tomorrow, i got a late start today, i'm stuffed up and got a miserable cold now.
only hassle i really am running into is moving the bed by myself... any ideas?
other than that, oh my engine is rusted and seized up way too bad, need to go another route. so lookign for another 350 for it now.
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Good for you for helping those dogs. Anyone who abuses or mistreats dogs should be pecked to death by piranha's. Tear apart the engine, although it's seized up you may be able to still rebuild it.
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Bravo man for rescuing those dogs. Good on ya for sure. Too bad your rottie didn't like the boxer. He's cute lol
That's just incredible how this 'mechanic' and his family operated. Blows my mind. So what did you take your trucks there for, and why did you choose him?
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You did the right thing - good going
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Bravo man for rescuing those dogs. Good on ya for sure. Too bad your rottie didn't like the boxer. He's cute lol
That's just incredible how this 'mechanic' and his family operated. Blows my mind. So what did you take your trucks there for, and why did you choose him?
I know his daughter. and my gf has known them forever. so i was assured, regardless of whether i was able to help, whether i was in the hospital or not, he'd get this thing together, seemed like a good guy. then i got the call from his daughter after my gf and her had a falling out, and she says, someone stole their cherry picker. so i flat out said, nice try. i'm not buying that my engine and tranny just got stolen. you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, so if anyone stole it, its becasue YOU told them it was there. so i better have my stuff within the next hour or i'll have the whole house arrested if i can. as soon as the cops got involved, it miraculously popped up right down the st from my gf's house.
my edelbrock 1406 is now gone, along with the distributor i didnt' wanna replace either. so screw it. there's an engine shop here i took the motor to, he's trying to save it. but he had a 3ft bar in there and couldn't get the crank to turn over, so i'm thinking it's better left sunk with the titanic and start over.
so today, now that i've spent too much money on constables, cops, gas, tow dolly rentals, i'm going to reorganize my whole garage, all my tools so i know where EVERYTHING is. since my carb went missing, as well as a few other things, he had left some tools in his garage which are now mine. so our discussion on the phone was such, either my stuff comes back, or i keep all the tools and jacks i took. no harm no foul. or, he can come get the tools etc i took, and i can press charges. his choice.
so now all the stuff i confiscated, i can "just keep it." i'd rather buy my own crap and have my parts back, but whatever, ok fine. at this point, the truck is torn down, it's in the right state to start frame up. so i'll just replace as i go. i have radiation scheduled i think in june, so i'd like to have the frame done, the dent out of the bed, and some of the cab done so i can be ready to paint it. i'm going to paint the hood and new fenders, etc at some point, they're in boxes and whatnot, might as well get them out of the way. i got plenty of paint. ;)
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very nice good luck
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movin the trucks again this week, taking them to a spot i'm going to rent. this should be fun.
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sounds like you really went trough a string of bad luck, hope things work out better for you
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yeah, today i put my paying work aside to get the windshields out. we started on the front, and then when i went to get something from my toolbox, all of a sudden there was a crack in the corner. so then i was pretty pissed the windshield was done. we pulled it out anyway i wanna cut this section out for another memeber that needs one pretty bad... so here's the pics from today's quick work.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/DSC01228.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/DSC01487.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/DSC01483.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/DSC01482.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/DSC01480.jpg)
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/th_MOV01481.jpg) (http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/?action=view¤t=MOV01481.flv)
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Your having a bit of my luck mate..i hate it when things go great then the gremlin jumps out and bites you on the :(.
Just out of curiosity...the cab trim on your truck,are they easily bought pre-owned,like the look it gives the cab... 8)
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Your having a bit of my luck mate..i hate it when things go great then the gremlin jumps out and bites you on the :(.
Just out of curiosity...the cab trim on your truck,are they easily bought pre-owned,like the look it gives the cab... 8)
not sure, but if u know how to get it off, i'll pack that up and send it to you. get it off carefully that is, without having the deal like my windshield that i'm still mad about... lol
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Sold...how much as i dont want anything for nothing.
I'm pretty sure it's held on with badge tape or some sort of clip,no matter if they break as it will be getting badge taped back on..lol
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Sold...how much as i dont want anything for nothing.
I'm pretty sure it's held on with badge tape or some sort of clip,no matter if they break as it will be getting badge taped back on..lol
i'll try to be CAREFUL doing that, lol...
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Many thanks bud.
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no problem
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Just read,and all I can say is what a bummer that you had to deal with all that.but im sure its gona be sweet.your off to a good start.
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i keep getting slammed with paintwork so i haven't had time. as of now i got both my trucks and this van i'm paitning, with a stack of helmets in my garage. i'm moving into a small shop to at least use to work on the trucks so that they're indoor and i'm not screwed everytime the rain ruins my work week.
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Ya I bet in PA the weather isnt the best for doin a project out side.
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definitely not. i couldn't touch it for almost 2 weeks between the rain and the crap here.
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i'm good, i got the trucks moved yesterday to a spot so i can work on it during bad weather. so i'm gonna start chopping as soon as my copy of the keys are done.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/truck.jpg)
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yeah when we were removing the windshield, i wanted to keep it. so i went to get a screwdriver to pull the clips out of the front, i come back out and my girlfriend says that the corner was cracked. (it was't before i went to get the screwdriver.) so i said screw it, and i just climbed in and pushed the rest of it out.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/th_MOV01481.jpg) (http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/?action=view¤t=MOV01481.flv)
oh well. lol
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I kept the same windshield from a 79'Suburban i parted out for my 83' k5 but on fitting it was thinner and was very loose in the gasket so i just lobbed it on the deck,bit of a letdown after being careful with it..lol
Great news on the shop space,things can progress quick when your under cover.. 8)
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got them both moved yesterday. just rented a tow dolly and moved em in. first one i did by myself, i swore i was going to have a heart attack. guess my body's not ready to be worked that much yet. lol.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c190/2502design/Truck/truck.jpg)
so there it sits now.
my engine was so rusted and pitted pretty bad, my builder was afraid the block would have a crack in it. so he built me up a 4 bolt short block, new everything, pistons, rings, everything is new. he asked me what cam to put in it. i have NO idea. i want something streetable, but i want some power in there. good bit of power.
any suggestions on which cam to use?
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still waiting on keys, then i gotta move all my parts over, sort them out again, figure out what i'm keeping, selling, giving away and trashing, then start cutting and tearing into what's already there, and redo the same steps.
oh, and move my tools over. grrr... i'm looking for a cheap toolbox on craigslist and just getting extra tools to keep over. the spot it's at is really ghetto, so i'm paranoid about having anything stolen
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Make all the windows and doors very secure, and leave the biggest, meanest dog you can find in there.
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2502, can I split your progress out of this one and move it to yours?
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2502, can I split your progress out of this one and move it to yours?
yeah sure thing...
and i have a rottweiler, a big 160lb one, that isn't friendly to people. so he won't have an issue keeping the neighborhood hooldums out.
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Nice area to store the truck in. Lots of room. Looks like it has nothing BUT a kitchen sink :D
As for cam, what gear ratio will you have? Tire height? Stall converter? Heads? All of those play a role. Just my humble amateur opinion but I like my Comp XE268H cam. A similar cam from another manufacturer of your liking would make a pretty streetable cam. The "268" style cams are pretty popular. Do you have the cash to upgrade to a roller?
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the guy that's building this, he's about an hour away from me, so we're basically building it up as i send over paypal payments til it's done. i really don't have a clue what i'm building i just want something nasty. reliable, aggressive enuff so it's a lotta fun to drive. it's not in any rush, so i can pay as i go, i'm thinking of having it done by end of summer.
nto sure what heads and whatnot he's got on it, i'll ask him and post up what he tells me
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Here's a nice cheap security camera system http://www.harborfreight.com/4-channel-surveillance-dvr-with-4-cameras-67139.html
Motion detectors and even an audible alarm are a good idea if you're in the ghetto.
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lol, i got my rottie. he's a big bad sucker.