Oh, man. Its been a while. Sheesh. I have done a lot but between our aging dinosaur computer, and google's never ending crusade to make my life miserable, I haven't been able to post.
I think I have the latest google matrix figured out. We'll see. It operates with slightly less confusion than an infinity of mirrors.
Some time, a long time ago, now, I painted my bed. Like back over the summer, or some such.
upside down firstest:
Clean:
Black paint:
Purty, purty.
Off with the old GI armor:
The test primer came off, too.
This body line was rolled. But with the help of my oldest son I was able to get it back to what GM intended:
More dents, and paint stripping:
After much sweating, we put on the signature epoxy primer, and then the 2K urethane high build:
Even more purdy, purdy:
HA HA! How about that body line now?
And then the basecoat/clearcoat:
Remember that rolled body line? Take a look at me now:
Let's get 'er on there boyz!
Close up view of the clutch linkage after it was finished:
A close up of the firewall detail. The engine coil, coolant recovery tank, and the home made manifold that all of the gear boxes vent to:
Finished the steering. Used stainless steel braided high pressure line, and routed it to minimise potential damage:
This is the cooler lines from the steering valve. I used the old engine oil cooler as the power steering's fluid cooler:
Power steering pump:
A close up view of the porting work done to aid fluid flow into the pump:
I bought a steering reservoir tank off of an FLD120 Freighliner. I modified the bracket to use it on my radiator support:
This is the return line from the oil cooler.
And this big ol' beast is the -16 feed line for the pump:
Reservoir painted and -16 fitting installed:
Standard "can-o-ham" tank with -16 fitting to be welded:
This picture shows my pump's back plate. It is the one on the left. My Saginaw pump uses .800" vanes versus the standard .600" vanes that 99% of all GM Saginaw pumps use.
Rebuilt, resealed, and back together with the pulley installed:
Reservoir parts prior to finishing:
And this view shows the pump, and reservoir after mounting, with the -16 feed line, and the -06 pressure line in place: (the alternator was just a mock-up piece)
I bought an ACDelco remanufactured alternator off of eBay for cheap. It was made to fit an '89 S-10 with the 2.5L engine. I didn't care. It was a 100amp model, and that was all I was concerned with. I simply changed out my front housing for the incorrect one. (the correct one is on the right)
Voila:
Right where she belongs:
These are the bed mounts. More on those later. These will be part of the hinged framework that will allow the bed to tilt:
And finally, the roll bar after the paint was stripped, and the kicker bars were modified:
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