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No name for the truck Mr. D

Truckguy99 I did pick colors see attached picture. I would like to put a diesel engine in they are a lot of money and hard to find. I went with the 5.3 as the are easy to find fuel mileage better that BBC.

Thanks Dieselwrencher

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So I finally got the car running. Ran it for 20 minutes like Hughes Engines recommended started checking timing and got to put the tranny in gear all going well then Bryan noticed oil leaking under the car. Shut it down and again the tranny leaking from the bell housing not as bad but its leaking. Went to start the car to move out of the shop and it won't start only getting 6 volts to the dissy for some reason.

The exhaust parts I got from Summit are very nice polished stainless steel I should have built the exhaust system from Summit parts. now I have some work to get done.

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Man, sorry to hear about the set backs with the car! I know that is a pita. Hang in there man!

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I posted picture on Friday of the exhaust system and it went by by. so here it is Again. started installing the Magna Flow exhaust system Friday spent 3 days and almost finished it. it did not fit from the headers to the T-case so I ordered parts from Summit nice part Summit sent me polished stainless steel. the only parts I did not modify is the X pipe and mufflers. all in all it can put nice should sound good. I did order 4 more hangers from Summit only 4 came in the kit. I used 2X6 to support the X pipe and mufflers the n built the rest to fit.

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Looking good. Did you mig weld the joints on the stainless steel tubing? What kit did you order?

Wow Dave, that's looking really good. Your build is finally coming together nicely.
Won't be long now and you'll have the cab back on and you'll be up to your ears in wiring!
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I used stainless steel wire in my mig welder with Argon C02 mix. I still have to grind and clean up the joints witch is a lot of work.

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I got a call from Sky Yesterday and the body work is done I will be picking up the cab and bed end of the week. Now I need money for paint.

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cool I have never tried SS wire on a mig. What exhaust kit did you order? Was it a universal kit?

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The kit was for 1967 to 1972 C10 C20 8' bed was the closest one I could find.

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ok great I will check it out.

I cant wait to see the cab on the frame!!!:metal:

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Nice work, cant wait to see pic's of the cab!

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Great job on this. im excited to see the results

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I'm going to see if I can get out of work early to check out the cab and make my final payment for the work Sky has done. I will get some picture while I'm their. Then I have to get the body home Saturday. Do some repairs on my 98 dodge so I can sell it. Next week end install the seats, steering wheel column and see how it all feels. Then look at getting it painted.

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Well their was a misunderstanding about the body work being done. What he told me was the body work on the cab is done 2 more doors to go then prime block sand and prime then it will be ready for paint. but it is looking good.

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Almost forgot I picked up these head light from Summit they are H4 main bulbs 55/60 and they ahve LED's around the edge that can be wired up to day time driving or turn signal. the LED are available in different colors clear, yellow, red and blue. I got the clear for day time driving lights.

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Here is picture

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Cab is looking sweet. Shouldn't be long now. Yup, the whole bodywork thing is a time killer. I swear it would cost less to take a couple bodywork classes, buy materials, practice and do it ourselves. And that's even considering I hate sanding!!!!

Good luck!
Chris

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I can work Bondo and do good job of it. I watched my brother when he would repair cars back in the day and he showed me some tricks that has come in handy over the years.

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Looking good. Ready to see that cab on the frame. Trevor

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Yep, very nice!

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Thanks guys. pushing 3 years from when I started. Now if I could just find the cab bushing I could move on

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The cab is looking very nice! How's the satellite going?

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Getting ready to pull the tranny of the Satellite this week for the 2nd time and see what is going on.

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I worked on the exhaust today and finished up the mounting locations 4 on each side started grinding the welds and I think I found the 2nd most hated thing I don't like doing is grinding. Each weld is a 3 step process grinding the weld with grinding disk then sanding disk and finally polycarbide abrasive wheel.
I think I will do 4 weld a week until in finish to break up the work.

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I installed the gear reduction shift lever today to bread up the grinding.

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Looking good! time to get the TIG welder out!!! I think I am going to buy one soon. Question where is your fuel tank going?

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Fuel tank is going in the back it will be about 18" wide 42" long the front will angle in at the shocks at a bout 45 degrees to clear the exhaust I should end up with a 5300 cubic inches of space I think it end up 25 gallons.

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No work done on the truck last week end had to work. Now that the job is signed off and they are moving in I will have some free time this coming week end to get some work done and deliver some part to 1 of the members.

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Howdy neighbor.
Looks like you got the Sattelite home. Is the tranny fixed now?
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The tranny is junk. Can't even remove the torque converter from the 727. I boxed the A904 and 727 to ship them back. The 727 is under warranty the A904 hopefully they will give me some money back.

As for the truck I did get my power steering pump pulley installed and the belt that came with the Vintage Air kit fits.

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Man, that stinks! Removing transmissions several times sucks for sure!

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Yes it does. But we have it down to 1 hour to remove and about 1 & half hours to put it back in.

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Almost something you don't want to be good at, hope you get it straightened out soon while summer is still here to use the car.

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Wow, that sucks for sure.
:bsf:
Hope you get your money back, or at least some of it.

(Pretty impressive swap-out time though!)

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Not much work done on the truck in the last 2 weeks. I did sell my long bed and bed sides to a forum member about 2 week ago. That helped clean out my side yard. only thing left is 2 doors from my 71 truck and some small parts from the suburban. The priming is almost done should be getting the cab and bed back in about week. TCI said I can return the 2 tranny's for review. they will most like repair and send them back. hopefully I can get some money back on the A904 and try the 727 one more time in my car.

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I finally found my body bushing at Sky's shop 2 weeks ago. I could swore that I had picked up the box a couple months ago. My memory is fading fast. Any way I did get them figured out and mounted the radiator core support. I did not get much done last week end. Donated my old engine out of my 73 Satellite to High school they even took my lawn edger with 3.5 hp Brigg on it for the first class of the year.

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Nice to hear you're making head way. That stinks about getting both transmissions back instead of them sending green backs! Keep at it!

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Hi dieselwrencher
At least I was able to send them back. I'm hoping for some money back on the 904 and fix the 727 on their dime then ship it back. they just received them yesterday according to tracking.

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Where's that paint?? Jeeeez.

Chris