The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network - What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

At the moment I am letting the second coat of Mar Hyde dry on my air cleaner cover.

Here is the part after derusting.

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/...psclxrywdp.jpg

OregonNed

06-04-2016 07:15 PM

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Was wet sanding some, but man it is 95 here, so I am off until evening.

Rich69shortfleet

06-04-2016 11:05 PM

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I installed my new gauge cluster housing now sporting a full compliment of factory style gauges. I only had to pull it back out once, the damn printed circuit had a bad spot and one strip short circuited and melted. I was able to fix it with a bypass but I shouldn't have to with a brand new part. Anyway, finally got everything working. Then I started in on my Digi-Tails LED tails install. Egad they make it complicated, more complicated than it needs to be I think. And then they have an error in their instructions about the size of mounting holes to drill. This caused a good hour's extra work to compensate once the holes were drilled. For the price they charge, their instructions should at least be accurate.

VWNate1

06-05-2016 12:31 AM

Original Air Cleaner

I can't wait to see it finished , will you be adding the OEM AC Filter decals ? .

Is it a dry or oil bath typ ? .

-Nate

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Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring (Post 7614847)

At the moment I am letting the second coat of Mar Hyde dry on my air cleaner cover.

Here is the part after derusting.

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/...psclxrywdp.jpg

Rich69shortfleet

06-06-2016 03:02 PM

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Yesterday I pretty much completed the install of LED lights all around. I started a separate thread with a link to a Youtube video if anyone is interested.

Metaldoc

06-08-2016 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by VWNate1 (Post 7608966)

Horns are pretty easy to re awaken ~ you need a good battery and test light , test for continuity , if there's continuity *slowly* tighten the adjuster screw until the test light goes out then back it off -barely- until the light comes back on , mount it and test it ~ the adjuster is really sensitive , a 1/10th turn is a lot .

I always recommend using a relay in heavy current consumers like horns .

The older ones , you can drill out / grind off the rivets and polish the contacts , , re assemble and adjust to suit .

Remember ! : a horn will not sound correctly unless it's solidly mounted .

I just tried this process and I thank you, I don't have to go and replace mine.

VWNate1

06-08-2016 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Metaldoc (Post 7618927)

I just tried this process and I thank you, I don't have to go and replace mine.

Cool ~ .

As I said , I like and prefer fixing things .

C-10 Norway

06-08-2016 06:41 PM

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Lace painted the roof, and painted the logo on the doors of my shop truck today.
Quite satisfied to be honest. :)

http://www.oss4.org/bilder/c10/roof.jpg
http://www.oss4.org/bilder/c10/logo1.jpg
http://www.oss4.org/bilder/c10/logo2.jpg

And I had to do something about the result of a lousy painter who did the paint and prep work for the previous owner. ;)
http://www.oss4.org/bilder/c10/oops.jpg

Rich69shortfleet

06-08-2016 10:59 PM

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I installed dome light switches and courtesy lights. Can't believe they built so many of these without door activated dome lights. It got too dark as I was working so I left it until tomorrow to tidy up the wiring and better attach it up under the dash.

Andy4639

06-09-2016 08:06 AM

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I got the bed cover alarm switch installed to go with the rest of it. I have a nice working system with shock senor and doors hood and bed cover triggers.:chevy:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1464387581

Metaldoc

06-09-2016 12:26 PM

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drove it up and down the street for the first time.

Mator

06-09-2016 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Metaldoc (Post 7619850)

drove it up and down the street for the first time.

That's funny, I couldn't wait to drive mine just like that. No windshield hood or bed. But man it was a since of accomplishment. Good for you. :metal:

Rich69shortfleet

06-09-2016 02:01 PM

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Finished installing the courtesy lights. Found some pre-existing holes in the bottom of the dash so I didn't even have to drill any extra holes! Love when that happens.

slaughter442

06-09-2016 03:08 PM

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With the help of a great guy Thanks Adam My new to me 72.

rsgt	06-09-2016 09:31 PM

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With the help of a great guy Thanks Adam My new to me 72.

Your 72 looks like mine. Mine is fairly new to me. You can see it on my build thread.

In The Ten Ring

06-09-2016 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by VWNate1 (Post 7615252)

I can't wait to see it finished , will you be adding the OEM AC Filter decals ? .

Is it a dry or oil bath typ ? .

-Nate

Brother, I have gone round and round just deciding what shade of black to paint these! I even checked on powder coating. Yes, I would like to have decals for these, at some point.

Right when I had decided to paint them in gloss (after painting this piece in Mar Hyde satin), I looked under my hood at all my other rusted engine parts and realized.....no matter what I do, this part will look out of place. LOL

In The Ten Ring

06-09-2016 10:04 PM

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Today I made a huge advance! Not to my truck, all I did to it was to rust treat some rusty screw holes.....but I helped the freight truck driver load up the two crates I built for the fellow member in Canada! I had to get those out of the garage so I could get the room to get back on my truck. Seeing that box truck leave caused me to almost jump for joy! :chevy:

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/...pskcqc9jjq.jpg

VWNate1

06-10-2016 11:05 AM

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Yuo're correct ~

It's supposed to be glossy black .

Agreed it'll look out of place for a while but that's normal in regular Service and Repair .

I still don't know if it's oil bath or paper element typ....

-Nate

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VWNate1

06-10-2016 11:09 AM

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I loaded some stuff in the bed and scratched the heck out of the new paint and Its still not drive able yet =8-^ .

C'est la Vie , it _IS_ my Shop Truck .

Metaldoc

06-10-2016 09:25 PM

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This the first trail fit with all the boards and bars. Looks great and with it being composite it is finished once I screw it down. I need to trim a little off some edges but that's it.

In The Ten Ring

06-10-2016 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by VWNate1 (Post 7615252)

I can't wait to see it finished , will you be adding the OEM AC Filter decals ? .

Is it a dry or oil bath typ ? .

-Nate

A member on here told me mine was a dry air cleaner. When I mentioned how oily it was, he explained that was due to how badly worn out the engine it came off was.

snipescastle2

06-11-2016 10:18 AM

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I finished installing my door glass and regulators, looks like I'm gonna be buying a new set of regulators though, seems they are very hard to operate,the passenger side more than the driver side.
First impressions of my new electric vacuum pump set up for my brakes was well worth the money I spent in setting it up.you can barely hear the pump when it's running and I never had any problems braking,whatsoever.
I still need to get an alignment, I can hear my tires squalling going into turns. But other than that, I guess I'm almost ready to graduate:metal:
Pictures to come later.
Have a great weekend!
Ben
:metal:

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