Dang it's been another long time since posted!
Guess I was getting burned out and needed to step back a bit...
I was getting hung up on starting the body work and rust repair. I called a media blaster who wanted $3000 to blast and prime the truck - this seemed ridiculous to me. I contemplated saving the cash to have this done or upgrading to a nice 2-stage compressor and buying a blaster and doing it myself. In any event it was demoralizing and rather than worry about the project I just let it sit...
Good new is since Christmas I've refocused and have been making more progress on the build. Just for the sake of moving forward I am continuing with finishing up the chassis and will deal with the body later.
Work done since my last post:- stainless brake and fuel lines ran
- Fuel pump installed
- Braided pump to carb fuel line installed
- GM serpentine setup installed
- Cleaned and painted the hubs and rotors (which were starting to acquire surface rust)
- Installed brake calipers and pads
- Removed 3 row radiator brackets from core support and bolted in 4 row saddles
Pics coming of all this I promise...
But my latest issue is with the power steering pressure hose. I wonder if the metal line is too close to the engine block? There is probably 1/16" to 3/32" gap between them now.
The line is new from Napa made for a 71 Blazer...but then again 71 Blazers didn't have serpentine setups. I had to mildly tweak/bend the Napa line to get it to install at all. So is it too close? Should I bend the line a little more? Is there something I can place between the block and line? Is it fine, move on?
Here's some pics...
The hose looks close to the belt in this pic but I'd say there's an inch or so of clearance.
