Project Old Blue, 1965 C10, Rebuild Version 2010

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by aggie91

I will try to get some pics of the calipers and pistons for you guys...I know how we like pictures...

By the way, it has been SNOWING here since about 7:30 this morning. We are to get about 2"-4" by in the morning...

We got 12" of snow in a 24hr period here in DFW which was a record.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

We got 12" of snow in a 24hr period here in DFW which was a record.

Yea, saw that on the news. We ended up with 7" at my house. This is the first time that the kids had seen that much. They were out of school and we decided to shutdown the plant were I work since we did not have power and most of the schools were out.

The kids had snowball fights and built some snowmen. Our dog just loved being out in it too. My wife tooks some pictures, so I will see if I can get a few up.

[aggie91]

Here are a couple of pictures of the pistons from the rear calipers. The first one is as it came out of the caliper after I wiped off the oil and brake fluid (I used a porta-power to pop them out, compressed air alone would not even budge them). The second one is after polishing it with 1200 grit paper, the black ring is pitted real bad...


I found the calipers on Rock Auto. They had a limited stock of Kelsey-Hayes branded reman calipers for less then $40 each. I think that I got the last one for the right side. The A1 Cardone brand ones where about $43 each on the same site. I got both sides with shipping for about $82.

Here are some pictures from the snow we had Thursday night and Friday:



Here's one with our new puppy, we got her Thanksgiving weekend. She is about 5 months old now. The snow was deep enought that it covered her up to her belly...

[aggie91]

Here is what I got done tonight. The valve covers that I got hit the intake runners. They had some relief for them, but not enough, the runners held them up about 1/8" above the rail of the head.

I marked the area that hit the runners with a blue Sharpie.

I used my offset aviation snips (right cut) to cut up close to the flat where the gasket sits.

Now I have plenty of clearance and did not mess up the chrome plating.


That's all for today. Next on my list is to get the pulleys and water pump and altenator brackets, and fuel pump to finish up the motor. A friend at work is rebuilding my swap meet carb for me now, so when that is done I can do the fuel line from the pump to the carb.