84 c10 stepside

[jpnh]

Originally Posted by rip2174

I'd like to hear more about the motor and harness you bought. You said it came with a pretty detailed schematic? I'm poor with electronics and considering an LS swap and the website you suggested seems pretty cool and OK on price for service delivered. I can read schematics and follow direction, just trouble shooting electronics no good. Any feedback from there delivery would be cool. My friend has a 2009 with LQM9 6.0 and a 4080LE 6 speed. It runs awesome, sounds awesome with stock exhaust and gets 18 mpg around town. That truck is over a 1000 lbs heavier than mine. Seems like a good fit.

im still in the process collecting parts to make the swap. the guys at justchevytrucks are knowlegeable for sure {stu imparticular} they set up the harness so it has its own fuze box the wires are labeled and they flash the ecm so that part of the programming is done for you they need to know stuff like what gear ratio your running/tire size cuts out alot of messing around getting the harness converted for you. as far as delivery goes there not far from me so i went and got my stuff from them. from what i seen they sell alot of motors there. the lq9 of course is the motor all the hot rodders want and the price reflects that. there are alot of varibles in doing this swap one thing i found that was cool lately if you go to you tube on that show the 'powerblock' i believe its one of the 'trucks' shows on that. they got an earlier {72? i think it is} 2wd c10 with a big block i saw the first show when it aired last year and they were just talking about a swap but i never watched it again till i was pokin around the other day and they ended up using an lq4/4l80e to make the swap. very informative. check out those episodes if you can find them-jeff

[jpnh]

Got the tailgate done. man, this color is crazy,when there is no light on it youd swear it looks black when the light hits it one way it looks green and other ways it looks teal/blue. unreal. im psyched to get the rest done. i think im gonna do the stepside fenders/steps next when weather permits rainy/cold today again

[aotte1]

That color really came out in the tail gate picture! Very Nice. Look forward to seeing whole truck in the sunlight. Thinking of some white pin stripping , maybe??

We have the possibility of rain and thunderstorms here through next week.

On my rear wheels, would really like the 10" in a deep dish.

Les

[jpnh]

Originally Posted by aotte1

That color really came out in the tail gate picture! Very Nice. Look forward to seeing whole truck in the sunlight. Thinking of some white pin stripping , maybe??

We have the possibility of rain and thunderstorms here through next week.

On my rear wheels, would really like the 10" in a deep dish.

Les

I thought about stripes or a two tone paint job but im gonna wait till i get everything this color and see if it needs it or not. i was thinkin mabe the white letters on the tailgate ive seen different rigs with 'chameleon' type paint that were flashing a rainbow of different colors they can easily be "too much" and give u a headache just looking at it. this paint is different its more subtle and reverts to black when the lights not on it im not trying to end up in the shack of shame if its too much ill mask something off and re spray it.
Your wheels look awesome with the new tires mounted -jeff

[rip2174]

thank you for the info.

[aotte1]

Jeff,
Waiting till all painting complete sounds good. The white tailgate letters often looks good, have seen several trucks where it looks really good. Plan to do same thing on my truck, consider adding white (possibly black) accent once painting completed.

Les

[jpnh]

comes apart easier this time still hurts my feelings to take it apart again

[jpnh]

Originally Posted by jpnh

im still in the process collecting parts to make the swap. the guys at justchevytrucks are knowlegeable for sure {stu imparticular} they set up the harness so it has its own fuze box the wires are labeled and they flash the ecm so that part of the programming is done for you they need to know stuff like what gear ratio your running/tire size cuts out alot of messing around getting the harness converted for you. as far as delivery goes there not far from me so i went and got my stuff from them. from what i seen they sell alot of motors there. the lq9 of course is the motor all the hot rodders want and the price reflects that. there are alot of varibles in doing this swap one thing i found that was cool lately if you go to you tube on that show the 'powerblock' i believe its one of the 'trucks' shows on that. they got an earlier {72? i think it is} 2wd c10 with a big block i saw the first show when it aired last year and they were just talking about a swap but i never watched it again till i was pokin around the other day and they ended up using an lq4/4l80e to make the swap. very informative. check out those episodes if you can find them-jeff

found the link:
URL:
http://www.powerblocktv.com/episode/...ls-engine-swap it was a 71. good reference-jeff

[jpnh]

"and there it was, gone" man the bumper came off much easier this time. last time when i took off the old bumper, there were bolts missing but the few that were holding it on were 3 inches too long crusty and held on untill the last thread atleast now you can loosen them,then turn em with your fingers and their the right length/new.

[jpnh]

deja vu all over again, coming apart for the last time hopefully,takin longer than i want to gotta strip the bed strips down again they were peeling in places due to cheap primer i tried to use. glad i didnt use it on anything else. figures.

[jpnh]

got the stock hood back on. the cowl hood stuck out too far in the back and covered part of the wiper panel hard to get in there. man when i started on the stock hood you could tell many things danced over the hood in its lifetime. there were many dings dents old bodywork pine pitch scrapes took a few skimcoats to get it straight not too bad just time consuming first you gotta sand the sh** out of it then epoxy primer then primer sealer you get it close but then that one ray of sunshine shines through the widnow just right and you see that little dent you missed now you gotta fixit. you try to walk by but there it is glareing at you anything you skim with poleyester glazing compound or body filler takes a couple coats of primer then primer sealer if you dont sand/bury it good with primer your gonna see it .gonna paint the stock hood with the cab and the cowl hood im gonna think about i might stripe it out in some way. got a little finishing to do on it so its gonna be a side project. the first order of business has to be getting color and clear on this thing i have peices everywhere this primer sealer/adhesion promoter is nice you can sand it dry with 320 grit paper and it doesnt get the paper all gummed up.and comes out smooth when you spray over it much finer than the epoxy primer.

[aotte1]

Jeff,
Sorry to hear about your primer problems, know bad material that reacts with your paint is a real . Had it before and no fun.

Just going out to lunch at Wendy's now and followed a 72' stepper done up rear nice in an orange red with blacked out "Chevrolet " on the tail gate. Nice slot wheels, I want my truck back from body shop!

[jpnh]

Originally Posted by aotte1

Jeff,
Sorry to hear about your primer problems, know bad material that reacts with your paint is a real . Had it before and no fun.

Just going out to lunch at Wendy's now and followed a 72' stepper done up rear nice in an orange red with blacked out "Chevrolet " on the tail gate. Nice slot wheels, I want my truck back from body shop!

Hey Les, what sux is it scrapes off some parts easy like it didnt adhere right to the bare metal in other areas it is hard to grind off. gotta take them back down and get some epoxy primer on them first ive come to the conclusion everything you want the paint to stay on needs epoxy primer first that stuff doesnt come off. if not your gonna have issues.especially on the bed strips cant have the paint coming off every time you slide something in the bed theres a guy with an early stepside that screws by here now and then. sounds mean. gives me motivation to do more sanding to get this thing done.masking off the cab today getting closer,