What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

I just ordered a bunch of parts so I can "catch-up". Nice work Grumps. You didn't replace your control arms did you? And if I can ask, where do your buy your rubbers to slip over shafts and that, on original hardware linkage, arms too?

The original front cross member had some pitting on the upper control arm plate and I have a long bed parts truck that was much cleaner ,So I pulled the front member complete off the parts truck and stripped it down and bought all new parts to rebuild it . Upper and lower Moog control arm shaft kits , upper and lower Moog ball joints , inner and outer Moog tie rod ends / connectors, Moog pitman arm for power steering and Moog idler arm . Rock auto had the best price on all of it at one time and done . I thought about just replacing the shaft boots but it's apart and it was only a few hundred more to replace it all .

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

The original front cross member had some pitting on the upper control arm plate and I have a long bed parts truck that was much cleaner ,So I pulled the front member complete off the parts truck and stripped it down and bought all new parts to rebuild it . Upper and lower Moog control arm shaft kits , upper and lower Moog ball joints , inner and outer Moog tie rod ends / connectors, Moog pitman arm for power steering and Moog idler arm . Rock auto had the best price on all of it at one time and done . I thought about just replacing the shaft boots but it's apart and it was only a few hundred more to replace it all .

Thanks Grumpy. I ordered Moog parts as well, through Summit.

[rjs53]

Got the bed back together, had the bed on kinda lose when I realized there is no way to get to the back bolt unless I drop the fuel tank. With the bed on theres no way to get to the nuts when placing the fuel tank. Welded the nuts in place, then got the bed where I want it and tightened down, then was able to put the tank back on. Always a learning experience.

[FL71C10]

Got my new electric fans and shroud assembled and screwed to my radiator.

Little by little....

[Speedracer39]

Originally Posted by FL71C10

Got my new electric fans and shroud assembled and screwed to my radiator.

Little by little....

I was wondering what brand of fans did you buy and how is the fit?

[FL71C10]

Originally Posted by Speedracer39

I was wondering what brand of fans did you buy and how is the fit?

I bought the fans and the Shroud separately. My friend actually gave me the fans, they are 14 in cheap generic fans. I got the Shroud from ledfoot racing. It's designed to go on a replacement Champion radiator but it fit very nicely on my four row original radiator.

[samkost]

I got a few things done.
Radiator overflow installed/plumbed.
Some new firewall grommets.
Cleaned up my small garage, tools and work bench.
Next on the to do list, wiper washer hoses.
Time for dinner and a brew

[Jim70Chevy]

This weekend I tackled the drip guard. I started by removing the old seam sealer. I used a chisel for much of it and then based on a tip from this board I finished it with a wire wheel. I then treated the whole channel with a couple coats of por15 and let it dry overnight. Next day I used the self leveling seam sealer and after letting that dry for several hours (the label says you need 30 minutes) I gave it a coat of TCP 2k epoxy primer using the preval sprayer.

[kcmarkd]

Today was fun filled!

Carburetor - reinstalled the newly rebuilt carb, with new brass float, missing choke pull off, new idle mixture screws, and new jets. Once warmed up, adjusted idle mix, timing, and initial adjustment of choke. Waiting until it is dead cold to tweak choke pull off. Supposed to be a low of 24 tonight, so dead cold is right about now.

Heater - dissected the heater box in the cab and found several interesting things. First, the outlet flap was broken and just flapping about. So, given it is winter here, just removed it all together. Will address the remainder next spring. Second, determined why my air flow was non-existent, and removed the remnants of a prior tenant. It looked rather cozy, if you were a mouse. I took a picture, but didn’t include it here. Ain’t nobody wanna see that...

Installed parts from GMCPauls: wiper arms and blades, and new gas cap.

Finally, replaced the driver door lock so the key matches the passenger door lock.

[Andy4639]

Finally got the tires mounted on the new to me front chrome wheels and installed on the ramp truck.

I think I need some center caps.