1969 K10 CST Full Restoration

[70STOVEBOLT]

Originally Posted by IronCanine

Too bad it's not horse shoes!





It's a trick we learned when we did the tractor (see my signature link if your interested in seeing us do something besides trucks). We painted all the components and hardware separately and then had to assemble it without scratching the paint on the bolt heads. Same thing here. Door jambs, bolt heads, and hinges were painted separately. To assemble, we put a ziplock bag (or a piece of one) in the socket or over the bolt head when tightening. It's not a 100% protection...especially at higher torque values...but it's pretty effective at minimizing the damage. In the case of the hinge bolts it worked perfectly.

Thanks for the tip. I tried the blue painter's tape and it doesn't really help at all, never thought about a ziplock bag.

[72K5CSTDarkOlive]

Do the Tcase shifters for pickups come longer than Blazers? I just noticed that and I had no idea.

[IronCanine]

Originally Posted by 72K5CSTDarkOlive

Do the Tcase shifters for pickups come longer than Blazers? I just noticed that and I had no idea.

I'm not aware that there were differences between the trucks and Blazers. There were several different NP205 shifters in general from 69-72. My understanding is that the '70 hump and shifter combo we are using is a one year only configuration that puts the shifter position on the midline of the truck. It came out of a '70 K20...but I believe it's exactly the same as came in our '70 K5 (length and shape). We had some clearance issues between the cab floor and the TC that I can't fully understand...but we were converting a truck to TH350/NP205 that came with a 4sp/Rockwell set up from the factory.

[IronCanine]

Shout out to Kaehr Coatings again...popped on some door hardware that they refinished for us. I need to check Pete's 'Maker's Mark' thread and see if he's got any of these L5s for the striker plates.

...Bolted on the hump hopefully for good and laid the carpet in to relax. Eric also got the bottom of the bed shot today with our best version of factory primer.

[IronCanine]

Eric buffed and installed the glovebox door yesterday. I couldn't resist slapping on the SPID. Thanks again Jeff (chipflyer).

[IronCanine]

As previously noted in the thread, we reproduced a '69 4x4 decal but with the NP205 shift pattern and in magnet form. Here it is in place next to board member jrdv's factory original '69 decal.