Project Old Blue, 1965 C10, Rebuild Version 2010

[aggie91]

Seems like I am playing the waiting game on parts here lately. I got in my hood parking light/turn signal harness from Brothers last week. Looks pretty good. They used plastic snap in bulb sockets where as the factory had metal ones. Still should work nice. Installed it this weekend fits good. Now I just need to find the box that the light buckets/lenses/bezels are in and get those installed with new bulbs.

Also, took in a little side job to cut down a stock harness to make stand alone for a local guy doing a LS Swap into his 1980 C10. Got it all cut down and labeled for the fuse/relay block and external connections. Should have it done this week.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Seems like I am playing the waiting game on parts here lately. I got in my hood parking light/turn signal harness from Brothers last week. Looks pretty good. They used plastic snap in bulb sockets where as the factory had metal ones. Still should work nice. Installed it this weekend fits good. Now I just need to find the box that the light buckets/lenses/bezels are in and get those installed with new bulbs.

Also, took in a little side job to cut down a stock harness to make stand alone for a local guy doing a LS Swap into his 1980 C10. Got it all cut down and labeled for the fuse/relay block and external connections. Should have it done this week.

Nice. I'll keep you in mind for the first LS swap harness I'll need if you're looking to do more side work.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Nice. I'll keep you in mind for the first LS swap harness I'll need if you're looking to do more side work.

I'd be glad to do one for you when you are ready.

[aggie91]

Finished up the rework of the harness for the side job. I now have to change out the injector connectors as he changed injectors on his project.

[aggie91]

Well last week was my first of two furlough weeks I have to take this summer. All of our employees here have to take two weeks of furlough to help reduce our operating costs. Better then not having a job at all...

So, last week I worked on a number of things around the house and on trucks. Major job was working on the bathroom remodel. My daughter picked out the color and I finished up the drywall work and got some paint on the walls. Once that was done, I put in the flooring tiles and then set in the vanity and the toilet. It is tight between the toilet and the vanity, but it will work. All that I need to do now is finish out the trim and get the plumbing hooked up. Should have it done and functional this weekend.

Other work was on Owen's Henry getting the cluster converted over to an electronic speedo and restored/cleaned up the bezel and gauges. The cluster pics in in Henry's thread. Helped Korbin out on his Trouble (his new C10 project), and got some cleaning/organizing done at the shop looking for parts for my '65 C10.

Here are some pics of the bathroom remodel. They are not very good pics, but it all I got...

[aggie91]

Well this past Friday was a work holiday for me, so I spent most of the day getting the bathroom functional. Still need to do some trim and a couple other things, but we can now use the shower, the toilet and the sink!

So, Saturday I worked on cleaning up the 6.0 for my truck. Got the block cleaned for paint and the decks cleaned for new head gaskets. Got some etching primer shot on it and painted it with a Gloss Smoke Gray. I like the look, something different and a little industrial looking. Next is cleaning the oil pan to paint it the same color and then get the heads on. Maybe this week I can spend a little time each evening to get that done.

[aggie91]

Got a bit more work done on my engine getting it ready to put in my '65. Took all the external parts to get cleaned at the local machine shop in their vat to get all the gunk off. Most of the parts looked great, but the outside of the oil pan still looked terrible (first pic). So I scrubbed at it more with brake clean and that did not help. So I took it to work and blasted it in the blast cabinet to make it looks better, did a little sanding on some bad casting spots and painted it (second pic). Once I found all the nuts and bolts I needed, I reinstalled it on the engine along with the windage tray and pick up tube that I had cleaned at the machine shop (third pic). Moving right along. Tonight I plan to installed the heads and get a few other parts painted to finish getting it together.