How much would you spend

[Lalla666]

Well guys the rebuild kit for the carb will be here tomarrow so I disassemble the carb to day and have it soaking in parts/carb cleaner


Just alittle dirty lol

[Lalla666]

So guys I rebuilt the carb, it wasn't to bad it took me a little over 2 hrs, had a little difficulty rembering where the needle went on the float, so my buddy came over to help we set the float level to 11/32 I also let it sit in parts cleaner for 24 hrs and let me tell you that's some good stuff use 3 can carb cleaner once we had it reassembled I went to my buddy's house and bolted it on and hook up the jumper cables and half a crank fired right up,let it warm up alittle, pump the brakes alittle and drove it around my buddy's yard and clean all the **** out of the bed the wood is good and little moist from all the **** that was on it and a little but rotted wood but nothing bad 1st gear is useless lol my buddy said it is a sm245 I beleave 3 speed with a granny gear




After assembley

The carb rebuild from ebay I used
Came with a alist for what every factory setting should be

The bed

[mechanicalman]

That was one dirty carb!

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

That was one dirty carb!

Yes it was but the smell of the bad gas was worst lol

[ericjon262]

Nice longhorn, I just bought a C2500 GMC longhorn myself. I put my C1500 cab on it and am working on getting a nice truck put together. FWIW, mine had WAY more rust for the same price...

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by ericjon262

Nice longhorn, I just bought a C2500 GMC longhorn myself. I put my C1500 cab on it and am working on getting a nice truck put together. FWIW, mine had WAY more rust for the same price...

Yupp I found 2 spots of rust surface rust on the tailgate
And alittle rot on the inner front passager fender

[ericjon262]

Originally Posted by Lalla666

Yupp I found 2 spots of rust surface rust on the tailgate
And alittle rot on the inner front passager fender

you're doing great then!

Nice truck.

[Ozzy2013]

You did great just make sure you dont get it running perfect and have him renege on the deal.That would suck!

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by ericjon262

you're doing great then!

Nice truck.

Thanks next is battery/ fluids/ plugs wires cap/then brakes ,shoes ,hardware rubber hoses,and wheel cylinders and then wheels and tires want to use the orginal hub caps but with non two peice wheels lol,then interior lol

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by Ozzy2013

You did great just make sure you dont get it running perfect and have him renege on the deal.That would suck!

Lol that would suck but Im good friends with him for 7 yrs now lol but I want to register it so I can move it to my house

[ericjon262]

Originally Posted by Lalla666

Thanks next is battery/ fluids/ plugs wires cap/then brakes ,shoes ,hardware rubber hoses,and wheel cylinders and then wheels and tires want to use the orginal hub caps but with non two peice wheels lol,then interior lol

good luck, I'm gonna follow along!

[Lalla666]

Proof it moves lol

[Lalla666]

Will these fit 8-180 from a 2013 2500hd

[Lalla666]

[ericjon262]

IIRC, the bolt pattern is different and offset is way wrong. might be able to get adapters though.

[litew8]

Originally Posted by Lalla666

Got some stuff today I order the carb rebuild and getting ready for the rebuild I've been watching alot of videos on how to rebuild the carb, I've rebuilt carbs on quads,dirtbikes and other small engines but not a car

Same parts cleaner we used when rebuilding the carb. Worked great.

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by ericjon262

IIRC, the bolt pattern is different and offset is way wrong. might be able to get adapters though.

Ok that's good to know I'll keep looking I don't know what style wheel I want yet tho

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by litew8

Same parts cleaner we used when rebuilding the carb. Worked great.

That stuff worked great I ended up getting two gallons just to submerge the whole carb and I like who it came with a strainer for small parts I also let the carb sit for 24 hrs in it tho even tho it said max 4 hrs

[Lalla666]

Ok so I was test out some wax and rubbing compound to see if the paint would come back and it looks like it will

The bottom right corner is
Rubbing compound and turtle wax and mothers scratch remover
The middle is turtle wax
The top is nothing

[Tree-50]

That's a nice shine!

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by Tree-50

That's a nice shine!

Thanks I hope the bed shines like that too. I may pay a professional to detail it tho 100 bucks for a full buff and all the chrome and trim just because I'm in patient or lazy lol

[3drburb]

Wow, you got a steal of a deal on the truck. The best thing about getting a good deal is taking it away.

If it was me, I would not do all that work while the truck was at your friends place and I would not be looking to add new wheels while still making payment them with the truck being there, try to speed up your payments instead and get all payments signed, it may be the best way to keep a good friend in the long run.

Just remember his dad said it's worth $3500 and with all that work that you are doing now it's worth $5000 to them.

Btw, I think you found a diamond in the rough, great find, I hope you use it and have fun.

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by Lalla666

Thanks next is battery/ fluids/ plugs wires cap/then brakes ,shoes ,hardware rubber hoses,and wheel cylinders and then wheels and tires want to use the orginal hub caps but with non two peice wheels lol,then interior lol

https://www.google.com/search?q=spli...h=711&dpr=0.95

You can die just removing those wheels if they are still inflated. If it were me, and I were ready to change the wheels, I'd start by letting the air out of them even before I removed them. I would not even lay my arm across the rim to do that or stand in front of them, I'd ice pick the tires. Stored energy, when released, is easy to underestimate. Have your friend hold his fist 1" from you arm and hit you as hard as he can. Then, have him do the same thing only have another friend hold his arm while he's trying to hit you then let it go. You will get the point.

"Similar incidents have occurred in the past, where split rims blew apart during inflation or as the inflated tyre was being removed from the vehicle. The escaping air pressure is enough to hurl the tyre and rim with great force into the air".

http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/form...blies_5899.pdf

[Lalla666]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

https://www.google.com/search?q=spli...h=711&dpr=0.95

You can die just removing those wheels if they are still inflated. If it were me, and I were ready to change the wheels, I'd start by letting the air out of them even before I removed them. I would not even lay my arm across the rim to do that or stand in front of them, I'd ice pick the tires. Stored energy, when released, is easy to underestimate. Have your friend hold his fist 1" from you arm and hit you as hard as he can. Then, have him do the same thing only have another friend hold his arm while he's trying to hit you then let it go. You will get the point.

"Similar incidents have occurred in the past, where split rims blew apart during inflation or as the inflated tyre was being removed from the vehicle. The escaping air pressure is enough to hurl the tyre and rim with great force into the air".

http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/form...blies_5899.pdf

Yupp not even goin to mess with those death traps lol

[Lalla666]

Full buff with just rubbing compound so far