The never ending build of Daryl
I have another build thread on here, same truck, thing is cursed or something.
Anyway, almost 2 years ago now I headed south on vacation and picked this thing up outside of Little Rock Arkansas. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...8494457755.jpg I think I paid 3200 for it, I don't remember. It's a 79, probably not originally a step, and definitely originally a 3 on the tree truck. It's currently a 400/TH350?3.08 12 bolt. Had sweet rallyes on it in the pic on Craigslist, but when I showed up it had these oddball American Racing wheels on it. Like 10 minutes after I bought it with my old Trailblazer, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...8494449149.jpg The previous owner/owners somewhere along the way put trailer lights on it for brake lights, had to rewire them in the hotel parking lot, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9032526693.jpg I drove it all the way home though, with the bed full of tailgates from the local pick n pull down there, made about 400 bucks on those, paid for my gas lol. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9032526693.jpg This is where I went wrong, it all seemed alright, I could tell there was a bit of a patch on the area under the seat, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9032526693.jpg Pulled the floor mat, gross, but OK, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9032526693.jpg On the drivers side door you can see the alluminum flashing they cut to make a patch, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9032526693.jpg As I dug into it, I found a softball sized hole in the inner rocker right at the cab support and floor panel. I'm no body man, so I took it to one. He quoted 500 bucks to install everything, if I already had the panels. So I took him the truck and panels and 500 bucks. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...430_183129.jpg Seemed like he was on the ball, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...502_200114.jpg The whole time he was pestering me to also paint the truck, and I was waiting to see what kind of job he did on the repair before I let him cover it in Bondo and Liquid Nails. So when time came for the rust repair to be done this February, he refused unless I paid him for paint also. He claims that was the reason for the 500 dollar quote. Anywho, I'm not about being extorted, so I picked it back up, and now it's languishing in storage while I plot my next move. Honestly I'm pretty bummed about the whole thing since I had a driveable truck and now I have a pile of garbage, http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...119_114749.jpg I'm pretty sure I'll go ahead and haul it home soon and see if I can't do it myself though, I have a welder, so what's the worst that can happen right? Lol. Anyways, thanks for looking, and if you have any suggestions about how to tackle the rust repair, I'm all ears. |
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Welding sheet metal can be a bit challenging, but once you get the hang of it you will be fine. Just don't get carried away and think you can run an inch long bead. Lots and lots of tack welds. Most of what you are working on won't be visible anyway.
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I just realized I somehow put the same pic like nine times in the OP lol. Sorry, I can't edit it now though.
So anyway, I talked it over with my fiance, I have the entire week of the fourth off, and I already own the patch panels, so I'm going to give it a whirl welding it in myself. Since he cut the A pillar, kick panel, inner rocker out, etc, I don't have any way to know for sure if it dropped or how much. SO I'm a little concerned about getting thing's lined up, but I guess I'll just go off the passenger side, I'm not really sure what else to do. It's in storage right now, but it's only like three miles away, so I guess I'll haul it home, if I can get the metal together in that week, it still runs and drives lol, so I can drive it back to storage at least (I have to rent a trailer to move it, add's cost, stresses me out lol). |
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I've decided to document everything with video, follow along if you like,
https://youtu.be/b1n2N5wfT_E |
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Cool truck I'll tag along.
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Nice man! I'll be following along!
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I went last night and got the carb tuned so it will sit and run. I need to get the brakes gutted in the rear so it will roll freely and change the oil because it looks like a milkshake (hopefully from condensation...) |
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It's getting there, I won't be working in it tomorrow, going to get an OE grille and whatever other goodies I can score.
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Came out pretty good!....gotta be happy with that!
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I went today and picked up an OE grille with the bowtie, a windshield, and my prize score, a set of stepside tub bedrails. |
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I'm way ahead of these videos now lol, but here's the kick panel replacement video
https://youtu.be/wV8LRMldgzw |
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Looks like Photobucket got greedy, I'll have to move my pics somewhere else.
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Daryl's rust repair is pretty well wrapped up, I have a few edits in between the last video and this, but nothing earthshaking.
https://youtu.be/4zawh7TQtGQ |
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WEll photobucket got greedy, here's a current pic, he's sitting in the glass shop right now.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...e13a7194_b.jpgFB_IMG_1500905654241 by Marvin Gunn, on Flickr |
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The problem with throwing a plate on it and running it is that you could spend too much time running it and never finish it. That is kind of where I am with mine at the moment. I am running mine because it need it though... it is the only thing I have that can tow. |
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Daryl sits in storage when I'm not working on it, I'm unlikely to get him painted this year either way. So my choices are about park it and leave it for the year, or drive it down to Woodward Dream cruise and to work a few times as is before I park it lol. |
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My videos were full of ad's, annoying, and fixed lol.
I was married over the weekend, Daryl was there. Now to settle on paint, that may get put off until next year though. I don't want to put the windows back in before I paint it though. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4306/...a26f4a76_b.jpg1 by Marvin Gunn, on Flickr |
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Congrats on getting married.
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Got a video in the blender, https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4291/...848bfbcc_z.jpg20170801_184205 by Marvin Gunn, on Flickr |
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I might leave it like that lol, I like it.
Here's the long version, https://youtu.be/VYQOKhz_jnY And gratuitous burnout only, https://youtu.be/mVsEVd4K9p8 |
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I haven't really done anything with it other than drive it weekends and have fun, but I was in the junkyard cutting a harness out for my 2500 HD out of a 1500 and found this, had to have it, so some changes are coming.
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So I've made a bunch of progress, got the 6.0, pulled the 400 and put it up for sale to buy 6.0 parts lol, life ain't nothing but a funny funny riddle lol.
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Good score buddy. And enjoyed the video.
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Great score on the 6.0 for $170.
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I actually found another in the same yard in a different video lol.
I'm curious how cheaply I can get it done for now, I see alot of people spend alot of money, and others doing it very cheaply and seeming satisfied. So for now, I've torn the engine down, didn't find anything but stuck lifters, so I have replacement lifters I'm going to install tonight. New head gaskets, I'm making my own harness, I sent my PCM to a guy I found on Ebay to reflash. Since it was in front of a 4L60E, I already have the correct flywheel to mate it to my TH350 I believe. I should easily be able to have it in and running for under 1,000. Then i can sell my old stuff and offset the cost even more. I'm currently into the swap for 325 dollars. I still need an alternator, water pump, adapter for my converter, new intake, and fuel system. Plus all the thing's I didn't think of there lol. |
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I was tearing it down due to the obviously collapsed lifters I found at least 3, and they were all seized in the block.
So I flipped the block upside down so the lifters would stay up while I pulled the cam, which was of course stuck, and two of the bearings came out with it lol. So now I need to find out if anyone loans a cam bearing tool, because I'm not buying one, or get a quote for new bearings installed from the machine shop. |
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I tore the block down to bare, scrubbed it up, dropped it off at the machine shop for new cam bearings.
I've also ordered an Elgin cam, Pac 1218 valvesprings, and hopefully will be able to reassemble the shortblock this weekend. |
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I wish we had yards with LS engines. Not to mention that price!
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