Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado (Post 3105819)

Looks like a fun truck to me, plus it's got my favorite chevy stock wheels, the styled ones. Those are dang hard to come by, especially in 5 lug pattern.


Just to irritate you northern guys...:lol: You should see some of the junkers I see in the junkyards with no rust or nothin.....:lol:

Originally Posted by 84 400 (Post 3035443)

Todd,
In The other charcoal canister topic you mentioned a vehicle with a GVW of over 6,000 pounds pre 1979 with the Hd package had no cats from the factory. Well I just got in from checking out my 77 and found some interesting stuff. It has the air heater valve off of the exhaust manifold but no egr valve. My dad said it stated the GVW on the door sticker to be 6200 pounds. I am gonna double check it tomorrow but if this is the case that would make me cat exempt.

Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado (Post 3105819)

Just to irritate you northern guys...:lol: You should see some of the junkers I see in the junkyards with no rust or nothin.....:lol:

Originally Posted by 84 400 (Post 3045509)

Whelp been getting a lot done on the truck. Changed oil,both diffs, pvc, carb rebuild,allfilters,coolent,cobbled an exhaust together and did some other odds and ends junk.

Tips:
When you want to paint and it is 19 degrees F out throw the part in the grill for a while so it gets hot. Then paint it while stilll hot. Then throw it back in to bake and turn off the grill so it slow cools. I used this to paint both my diffs and they came out good. They look real light in the pics because i drove threw some snow.
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Let your gaskets soak in marvelle mystery oil before installing. Thius will help them seal up fast. Only works on oil seals but has worked great fo me so far.

Interesting finds......
The 12 bolt cover was brazed at one time. maybe a rock puncture??? It had no fluid in it but All seemed fine and I think it slowly leaked out from sitting. I used some RTV in that area to ensure it would not leak.

Originally Posted by bigblazerboy (Post 3171738)

sweet looking truck. i have always liked a 4x4 step side. are you going to lift her any?

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 3173920)

When you redo the rocker pannel you might want to consider buying a patch pannel. I would ditch the flux core wire too. If you were using solid core wire with an argon mix gas the patch you did would look better. Flux core is just too hot for sheet metal. The truck is looking good. I like the dark green paint.

Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado (Post 3182387)

That old bed you have left would make a neat little utility trailer. I always wanted a LWB bed that matched my truck, wheels and all.