All New "How To" section in our website!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**Classic Heartbeat** · 01-22-2003, 06:57 PM

In an effort to provide a full service website, we have added a "How To" section to our website to help our fellow enthusiest with the restoration of their projects. We would like to give a special thanks to tennman and ebfabman for providing us with their contributions to help to develope the pages we have listed so far. We have the tennman's Behind the side marker, gas filler neck conversion and ebfabman's right front fender tip repair there. Here is a link:
http://www.classicheartbeat.com/how_to_page.htm
Let us know what you think!

WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

>X< · 01-22-2003, 07:02 PM

sweet, thanks man

*67Fleetsidedream* · 01-22-2003, 07:50 PM

More!!!!! Must have more!!! Excellent info.

Thanks
Ben

**Palf70Step** · 01-22-2003, 07:53 PM

Looks good Wes

my new 72 · 01-22-2003, 09:01 PM

The info given by tennman needs to be corrected. The exact year S10 filler tube used needs to be given, because all the S10 filler tubes I looked at were 2" and would not work as the filler hose will not stretch to fit that large a filler diameter. He stated to me in an email that the filler tube he had was 1 3/8, and an exact year would be much more helpful. Wasted time and money at the yard are not supposed to be the result of a how to section. Also a note should be made on the page stating that Danny's truck has a 2" body lift, making the installation on his truck rther easy, while us 2wd owners have one he!! of a time fitting the hoses in a manner that they will flow well. I'm not trying to be an ass, but incomplete info cost me a week of time, and $50. And I know of atleast one other board member who is all finished except for the plumbing issue and even has his filler neck in place. Now he is probably going to have to pull the filler tube and get a different of the proper diameter to finish the job properly. Also, the 67-69 beds do not have enough of a lip behind the side marker light to screw the filler door to, as the 70-72 beds do, and this is another problem I encountered when I did the install. More detailed info is needed before more people have as much trouble as I did.

GMC71k20 · 01-22-2003, 09:07 PM

very sweet.

lunatic · 01-22-2003, 09:18 PM

Good stuff...I need ALOT of how to"s

**Classic Heartbeat** · 01-22-2003, 11:05 PM

Thanks guys, We are trying to make restoration as painless as possible.
my new 72, Sorry to hear that you are having as much trouble as you are having. Customizing is never an easy job, however we are trying to make it as easy as possible. We have published the behind the side marker light gas filler customization with the best information given to us and I am sure that each and every job will require something different. Wether it is proceedural or parts. However it is still a good foundation and gives direction as to how to do it. We will strive to improve any eliment of our site, as this is the commitment we have made to ourselves. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Truckstr · 01-22-2003, 11:12 PM

No, thank you. This will help a LOT of people - I'm sure.

Thanks again,
Jeff

Crank · 01-22-2003, 11:17 PM

U should add the gas filler pics that ebfabman has posted. He just brought this post back a minute ago. It should still be here on pg. 1 or 2. Thanks.
Brandon

**Classic Heartbeat** · 01-22-2003, 11:27 PM

Yes, I probly will add it.... I talked to ebfabman today..

Great guy!! has a lot of good ideas too!! I wanted to make sure that he didn't mind me using his talents to improve our site.. He told me to go ahead and use whatever I needed to, he doesn't mind. It just goes to show you the type of carictor that he has..

It would seem that these trucks bring out the best in all of us... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

my new 72 · 01-23-2003, 12:30 AM

The trouble that I HAD, was the result of innaccurate information given on your website. I am not saying that you intentionally posted project specific info without a warning to those who read it, I am just saying that the info you were given is not complete. I fixed the issues Iwas having, and would not have had them if the info given on your site was complete and accurate. I feel that I could have found the proper items for the install alot easier without ever seeing the how to on your site. Regardless, it is an innaccurate how to and should be revised before more people try to follow it and encounter it's flaws first hand as I did.

Longhorn Man · 01-23-2003, 01:40 AM

Wes, how do we submit things to your how to section?

**Classic Heartbeat** · 01-23-2003, 02:10 AM

Well they need to be submitted to me... wehepp@attbi.com The submition would need to be as complete as possible, and have comprehensive instructions with pictures to illistrate the instruction. A lot of the stuff I can give the instruction for, but a lot od stuff I can't also.
my new 72, I have edited the page that has the behind the side marker filler neck install to the differen't sizes of filler necks that GM offered and added a disclaimer to my site also.
WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Castiron9 · 01-23-2003, 05:11 AM

Wes............All I have to say is Great Job...Us rookies need all the advice and guidance we can find,,,"Rome was not created in a day".................Keep up the good work....................

my new 72 · 01-23-2003, 09:40 AM

Thank you Wes, that is all I wanted for those who look at the site in the future, so they will not have the same issues as I and some others have had.

ChevLoRay · 01-23-2003, 11:02 AM

As long as we drive old trucks, we also need to know how to maintain them and modifiy them, if that is what is desired. I have a mountain of magazines that are retained because there is an article in a given issue that is of interest, regardless of the reason.

A clearing house of info is a plus, whereever it is and however it is accessed. I thank all of you have have the talent and expertise to accomplish those modifications and choose to share it with us.

I only wish I knew how to take your info from your website and make it fit my printer paper. I am sure that it is a problem with my setup...which I'll figure out.

Again, I thank you and am sure that many others do, or will.

01-22-2003, 06:57 PM	#1
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	All New "How To" section in our website!! In an effort to provide a full service website, we have added a "How To" section to our website to help our fellow enthusiest with the restoration of their projects. We would like to give a special thanks to tennman and ebfabman for providing us with their contributions to help to develope the pages we have listed so far. We have the tennman's Behind the side marker, gas filler neck conversion and ebfabman's right front fender tip repair there. Here is a link: http://www.classicheartbeat.com/how_to_page.htm Let us know what you think! WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

01-22-2003, 07:02 PM	#2
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01-22-2003, 07:53 PM	#4
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 46,666	Looks good Wes __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

01-22-2003, 09:01 PM	#5
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	The info given by tennman needs to be corrected. The exact year S10 filler tube used needs to be given, because all the S10 filler tubes I looked at were 2" and would not work as the filler hose will not stretch to fit that large a filler diameter. He stated to me in an email that the filler tube he had was 1 3/8, and an exact year would be much more helpful. Wasted time and money at the yard are not supposed to be the result of a how to section. Also a note should be made on the page stating that Danny's truck has a 2" body lift, making the installation on his truck rther easy, while us 2wd owners have one he!! of a time fitting the hoses in a manner that they will flow well. I'm not trying to be an ass, but incomplete info cost me a week of time, and $50. And I know of atleast one other board member who is all finished except for the plumbing issue and even has his filler neck in place. Now he is probably going to have to pull the filler tube and get a different of the proper diameter to finish the job properly. Also, the 67-69 beds do not have enough of a lip behind the side marker light to screw the filler door to, as the 70-72 beds do, and this is another problem I encountered when I did the install. More detailed info is needed before more people have as much trouble as I did. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice. Last edited by my new 72; 01-22-2003 at 09:04 PM.

01-22-2003, 11:05 PM	#8
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	Thanks guys, We are trying to make restoration as painless as possible. my new 72, Sorry to hear that you are having as much trouble as you are having. Customizing is never an easy job, however we are trying to make it as easy as possible. We have published the behind the side marker light gas filler customization with the best information given to us and I am sure that each and every job will require something different. Wether it is proceedural or parts. However it is still a good foundation and gives direction as to how to do it. We will strive to improve any eliment of our site, as this is the commitment we have made to ourselves. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

01-22-2003, 07:50 PM	#3
67Fleetsidedream Wiseass secured himself a BAN Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: MOON!!! Posts: 2,282	More!!!!! Must have more!!! Excellent info. Thanks Ben

01-22-2003, 09:07 PM	#6
GMC71k20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: mass Posts: 1,277	very sweet.

01-22-2003, 09:18 PM	#7
lunatic Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: BC Posts: 929	Good stuff...I need ALOT of how to"s

01-22-2003, 11:12 PM	#9
Truckstr Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lebanon, Tennessee Posts: 1,372	No, thank you. This will help a LOT of people - I'm sure. Thanks again, Jeff __________________ Jeff '67 short Fleet; my ongoing project. '66 long Fleet; my original "baby." Live life or bust trying.

01-22-2003, 11:17 PM	#10
Crank Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Crittenden, KY Posts: 1,964	U should add the gas filler pics that ebfabman has posted. He just brought this post back a minute ago. It should still be here on pg. 1 or 2. Thanks. Brandon

01-22-2003, 11:27 PM	#11
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	Yes, I probly will add it.... I talked to ebfabman today.. Great guy!! has a lot of good ideas too!! I wanted to make sure that he didn't mind me using his talents to improve our site.. He told me to go ahead and use whatever I needed to, he doesn't mind. It just goes to show you the type of carictor that he has.. It would seem that these trucks bring out the best in all of us... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

01-23-2003, 12:30 AM	#12
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	The trouble that I HAD, was the result of innaccurate information given on your website. I am not saying that you intentionally posted project specific info without a warning to those who read it, I am just saying that the info you were given is not complete. I fixed the issues Iwas having, and would not have had them if the info given on your site was complete and accurate. I feel that I could have found the proper items for the install alot easier without ever seeing the how to on your site. Regardless, it is an innaccurate how to and should be revised before more people try to follow it and encounter it's flaws first hand as I did. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

01-23-2003, 01:40 AM	#13
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Wes, how do we submit things to your how to section?

01-23-2003, 02:10 AM	#14
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	Well they need to be submitted to me... wehepp@attbi.com The submition would need to be as complete as possible, and have comprehensive instructions with pictures to illistrate the instruction. A lot of the stuff I can give the instruction for, but a lot od stuff I can't also. my new 72, I have edited the page that has the behind the side marker filler neck install to the differen't sizes of filler necks that GM offered and added a disclaimer to my site also. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys Last edited by Classic Heartbeat; 01-23-2003 at 03:08 AM.

01-23-2003, 05:11 AM	#15
Castiron9 72 LONGHORN OWNER Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Wash. Posts: 963	Wes............All I have to say is Great Job...Us rookies need all the advice and guidance we can find,,,"Rome was not created in a day".................Keep up the good work....................



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01-23-2003, 09:40 AM	#16
my new 72 faster, faster, faster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston ,Texas ,USA Posts: 1,354	Thank you Wes, that is all I wanted for those who look at the site in the future, so they will not have the same issues as I and some others have had. __________________ I'm going to Law School, wanna debate? It's good practice.

01-23-2003, 11:02 AM	#17
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	As long as we drive old trucks, we also need to know how to maintain them and modifiy them, if that is what is desired. I have a mountain of magazines that are retained because there is an article in a given issue that is of interest, regardless of the reason. A clearing house of info is a plus, whereever it is and however it is accessed. I thank all of you have have the talent and expertise to accomplish those modifications and choose to share it with us. I only wish I knew how to take your info from your website and make it fit my printer paper. I am sure that it is a problem with my setup...which I'll figure out. Again, I thank you and am sure that many others do, or will. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.

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