What did you do to your truck today part III

[CRGRS 66]

You Brits crack me up, awesome to see the progress you guys are making!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

You Brits crack me up, awesome to see the progress you guys are making!

It gets better Craig...... I am a South African living here on Mud Island. Been here since August 2002.

Thing is, for us there are no shops to drop our trucks off at..... So we just need to get on and do what we can.

[CRGRS 66]

Cheers mate

[cooperhw]

Went to my property 180 miles away and loaded up the donor chassis and a 350/400 pulled from another truck. Drove home. Will start pulling stuff off for crossmember swap Sunday.

[markeb01]

Rian/Martin - very impressive progress. Amazing what can be accomplished with teamwork. Enthusiasm can usually overcome adversity or limited resources!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Rian/Martin - very impressive progress. Amazing what can be accomplished with teamwork. Enthusiasm can usually overcome adversity or limited resources!

Thanks Mark

You should have heard Martin and I last night, and when Ian comes into the game..... We were laughing like kids most of the time, but every now and then revert to being drunken sailors.

Today when the work was done, I dropped and took the jack out from under the chassis and put it away.... Until Ian asked me if I was going to remove the axle stand under the front frame horn. Yes, we did all laugh a lot.

Helping each other means stuff gets done twice as fast.

[Blu64c10]

Finished today but was done over the course of the week. Picked this up anytime I had some spare time at work. Converted my 6 lugs axles to 5 on 5.

I took the old crusty 6 lug axles



Made slugs



Cleaned the axle flanges and filled the 6 lug pattern



Fusion welded the plugs



Turned the welds and slugs flush



Next I took an aluminum slug



And made an offset fixture to hang the axles off of the milling machine table





Bolted the axle up in the fixture



Located and drilled 5 on 5 bolt pattern, then reamed holes to . 015 interference for the wheel studs





Finally pressed the 1/2" wheel studs into the new bolt pattern

[Grizz1963]

Blu64c10, I love your work.

[markeb01]

Nice work. Thanks for documenting the process!

[Blu64c10]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Blu64c10, I love your work.

Thank you, I enjoy watching your build and seeing vintage American tin being preserved in far off lands.

Originally Posted by markeb01

Nice work. Thanks for documenting the process!

Thanks and your welcome.

[rickywideglide]

replaced bearings and seals on my half ton rear, scored some cabsails from a local guy who threw in deluxe heater as well

[Micmac]

Someone snapped my antenna off, it was the stationary type. I put a whip stock 1960-66 antenna on. Cleaned out junk from door jambs and tightened belts, added antifreeze. Ol man winter is knocking on the door of the Blue Ridge Mountains, although you couldn't tell it today. High 60's.

[DLW]

Got my freshly rebuilt rear end bolted into the newly installed porterbuilt stage 2 deluxe kit. The rear consists of an Eaton posi, 3.42 gears, 1350 yoke, Yukon 5x5 30 spine axles, all new bearings and some 12" Baer disk brakes made for 12 bolt C-clip axle rears (Thanks to Travis at Pro Performance for the brakes).

With the rotors and calipers on.



And back down on the tires for the first time in a couple months. I'm waiting on the heim joints for the panhard bar and just need to do the brake hard lines. The PB system is great and the air bags work awesome, can't wait to get the bed on.

Since I'm doing everything pretty much by myself, I'm going to make a structure to lift the bed on and off with a cherry picker. Going to put back one and get some measurements for new wheels, then pull it off and install the accuair sensors, tanks, etc. as well as the fuel tank.


Now to move to the front soon for the PB mild drop setup.

[earl84]

DLW, that thing looks amazing. PB stuff sure is nice. Are you making your own panhard bar? I did that, and one thing I did that I thought was pretty neat (if I do say so myself) was get a hex nut that fit the bar and welded it in the middle of the bar to help make any adjustments easier. Turns out it spun like butter with the new joints, but it still looks kinda cool, haha.

[Micmac]

DLW that is off the chain! All I can say is, "WOW" I wished I possessed 1/8th of the talent you guys demonstrate.

[DLW]

Originally Posted by earl84

DLW, that thing looks amazing. PB stuff sure is nice. Are you making your own panhard bar? I did that, and one thing I did that I thought was pretty neat (if I do say so myself) was get a hex nut that fit the bar and welded it in the middle of the bar to help make any adjustments easier. Turns out it spun like butter with the new joints, but it still looks kinda cool, haha.

Originally Posted by Micmac

DLW that is off the chain! All I can say is, "WOW" I wished I possessed 1/8th of the talent you guys demonstrate.

Thanks guys.

For the panhard bar, I'm using the PorterBuilt bar, it just came minus some heim joints, misalignment spacers and hardware . That's a good idea on the hex nut in the middle though, I usually use the hex head tube adapters then I have one on each side.

[Grizz1963]

Not quite a truck build update.......

Had to come home early today from London to edit my 2015 business plan which I am presenting on Thursday....... deep joy.

Found myself the recipient of a parcel from Searcy, Arkansas, from Ta2Don. Postage alone $26.00 ..... eeeek !!!

Anyway, contents included a couple of Don's shop T-shirts for mate Martin and Amanda and another one for Ian who is living with us.

THEN...... Thanks to Don and Clemdaddy from Fayetteville, Arkansas a T-Shirt that blew my mind the first time I saw it as it had a C10 on it, as well as the Sinclair Oil Corporation, and a custom made number plate for car shows that Don had designed and got airbrushed for me.





Well, that was my day.

Have I mentioned I love my truck ??

[rickywideglide]

spent some time cleaning and polishing cabsails i picked up the other day

[Grizz1963]

Tonight the truck was loaded to work again.

Mate Martin will be starting his sandblasting soon, after doing some welding.

So we loaded the compressor and a crate tonight.......

Nothing like a ramp to make life a bit easier.



Ian supervising the tie down.



Can you say LOWER...?



Ready to Rock n Roll.

[CRGRS 66]

I never noticed all of the snap fasteners on your bed before, mine has the same, when I bought it there was a white tonneau cover on it. Do you have a tonneau cover for yours?

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

I never noticed all of the snap fasteners on your bed before, mine has the same, when I bought it there was a white tonneau cover on it. Do you have a tonneau cover for yours?

Hi Craig, check out page one or two of my truck thread, it mostly wears the cover.

However, I am looking for a way to remove the fasteners but keep a cover.

[awbrown]

Did the same thing !!

And

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Tonight the truck was loaded to work again.

Mate Martin will be starting his sandblasting soon, after doing some welding.

So we loaded the compressor and a crate tonight.......

Nothing like a ramp to make life a bit easier.



Ian supervising the tie down.



Can you say LOWER...?



Ready to Rock n Roll.

[Grizz1963]

RADICAL TRANSFORMATION !!

That is the only way I can describe how the new lowered shocks and springs on the trucks suspension performs compared to the waddling duck it had been before.

After fitting everything new, including the brake hoses, I never got a chance to go test drive the truck, but of course the compressor had to be taken over to Martin's place 15 miles away today, after which I came home and then Nicola and I took a very large wooden chest down to her work and drove around some more before coming home, so I did around 50 plus miles today.

After dropping the compressor off, I came back home driving rather briskly...... through every roundabout and other bendy bits, the truck felt a whole lot like a modern car, sure footed and going where I pointed it.

Grizz's Redneck Express delivering compressor -...

I am amazed at the transformation.

This is a modification I would highly recommend to anyone with one of these trucks. Of course there is a lot more radical stuff you can do to the truck including C-Notching, airbags, dropped spindles etc. The sky is the limit, or the size of your bank balance.

I think that with imported parts, it came to about £100.00 or $160.00 per corner to fit these Brothers Trucks parts.

After all the driving and hooning, the suspension must have settled for now, so here are a pair of pics, unfortunately, I had not straightened the steering wheel up front for the photos.






After we came back from the shops, Martin came over and we went to go look at a 1990 Chevy Dayvan.

I was interested in the steering column, as I want a replacement column shift steering for my truck, and Martin is looking for a decent 350/350 or 700R4 combo for his truck. He will be selling the 307 and gearbox he bought running out of a truck earlier this year. The rest of the Dayvan would be sold off as spares if we bought it for the asking price of £800.00

When we got there and looked it all over, the steering was locked and the ignition mullered, Martin also decided for once to be sensible and walk away as the peripheral costs of making this engine run, could end up being more than than he wanted to spend.

HOWEVER, we ended up spending a great afternoon with Wayne the seller and some of his mates at his industrial unit.

I did have to use the bathroom, and the whole bathroom was done just perfectly, and I could not resist taking this pic of the toilet seat cover....... Just perfect for an Avatar.



We eventually left there and came home via Screwfix.

[Grizz1963]

Got the following text an hour ago......

Hi Rian, I'm leaving my current job in three weeks, do you want me to pop round one evening to pull the dents out on your truck door with the pin puller ??

Message from a really nice guy I met months ago when he bought something for his son off Ebay from me.

So I guess the bodywork is about to start on the truck.

The world and life sure is filled with good stuff.

[Kenfuzed]

1. Drove out and picked up a set of fan shroud side mounts from a member (thanks Danny!)
2. Installed the alternator using a side mount bracket made by Bill's Hotrod Company.
3. Ordered a new P/S pump that I'll pick up tomorrow.
4. Picked up a fan clutch for the large fan I picked up at the last swap meet.
5. Finished some wiring.

Slowly chipping away at all the little stuff to get back on the road again. Hopefully tomorrow I will get some time to install the relay and wiring for the fuel pump.