|
Restoring Rusty
5 Attachment(s)
just wanted to share some progress pictures of my 74 GMC 1/2 ton affectionately named by my kids Rusty
the goal is a clean freshened up truck, easy on the eyes and with a bit of oomph under the hood, all on a family men's budget doing a bit at a time something each month if money and time permits starting out with a nearly 100% stock 350 V8 4 barrel Quadrajet 4 speed manual on the floor 2WD short bed no factory AC (bonus, less means more) power steering disc brakes up front lets start with some original as listed on Craigslist Pics as this thread has become a monster I decided to add a TABLE OF CONTENTS pointing to the thread numbers instead of page numbers since you can alter the page numbers based on your forum settings/preferences, but a thread number is fixed, red means bad or product warning, green is cool stuff, enjoy Air Cleaner - 260, 547, 1058, 1059, 1066 Air Cleaner (Aftermarket) - 3903 Alternator - 435 Alternator (Re Clocking) - 3533 Arm Rests (Aftermarket) - 637, 4461 Bed - 1865 Bedliner - 1949 (Heculiner) Bell Housing - 809, 844 Bench Seat - 2263 Brake Master Cylinder - 944, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080 Brake Pedal - 735, 758 Bulkhead Connector - 1802 Cab (Exterior) - 2020 Carburetor - 16, 124 Charcoal Canister - 1681, 1684 Cluster Circuit Board - 1723, 1795 Clutch Fork - 832, 840, 841 Clutch Pedal - 737, 741, 759 Clutch Pedal Spring - 1773 Con Rod Bearings - 4125 Cross Member - 3326 Cylinder Heads (OEM, part # 33388) - 2886 Cylinder Heads, first pair (Vortec L31, 1999 Suburban) - 2203, 2900 First CYLINDER HEAD WORK (cracked Vortec L31 heads) - 2909, 2961, 2968, 2993 Cylinder Heads, second pair (Vortect L31, 1999 Suburban) - 3022 Second CYLINDER HEAD WORK (cracked Vortec L31 heads) - 3031, 3034, 3054, 3069 Cylinder Heads, third pair (Vortect L31, 1999 Suburban) - 3081, 3085 Third CYLINDER HEAD WORK (cracked Vortec L31 heads) - 3088, 3114, 3161, 3273 Dash Pad - 2219, 2281 Distributor - 290 Distributor Cap, CrossFire - 4299 DISTRIBUTOR COLLECTION - 4182 Distributor GM - 4168 Distributor, Proform - 3955 *** DLG-1: Dual Lambda (Air/Fuel Ratio) Gauge - 4381 *** Door Hinges - 4244 Door Panels - 492, 917, 918, 919, 928 Drive Shaft - 603, 2405, 3658 Engine Bay - 3938, 3970 ENGINE REBUILD - 2802, 3308 Exhaust FLOWMASTER - 3611 Exhausts (Compared) - 3612 Exhaust Magnaflow System - 4582 Exhaust Manifolds - 4152 Fender, Passenger - 1166, 1173, 1175, 1178, 1207, 1208, 1215 Fly Wheel - 684 Frame - 1952 Frame - 2036 (POR15 painting) Front Coil Springs - 2136 Front End (Lowered) - 2175 Front Suspension (Lowering) - 2151 Fuel Cap - 2437 Fuel Filter - 1130 Fuel Gauge - 1858 Fuel Gauge (Digital) - 4570 Fuel Pump (GM) - 4081 Fuel Pump (Holley) - 4095 Fuel Sending Unit - 2433 Fuel Tank - 2369, 2432 Fuse Panel - 1800 Gauge Cluster - 1739 Glove Box - 5924 Grille - 3523 Headers - 3234, 4143 Headlights - 1384, 1385, 1387 Headlight Bezels - 3413 Headlight Buckets - 3424, 3465 Headlight Switch - 5240 Hood - 1190, 1193, 1194, 1203, 1231, 1275, 1290, 1299 Hood Braces - 1289 Hood Hinges - 1190, 1206, 11260, 1261 Hood Latch - 3467, 3955 Ignition Switch - 1311 Inner Fender - 1704 (3M Undercoating) Intake Manifold - 1131 Kick Panels - 1041, 1042, 1044, 1061, 1062 Manual Steering Box - 4340 Manual Steering Box Rebuild - 4353 Me - 3132, 3646, 4590 Mirrors, Side - 2301, 2473 Mirrors, Side (Aftermarket, K Source) - 2339 Mirrors, Side (Aftermarket) - 2633 Mud Guards - 2126 Mufflers, DynoMax - 4197 Mufflers, FLOWMASTER 40s - 3570 Mufflers, Magnaflow - 4469 Oil Pan - 127 Oil Pressure Gauge - 1747, 1754 Oil Pressure Gauge (Digital) - 3898, 3933 Oil Pressure Sending Unit - 1749 Oil Pressure Sending Unit (Digital) - 3936 Parking Brake Handle - 1035 Pedal Pads - 1161, 1163, 1165 Power Steering Box - 1494 Power Steering Pump - 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1451 Radio - 1558, 1562 Radiator (Original) - 3606 Radiator (Aluminum) - 4983, 5326 Radiator "Rad Cool" first plastic one - 5333 Radiator Core Support - 2720, 3390 Rear Brake Cylinders - 1159 Rear Brake Drums - 1082, 1083, 1084, 1160 Rear Bumper - 2 Rear Suspension - 2136 Rear Suspension (Hangers) 2364 Rear Suspension (Lowering) - 2184 Rear Window (Slider) - 2202, 4222 Roll Pan - 4590. 4607 Seat - 44, 2263 Seat Belts - 67 Seat Belts (Aftermarket) - 2532 Sector Gear - 1320 Shifter Boot - 1162 Shifter Stick - 865 Shifter, HURST (Upgrade) - 3593 Shocks (Belltech) - 2633 Side Mirrors - 2301, 2473 Side Mirrors (Aftermarket, K Source) - 2339 Side Mirrors (Aftermarket) - 2633 Speedo Drive - Speedo Gear - 4067 Speedometer - 2672 Speedometer (Intellitronix digital) - 5829 Speedometer Cable - 847, 946, 948, 950, 951, 952, 1013 Starter 207 Steering Box - 1494 Steering Column - 1310, 1338 Steering Wheel (Aftermarket, Grant) 2508, 2523 Suspension (Lowered) - 2362, 2441 Suspension Front (Lowering) - 2136 Suspension Rear (Lowering) - 2184 anti Swaybar - 4012 Tachometer - 102, 1709, 1851, 2694 Tachometer (Intellitronix digital) - 5829 Tailgate - 2, 1110, 1111 Taillights - 1404, 1416, 1419 Timing Advance Kit (Proform) - 4030 Tires (Good Year Wranglers) - 5246 Transmission - 760, 762, 763, 764 Transmission (A833) - 3481, 3496 TRANSMISSION CROSS MEMBER COLLECTION - 3668 Transmission Rear Seal - 3984 First TRANSMISSION SWAP (A833 OD 4 Spd) - 3502 Transmission Tunnel Cover - 2793 TRUCK PICS - 3961 Turn Signal Switch - 1325, 1431, 1439, 1441 Universal Joints - 872 Vacuum Advance Kit (Crane Cams) - 4038 Visors - 568, 1716, 1719, 1838 Volt Meter Gauge (Digital) - 4407 Water Outlet - 430, 1140 Water Temp Gauge - 1803 Water Temp Gauge (Digital) - 3898, 3933 Weight - 2118 Window Seals - 904, 905, 906 Window Regulator - 2477 X Pipe Exhaust - 1659, 1693, 1696, 1736 Z bar, clutch - 716, 2800 (September 22, 2018, note to self: got to page 100 of indexing) |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Rear Bumper Removal
2 Attachment(s)
one of the first things that had to go was the ugly heavy duty (nothing wrong with) rear bumper. think of this, this way, Rusty was a long time hard working race winning thoroughbred, who has now earned the right to retire on the green pastures and enjoy the easy life (hardest gig he'll ever have is fetching a Christmas tree for us once a year, hee hee)
Umm yeah, I pretty much broke all four big bolts holding on that heavy beast to get it off, I didn't know I had it in me, that type of super human strength (what's that you can clearly see the cheater bar in the pictures, nah) |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Removing the Tailgate
1 Attachment(s)
if you suffer from being anal like I do, then you will clearly understand why a CHEVROLET tailgate does not belong on a GMC, lol
so it had to go too, man taking things off is so much fun, I once took a '68 Mustang completely apart, but heck that's a different thread all together (and yes it's out there on the InterWebs somewhere) |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Painted the Rocker Covers
5 Attachment(s)
why do we call em Valve Covers when the valves don't even live in there well their tails do but anyways, the manual calls em Rocker Covers
these had to be the crusties lids I have ever worked on / with, not too crazy about the gloss black finish but hey that's what I had, I may scuff em up and reshoot them with Semi Flat, we'll see yeah I forgot to paint the filler cap ok, the devil's in the details, must have been a Monday Night Football night, LOL no flippin idea why that one pic comes up upside down, guess you can just turn your head to see em, jk |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Painted The Wheel
5 Attachment(s)
if you look closely at the original pics you will notice that Rusty was a three legged dog, the front right wheel is a spare and does not match the other three Jackman style wagon wheels, so I found a close enough match (believe it or not the guy had THREE wheels for sale, LOL and I talked him into selling me one and using the other two for a trailer project - win / win)
started with a wire wheel to clean up the rust, then some sand paper to scuff it up, and had to use etching primer on this chrome wheel and decided to go with Semi Flat black, really like how it turned out, gonna paint one wheel each weekend and allow it a week to cure before lugging it back up to the truck had the new tire mounted before painting so they won't scuff up the new paint job, the white garbage bags are taped around the brand new tire and NOT the old jacked up one, not sure why they make it look flat but it's fully inflated must be the camera angle, that's all lemme know what you think? do you like the black better than the white? |
Re: Restoring Rusty
I love seeing old original paint lime green survivor trucks. Now I'm kicking myself for not painting my truck that cool green. Enjoy the fun project.
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
3 Attachment(s)
more pics of the wheels after being painted black
why is this system uploading these pics upside down??? |
Re: Restoring Rusty
4 Attachment(s)
then it was on to the exhaust, I ordered the dual exhaust kit from LMC truck cause I wanted to mount my first exhaust system myself
the first pic is the entire old exhaust that's all that came with the truck, the previous owner cut the muffler off cause it had holes in it just before selling it to me |
Re: Restoring Rusty
pipes stick out a bit so I cut them off about an inch shorter than the length of the bed with my trusty Harbor Freight 4 1/2 angle grinder cutter wheel
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
4 Attachment(s)
then it was time to match the front bumper to the wheels by painting it semi flat black, but first it needed a bit of trueing
allow me to show you my Bumper Streightening Facility |
Re: Restoring Rusty
If you want to knock the surface rust off easy look in to clr.A few people have used clr with good luck. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=447159
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
How bad is the rust in the bottom of the fenders,Is it surface or deeper?
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - Busted Kncuckles
3 Attachment(s)
actually pretty happy with the way the bumper turned out, and the knuckles were a small price to pay
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - Rebuilding the Carb
5 Attachment(s)
next up I show off my mechanical prowess as I rebuild the good ol' Quadrajet cause it's filthy and leaks gasoline like a sieve
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - Pine Sol to the Rescue
3 Attachment(s)
well those of you that are awesome may have noticed the missing fuel filter spring and the missing gasket that goes on the fuel filter housing as it screws into the carb, now check out what I used to clean that bad boy
... what's that honey? Your hair dryer, nope, haven't seen it! LOL |
Re: Restoring Rusty
I always used white vinegar,Never seen pine-sol before lol
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
This is a sweet write up, keep it coming.
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
Thank you, I am remotivated |
Re: Restoring Rusty - You Got Mail
2 Attachment(s)
What do we have here, a shinny brand new Weiand 8120 Action +Plus Aluminum Intake Manifold
Yup, ordered that off of eBay for $85 bucks and FREE shipping can't beat it, the seller is holleyperformance This is in preparation for the Holley 0-80457SA 600CFM 4bbl Factory Refurbished ALUMINUM Carb with Electric Choke I am buying from them next month ... but, but, didn't you just rebuild the ol' Q-jet, well yes, but that rebuild kit was only $20 bucks and I always wanted to rebuilt a Quadrajet to see what it's all about, plus I sill need a carb till the new shiny bits show up |
Re: Restoring Rusty
Nice ..keep it going.. love your progress.
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Looks good, Gregski, keep going.
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
I like Rusty .
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
gooooooooooood
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
Subscribed.
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - There goes the neighborHOOD
2 Attachment(s)
Quote:
I tried the CLR product in its full strength (not diluted with water) on the driver's side of the hood only, as you can see in the after picture Rusty proved to be too tough for this product, as there is no change. |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Gauge Time
5 Attachment(s)
curiosity got the best of me and I had to know why my gauges would not light up, why the speedometer/odometer was not working, and why the lenses were so cloudy
after taking apart the fascia of this gauge cluster I seriously considered renaming Rusty to Dusty and man those six bulbs were expensive to replace it's like $7 bucks fer two of em little rascals, and they still don't light up, lol |
Re: Restoring Rusty
again why are these pictures getting uploaded upside down, can somebody help me
I really like this cluster how it's made out of metal and easy to get to, it's interesting how the gauges plug in too, they have screw studs sticking out of the back that slide into these metal acceptors instead of using electronic plugs like modern day vehicles, really cool I don't recon I am supposed to just slide the speedo out with the cable innerds so I am guessing the speedo cable is broken, maybe someone can comment on that also which fuse is responsible for the cluster lights? |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Time To Grill
5 Attachment(s)
man I was on fire this weekend, got lots done, no kids birthday parties, no soccer, blah blah blah
I guess I'm what you would call an anti bling guy, I don't care too much for stickers or as car people call em decals, or logos or labels or as car people call them badges, Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges! So it was time to black out and de badge the grill... |
Re: Restoring Rusty
Not bad. I like the black.
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - Gauges Part Duex
5 Attachment(s)
after replacing all the light bulbs in the cluster and all 9 fuses in the fuse panel and installing a brand new headlight switch, it was time to yank the printed circuit board
check out my light bulb testing station, a simple 9 volt battery I think is what helped me find the problem... "just doing the dishes honey, go back to bed!" |
Re: Restoring Rusty
fact: washing bits sure makes part numbers easily to see
I talk some more about the gauges in this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=650245 |
Re: Restoring Rusty - Dash Pad
5 Attachment(s)
do you guys think there is a chance in hell to restore this dash pad or is it too far gone, a new one from LMC Truck is $340 bucks, friggen expensive
|
Re: Restoring Rusty - Dusty?
3 Attachment(s)
some pics for you of what the dash looked like when I first removed the dash pad, it was late at night so they are not too great, it may have been raining too, but neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, nor the winds of change, will stay us from the swift completion of our beloved trucks. Ever. (well something like that)
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
2 Attachment(s)
I dig your style man, and your typing humor! :metal:
I had Rusty's much uglier twin, only used for the cab and a few odds and ends though, parted the rest out. I called him Shrek |
Re: Restoring Rusty
Quote:
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
2 Attachment(s)
a bucket of water and some paper towels later and I could almost go for the dash naked like that if it weren't for those two gaping AC holes, well that and the 2 to 3 inch gap all around the gauge cluster
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
I think i know that truck if it came out of lodi? I almost bought it. Glad you did because my progress would of been a lot slower.... ;)
|
Re: Restoring Rusty
another Greg... we're multiplying! :lol:
|
| All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:02 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 1997-2022 67-72chevytrucks.com