What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[Black_Sheep]

Finished up the floor plate and trimmed the inner fender panels to fit the smooth firewall. They will end up being the same satin white as the firewall...

[mud.man.rj]

Under hood....wow.
Mudman.

[Black_Sheep]

After a lot of measuring and a little tweaking to get the cab square on the frame I torqued the cab mount bolts down. Same deal with the core support, it's now straight and square with the cab too.

I still had a couple hours of free time before my granddaughter's birthday party so I bolted the freshly painted grille brackets onto the grille with some 1/4" stainless flange bolts and made up a 6AWG cable to feed power to the cab. The insulated stud will provide a handy place to connect a timing light...

[svr]

Worked on my wheel tubs today, carved out a new set of dyes for my bead roller so I could put a matching stiffener in the side to match the original bed pattern. Then rolled a flange around the arc of the side pieces so I dont have to butt weld them in. Punched some holes so I can spot weld the inside and then weld the outside. Need to get some long clamps or vise grips so I can clamp the side tight as I weld them.

[svr]

Another

[svr]

Current tires are 285 wide, with stock C4 rims and 1 1/2" spacers they barely work and clear both inside and outside. Would need exactly the right rims to work without spacers so this will allow some wiggle room. So im adding 5" to clear my sway bar links and leave room for more tire just in case someday.

[svr]

Rolling the flange

[evilokc]

Originally Posted by svr

Worked on my wheel tubs today, carved out a new set of dyes for my bead roller so I could put a matching stiffener in the side to match the original bed pattern. Then rolled a flange around the arc of the side pieces so I dont have to butt weld them in. Punched some holes so I can spot weld the inside and then weld the outside. Need to get some long clamps or vise grips so I can clamp the side tight as I weld them.

how wide are you going on the wheels?

[evilokc]

it was a good day in the garage. I installed the new needle and seat. I'm hoping that corrects my flooding issue. I ran it in the garage and had no issue but wont know for sure until I drive it. I changed out my broken throttle cable with the new holley cable. the quality difference between the cheap knock off cable and a real braided cable is ridiculous. lesson learned about being cheap when it counts. with the new cable I was able to use the new throttle bracket that I had to remove because the cheaper cable was binding. so as it sits throttle cable on, front float level correct, fuel pressure at 6psi. I only backed the truck out of the garage and then back into its spot but the pedal feel is night and day from the old cable. I need to raise the rear float but all is well in evil truck land tonight. heres a couple of quick pics. washing the motor was not on my list of needs.

[DeeJayNOLA]

I'll be moving out to Albuquerque soon {like before Christmas}with or without my '49 Chevy 3600. But definitely with my '53 IH Travelall. See you in the desert.

[dsraven]

SVR,
looks like some nice craftsmanship there. post up a pic of the completed job, I'd like to see how it came out. do you metalwork the end of the channel made in the midpanel area or are the dies clamped tight enough so only the metal in between the dies stretches maybe?

[svr]

Yes the dies clamp tight and only stretch the metal where irun them, i left the metal at the end of each run flat so they would weld easy, heres a bit of progress, all welded up.

Originally Posted by dsraven

SVR,
looks like some nice craftsmanship there. post up a pic of the completed job, I'd like to see how it came out. do you metalwork the end of the channel made in the midpanel area or are the dies clamped tight enough so only the metal in between the dies stretches maybe?

[svr]

Another

[MARTINSR]

I haven't done crap but it's cool to see what you guys have done, some awesome stuff!

Brian

[Black_Sheep]

Funny how a simple job like mounting the throttle pedal and installing the cable can eat up an evening...

[idbeast]

I got my rear spring shackles removed, and getting ready to install the new 4 link!

[Kevin Mac]

idbeast what kit did you get. I am looking into the parabolic spring but if they are close in price I would like to do 4 link. Thanks

Mac

[idbeast]

Originally Posted by Kevin Mac

idbeast what kit did you get. I am looking into the parabolic spring but if they are close in price I would like to do 4 link. Thanks

Mac

I just bought the Performance On Line Kit because of the rectangular upper shock bracket like HEIDTS, is the complete kit and it has a Limited Lifetime warranty!
https://www.performanceonline.com/19...-Kit-Complete/ and it is $999 but if you watch the web site I got it for 10% off and got it with the Blacked out Coil-over adjustable shocks with 14 dampening adjustments!

Jim

[Black_Sheep]

Last night I made up a bracket to mount the fuse panel under the dash without any hardware through the smoothed firewall

[evilokc]

spent the afternoon trying to get my fuel pressure right. I set it at 6spi and after driving a bit it seemed to labor at idle. I got out and looked and the fuel pressure had dropped to 4psi. as it idled the pressure rose back up to 6psi and the idle returned to normal. this continued to happen. I kept trying to raise the fuel pressure but once the truck started driving the pressure would shoot up. I finally raised the float level a small amount and set the pressure at 6.5 and that held for the very short drive. I'm testing again today. I hope that's issue fixed. spending 3 hours on something a silly as fuel pressure is dumb. the little things eat so much time. I replaced the throttle cable and bracket last week and believe I need to re-adjust the accelerator pump. I'm getting close though. the throttle feels great and besides this small fuel pressure thing the truck seems pretty happy. the flooding issue seems to have been corrected by the new needle and seat.

[Black_Sheep]

This weekend I got the fuse panel installed and wired up the basic circuits needed for it to start and run with the ignition switch. The wiring harness runs along the back of the block so only a small portion of wiring in the engine compartment is visible...

[MiraclePieCo]

I finish welded my motor mount pedestals, permanently installed my steering rack and did a trial fit of the motor. Oil pan and steering u-joint clear as designed.
Next step, firewall filling and MC mount.

[evilokc]

haven't been able to get on top of my fuel pressure issue. the only thing I learned today that may help my fuel starvation is that the float level on a sight glass holley vs a sight plug are different. both of my floats are too low. I looked at everything I could thing of as a cause. filter is new, fuel lines are new, tank vent is open and I tested that theory with no change. not having enough fuel in the bowl would cause starvation. fingers crossed. wont be able to really check for a coupe of days though.

[Jesse Z]

Originally Posted by evilokc

haven't been able to get on top of my fuel pressure issue. the only thing I learned today that may help my fuel starvation is that the float level on a sight glass holley vs a sight plug are different. both of my floats are too low. I looked at everything I could thing of as a cause. filter is new, fuel lines are new, tank vent is open and I tested that theory with no change. not having enough fuel in the bowl would cause starvation. fingers crossed. wont be able to really check for a coupe of days though.

Is your level low or your pressure low - or both?

[bowt1ed]

Mocked up the front sheet metal for the first time since blowing the truck apart a couple of years ago. During the build I replaced the worn out, 1 coil cut springs with new Hotchkis lowering springs. To my dismay, the truck sits about 3" higher now. I guess the old springs (2nd Gen) sagged more over time than I realized. Looking at bringing it back down to where I want it with drop spindles (since LCA is parallel to ground) - but now looks like I'm going to have to get some different headers. Headers are currently a little over 4" off the ground, and with the new spindles - well, not ideal for keeping them attached to the truck. I'll have to see if Summit will honor swapping out 2 year old, brand new Doug's long tube pipes!

Cheers, Jim