back in a square...post storm

[jasonroman]

had a couple in the last few yrs. shoulda never got rid of the last one.
86 short wide. anyway before the storm came i was driving a clean 92 sport truck. storm came and left me both my cars under water and out of home.
all good we will rebuild and get back together in time.
so ive been looking around last couple weeks. and today i picked up a 83 long bed. pretty decent looking truck. not great. needs some body work. but ey, i can turn it on and go to work.
purchasing my first home in a couple weeks. 2 car garage...
truck is a st8 6....4 spd.
love it.
ill still be looking for another short bed. but for now. no more rental and back in a square.
pics to come....

[motornut]

glad to hear your getting back on your feet

[Rubble]

Glad to hear that things are turning around for you,good luck eh....
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[jasonroman]

been good. been bad. this was a bit much. too quicl too much at one time. but all good.
what dont kill you makes you stronger.
looking for advice on the st8 6. not looking to small bloick now. just daily truck. can i add umff or not worth the efffort??

[old Rusty C10]

the straight six is bulletproof id stay with it the 8 is nice and ore power but more gas.. I may have some parts for ya Jason..
Srry to hear about your house.. LMK if theres anything I can do for you im right around the corner literally

[jasonroman]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

the straight six is bulletproof id stay with it the 8 is nice and ore power but more gas.. I may have some parts for ya Jason..
Srry to hear about your house.. LMK if theres anything I can do for you im right around the corner literally

thanks man. staying in metuchen now with family. but should be closing on my house in next 2 weeks. so thats one possitive. lost alot. but slowly gonna get it back.

as for the truck. think the 6 will stay. dont know much about it or what i can do to add a little pep to it. but ill start looking around for info on motor.

what i do know is that the exhaust needs to be done. muffler is dented up.
plan to find a place to do it from the block back. so im gonna look for some headers first that way it can all be put on together.
planning to drop it like i did the 85 and 86. so i might have to get parts ordered soon so that i can drop truck prior to doing exhuast.
body work will come down the road.

i was planning on paying more for a truck. so since i got this one so cheap. ill use the extra money towards doing exhaust and suspension.
and then drive.

[88Jimmy4x4]

nice to see you found another square. I understand what your going thru now, I went thru hurricane IKE and it takes awhile to get things back in order after all that.

[jasonroman]

thanks man. feels good having a truck again. specially a square. think with closing on new home only a couple weeks away we are all feeling better. not going in with nearly as much as we would have before the storm. but we are going in together. with whatever was saved. and now a square.

[johnnyclack]

Go all out

Chevy/GMC Six’s are cool, back-in-the-day I owned & drove a number of them for work, they are tougher than pig snot.

We used to split the manifold, install dual exhausts. Modify or locate a manifold that excepted two single ("Rochester" ) barrel carburetors.

Needless to say: There were not many aftermarket components’ available in those days,

[old Rusty C10]

I went to discount muffler down on 35 in Keyport for the exhaust on my CUCV that place is pretty reasonbable otherwise Bob knows George a local Sayreville mechanic

[jasonroman]

thanks for replies. think im gonna start with tune up.
muffler was cracked and bent up so i just cut it off today. gota order suspension parts asap so i can then get exhuast work done.
now im looking for a header to start exhaust.
so suspension, headers exhaust.

ill be looking for a set of ralleys. truck came with cool looking old school steels and caps. cool retro look. but wheels looked like 5inch wheels so i pulled the 454 looking wheels off 92 and thru them on today.
dont look bad. but cant seem to make centercaps work with 83.
seems like the 83 lug is half inch.
and the 92 lugs are metric??????
so the lug wont go onto c10 so i cant use the center caps..
they feel like the are a little loose at the begining but then tighten up.
my buddy said its not worth trying cuz i might end up with wheel wobbleing off truck

been there and done that with 82 i had.

so maybe for now ill ride it as is with no caps.

[jasonroman]

no ideas on how to fit centers uh?
well onto other issues.. the other night driving down 18 i had to lock up the brakes. post lock up...i have no brakes. get to work safe....
leaving work the next morning i notice a puddle if antifreeze in front of truck and another puddle under pumpkin..
pumkin = brake line that blew out when i locked them up.
antifreeze.= still not sure. rad looks new and leak looks like its coming from under overflow tank???

realizing that the st8 six has either no power... or something is messed up with truck, engine or ??? shift into 4th gear and truck is dead.

looking for ideas on how to add a little pep to the 6

wanted to order parts to lower truck but seems now i have some fixing to do.

[jasonroman]

guess no one is running 454 wheels???

anyway, since buying trucks have had a couple issues....
lost brakes on the way to work...
exhaust was a mess...muffler bent up, cat was bad etc...

had new line run in rear. guy used 5 feet of line for a 4inch needed section.

pulled old exhaust off, had one i had, like new from an 85 put in...
bit loud. took it to muffler man to check out... sold me a cat.
then after i pay , guy tells me,,,its still back fireing.
he told me the reason for back firing at first was cat. now after new cat, truck still backfiring.

maybe he knew i was flooded by storm. so he figured hed help take the last of my money.


well this weekend, i tuned her up and gave it a much needed cleaning.
was not expecting final results...



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[jasonroman]

454 wheels on....not sure how to make centers work.
made an attempt to stop water from dripping in cab
cleaned her up a bit this weekend...