thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Warhammer
i don't have that yet, the truck was in the shop every time i had the camera woth me, but i will try to remember this weekend.
Ryan
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thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by Warhammer
i don't have that yet, the truck was in the shop every time i had the camera woth me, but i will try to remember this weekend.
Ryan
detroit is in the rear. i will post up some pics later
Ryan
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i scored a detroit for the rear for free, so i installed that sucker
also finished up the battery hold down
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http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715326.jpg
and sprayed some camo green krylon on the steering links. i think i would have done them in black, but i ran out painting the battery hold down.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715321.jpg
ryan
That looks more like a battery hold up!Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanroo
Looking good! :thumbs:
The battery bra. :D
all the rage at the paris fashion shows.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jester
i cut the pieces for my fuel tank tonight, hopefully i can form them tomorrow and get that sucker welded up.
ryan
I do like the placement of the batteries. Never thought of stashing them underneath like that. Good idea!
thanks.
going to the shop for some gas tank building. i promise to remember the camera this time
Ryan
the gas tank
the parts
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715338.jpg
baffles in place
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715336.jpg
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sides tacked in
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the weld in NPT bungs as an afterthough i think i would have rather used male AN weld bungs, or strait thread bungs and o-ring fittings. maybe next time.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715345.jpg
some weld. remember i am still teaching myself AL welding, so its not the best thing ever, but i am still fairly impressed with myself.
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generic adjustable NAPA sending unit.
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installed.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715353.jpg
Ryan
Great pics...amazing work!!!!
I am impressed. Your welding bead looks verrrry nice, wish I could weld like that.
As always your work is top notch in my book!!
Are you planning on adding a coating to the inside? I made my tank from stainless and then lined the inside with POR-15's fuel tank liner just to make sure there were no leaks.
I actually did it in two steps, after the sides went on and the baffle in I brushed the liner in the seams, then welded the top on and poured a bunch of the liner in and tilted the tank in all directions to coat the top seam and 2nd coat anything else. Works great. I put a drain in the bottom too, just in case :).
Jeff
thanks guys
i hadn't thought about using a liner. the idea intrigues me though. i think for now i will just run it, should there be a problem in the future, i will just pull the tank and fix the leak. if that ever happens (fingers crossed) i will be more inclined to spend some money on a liner. for now i am going on faith that my welding holds up.
today i worked on the tank mounting for a bit. have to get some material for the straps, and i think i may try to find some stainless if we have any laying around at work that i can make use of.
Ryan
:worship:
After looking at your welds (especially vs mine) I would trust yours LONG before I would trust mine.
Thanks
that is one thing i like about tig welding, you are going slow enough, you can see what is happening. i made sure to see that it was penetrating so hopefully all is well. now i just need to hurry up so i have a reason to fill it and test it with gas :)
next big thing on my list is the wiring harness. then i will need drivelines and it should be able to do some lot driving.
ryan
did a little tinkering today. plumbed in the feed and return line for the fuel tank. i had bought a slew of rubber hose for the job but decided to make the majority of the line out of steel instead. so i had to cruise back to napa and trade my rubber for steel line.
anyhow, i still have to plumb the tank vent up to the air cleaner. i also need to get some more line clamps for the smaller vent and return line. i think i will use the same thing i did for the brake line only get the double line version.
forgot the camere so no pics, but its just fuel lines... ill get the pics next time i remember
Ryan.
That tank looks great Ryan! Can you build a 2nd one for a 30? :D
I wish that I got down your way once in a while, but that's a long and hard 100 miles. I read that even the local Denver tv stations are still trying to get down there with programming. I'd like to make the trip when you get that truck on the road.
it would be a little more than a thirty. but i am not in to the tank much more than time. i think the material cost 55 bucks and the weld bungs where about 8 bucks apeice. outside of the time invested that is pretty cheap IMO
i plan on heading up your direction after its running also. been meaning to get up there and check out whats north of me for a while. the 715 is a cooler mountain road cruiser than the other vehicles. so one way or another we will meet up i am sure
Ryan
stopped buy and grabbed some pics
got the tank installed with the stainless straps i made. they are 308 14 guage. had to do some patching to get into an area of the filler neck that was still viable after 40 years.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715360.jpg
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here is the pickup line and the return is the rubber peice that comes in from the top of the crossmember. after having built the tank i have found a few things i think i would do differently if i was to remake it.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715354.jpg
steel lines for the fuel.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715355.jpg
for now they are zip tied to the crossmember. i will have to figure out a better way to hard mount them on the crossmember. or they may end up permenantly mounted with zip ties. the return is zip tied to the feed line, since it is mounted with line clamps on the frame rail. i need to order some more cool guy billet line clamps for the return and the vent line that will eventually be run with it.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715358.jpg
the pump ends of the line with the short rubber lines to the pump
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715359.jpg
and for fun, a poser shot
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715377.jpg
Hey...nice poser shot ..... how about that side view picture?
i remembered to take the pics last saturday, only to get home and find that my web connection had been lost. took until yesterday to get back online.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warhammer
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passenger side was to close to the fence for a good distance shot, but they are pretty much the same
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otherwise there is really no progress to speak of. i got all the lights ready for 12V and installed some new plug wires for the BBC. next week after work sometime i will be making a sheetmetal fan shroud with the help of one of the guys i work with. also have a wiring harness on the way finally
Ryan
Any idea yet of what tires you plan on using?
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i will be using these tires and wheels at least to begin with. the chevy is going to loose some lift and get smaller meats. the tires are basically new, and i already have them. they are not my favorite tires in the world, but they will fit and it saves me frome buying something right now. the wheels will be getting painted untill i get some H1 wheels and recenter them.
Ryan
lookin' good roo....
your progress is forcing me to get motivated...
more has been done.
this showed up at work the other day
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715382.jpg
hammered out a mount for the fuse panel. shot some OD krylon on it
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mounted up
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breaking out all of the individual wires that need to be routed together, cutting the zip ties that originally held them together and giving them the tape treatment. takes forever, but makes a nicer bundle IMO. not to mention i am a little anal about having the wires do what i want.
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terminating wires. so far not much has been terminated, this is the sending unit wire. non- insulated crimp with shrink tube.
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sheathed in braided loom, shrink wrapped to the end of the wire to keep it put
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rear harness routed under the cab
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this is where the wires for the 4X4 indicator light come in. that was not part of the harness, so i had to add it in. in hindsight i should have used different colors since green and yellow are rear harness colors already.
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this is the front harness as it enters the engine compartment
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had to break out the front light wires from the rest and give them the separate and tape treatment. they are routed along the top of the inner fender.
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then they dissapear into the core support
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and come out here.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715397.jpg
i got the left headlight connector soldered in tonight before i left, tomorrow i will do the front turn/park and the drivers side headlight. then it will be on to the rest of the engine bay. this is my first complete rewire, so i hope it looks good, and i hope i am doing it correct. i have a buddy that is good at this stuff, and will likely be overseeing my progress and hopefully he will get the underdash stuff done for me. i am using the stock military switches and all that jazz, so that part will be a little over my head.
Ryan
Ryan, I gotta find your motovation source. Looks good!
motivation source... this is all i can think ofQuote:
Originally Posted by saxon
that an i guess i just want this thing done, i ave wanted one of these trucks for a long time and i want to drive it :)
Good looking harness setup there!
Not to be nitpicky, but are you going to be happy with the placement of that fusebox? I put mine, along with the ECM for the fuel injection in the glovebox. Renders it useless for storage, but kept everything weather protected, and easy to see when you need to go in there for any reason. I just hate laying in the floor for a blown fuse with my head buried under the dashboard.
time will tell. it really isn't all that hard to get an eye on it kneeling down and looking into the kick panel area. i like the idea of putting it in the glove box, but i guess its to late now. hopefully it will never see water that high, and if it does i will have my fingers crossed. i will likely steal your idea when i swap to EFI in the future and put the ECM in the glove box or that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by randyscycle
today i got the front lights all finished up and started working on the engine harness. although the quality of components seems as good as painless, the directions are very much less with the EZ wiring harness. thank goodness painless has a PDF file online for download. i wired in a maxifuse for the the main harness power as opposed to the provided "fusable link" provided.
also got the HEI and alternator circuits terminated.
i built a fan shroud for it, but haven't had the time to stop buy and put it on. here are some pics
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715398.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715399.jpg
getting better at welding the AL
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715400.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715401.jpg
Very nice
I'll say! Looks great!Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanroo
I haven't got a darn thing done in a while. i have been putting in above average hours lately, and my inlaws were in town last week. that killed the weekend before last, and i had to work this last weekend.
i did however price seats from Twisted Stitch. 580 for a bench and 550 for a pair of low back buckets. i guess i will put in some more OT :)
Ryan
Nice work...
Pretty Work
forgot to bring the camera.
i managed to peel away from life long enough to build mt high pressure PS hoses and finish up the battery cables for one of the batteries. that is because napa only had one battery... i also ordered the rest of my guages. that means that if i find time to finish up the wiring and remember to get tranny oil and PS fluid i will be able to test fire the thing. an exciting thought
Ryan
a few pics. very little progress has been made. we have been really busy at work, and i have had little time to work on this turd.
installed pics of the fan shroud
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http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715404.jpg
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stole this brake light switch from derby car land..
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715405.jpg
made up some hose for the high pressure PS
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715409.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715410.jpg
still need to plumb in the low psi return. it will be routed through the ATF cooler in the radiator for some added volume and cooling of the oil
found some guages that matched the one that came with my fuel sender kit. turns out that the fuel guage is a SW with the logo left off. the bezels will be painted black to match the others wen i get a chance to grab some paint and some more masking tape
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715408.jpg
ryan
i painted the rest of the guages today
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...15/m715412.jpg
oh yeah, this happened too
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...th_m715411.jpg