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Thread: The longest build thread ever, at least it seems like it!

  1. #191

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    I miss working on the truck. My home has a rotten wood problem that is taking a long time to fix. I have a half day here and there in on the truck. But I am not getting enough wrench time. I got the hydroboost from eightyduece, A hearty thank you to you sir. I have gone to the big city and had a hose made for the O-ring seal on one end and a SAE flare on the other. The hose place was out of several fittings but managed to make what I needed. I am finding a lot of stores are short on standard inventory lately. I also got the El Camino tank mostly installed. I was going to list what a guy needs to do to make one fit. I need to finish it first and I will post it all up. I found a cool fuel filler reducer that will not slow up the fuel filling. It is slick. I still need to install the chevy tank under the very back too. So I am not dead. I am just busy as heck.

  2. #192

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    I am back on the truck work. I have missed it all summer. Moving it around to fix other vehicles and house issues. I kept wishing I was playing with it instead. It has been 50 days today that I woke up and found my wife deceased. I am just sort of running on a confused auto pilot. I don't care about much. But I must keep doing the next right thing. I will never stop missing her.
    I left off trying to land both an El Camino and chevy fuel tank under the bed. 38 gallon capacity between both. I got the El Camino tank in and done. It fits like it was made for it. I found a stainless tapered offset reducer to go from 3 inch to the 2 inch on the fuel tanks. No obstructions and it hopefully will flow fuel well.



    The supports.



    Installed.



    The tapered reducer. EDIT:: buyfittingsonline.com



    It lines up well.



    Continued...
    Last edited by Kaiserjeeps; December 26th, 2023 at 06:36 PM.

  3. #193

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    The rear tank is a 41-48 Chevy extra capacity. The filler neck does not line up and I am waiting for a 2 inch 180 pipe from Jegs. I wanted a dual filler just like the front one. So I doctored the fuel filler I had by removing the mounting strap, cutting and reversing the fender mount, and pie cutting the bed mount and adding a small filler piece. Then clocking the filer neck with the vent tube facing forward to allow me to remove the axe without interference. The tools came from home depot. I had to cut off ~ 5/8ths off the bottom of the mattocks and about 3/16 of each side. Then sharpen it. I will make my own black straps later. Unfortunately my welder had a cooling line failure. I am waiting for a part. It made a heck of a mess in the shop. I guess I will clean the house today instead.

    Duplicating the holes exactly like the front filler.



    Making some changes to the mounting bracket.






    Everything fits. I wanted fiberglass handles since I am modernizing the truck.
    My shovel is the standard 2 inches to long. I will shorten it.




    A little different..



    More later.

  4. #194
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
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    Fernandina Beach, FL
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    Interesting!

  5. #195

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    I think that is looking great!
    Come and take it
    Go work at joann fabrics if you can't shoot a gun

  6. #196
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Giddings, Texas
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    Looks good Al.
    Remember if you didn't build it you can't call it yours.

    6.2 powered M715, 5 M1009's, M416, 2 M101's, 2 M105's, 3 M35's, M1007 6.5 turbo Suburban project called Cowdog.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCz...HGkBCfhXZ5iuaw

  7. #197

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    I was surprised to find copper plating on the entire metal filler neck. I would imagine for the zinc plating? It was zinc I think. All the ones I have seen had either paint or a lot of white aluminum like corrosion on them. It welded back up just fine.

  8. #198

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    Can't wait to get all caught up on this. Hope you're doing well, Al. Miss talking to you about Walter and Sadie!

  9. #199

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    Sadie is in Seattle and has only 600ish miles clocked. Never gets driven in the rain etc. Good to hear from you Greg.

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    I am still waiting on the 2 inch metal filler neck piece from Jegs. Ordered on the 4th! I have watched Fed Ex alter the dates and location on where it is at. I was an hour from here and now it is stalled in central Washington. They used to be the best shipper. No one is now. This is NOT the 1990's anymore...
    I moved on to the exhaust system. Dual truck mufflers and 2.5 inch pipe. I originally had the exhaust pipes run under the crossmembers. I did not like it and it could catch rocks, logs, and also could cause a problem in deep dry grass here. So I managed to run it above the crossmembers and keep some distance from the body. I don't think I will need heat shields. I need a couple exhaust hangers but the drivers side is done. I am very close with the passenger side. I am working from the muffler back to the rear. Almost there.



    I had to put quick release joints in the pipe so I could remove both sections by the transmission. They have to snake there way in there for assembly.
    You can see them between the transfer case mounts. And here behind the
    x-fer case.







    The truck is looking good mechanically. When the rear fuel tank and exhaust are done, I will probably start working on the dash. I have a bunch of custom rocker switches to land. When the truck comes apart for paint, I will rebuild the trans, transfer and open up the motor and see what is going on inside there.



    More later.

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