DMs '76 620 pickup ...first project attempted

[deadmonkey]

Well... I enjoyed my day off yesterday and sat on my ass watching movies all day :)

I was going to go help gage w/ his trailer project but dude hasn't called me back, so what ever.

I looked at the brakes and the upper spring broke. I ordered a new set and it will be here on Friday.

In the mean time I looked at the bearings and they look fine so I repacked them.

 

So now I have a set of brake pads that I bought and don't need yet.

I hope the weather is good for the next few days because I'm stuck using the motorcycle for now.

 

Here is the air cleaner painted. I didn't bother with the inside all being the same color. I still have to paint the outside but need to get some more paint if I want it all to look black. :)

[deadmonkey]

So I put the new brakes on last night, but with the adjuster tightened all the way in (least tension), I still have the brakes rubbing just a bit. Is that normal? I can just barely turn the wheel using the studs with my hand (no tire).

 

I also got the aire cleaner for the weber completed and on, I'll get pictures and post them tonight.

[deadmonkey]

I had a video but it was like 60MB... so I need to make it smaller :unsure:

[Farmer Joe]

yeah thatd be normal for the back brake... theyll wear in prolly the first drive to work.

 

that aircleaner is pretty clean man. good work..

[deadmonkey]

Well not much to report but I've been working my ass off lately because of mandatory overtime. I'm trying to take advantage of it by working as much as I can. This pay period alone (two weeks) I will have 53 hours JUST in overtime alone.

 

Anyways... I finally got pissed off about not having my fuel gage working and took out the sending unit.

It tested just fine so I put it back in and works just fine.

I have no Idea why it wasn't working before.

Possible it slipped when trying to tighten the ring up and then somehow was touching a part on the inside.

But its working now!! no more keeping painful track of my gas mileage and filling up just in cases! :)

On the other hand... I have been keeping pretty accurate gas mileage logs :unsure:

 

It is finally starting to get nice out so I need to start thinking about body prep so I can paint this bioch. I'm STILL in the process of getting a house though. made an offer so I'm waiting on the bank now. It has a nice lil garage that will have what I need. It even has a built in HUGE exhaust fan already. I mean how sweet is that.

 

What I have planned for this spring is

 

- tac weld the tear in the door.

- Remove the longbed.

- weld up, grind and epoxy all the seams.

- sand, prep and paint the entire inside of the cab and outside of the longbed.

- Prep and line the bed

 

- Once all that is done I will put the sound deadening I've had for ever in

- Add carpet and door cards that have been sitting inside for EVER

- Find and redo the dash plastic (hopefully have a replacement by then for the one I broke)

- Install Stereo (Shipped today with 4" Speakers)

 

Alot of work, but it is all just hinging on getting a garage really and moved into my new home!

I'm tired of this waiting crap!

 

EDIT:

oh, and here are the speakers (nothing much but good enough for now)

JVC CS-HX438

I've showed it already but its the JVC KD-HDR60

[deadmonkey]

It's been for ever and a day since I've posted and even longer since I've touched my truck.

I've been lurking on the forums a bit, but haven't posted.

I'm still alive if anybody cares :)

 

Out of a need to have a reliable vehicle for going up/down to Coeur d' Alene from Boise and to the Oregon coast and back, not to mention back and forth to work 20 minutes each way... I purchased a 2000 Subaru Outback. I got a good deal and it's super clean. Only thing is the Catalytic converters need replacing (check engine light went off right after I got it home!) and it probably needs a tune up so I don't foul the new Cats. The car lot I bought it from works mostly on Subarus and they are splitting the cost of the Cats w/ me so that's pretty sweet of them.

 

Since haven't had the need to work on the truck. That and I'm a home owner now and I started an upgrade (adding a closet for the entryway), and still trying to pay off credit card bills.

 

I hope to get back to working on the truck within a few months.

Now that I have alternative transportation I can now start into the big stuff like prep work for paint.

I took her to get some sheetrock the other day though, she started right up like it weren't no thang so, always a plus.

[deadmonkey]

Hello everybody!

 

I almost feel embarrased posting since it has been so long.

I really haven't touched my truck since I got the Subaru.

I honestly don't know if I want to put more into this project or not even though I'm pretty much done.

That said, a guy asked me if I was selling it and it really hadn't occured to me until now that I might be.

I wanted to ask here first. Would anybody here be interested in purchasing this fine project?

 

The engine is brand new rebuilt, I have a spare even that hasn't been rebuilt, a trailer (Datsun of course) full of parts.

I'm kind of want to keep the trailer though.

 

Am I just doing the right thing here folks, or should I just stick it out and finish it off?

I'm torn and need opinions.

 

~DM

[Wide14u]

its good to see that your still alive

[Wide14u]

oh ya just stick it out

[chester]

I think you should keep at it and finish it.

[Farmer Joe]

welcome back sir..

 

id say finish it... unless you got somethin better goin on..

 

you got a subaru? i have one also... what year is yours..

[deadmonkey]

welcome back sir..

 

id say finish it... unless you got somethin better goin on..

 

you got a subaru? i have one also... what year is yours..

Tis a 2000 Outback. All I've really done is get a nice ass hitch put on and some sweet Perelli all seasons. I guess you can rather easily put on later model struts that are slightly taller along with some spacers and get a good suspension lift going.

 

But the only reason I say is because a guy selling True Green actually ditched his sales pitch to talk truck with me and wondering if I was selling it. He wasn't sure if it was running and I laughed, saying I could probably start it up right now and burn cookies in the street. He wants to drop a 350 in it I guess. I have no Idea if he has a clue how to do that, but figured if somebody wanted the brand new engine I could sell the truck to the guy and the brand new engine to somebody on here? maybe a crap ton of parts? It was just a thought. I could use the $ right now and I'm not sure if my hearts in it anymore. Owning a house takes so much time away from other things :)

 

That and I really would like to pay off one of my credit cards for good and drop some $ into other things. Namely a thumper motorcycle project and some upgrades for my GS1100E.

[deadmonkey]

So, here I am wandering back. I still haven't done anything to my truck.
I have made up my mind to sell it. Anybody want to make me an offer?
I'll post in the buy/sell section if I can remember how to find it :)

 

EDIT: No more classifieds section?

[Farmer]

There is Classifieds still.  Link is under the bottom  left side of top banner

or here   http://community.ratsun.net/classifieds/

[Farmer Joe]

you are still alive... 

 

you still have that bank bag of weber jets i let you borrow all those years back??

[deadmonkey]

I'm sure they are probably under my seat still.

I still haven't posted to classifieds yet, but I'm asking $1800 obo. lots of extra parts and the Datsun trailer for another $800.