Here's a video of our 1950 Chevy 3600. We just finished installing the new wiring harness and gauges.
The only issue we have right now is that the gas gauge won't move passed 1/4 tank. The needle has moved passed before, so the gauge is OK. We have the sender grounded well. I guess we need a new sender.
Anyway, this is a collection of video clips from the first 43 miles we put on the truck since we bought it 2 years ago. We took a drive to a gas station, gassed up, grabbed some hamburger rolls, and then decided to "risk it" and take a drive to a friends house (15+ miles or so there). Truck made it fine! We wound up coming home in the dark, but the new headlights are very bright.
The truck makes a strange shuddering sound not a quite a knocking though. The sound is not heard at idle or slow speeds. If you fast forward to 1:33 in the video, you can hear the sound very clearly. The truck does need a new exhaust pipe and muffler. Exhaust pipe is missing, and hole in the muffler, so it will quiet down once those things are replaced.
Anyone have a clue what's the deal here? Really hope it's not the engine. It does leak some oil, but after tightening some bolts, it appears to have slowed down. Should finish tightening them. Oil pressure reads fine and steady, and so does temperature.
Other than that, the truck is nice and tight. No stalls or anything, we had a good time, and hopefully can get out again.
Thanks to everyone for helping us install the wiring harness, one step out of the way.
