The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Re: What did you get done on your 'Bolt today?

Last three days of quarantine, been out in the shop working on the 64 GMC.
Got rid of all the rotten wood in the bed, which was every piece, disassembled the bed sides and front panel. Removed the third member and rear suspension off the frame-making it bare. Then cleaning degreasing and undercoating the frame rails. Next the Dana 44 gets a new pinion seal and rear cover gasket, painted , new spring and shackle bushings and shocks. Purchased a new carrier bearing and ujoints with fresh brakes it will go back together to a roller again next week. Started knocking out the dents on the front panel, and filling the dents in the tail gate too.

The biggy for me I plugged in the maintainer.

Since we are a “shelter in place” state, Illinois, I have been able to get some sanding done. Everybody loves to sand. Am I right? A lot more sanding to do. But for now I managed to get these parts sanded and ready for paint
Last week I was able to get these other parts painted. Gonna try to get the heater box parts done tomorrow.

What are the parts on either end of your first pic? The heavy brackets on the right and the two items on the left. I don't recognize them.
What truck are you working on? The front fender brackets and the stuff in the second pic look like AD parts.

You are correct. These parts are for a 48 1.5 ton. The brackets on the right are the bumper brackets. The two on the left are the levers for operating the the dump bed.

Cool. I went back and looked at your first post. Nice truck. Be sure to post more progress pics. We like to see what others are doing.

BTW, you can put truck info in your signature. Click on your username on the upper right of a page and select Edit Profile.
That way I won't have to ask dumb questions.

Lol. Thanks for that. New to this forum stuff. Any help I can get is greatly appreciated. I’ll go see about putting in the info in like you said.

Finally got my radio wired up after a couple days of scratching my head.

Did this yesterday. Before I got my cab, someone did a number on the firewall trying to install a late model steering column. Had to patch it up since I'd like to go back to an original column. One step closer to finishing the cab! Pics are before and after.

Good lob.

Got the seat riser patch fitted and welded in. Still working on grinding the welds. The bottom driver's side flange and most of the riser below the bottom bead rusted away. I bent a piece of sheetmetal and stretched the flange to fit the curve. Worked out pretty well, I think. Also completed welding the floor patch and started grinding the welds. This doesn't have to look that nice as it'll be covered by undercoating eventually. Not too worried about appearance of the part underneath the seat.
First pic is the riser patch fitted, Second is welded in, and third is the floor panel.

Got my truck out of storage, put insurance on it, and drove it.

I got the stewart warner speedo reducer hooked up to my r10 overdrive and the speedo is now dead on perfect with my GPS. Also finally changed the plugs out because they had OVER 150k mi on them. Runs like a top!

Changed the spark plugs , due to my having no memory of when I last did that .

Nice pair of double nickels. I had a 55 210 and 57 back in the day. brought back some memory's.

Got My 327 engine block on the stand and cleaned up.

New motor in and running , now for body and paint

Bought a new vacuum gauge and finally adjusted my idle mixture on the newly rebuilt Carter YF. Man, my old 216 runs nice! Hasn't run this good in years!

Replaced the turn signal switch in the steering column of my 49. My tilt steering column is from an 84 Chevy truck and boy was that a chore fishing that ribbon and plug through the steering column.

Took my 49 for a test drive. First time down the road since 1975...

I got the brass reducer for the Temperature sender (235 engine), finally....and I over torqued it, @#($*(, doesnt hold coolant, leaks like crazy. Will now shop for a new Temp gauge, reducer. Always nice to make more work for myself.

I had installed a new set of R45-S plugs just before I started having my carburetor problems. Took them all out yesterday and noticed not as much fouling as I had with the regular R45's I had been running for years. Cleaned them up, checked the gaps and reinstalled. Runs like a sewing machine!

Just some basic straightening up. Just took the detritus out. Drove it a couple of times around town on errands.

All these posts about driving has me jealous

Just went to pick up my frame from the body shop where I had it straightened, ready to start the mock-up and assembly process!

I hear ya. If you can’t drive em you might as well work on em. It’s amazing what a buffing wheel and compound will do. I really thought these would be toast, but a little time on the wheel this is the difference. Stay safe out there.

mustangguy, That is amazing.

I worked on my front doors just a little bit. My wrist still hurts when I move it certain ways... like when I'm sanding.

Spent the day assembling the bottom end of my 327.

I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to do a grease job on the truck. I found about half of the zerk fittings were plugged up and wouldn’t take grease. I took them all out, brought them in the house, and put them in the oven and turn the setting to “Clean”. Three hours later all the old hard grease had been cooked out. Reinstalled all of them and had about an 80% success rate of getting grease to go in. I think those that wouldn’t take grease the joint was packed. I’m looking at YouTube videos of The Grease Joint Rejuvenator, and might buy one on Amazon.

mustangguy , I had some hard water spots and oxidation on my torque thrust wheels use it hit them with NOXON and 0000 steel wool. Finished them off with Blue Magic polish. They came out nice.

Hey olezippi, looks good. I’ve haven’t herd of Noxon. I’ll have to look into that. I have used the blue magic. It’s good stuff. Flitz has also been good to me. I’m also doing some polishing. Working on glove box door to get it ready for paint , and the hood side emblems. I’ve got more work to do on the shiny one. These will have to do till I can find better. Take care.

Looks pretty good. Here is a pic of the NOXON bottle. Your bench grinder/wire wheel looks a little like mine.

Thanks for the picture. I can't recall ever seeing that on the shelves around here. I looked it up and it's sold all over. I guess the green isn't bright enough. Maybe I'll Amazon it. It's been a a good buffing setup. It can definitely relocate the part you're working on to the other side of the room in a hurry. Lol

Gentlemen, please get back on topic. (What did you get done on your Bolt today) Idle chitchat belongs in the Greasy Spoon. Thanks

Hauled some grass clippings to my big mulch pile Saturday then washed the truck. Even sprayed the tires with ArmorAll. Pretty! Getting real tired of staying home so much, so me and my seat cover took a drive to a park about 10 miles away. Walked around a while and drove back. Nice evening temps, and we both enjoyed riding a while in the old truck.

Hi all - Living in Covid Time...I did a a quick cab sound proofing with Peel and Seal (available at Lowes), 2 rolls at $16 bucks. Reults? Cruising around town, I can actually hear to fine musical subtleties (listening to BTO on my sound system) I never heard while this truck was moving. Of course, like most 50s 3100s, not much can block out wind noise at 60+. Cranking up the volume helps but makes my ears hurt. For BTO it may be worth it though.

Bruce, Any relation to Ray?

I use my ‘57 3200 as a daily driver. Replaced rear turn signal/ brake bulb. Tightened up p.s. belt, tied off some hoses that were part of a/c installation last fall. Tightened up various loose bolts and began investigation of small transmission drip.

I cleaned up around my suburban today. The junk on the floor had encroached almost to the truck!