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

Agreed. On the up side, it's, for the first time since I've owned it, reading 15 on the gauge when I have the gas down, right around 14 when cruising and just a little under that at idle.

Sorry to interrupt. I need help figuring out what model GMC I own.. paperwork says 1935 but I'm leaning torward 1939-1947..

data plates says MODEL NO. EC 1 02. Any help?

8yrVet, welcome!

It might help to start a separate post so more folks can see it and help you with your question.

Got my 2,front wheels in yesterday and put rubber on them. Wheel vintiques series 13. 16x7 in front wrapped in 235/65/16

Today got one of the rears, same series 16x8 though. Once the last wheel comes in I will wrap them too

I welded up the passenger side exhaust.

I fit and welded the new door bottom on the left door

Changed the oil (had to dig out the turkey baster), greased everything, adjusted the brakes, and installed the original push rod cover (never did like the chrome one)..

All went well enough to hit DQ......

Now.. I DO have the stock valve cover so ????

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Pulled the front suspension off the truck. Gonna clean and paint the springs and re-arch em then slap em back on good as new.

Chooglin

Cut out old outer cowl, and lower hinge plate to weld in patch panel and new outer cowl. Measured several times, cut, and cleaned up areas best i could. All fitted up and mostly tacked all the way around. Took me about 20 hrs all together. Next weekend work on cab rear lower patches and sill plate.

Got some wheel dollies under the truck this weekend in hopes that my mom would be able to get it moved around the garage a bit easier if a tornado comes through. Perhaps not. That old steel and iron is heavy no matter what you try to do to it! Still having some issues with getting the headlight gasket held in with the bezel clips. Otherwise, one headlight down, one to go.

You're not alone there Delta; most of us have pulled a hair or two out messing with those headlights.

Of course it doesn't help that the aftermarket clips are carp......Jim.
It's 'one of those jobs' i've been avoiding....

Just picked up a GE SBM switch which I will use on my '51 as my ignition switch. Started looking at my dash to figure out where to install. i work with these switches which are used to operate industrial pumps, circuit breakers, ... SO, I will have to design a control circuit with kill switch and relay to support getting rid of ignition switch. something unique. uploaded picture to my link

Julio
What is the purpose of the switch? Is it for security?

Jim,
primarily security as we know that ignition switches can be jumpered. I considered simple hidden kill switches, and other options as well. With no ignition switch this will throw off curious onlookers. I will still have another kill switch elsewhere. The function and use of the GE SBM switch/contacts will not be obvious and i will introduce some "misdirection" in my control logic as well. But the use of the switch is also based on my work with these switches. Makes the truck personal. I will also use the switch to light off a horn if switch is turned by the uninformed.

Julio,

Do you have a schematic of what you've planned on?

I cut a slot about one quarter of the way down the top of my left front fender from the back forwards. Seems like the last owner welded in a piece of metal into the fender to fix some rust. But he did not line it up properly so the gap between the hood and fender disappeared as it went towards the cab. So he cut the fender by the A pillar and moved it outwards. So the door was now too big for the opening and did not open and close properly. aarghh! So after cutting the slot I enlarged the gap and welded it back together. I also cut the other weld and realigned the door. Not in the original plan!

finally have working foot brakes and a working park brake, All new hoses, lines, wheel and master cyls.

Just updated my photobucket. Tomorrow is the wheel alignment, then on the road for a while...can't wait...

Been in the shop a while for new front clip, wheels, radials, elec wipers, etc. Will be a new experience from the old worn out 49 tech. ...and much safer...

Looks incredible Dogface!

Today I removed steering column to make sure that it's not the cheap CHINA repo, glad it's not. Also finished installing carpet & getting a few of the pedals reconnected, hopefully finish that all up tomorrow. Also bead blasted inner grille & dropped of to get powder coated.

Back to the drawing board on the rear shocks.
I negotiated a speed hump the other day and as the rear suspension compressed it snapped the lower bushes clean off my new shocks!

Turns out I had measured for full suspension compression but not allowed for the bumpstop itself compressing too (my lack of insight)
That extra 1/2" was just too much.........

Education ain't cheap...

Thanks Ted,

I like it a lot so far. Should be on the road soon...safer and a better DD. This town where I live, Grass Valley, Ca., has tons of 50's American cars and trucks...real eye candy and many are DD's.

Started making a bracket for the ECU.

Some guys have all the luck......

John, you, and the rest of builders on the other side of the pond, should win some sort of Stovebolt award for Stovebolting in a foreign land where parts are almost nonresistant.

Can't disagree. One guy has his collection of 24 ..at last count...in a custom purpose built 'barn' and all are kept insured and road ready. It's hard sometimes to drive around giving a thumbs up every minute or so.

Figured out why the foot pedal throttle rod was sticking. FARM Truck. Removed the blacksmithed rad rod made into a throttle rod and got an OEM installed, new fuel tank hose and new muffler installed. Almost ready to start the electricial.

(Yesterday): Drove my boys to school and myself on to work. Let a foreign co-worker drive it for fun, drove it home on the interstate (at 55mph).

When I got home I found that one of the generator mounting bolts had dropped away. Now working on re-mounting the generator.

Also pulled the steering wheel and finally patched the cracks. Mounted a new tail light and am preparing to mount the other.

Having a lot of fun with it.

Picked my truck up from the alignment shop. First time I have driven it since all this work has been going on. The new MC is apparently the wrong size piston for my brake set up...needs a larger piston so the peddle travel is shorter. As it is now it almost goes to the floor before it stops...but it does stop. I'm thinkin' this is an unnecessary added expense since the MC was designed for this IFS I bought. I could get used to it but right now it feels really dicey to me.

It drives great compared to before...cannot deny that and I'm really happy. Shop is doing one more check over before I bring it home tomorrow. Next week the headers and intake/carbs go on. That'll likely be it.

Pretty happy camper here...the MC issue will get solved.

Polished up my (replacement)headlight trim and windshield centre bar,kindly gifted to me by fellow 'bolter NEALS49.
The headlight trim was to replace one that parted company from my truck a couple of weeks ago.......
Neal threw in the centre bar as a gift as I had mentioned mine was dented.
Here's the result of about an hours work,they were in great shape to start with.

Polished trims

Jim,if you look at my previous post you will see why i've managed.
It's all down to guys like Neal and many others here in Stoveboltland that have stepped up to the plate and gone out their way to help.
Without them things would have been considerably more difficult.

Took my stock wheels to local powdercoat business Friday for blasting and coloring (black). Gonna' remove the wire wheels and go back to stock wheels and caps with trim rings. Hope to have all that done in the next few days.

It finally has warmed up enough here to work on the truck since last fall. So, today was my first day back at it!
I'm putting the bed box back on and got the sides and boards ready to hopefully finish off tomorrow.

Got my front springs all re-arched, painted and reinstalled with all new hardware. The Old Man is lookin young again.

Chooglin

Decided to remove cab and send to paint shop. Nearly 90 percent complete. Need to remove windows and wipers. Leaned a tip from stivebolt about taking heater out in halves.

Also, last week i was trying to find fuel pipes for 54 3/4 ton. Jim carter has them for 1/2. I emailed their tech support and they said they do not carry them for 3/4 ton and suggested i try lester harris. I phoned lester and who probably thought i was a little nuts that i just don't build them. Spent some time on stoveblot. Great debate about flaring tools. Ordered flaring and bending tools from tooltopia.

Got to the bottom of my rear shock 'issues' it turns out the problem wasn't compression but rather overextention.
I've redesigned the lower shock mounts and will order new (different) slightly longer shocks from the FLAPS in the morning...
On another note I tried to tackle the drivers door hinges,although i'm not having much luck.
Having big problems getting the old pins out.
Gave up tonight,will try again tomorrow......need a BFH!

Knee shocks removed, wire brushing and scraping 71 years of dirt and oil from the frame. with a little luck the engine ,tranny and suspension come off the frame this week.