46 Chevy

[enjenjo]

I'm not familar w/Lab Metal product. Is it like an epoxy, where do you obtain it?

It is a high temperature filler similar to the old type single part body putty from the 50s. you can use it like bondo except it takes 24 hours to set up, or you can thin it with the solvent they provide, and brush it on. It will dissolve again if you apply more solvent to the some that has set up.

I found it on Amazon. It was recommended as a filler for powder coating by the guy who powder coats for me.

[enjenjo]

I put some road king sound deadener on the inside of the roof, and back of the cab. It originally had some tarred felt glued to the inside of the roof, but it was in pretty bad shape, so I replaced it with this. I primed and painted it before installing the insulation.

The Road King Product is similar to Dynamat. The owner provided it. It seems to work pretty good, it made a noticeable difference. I will put some foil faced insulation over it after the cab is installed. I'm still deciding if I will use recombined felt, or the bubble insulation. I have most of a roll of the foil faced recombined felt, but the bubble stuff is much lighter.

I put a first coat of the home made " Lizard skin" on the bottom of the floor, I think I will do a second coat before I call it done. I brushed it on, it seemed to go on well.

[kb426]

I used a roller on one of my projects with the home made stuff. I used the brush on the areas that I couldn't get to but it was fairly fast. I think the owner will be really impressed with how the truck drives.

[enjenjo]

A milestone on the 46, We put the cab on it today. I have been dealing with little things on the cab all week, and today we gathered enough bodies to lift it back on.

[kb426]

How many bodies did it take?

[enjenjo]

How many bodies did it take?

four

[idrivejunk]

I like how the grey engine looks in there  

Cab on is an exciting time... lots of work to do but the satisfaction starts rolling in  

[enjenjo]

I like how the grey engine looks in there  

Cab on is an exciting time... lots of work to do but the satisfaction starts rolling in  

The grey is the original color for that year.

[enjenjo]

Slogging along on it. Lots of work but no spectacular results.  I made up some of the AC lines, still waiting for a couple fittings. I didn't exactly know what I needed until the cab was on.

I ran a line from the oil pressure port to a bulkhead fitting on the firewall that will eventually go to the oil pressure gauge. It's 1/8" stainless steel with compression fittings.

I mounted the oil filter bracket to the firewall over the steering column on the left side. The lines are run, but I want to slip some heat proof insulation over them where they run near the exhaust pipes before hooking them to the filter.

[kb426]

Progress is always good.

[UGLY OLDS]

Looks Good Frank ... The oil filter is set up as a "partial" flow ...Correct  :?:
That's going to be a nice truck when complete ...All the "Thinkin' Ahead" stuff is starting to show ....

Bob..

[enjenjo]

Yes, that is a partial flow filter. I used some pushlok hose for the filter. I don't have enough hand strength to install the ends by hand any more, so when I bought the hose and fittings, I also bought an assembly tool. I installed the fittings on one end of each hose, and set the other fittings and the tool aside so I could do the other ends after I had a final length. I found the fittings no problem, but I have spent the last week looking for the tool. I gave up today, and ordered another one. I will find the other one when the new one arrives, so I'll just give it to Josh.


I installed more of the insulation this week, ran most of the A/C lines, coolant and heater hoses to the firewall. I also started laying out the wiring. I made a pushrod for the brake booster out of 9/16" hex stock, and made a provision for a return spring. Today I worked on the floor pan. The Ebrake handle has been moved to the right as the transmission is wider than the original. So the hole in the floor pan had to move too. I marked out the hole in the floor making it wider on the right side by 1 1/8". Then I cut it out, flipped it over, and welded it back in. Now it's in the right place. I cut covers for the original shifter hole, the old master cylinder fill hole, and a hole at the rear of the floor pan for something. Then discovered I was out of rivets 15 minutes after the store closed, So I'll rivet them in tomorrow. I cut the hole for the new shifter, it's 3 1/2" diameter, I will have to do a test fit, but I think that will be big enough. I still have to make a battery cover. I considered removing it, but it makes it fairly easy to jump the battery.

I bought a spoon yesterday. Can you figure out what I am doing with it?

[kb426]

My thought for the spoon is emergency brake related. I certainly understand loosing the tool. I'm still looking for the power steering orings that came with the 1st r&p on the 51 3 years ago.

[348tripower]

My thought for the spoon is emergency brake related. I certainly understand loosing the tool. I'm still looking for the power steering orings that came with the 1st r&p on the 51 3 years ago.

I was thinking he was making chilli

[GPster]

I'm probably off track but in the realm of spoon accelerator pedals I was thinking that you were going to make some type of mechanism to activate a switch to work the starter. That truck probably had a foot type starter solenoid and you've gone to 12V so that complicated the process. Then I re-thought it and the foot starter would have been something that come up through the floor and had a spring under it. I'm typing at a disadvantage so I didn't want you to think I wasn't paying attention so that's my guess. GPster