She'll be comin' round the mountain
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At first I will be using a 3rd row seat from my old suburban and I'm thinking it wont be easy access to under the seat. I had to add another photo of my 50.00 apiece craigslist 8.25 x 20's. I got my clutch on and today I think I'll run the engine, get it warm, quickly strip off the accessories and paint it while it's still warm. Then set it aside and start the brakes. Danny already asked for the day off, because he knew that whatever the superbowl outcome, he'd probably be 'sick' on Monday. Work is only moderately busy right now, so I think I'll take a 'sick day' too, and work on the truck all day!
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Ok, I've been working on the brakes but today I installed the 8ba. Hoping to get a brake booster from napa, and then it's on to the rear brakes. I painted the engine rustoleum pewter gray. I read somewhere on here a lot of people have used rustoleum on engines with lasting results. I want to do everything I can think of while the front clip is off. I love doing this job on bare frame rails.
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I have a thread in the 48-56 group called 'picked up an 8ba last night'. This outlines many of the differences. It should be near the top as I posted on it last night. Link anyone? Your 59 ab should have thermostats. they sit on top of the center outlets and are held in place by the hose itself. Lots of people removed them in the past to 'improve cooling'. It doesn't.
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I notice in your pics that you worked on your wheels a bit, also. Did you sandblast them with the tires on, or just wire wheel them? I'm looking at blasting mine. When I did the brake job, I found the insides of all and the inside duals were pretty bad. I can't believe a little light blasting would harm the tires any, if I don't blast them directly. Any suggestions welcome!
Your engine looks beautiful.
Your engine looks beautiful.
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Me, I wire wheeled with a cup brush, goggles and heavy clothing. Still had quills in my drawers. My buddy had some big truck 20s sandblasted and he said the sand just bounced off. I saw them afterwards and they were really clean. Mine were good enough for me.
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Thanks Gary, that may be the better route to go. Whichever I do, I might wait a few weeks for this -20F "Spring" weather to improve, and do them outside.
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Here's a video my son made for me today. Right after this was shot, he and I dragged the suburban 3rd row seat from the attic. It clears the doors by about 1/2" and the hooks that latched to the suburban's floor hook onto the lip of the old gas tank surround/seat box. We held the back of the seat up high and hooked the hooks and then when we lowered the seat the hooks were firmly engaged. Who'd a thunk it? It's even in really nice shape and it's a good tan colored vinyl. I will get a picture of it after work tomorrow.
! like the double exhaust,want to do it on mine. atleast i,m not the only one with white hair.
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Us whitehairs are the primary reason the older trucks and the bigger trucks get fixed up. Here are some photos of the suburban seat we stuck in there last night. It's been in my shop's attic, usually in the way, for 15 years. I will secure it with some homemade brackets for the long run, but for test runs, it is totally secure enough as is.