Thread: 1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn Build

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Originally Posted by falconvan

Looking great; I hope you dad gets to feeling better.

Yeah, I hope so too. My mom told me Monday night that he went outside for a walk and he tripped and fell and has been in a lot of pain. I haven't heard how he is other than grumpy and growly. So that means he's in pain but he doesn't want to say he is.

Originally Posted by 34_40

What did "they" find in the trans.?

I almost don't want to say. They found missing seals on the forward drum which fried the forward clutches. There was also a bearing missing in the overdrive section which took out the sun gear. So they're replacing all the clutches, the sun gear/drum, and the bearing. To the tune of $600-$700. It is what it is but stinks at the same time. This trans has been a PITA for a while. I've had it out 3 times before in another truck, and have a lot of money in the dumb thing. Before I put it in this truck, Dad went through it and installed my billet input and some billet servos. He thought he found the problem and fixed it. I'm guessing he was hurting when he was working on it and over looked the missing items. Oh well, it'll be fixed now. I hope. Haha

Shame you've invested so much time and money in this trans. But it sounds like "they" got it well in hand now, hopefully it will be a reliable unit for many miles / smiles to come.

Hopefully. I was ready to get some TNT and end it. haha

WHy end this one??? What about the other 47 projects you keep working on at the same time?!?!?!

Originally Posted by 34_40

WHy end this one??? What about the other 47 projects you keep working on at the same time?!?!?!

Man, you guys sure are hard on a guy. I meant, end that dangum transmission! And the projects keep me sain. Geeze, have you been talking to my wife? Haha My Dad used to tell me I could never leave well enough a lone. He quit saying that after I put a cummins in his truck. Then he just encouraged the idea fest.

Today I picked up the trans from the tranny shop. It is suppose to be good to go now! Today and tomorrow it's going to be raining. In the morning I'm going to remove my engine adapter to see if I can find where the mysterious oil leak on the back of the engine has developed. Once that is fixed, I'll put the trans back in and go to town on it. I still have a lot of stuff I need to finish up on the truck anyhow. I'll try to work it in when I can.

No, this thing still isn't done. I have been picking things off the list in my spare time. I got the radiator brought forward a bit so I have more fan to radiator clearance. I pulled the oil pan because I thought it was my leaky culprit. Turns out it was a soft plug behind the cam. So I replaced the rear main seal while I was here. I have to get the oil pan, soft plug, and rear main plate put back on. I'm waiting on my race torque converter to be turned back into a normal one, and then I can get my trans put back in. I had a friend come over for a couple Saturdays and he has been working on installing and wiring my speakers. It has speakers on the lower cowl panels, one in each cab corner, and one in the middle of the dash. Well, will have. I got a speaker for a non air cab, and mine is an air cab. I probably got the speaker when I still had the non air cab way back in the early stages of this poor truck's build. Haha Today I ordered a new Boyd aluminum 19 gal fuel tank for it. Slowly but surely, more things are getting knocked off the list.

As it's been said, ANY progress is good progress. Good for you..

Time for a update. First off, I got my table back from the painter. I had it cleared so it won't rust. A big thanks to Mike, 34_40, for turning down the wood pieces for the glass to set on. It is currently at the pin striper's and I'll be taking it to the car show April 28th. 2nd, I got my ASE cert updated. Big fun there. 3rd, progress on the 72. I've been squeezing time in on this thing. I was hoping to drive it to the car show on the 28th, but I doubt that will happen. I have stuff I want to change, and a whole slue to still finish.

Here are the speaker brackets that go in the cab corner area. I drilled the speaker mounting holes, primed and painted them. I also ran the cargo/third brake light wires before I stuck the speaker brackets in. I got the RH and LH seat belts installed. I have to make a bracket to attach the jump seat re tractor and then those will be done.

While I was running the speaker wires, I decided it was time to install my sill plates. They are suppose to be SS and they were suppose to fit OE holes etc. Well, they fir horribly and I've had them for years. So, I filled the original holes, and bent these around to fit as best they can. Then I drilled new holes and mounted them with SS 1/4" button heads.

I almost forgot. I also installed new door weatherstripping. These are newly out from Precision. These are the first type of push on door seals on the market for these trucks. They are way nicer than the original glue on type.

My Boyd welding fuel tank came in. Luckily the measurements I gave them were spot on because the tank will fit without moving my rear cross member. That's really good because it wasn't going to happen. Haha I need to make some tank straps and add another cross member to the front so I can use straps to mount the tank. These tanks sit under the frame and have a plate you put on top of the frame to attach the bolts coming from the bottom to attach to. Well, since my frame is boxed, I can't do that. I have to change a couple of the bumper bolt directions so the bolts don't rub the tank, and I am going to do a behind the tail light fuel filler. It will be behind the LH tail light.

I also got a catch can to catch the oil from the excess boost. Mainly the issue is my billet tappet cover has no divider to stop all the oil from being pushed out the breather holes. These were designed for pulling trucks and no one has incorporated a baffle system on them. The next one I put on will have one and then maybe a catch can won't be needed.

I also got the oil pan installed, rear main seal plate, and rear main seal installed. I replaced the cam expansion plug, and am waiting on the torque converter still. I know, there is crap everywhere. I've been cleaning and putting up shelves trying to get organized. I really need to get my shed put up so non garage stuff can get out of the garage.

I almost have that darn bed frame done too! Hopefully I can finish the last bed rail this weekend and it can get out of my garage too! I wanted to see what my 35s looked like that I have for my 76. I stuck them on here and I really like the look. That was a bad idea. Hopefully the TC will be finished up next week. I'd like to get the trans in this thing and see if it works. I need to fire up the engine before I stick the trans back in and make sure my expansion plug is seated. I'd rather find out now it is not right rather than after the drive line is all back installed.

Looks like some really nice pieces/part....

"....I wanted to see what my 35s looked like that I have for my 76. I stuck them on here and I really like the look. That was a bad idea......"

Yeah been there done that.LOL

That table is really neat you (and Mike) did good.


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Congrats on being so busy and getting things accomplished! Now I'll have to get some things done to catch up.. LOL.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Congrats on being so busy and getting things accomplished! Now I'll have to get some things done to catch up.. LOL.

I wanted to work on the truck this weekend, but it was so nice outside! I finally got some things done outside. The kids got some chickens for Easter, so momma needs someone to build a chicken coupe. There was a make shift roof over a sand box behind my garage. Originally she wanted to use it as the base for the coupe. (But, it turned out to be not that nice so now it is parts.) The wife and I tore that apart after my middle son's 4yr birthday party. My mom was bored while my dad was taking a nap, so she started raking my leaves where I left off before the party. Sunday I was able to get the rest of the front yard raked, got the sticks picked up in the yard, and raked the gravel back in to the yard. While the kids and wife were napping, I drilled the holes in my last side board for the bed frame. I then cleaned it up and stained it to match the other side. I put one coat of semi gloss poly on it and then we went to town to get chicken supplies. I also got grass seed. On the way back I stopped at my parent's place to grab a part to sell, and try to drive a dodge with a bad lift pump home. (Last time I tried, it didn't make it out of the drive way) Luckily yesterday the lift pump worked long enough to drive 9 miles. Haha When we got home, I seeded the front yard and some of the back. Hopefully the rain we get beds it down and some new grass starts up. Then I flipped the side board, put poly on it, and then cut some wood for the wife. I had a large wood crate we got a part in at work. I took it apart and she finally found a use for it. She's making letter picture signs for the boys's room. I felt like I didn't get anything done, but I guess we did. Haha Now this week, I have to get this dodge done and try to get my Excursion put together. Sheesh.