Thread: 1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn Build

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Nothing majorly new with the truck. I have been daily driving it putting the miles on it. I've hauled some decent scrap loads. (Too bad they aren't worth anything) Anyhow, I finally managed to get the 03 Dodge engine reinstalled and running. Only thing left to do is replace the oil pressure switch because after the truck starts warming up, the oil pressure gauge falls to 0 from 60. So, either the switch is bad, or there are issues in the oil pick up/oil pump. This engine was ran out of oil before so I'm hoping the switch is just bad for who knows what reason. The truck had 293k on it so it is a good possibility. If it is an engine issue, the owner can take the truck to the guy that rebuilt the engine. I'm fresh out of time for this truck.

Last week I got the 7.3 parts back from the machine shop. Last Saturday I spent the day cleaning the parts, installing the crank, checking the main clearances, then re-installing the crank for the final time. finally, it has .003 of clearance and I can move forward on it. I started cleaning the pistons and rings and I found the previous shop must have broken an oil ring because one of them was a used one. 2 steps forward 4 steps back with this darn truck!

Since it was so nice today, I finished de-greasing the trans and tcase, and got them painted. I used black primer first, then gloss black single stage. As long as they set up nice, we're good to go. The owner of this truck wants everything painted with a gun now. I have no problem doing it, he just better understand it takes a little more time. Especially in the prep. People just don't realize it.