Thread: 1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn Build

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I'm definitely not keeping it. It has 2 too little lug nuts per wheel. Haha I'm just doing what any of us would do to help out a fellow rodder or truck guy.

Yeah, I don't understand why he even called the same broker? Apparently they are slim pickins up in NY? I told him he could call reliable or a known professional like that to do the job. It might cost a little more but he has already got a damaged truck he has $7900 in. $5500 to buy it, $1500 to haul it the first time, and $900 to get it out of the tow company's place.

I put some transmission fluid in it and a different battery in it this morning and got it off my trailer. I forgot I have a pesky heavy cummins in the way along with some other crap from my Dad and brothers that are blocking the south bay of the shop. I'm going to get it in tonight before we have any storms. I don't want anything to happen to it while I have it. I need to pull the plugs and valve covers. I do not believe the tow people pulled the plugs before they started the engine. The engine runs, but misses and will pop through the carb. My Dad told me this morning that it could have bent push rods from hydraulic-ing when they cranked it over. He used to be a tow truck driver in the late 60's-early 80's. He said it happened all the time. I told the owner I will try to get it running better because it will be cheaper for him to get a bid if it will pull it's self on to a trailer.

[QUOTE=40FordDeluxe;567902]I'm definitely not keeping it. I'm going to get it in tonight before we have any storms. I don't want anything to happen to it while I have it. I need to pull the plugs and valve covers. I do not believe the tow people pulled the plugs before they started the engine. The engine runs, but misses and will pop through the carb. My Dad told me this morning that it could have bent push rods from hydraulic


You're a good man Charlie Brown!

Please explain bent push rods from hydraulicking.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Please explain bent push rods from hydraulicking.

When the vehicle is laying on its side the cylinders will fill with oil. Oil will also go out the exhaust and can transfer through the exhaust manifold into other cylinders. Oil can intrude from the valve cover cavity through valve seals and into the cylinders too. A person flips the vehicle back on its wheels and tries to crank the engine without removing the spark plugs. Since you can't compress a liquid something has to give. So if a cylinder is full of oil or even 3/4s full, and the piston is on the compression stroke or if the valves are shut, as the piston travels up forcing the fluid to the bottom of the head, the valves get held shut. Then the weakest link will be found. I'm not saying this is the problem with this engine. But, it ran fine before the roll over and didn't pop through the carb. So either some one jacked with the distributor/timing, or there are issues in the engine now.

I would just like to say from an old panelbeater from New Zealand looking at those new photo's, is that is all repairable panel damage, even the roof looks an easy repair once the headliner is removed. I'm sure that there would be removable internal panels on the rear fender allowing access to the small amount of damage there too. The front fender could be unbolted and dressed up easily too I would think. The truck certainly wouldn't be a right off down here in NZ unless it wasn't insured for enough but then the repair bill won't break the bank if one had to pay for the repairs on such a rare vehicle.

Ryan,
Not that it matters now, but if you find yourself dealing with an old, defunct hot tub in the future, a chainsaw is your friend. I had one that was no longer viable, and 1/2 hour with a chain saw had it in pieces that were easily tossed into a dumpster.

Originally Posted by rspears

Ryan,
Not that it matters now, but if you find yourself dealing with an old, defunct hot tub in the future, a chainsaw is your friend. I had one that was no longer viable, and 1/2 hour with a chain saw had it in pieces that were easily tossed into a dumpster.

A Sawzall with a fast cutting blade works pretty good, too, if you don't have a chainsaw....;-)

Originally Posted by randyr

A Sawzall with a fast cutting blade works pretty good, too, if you don't have a chainsaw....;-)

I actually loaded up my generator, sawzall, and an extension cord and had planned to cut it up. Guess what? I forgot the blades in my truck and that's why I had to resort to plan b which wasn't anticipated.

Once again I had a mad dash to get things done so we could go to Goodguys this year. I took last Thursday and Friday off for it. Thursday was used to take the camper up there, get the registration stuff handled, and I also took the Corvette up to the campgrounds. At around 11PM I resumed working on the 72. I had a laundry list of stuff I wanted to get done to it before I took it. It's pretty sad, most of the stuff I did you really can't tell much has changed.

I replaced my head light housings with ones that looked more stock but still accept a H4 bulb. I installed my modified grill emblem I made, and I painted around the head lights on the grill. I had to modify my battery hold downs because they were hitting my caps on my batteries and making a mess over time. I cleaned them up and painted them. I made a new battery cable from the RH battery to the LH battery. I drilled holes in my radiator support and ran the new battery cable through it. Previously my cable ran across the top behind the radiator. But I had panels to clean up the top and I wanted them moved. I also cleaned up the under side and repainted it to get the remnants of the winter off it. I didn't get half of my list done so that will have to wait. It was a busy weekend but it was fun.

These were the only pictures I took this weekend. I'm disappointed about that. These pics are with the air bags dumped. It's easier for the kids to get in and out with the suspension dumped.

Heck, I will need to see photo's of her sitting ride height to compare as to me, this is step ladder material now and you say she is dropped. You breed your children with extra long legs mate ?

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Heck, I will need to see photo's of her sitting ride height to compare as to me, this is step ladder material now and you say she is dropped. You breed your children with extra long legs mate ?

In not so many words, I was thinking the same thing.

If that's "Bag's Dumped" you need to shop for some MUCH Bigger Tires!!

It only has bags in the rear. I haven't gotten to the front and I'm not sure if I will on this truck now. That will mean redoing a lot of things. I have 35s and different wheels for it but I like the looks of the steels and haven't brought myself to put the 35s on it yet.

In other news......... The 1970 K10 is finally on it's way to it's owner in New York. This poor guy has had more bad luck with this truck than I'd want. This was the 3rd shipper that was supposed to pick this truck up in 2 weeks. Pretty crazy.

Did you get it running better for him, and that's a pretty sweet wagon on the top.