Mac's Truck

[Mac_Muz]

Mac\'s Truck

Hope no one minds, but I am close to done with the truck, which is now in camo....

Thanks for the help here, and on to the poor Volvo winter providing better weather I hope...

I still read a lot here....

Mac

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/mac_muz15/lst?.dir=/Chevy+Truck+Repair&.src=ph&.view=

 

[Mac_Muz]

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The camo is Plasti-Kote. under it is a gray machine enamel, as I did not trust the flat paint to keep water out.....

I know it will take months to be really dry... but then in NH thats not a bad thing.

I learned about the mig welder, and hope to do better body work when the Volvo is worked on.

If you went back to the link you can see where the Volvo is, and has been at in progress for 60 days.... nothing new has happened, as the bike is not worth having here now with the current weather.

I hope to do the body work on the Volvo still, but do wonder how to keep the primer water proof untill spring comes and the temps go to 55 and higher.

I have all the materials here, but no decent place to do the work.

What is a decent way to protect the Volvo from weather while it waits for care?

I do intend to do the welding, and maybe if I get lucky the short strand glassing, and maybe if I get really lucky the body filler, and primer.

So what this means is I want to protect what I can get done from weather, but might need to sand off some of what gets done later in spring time... Mac

 

[rex]

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Nice job Mac

I kind of like the little cowgirl in the advertisement on your photo page too

Looks great though.One thing I used to do if something needs to sit (like the Volvo) is get done what you need-which I'd always go to primer-then spray a few coats of lacquer over it.It used to be the paint store would have mismatches or screwed up mixes laying around and you could get it dirt cheap.Mix it with some elcheapo thinner and blow a few coats on until you can get back to it.Just remember to remove all the lacquer,or enamel or whatever you put over it,before going back to the original system.Keep up the good work buddy.

 

[ezrider]

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Nice job. What did you end up using for the paint Mac?

 

[Mac_Muz]

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Will mismatched lacquer dry in lower temps?

Oct was 20 degrees colder here than normal... like almost never above 45' and more like mid 30's' and even went to 9'......

Then Nov came, and brought snow them 2 days in the 60's but with rain, and the rain ain't stopped yet!

I took the truck for a test ride and it was fine, but nearing home began to shake bad. I have not yet found out why, as it never shook in the past.

I hope I flung off a wheel weight or something easy like that....

I have had the wheels off recently for new rear drums, and to turn the rotors up front..

I will look into it, and hope I don't find I left a wheel loose.... if I did that would be a sigh of a subconsious death wish due to these projects and the nasty weather....

Mac

 

[rex]

Re: Mac\'s Truck

If you can get some of that old lacquer just cut it with the cheapest thinner you can buy since the temp is so low.It will ball up the paper when you sand it off but it's better than the elements eating up the primer.Hopefully you did just oops on the lugnuts,but it happens man.If you repacked the front bearings double check them.WHen I repack them I spin the rotor as I tighten it,then back it off and retighten it and pin it in.After a few hundred miles I double check it in case it squeezed out a little more grease and loosened up.A thrown wheelweight would be an easy fix too though but you need to narrow down the wheel and pay to have it rebalanced(unless you have a bud that does that stuff).Till next time....

 

[kevsLX]

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You gota paint the rims black for the "bad azz" look!
Looks cool though.
rex, I was thinking the same thing about the cowgirl

 

[Mac_Muz]

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{Came in a bit later.. more pics were added. The last 2 called wood, and wood 3 are the ones that the below questions relate too.}

The rest of this was written first
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kev, Black eh? I am waiting for a bit O' weather to sand blast the wheels.

I was going to paint them the same green as what is on the truck.

In away I am tryin ta' emulate a military truck.

I don't know what to do about the seats as they are burgundy, and the carpet is a red shag!

The paint inside is a silver gray ish.... If you were to check out the volvo pics at my site with yahoo, you can see the way the truck was better..... I did not realy take pics of the truck before and after wll as the weather has been a fight from day 1.

I NEED AN IDEA!!!!!!!

Today will be better weather. It is 7:50 am right now. I will take a few more pics and up load them.

What my problem is, is this.....

I raised the camper top 2 1/4" with 3 layers of 3/4" thick lumber. ( i was always racking that bone just below my skull getting in and out of there)

This wood wraps the front wall, and of course the 2 sides.

The top wood is 8'x4"x3/4 as is the bottom wood. The wood in the center is 8'x2"x3/4", so I can still use the clamps to hold the cap on.

So the problem is finding a material to cover these seams with that "looks" right......???

Once there was a trim on the cap, and so I want to cover that area, and also cover the wood to near the truck bed rails that the cap sits on.

Like I said once you "See" you might think of something...

I had thought to use roofing drip edge, but it seems wimpy, and will bend at each screw.

I had thought to use rubber wheel flairing, but it is moulded curved slightly, and I was lucky to force it near to straight for the cap rear window to make a sorta weather seal below the window.

I had thought to use what is called a "Stop" which is a air plane wing shape base board for a house, but it is expensive for what it is..

A finished look at these seams would be nice...

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The SHAKE.... Well it is gone???? Where in hell did it go? I drove the truck down the very same road and back again yesterday in rain just like the day it started to shake, and there was no shake????

Wet plug? I dunno?? The engine seems strong as it did then.....

The engine is weird, and I can't find the numbers..... It is a 4 bolt main chevy 350 with 2 places cast into the block and 2 places bent into the oil pan for dip sticks.

I got it in a junk yard some years back to replace the 305 that had about 200,000 on it and was tired..

I have 2 dip sticks in it for FUN

..... When I get gas if there is an attendant, and he asks to check the oil I beam away and say "Please check both sides." You outta see the looks

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I hope to do something with the volvo today to stabalize it for winter, and maybe get to welding up a home made spare tire well.....

Thanks for the help and I will get pics in here about 2 pm...... not that you guys are my slaves, but I think everyone likes a chance to chat and have some say in things... especialy when the advice is taken... In my case for better or worse

Mac

 

[rex]

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About the only thing I can think of now to cover the wood is some aluminum flashing.If you can find some already bent into a 'c' it would be great.Then use some countersunk head screws on to and bottom and the outside that shows will still be clean looking.Let you know if anything else pops in my head.