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1977 Silverado Crew Cab.

y5mgisi said:
Well I want to build a lean to off the side of the house anyway so I can have a spot under cover for one of the rigs during the winter. I figure I can just do that and then wrap it in plastic when it comes time to sand or spray. My neighbor is pretty cool so I'm sure I can tell him what's up and when I'll be doing what I'm doing and we can work out an arrangement.
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Just wrapped my garage in plastic, used a box
Fan to exhaust the overspray/fumes out the door on the cheep10. Seemed to work not bad.
 
just make sure ya put a furnace filter on the box fan to catch the overspray...
 
make sure you have enough fans for enough ventilation....remember my fiasco...I built a giant greenhouse and it was 135 degrees in there and two box fans didn't cut it....

My neighbors still complained about the fumes even though I filtered the box fans...
 
I'm hoping that with the lean too being permanent, and roofed, and just wrapping the sides in plastic will keep it a reasonable temperature. And I plan on running two box fans. One as an intake and one as an exhaust. And putting furnace filters double stacked on each. Hopefully that will suffice.
 
Also I'll have a conversation with my closest neighbors and let them know what's going on and that the smell will be temporary.
 
Had to remove this bolt to install the new battery tray that should show up today. It was all the way rounded off so I welded a nut onto it and it spun right out! Success!



 
Sure thing! I'm going to do base/clear simply because I gather it's easier for a first timer to make it turn out good.

In other news, just after I posted about the bolt, my battery tray showed up! Good quality! Bolted all up just fine!



Battery in, yes I know I need to cables and bolts.



Can't find my hold down, but a distributor hold down works perfect in the mean time!



Got rid of a bunch of the po wiring garbage...



And slowly getting a little cleaner in the engine compartment!

 
I keep meaning to see if it's pressurised but I know the belt is undone because the compressor is pretty rough turning.
 
The distrubutor hold down working as a substitute is cool--but I'd be afraid it will poke two fang holes in the battery when you go over a good speed bump..:doah:..

The inner fender on my truck's passenger side is rotted enough so the battery tray was caving in towards the tire,and the battery would threaten to leap out when I was plowing and hitting snowbanks,or going over potholes and speed bumps...
I had to screw some sheet metal on it to keep it together,and I put some of that perforated strapping around the battery to make sure it wont just flop out of the oem hold down..
I wrapped the strapping with tape first, so it cant short out against the positive terminal..

The drivers side inner fender rotted away enough a few years ago,to the degree when one day I went to raise up my snow plow blade and nothing happened--thought the cable broke on the control valve to the joystick,but no--the control valve ,that was bolted to the inner fender,decided to pull the bolts right thru the fender and move,instead of the control valve piston moving..:doah:..I ended up making a hasty repair by using some sheet metal from an old swimming pool to make a "patch" and secured it with nuts & bolts and drive screws..the whole nose is pretty roached now..:(
 
That's nasty! The dist hold down is good. It won't cause me any troubles. And it won't stay there Ling anyway. And this trucks rides absurdly smooth in the front. Very caddy like. I think it's because it's a big block on small Block Springs.
 
My CCLB C30 rides great too...one of the reasons I wanted a C instead of a K for my tow vehicle.
I'm with Chief Brody...ditch the greenhouse idea...any amount of sun will create problems IMO.
I simply use plastic on my walls, and clean the ceiling real good before painting (including the lights) I've had pretty good success this way. The plastic has a static charge which will help draw any nibs in the air to it, instead of in your paint.
I use a good quality furnace filter for the incoming air from the attic (which is usually dry and warm air) at one end of the booth, then exhaust it under my workbench and out the back wall of my booth (I've used a furnace filter in front of the exhaust fan, but it clogs up quickly and limits airflow, so now I just let it go through the fan without a filter)
I also seal up the overhead door real well to prevent air infiltration.
 
82355 said:
Makes an easier fix if it still has pressure.

Martin
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That's kinda what I was thinking. Know if they make new clutches or if they have rebuild kits for this type compressor? The pump turns ok, but the free spin on the clutch is completely fubar.

In other news, just for fun, I sprayed a little rattle can clear I had on the shelf in this spot. It sure is a crazy difference. There is no difference in the shiny area and the crappy area other than a layer of clear. Half tempted to just clear the rest and focus on other stuff besides the paint :thinking:

 
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