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1977 Silverado Crew Cab.

Had to move the truck across the street today to get some stuff out of the garage. Couple things. It's all water tight now. Got all the seals in. It's legal now since I got the mirrors on. I love this truck. And it looks good even without the trim on and with a load of garbage in the back!

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y5mgisi said:
Had to move the truck across the street today to get some stuff out of the garage. Couple things. It's all water tight now. Got all the seals in. It's legal now since I got the mirrors on. I love this truck. And it looks good even without the trim on and with a load of garbage in the back!
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It sure does. I got to this point in my build and decided that I never wanted to put trim back on. So I never did. I think it looks better that way.

Yours will look awesome either way! :bow: :waytogo:
 
The tape lines are such that I have no choice but to put the trim back on! Lol that is my next thing to do. I'm just trying to figure out a decent way of getting the trim cleaned up...
 
It's not bad. Stein's cucv starved of fuel going up a hill on trail and he had to reprime and restart. Only took a few minutes. Can only imagine in the comfort of a driveway on flat ground it would be that much better.
 
y5mgisi said:
From what I gather, bleed the air out of the filter, and then Crack some lines. Yea?
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That's the worst-case fuel-lines-are-dry situation. If you simply ran out of fuel while driving, it gets simpler, as the lines still have some fuel in them. Go through the repriming dance for the filter-unplug IP, crank engine for a set amount of time (that I forgot), replug IP, and crank while flooring it. If you added a pump like I did, I simply flip the switch and let it reprime itself, then I just have to worry about priming the lines downstream of the IP (the crank-and-floor-it portion). Either way, it is much faster than bleeding out a set of new (dry) lines. And even that's not a huge headache.


If you catch the air bubble before it gets to the IP, it becomes a downright trivial problem.



Did you wind up buying the whole truck, or just the D60?
 
I'm sounding like a broken record here, but that thing looks killer. I love it.
 
Lol well thank you! I agree it looks pretty nice as is. But the vision I have in my head for when it's actually "done" is maddeningly beautiful.
 
y5mgisi said:
They don't seem that tough.
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They are about the same as a small block 350 for durability and power. But there are a couple things to pay attention to like the condition of the balancer because vibrations will kill a crank if it goes bad.

Smokinthehippies said:
It's not bad. Stein's cucv starved of fuel going up a hill on trail and he had to reprime and restart. Only took a few minutes. Can only imagine in the comfort of a driveway on flat ground it would be that much better.
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Takes 15 seconds with 5-10 psi of air. Just disconnect the return hose on the IP and pressurize the tanks from there. Then crack the bleeders and watch the fuel run out.
 
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