69’ c10 front assembly

[TJ1978]

Welp,
Does the core support go on before the inner and outer fenders for a 69’ c10?

i have read people assemble the inner fender to the outer and put it on as one unit, emblems would need to go on first or use those clips to push the emblem in to.

anyway,
What are the preferred steps to get the front end together and have everything line up, or line up enough?

 

[TJ1978]

Would you reuse this inner fender or look for another?

 

[Bent77]

I’d put in the core support, then inners, then outers, all while listening to Vixen

I’d try to fix that inner first is you’re handy with a welder and have a few pieces of scrap steel

 

[TJ1978]

I don’t have a welder but probably JB weld will work, I may try to just find a replacement locally..
Do you really need inner fenders?

 

[Bent77]

They look nice and keep the scorpion turds out of your air cleaner. We have weather up here, keeps that crap out

the JB weld won’t do much. Buy a welder while you’re at the hardware store. And a tap and die set

 

[fourwheelerjeff]

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I have one of these as well as a tap and die set; you can use this to chase threads and clean them up.

 

[TJ1978]

As far as tap and die set goes
Should I get metric or sae?
amazon has a set for both for like $60

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or

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[Bent77]

I rarely use metric, and you can buy them one at a time

 

[Bent77]

Did you buy a welder today?

 

[TJ1978]

Did you buy a welder today?

No... I was messing with the carb spacer. I got a lot the done the last couple days on that truck. So I kind of “relaxed” and did yard work most of the day.

 

[Wes Harden]

Yard work ???? Did you rake your rocks ?

 

[Wes Harden]

Yup either patch that inner fender with a welder, or find a new one. Any filler materiel for that kind of repair is liken to snake oil.

 

[rampage]

LMC has them for $100

 

[TJ1978]

Yard work ???? Did you rake your rocks ?

Trim the hedges, mow, edge. The regular.
this house grass front and back, with tons of rocks..

 

[Wes Harden]

Killer water bill ?

 

[TJ1978]

Killer water bill ?

Ha, I will eventually pull the grass or get that turf stuff in the front.

 

[TJ1978]

I assume this for the oil pressure sender,
What can I use to plug this?
I’m probably going to use the area by the distributor...

what size of whatever do I need to plug it? 1/2 NPT?

 

[Wes Harden]

Wate temp sender in that hole. the thread size of the head is 3/8 pipe, the brass bushing in there now is 1/4" pipe. Pipe sizing goes by the internal diameter of the pipe. So the OD is bigger than you are expecting. Tube goes by the OD.

 

[TJ1978]

Wate temp sender in that hole. the thread size of the head is 3/8 pipe, the brass bushing in there now is 1/4" pipe

Ok so water temp goes there. I thought that was on top of the manifold.

 

[Wes Harden]

It can be, the factory uses the head.