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Project Tetanus

89 K5 37s H1s 465 swap 241c sye Tub swap rust free
Some more progress recently. Shortened front of fenders to help get 37s to fit. Cutting brand new fenders kinda sucked but I think they turned out good. Also finishing body work to hopefully paint before too cold.

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Some paint finally but not too happy with it. Gun was acting up, and didnt get the coverage I thought I had. Will have to wait till spring to do it again. (Work picks up this time of year, weather too cold, holidays, ect) Painted panels off the truck and ended up being a little different shade when put together. Looks good in garage but in the sun... Kinda bummed so will reassemble and scuff up again and shoot it all assembled.

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Picked up a disc/disc proportioning valve since it had the stock disc/drum one still. Brakes never felt quite right, after the rear disk swap, would never pump up right felt funny. So installed a PV4 valve and already feels better, waiting on tool that replaces pressure switch in valve to properly bleed.

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Also mounted the front seats. Will eventually dye to match the rear. Seats are in really good shape so gonna run them for now. Also all interior trim will be gray, will paint before installing. Have seen really good results in person with interior paints.

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The garage paint situation looks pretty simple and the paint looks great in pictures. Would you mind sharing your setup?
 
The garage paint situation looks pretty simple and the paint looks great in pictures. Would you mind sharing your setup?
Thanks, I am not a pro painter and it looks better in the pics than in person. I will be reshooting it when the weather gets nicer. The reason being is I painted the panels separately to avoid tape lines and that was a mistake. The blue is very translucent and takes several coats to get the dark blue that you see in the pics. The problem was I didnt do the exact same sweeps on each panel, due to position, lighting ect. So though it looks good in the garage and even outside when overcast, the doors fenders and quarters are a different shade when all put together. And looking back I dont know what I was thinking. Anyway cheap gun, nason 2 stage paint, and I power wash the floor and blow out dust from the garage several times a week or so before, then the night before do it again and shut the door and keep it shut all night and in the morning wet the floor and dont open till complete the next day. I also cover my work bench with fresh cardboard to ensure no grease or dirt get into any paint materials. So far I have had best results with my old siphon feed gun this one (hvlp)left alot of orange peel that would have been buffed out.
 
Really like how you shortened the front fenders. I've been thinking about defanging mine but never really liked having the straight/sharp metal edge right there versus maintaining the factory rolled edge like you did.
 
Really like how you shortened the front fenders. I've been thinking about defanging mine but never really liked having the straight/sharp metal edge right there versus maintaining the factory rolled edge like you did.

Thanks I dont like it cut off straight either. I plan on putting a custom bumper on eventually, but with the stock one most wouldnt be able to tell it was modded.
 
I have not really done much with the engine on this thing as it has been replaced, I dont know when or how many miles. It doesnt smoke however have been fixing leaks and little things. I dont want to dive into it as I want to drive it this summer and there is nothing really wrong with it. That being said I have been chasing a intermittent coolant leak. Every once in awhile I will find a couple drips of coolant off the trans. So start digging, cleaned all the grime out of the intake so I could see the bolts and find some coolant seepage. I could have tightened up the bolts as a couple were loose and see if it stopped, however it looked like hell and it would probably let go 4hrs from home with the family on board.

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Also someone had put an oring instead if the correct seal for the awful rear intake hose. Removed the screwy stock hose with the crappy seal and modified the stock fitting to keep the restriction and a new hose. Now no more leaks. Also had to clean up all the wiring as it was all over the place. So alot of electrical tape zip ties and wire loom. Unfortunately these TBI engines have too much junk on them to make them look good, so just organized will have to do. Also valve covers werent leaking so not fixing stuff that isnt broke for now.

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Installed the windshield without the special tools, I can see how they would help but not really needed. Dulled a small screwdriver, made some wood screwdriver type tools and some silicone.
Installed the hood and set the broken bubbling grill on just to look at.

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So stock interior color was a saddle/orange color. I think it was orange due to fading, plus the color was different from side to side as it faded differently over the years probably due to sun exposure. I was very skeptical of the vinyl/plastic "dye" but thought I would try it on a piece just to see. Scrubbed the heck out of it with scotchbrite and cleaner then wiped it down with wax and grease remover. The paint is very thin and takes a couple coats but so far very impressed. I picked grey because my seats are grey and black for now. I used duplicolor brand because the local autoparts stores carry it and is $8 a can. This was a cheap fix and freshen up the dirty faded interior. No headliner for now up for ideas though.

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