In reply to tuna55:
Becuz:
In reply to tuna55:
Becuz:
In reply to JohnInKansas:
I remembered. How is it going?
Good, but I'll update you offline for the sake of thread focus.
On topic, yours is more solid now than mine ever was.
Sure man. You can off-topic me anytime. I am not sure how many pages you've mised out on, but I still have yet to tackle:
Finishing the fuel lines
Front suspension
Engine
Interior & Paint
It's a short list, but each thing is going to take a loooong time.
Won't likely get in the garage tonight. I have a honey-do list and it's a "get back from church, throw the Tunakids in bed and it's 9:30 before you can start the laundry and dishes" night.
Those boys haven't finished the fuel lines yet?!! You better crack the whip. 
I know it doesn't look like much, but cutting the heads off, welding the shanks in, slotting the tab ears, pounding/welding the shanks flush, pulling on the bed rail, and don't look too closely, one of those bolts on the bottom flange is a slightly different color. It would have hit the fuel filler tube, so it's really just one of the cut-off heads welded on the sheet metal piece. Nice?
And I was left with this fun note from Tunawife
Which was nice. Love letters are great, eh?
I also finished up the preliminary fuel line. It still needs to be clamped to the frame a bunch, but it's technically a fuel line. I even got the right size caps for a few extra vents. No pics, though. Fuel lines are really hard to photograph. Just imagine perfect OEM fuel lines, and then smash them all with a hammer and reinstall them a bit. You got it!
I also noticed that the fuel filler vent flexible line can hit the leaf spring, o I have to play there a bit more.
Leaning towards bedlining the whole thing together, otherwise those will be the only non-bed-lined carriage bolts, and I don't want them to stick out,
Any flat surface larger than 12 square inches is automatically a workbench.
That note made me laugh.
mazdeuce wrote: That note made me laugh.
same here that is an awesome note.
Late night with tunakids showcase at co-op. #1 was max the dog from the grinch. It was cool.
Lots of evening activities and now a terrible update:
Fuel lines are done. Nicely routed, attached to stuff, clamped, looks very good if not OEM.
Again, it's nearly impossible to take a good picture of what I did.
Wiring is the same thing. Spend HOURS getting it right, in the end, a picture of wires.
I appreciate the fuel line stuff, I need to put hard lines back on the wagon and reading about your trials and tribulations gives me things to think about.
I'm just glad that you are still working on it.
Did you add a return line so we can inject it later?
Yes, im a tbi fanboi.
No return line, I'm a Qjet fanboi!
fair enough. and q-jets are good carbs when theyre right. im just sick of dealing with carbs since I was 14.
whats next on the list for the truck?
Dusterbd13 wrote: fair enough. and q-jets are good carbs when theyre right. im just sick of dealing with carbs since I was 14. whats next on the list for the truck?
The passenger side stake pocket, which, just being a stake pocket, should not take that much time as compared to the other side.
Then I'll make sure the alignment is right and start taking the fenders and inner fenders off in preparation of working on the front suspension. Who knows how I'll be able to afford to replace anything that needs to be, but I guess I'll figure out what I really need first. That swaybar needs to be mounted up there, too.
Given that I still have to somehow shell out real money for paint, glass and interior, I am thinking of shelving my big engine plans for now. After all, the mill in there, while boring and slow, does run well. A grand in engine parts could easily be paint (and all materials) instead. Which would I rather have, a well running truck that I can't drive because it's body is still raw and unfinished, or a driver which could use an engine upgrade?
Drive it and enjoy the fruits of your labor for a while.
volvoclearinghouse wrote: Any flat surface larger than 12 square inches is automatically a workbench.
say what?
VWguyBruce wrote: Drive it and enjoy the fruits of your labor for a while.
Yes, probably this. Engine swaps are hilariously simple compared to this build so far.
The question is exactly what to do to the engine to get it ready to actually drive the truck again. It's been sitting for five years. I know the Quadrajet needs to be rebuilt and that it needs valve seals badly. I am thinking a quick refresh on the heads & valves, maybe a quickie swap meet intake and cheapo cam/lifters so it can at least speak highly of itself rather than just fog everyone with blue smoke.
VWguyBruce wrote: Drive it and enjoy the fruits of your labor for a while.
this...youll get a whole lot more enjoyment from your truck when walking out of the grocery store and seeing it parked in the lot than you would walking out of the house and seeing it on jack stands in the garage
tuna55 wrote: I know the Quadrajet needs to be rebuilt and that it needs valve seals badly. I am thinking a quick refresh on the heads & valves, maybe a quickie swap meet intake and cheapo cam/lifters so it can at least speak highly of itself rather than just fog everyone with blue smoke.
excellent - people dont plan to fail, they fail to plan. That sounds suspiciously like a plan.
I am REALLY looking forward to the body and paint phase of this project. That said, paint and materials are $pendy so pick your project plan accordingly.
NOHOME wrote: I am REALLY looking forward to the body and paint phase of this project. That said, paint and materials are $pendy so pick your project plan accordingly.
I am looking forward to that part being over!!! I really really really hate sanding, and my attached garage means that I'm building a tent in the yard or driveway to spray the thing. I'll do it, and do it right, but it's going to be way better to have done than it will be to do. Sort of like college, but cheaper.
It is funny, I thought I hated sanding also, but once I got into the phase where I was block sanding the slicksand high fill primer, I found it rather relaxing. I highly recomend the Durablock sanding blocks.
Don't know that I would shoot the final color next time. Pride of "doing it all myself" drove me to paint the bugeye, but for what I paid for a good gun, plus the cost of the materials to build the booth, I could have had a shop do it in a real booth; probably close to 1k in those two items combined.
Cleaning the dust out of the shop with a couple of leaf-blowers was interesting!
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