1978 Chevy LUV Machine

[Novak]

As you can see the front windshield is badly scuffed and scratched. Imagine looking through a faint spiderweb and that’s what the windshield was like and any nighttime oncoming traffic would amplify that. It also had a lot of cracks so it got some fresh glass

It’s a fun truck, so far my total invest is somewhere around $1300 including. The whole point of this truck is a reliable commuter and so far it’s going good.

 

[Chevy1925]

did you install it? i had glass replaced on my samurai a couple years back before selling it. its just a flat panel but it was the original from 92. the glass guy was cussing that damn thing for 3 hours cause the rubber/glue was so hard :roflmao:

 

[Novak]

did you install it? i had glass replaced on my samurai a couple years back before selling it. its just a flat panel but it was the original from 92. the glass guy was cussing that damn thing for 3 hours cause the rubber/glue was so hard :roflmao:

He quoted me $285 with installation. I’ve seen this guy put windshields in swathers, tractors, choppers, loaders, trucks blah blah blah he does an awesome job and he makes it look easy. After an hour he had the original seal in about 100 pieces on my hood and says to me “I’m gonna stick to my price but just so you know I misquoted”


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[Novak]

Fuel pump relay left me stranded yesterday! Killed me on the side of the road and after I cycled the key about a dozen times it would let me run for 3 minutes and kill me again. Got it to my shop thankfully I was only down the road from it but it was irritating.
Got a new relay for it. It’s a 30 amp 5 prong and this time I tried a different brand. Hopefully this one lasts me. I’ll end up being like a 6.0 PSD owner and driving around with some “just in case” parts


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[jlawles2]

Fuel pump relay left me stranded yesterday! Killed me on the side of the road and after I cycled the key about a dozen times it would let me run for 3 minutes and kill me again. Got it to my shop thankfully I was only down the road from it but it was irritating.
Got a new relay for it. It’s a 30 amp 5 prong and this time I tried a different brand. Hopefully this one lasts me. I’ll end up being like a 6.0 PSD owner and driving around with some “just in case” parts


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If the relay is not lasting, I would suspect either the fuel pump is drawing too much amperage and is about to go, or something else is going on. Getting wet?

You can always in stall a switch on the fuel pump as a bypass for one of those just in case days.

 

[Novak]

If the relay is not lasting, I would suspect either the fuel pump is drawing too much amperage and is about to go, or something else is going on. Getting wet?



You can always in stall a switch on the fuel pump as a bypass for one of those just in case days.

I was thinking about getting a new pump. I have to get one from a Mazda RX it’s only 7-9psi a long with this 1-4 PSI regulator from Holley.

I really wouldn’t be surprised if the fuel pump was taking a crap. I don’t know how old it is but this was my first fuel filter swap at the pump

I’m gonna pull the tank and flush it or just swap it out altogether for one that can handle ethanol. I’ve been running ethanol free to prevent corrosion but clearly the damage was done. You know a tank I should look into James??


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[Novak]

Thankfully though the filter at the carb was squeaky clean but I changed it anyways


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[Novak]

If the relay is not lasting, I would suspect either the fuel pump is drawing too much amperage and is about to go, or something else is going on. Getting wet?



You can always in stall a switch on the fuel pump as a bypass for one of those just in case days.

Sorry for some reason Tapatalk showed that James replied to that!

Im probably just going to put another pump in it $50
but I would like to find out how and why it shit the bed on the road so that I’m not having anxiety every time I drive more than a few miles from home

 

[Novak]

After changing the fuel filters I put probably 60 miles on it as is and had zero problems so I the problem wasn’t the relay it was just low on fuel and pull so much crud through the fuel pump that it was jamming up.

So I pulled the bed and tank

When I would fill the tank up at the pump it would spew fuel out from the top of the tank and I figured I either had a broken line or cracked vent hose. I found this hole, didn’t have to look very hard it was right on top!

Patched the hole with some SteelStik.

Filled the tank up with rust remover. Evapo-something and water. Let it sit for a 4 hours or so before I began flushing the tank out. Flushed it vigorously for about an hour. After the rust remover the fuel cell sounded like a rain stick so I kept flushing and flushing.
Here’s a pic of just the filler neck prior to everything

Also replaced my rubber fuel lines under the bed and on top of the tank. My evaporator tank did have a broken fitting so I’m not sure what to do there yet.



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[Novak]

Got the tank back in. Filled it with fuel to prevent flash rusting.


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[malibu795]

Cool little project

 

[Novak]

Redid my fuel lines on the carburetor side and mounted my Holley regulator on the throttle return spring anchor.

Got it mounted up and adjusted the anchor position to tighten the throttle up a tad. Aka bent that sh*t down

This regulator is apparently capable of supplying dual carbs, I thought one side was a return and I was wrong. But it made me scratch my head because it’s maximum capability is 4 PSI and that seems about 20 psi short is dual carbs so that’s why I thought it had to be a return. Anyhow I just block off the one side with a 3/8 NPT Allen head

Once everything was put back together I fired it up.......and then it died

Basically the new fuel line from the pickup side of the pump to the tank was 5/16 OD but the ID was slightly smaller than the new line causing cavitation so I put the best of the old lines and and primed the pump and drove that little 4 banger all around town stopping at random spots to adjust the regulator. Got her in the sweet spot and adjusted the idle as well and choke on the first cold start.
I went to the GYM this morning at 5 and it was somewhere around 15 degrees and all I did was pump twice and it fired up probably 2nd rotation!

Night and day difference between when I got it and where it is now!!
Oh I got some new tires if I haven’t already posted them
They set me back a whole $240 bucks for a set of Hankooks

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[Chevy1925]

its these kinds of projects i love. reminds me alot of my damn samurai. its the little wins that make it a blast :roflmao:

 

[Novak]

its these kinds of projects i love. reminds me alot of my damn samurai. its the little wins that make it a blast :roflmao:

It’s definitely a lot of fun. The steering used to be super stiff like you got one shot at parking it in a park lot and parallel parking was out of the question because of how stiff it was and then I hit a pot hole and now it’s like it grew a power steering pump
The front end hasn’t been ran through yet.

 

[Novak]

Cool little project

It is! A learning curve for sure as far as carburetors go. I’m a 90’s kid so I didn’t mess with them to much but this Weber is cake work now. I actually have adjusted it several times getting the throttle response and cold starts sweeter and sweeter.


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[Chevy1925]

It’s definitely a lot of fun. The steering used to be super stiff like you got one shot at parking it in a park lot and parallel parking was out of the question because of how stiff it was and then I hit a pot hole and now it’s like it grew a power steering pump
The front end hasn’t been ran through yet.

:roflmao::roflmao:

 

[Novak]

Can’t forgot the most important part about a little truck....got dim down the headlights of traffic behind me

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[jlawles2]

She's a clean looking little truck.

I think one of the upgrades / mods for the trucks back in the day were to put a SBC between the rails. Don't think I would want to do that, but one of those diesels from a Cruze would be sweet.

 

[Novak]

She's a clean looking little truck.

I think one of the upgrades / mods for the trucks back in the day were to put a SBC between the rails. Don't think I would want to do that, but one of those diesels from a Cruze would be sweet.

I like the pin striping. I gotta put a new engine in my 72’ first! I’m gonna start a thread on that soon. It’s funny because I bought my house for 100 different good reasons and one of those was this insulated 2 story shop and to my wife’s amazement I spend a lot of time in there


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[Novak]

The strangest failure I’ve ever had to date

My buddy is a welder/fabricator so I had him cut the pin out and up the gauge! Getting ready to put it back together today or tomorrow.

I honestly thought I’d lost a linkage pin in the clutch cable from the way the pedal felt when I came up to the stop sign but she gave up the ghost and completely snapped when I pulled into my shop, had to jump the throttle to get it out of gear


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