Hello to all! I just signed up and I guess an intro is in order.
My GM truck experience is as follows; my first was a like new, used 1971 C-10, inline 6 and three-on-the-tree. Then I bought a new '79, a beast of a truck that was also quite unique. It was built for sale in Iran but the hostage crisis made it impossible for GM to send it there so I got a great truck cheap. Next was an '89 C10 heavy duty, ext. cab with an 8 ft. bed. Put MANY miles on it. Best truck ever, no problems. When I sold it eleven years later it had no rust at all. I got a 2000 K2500 heavy duty 7.4 liter which I own now, and it's a real rust bucket.
I was an auto mechanic right out of high school and specialized in transmissions. I went to work for GM as an instructor and eventually worked in training program development at the Tech Center in MI., mostly transmission-related but other areas as well. GM's financial challenges and resulting changes caused me end up at Chrysler Corp. doing basically the same job...until DaimlerChrysler went through all their hardships and I became a, um, free agent. I owned a transmission business for about ten years and now I'm (semi)retired (can't let the wife hear me say that).
What brings me here is looking for information and knowledge. I'm about to undertake a major rust fixing project on my truck. Cab corners, rockers, door bottoms. Biggest issue is a severely rotted frame. I POR-15'd the frame some years ago but it's now got holes rusted through it in vital areas. I absolutely love the truck, it has low miles, I don't want to spend the money on a new one, and need/want a project so I found a used frame and the fun shall begin!
By the way, this is when somebody will say “it would be cheaper and easier just to just buy used rust-free truck out West...” I know that. That's not the point. This is something I want to do.
I there's interest I can start a thread documenting the project but it's going to take quite some time given the scope of what needs to be done.
My GM truck experience is as follows; my first was a like new, used 1971 C-10, inline 6 and three-on-the-tree. Then I bought a new '79, a beast of a truck that was also quite unique. It was built for sale in Iran but the hostage crisis made it impossible for GM to send it there so I got a great truck cheap. Next was an '89 C10 heavy duty, ext. cab with an 8 ft. bed. Put MANY miles on it. Best truck ever, no problems. When I sold it eleven years later it had no rust at all. I got a 2000 K2500 heavy duty 7.4 liter which I own now, and it's a real rust bucket.
I was an auto mechanic right out of high school and specialized in transmissions. I went to work for GM as an instructor and eventually worked in training program development at the Tech Center in MI., mostly transmission-related but other areas as well. GM's financial challenges and resulting changes caused me end up at Chrysler Corp. doing basically the same job...until DaimlerChrysler went through all their hardships and I became a, um, free agent. I owned a transmission business for about ten years and now I'm (semi)retired (can't let the wife hear me say that).
What brings me here is looking for information and knowledge. I'm about to undertake a major rust fixing project on my truck. Cab corners, rockers, door bottoms. Biggest issue is a severely rotted frame. I POR-15'd the frame some years ago but it's now got holes rusted through it in vital areas. I absolutely love the truck, it has low miles, I don't want to spend the money on a new one, and need/want a project so I found a used frame and the fun shall begin!
By the way, this is when somebody will say “it would be cheaper and easier just to just buy used rust-free truck out West...” I know that. That's not the point. This is something I want to do.
I there's interest I can start a thread documenting the project but it's going to take quite some time given the scope of what needs to be done.
build thread for sure
