Truck:
- 1997 C1500 Short bed, 5.7L 4L60e
- 304D Laguna Green & L8867 Silver 2 Tone Paint
- 13D Grey Interior
- My nice weather only daily driver
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- I ended up selling my 1968 C10 project to fund my OBS. I realized I wanted a truck that ran so I could make improvements incrementally while using the truck.
- The 1st phase it to get it back to stock form
- Cab, doors, and front clip in nice shape
- Get the engine running right
- Nice enough stereo system
- fix door hinge/stop pins
- Clean up interior
- Get the little bugs worked out so I can drive it to work
- Get the frame cleaned up
- Fix tailgate rust
- Fix under bed support rust
Interior:
- Totally smelled of old wet musty truck
- Original carpet was wet when I pulled it out, left wet spots in my garage
- Cleaning done with simple green, FOLEX and Bissel portable carpet scrubber
- Cleaned headliner and sun visors with No Rinse wash and shine
- Removed a surprising amount of dirt/grime
- Headliner still attached
- For interior restore used SEM paints
- Dash trim and all black parts SEM 39143 Trim black
- 15393 Medium Grey for Plastics, close but some difference
- Easy to blend with stock color
- Does get a bit darker after 2 coats on carpet/cloth
- 15183 Warm Grey for carpets/cloth
- Lighter than 15393 after 2 coats
- New to me sun visors, sprayed with SEM warm grey
- All interior plastics touched up with SEM medium grey
- All dash pieces
- Lower kick panel trim RH/LH side
- Blended the sill colors
- Blended rear cab panel trim pieces
- Speakers/seat belt trim
- Rear cab panel below window
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- Fixed surface rust under original carpet
- All fuses check/replaced popped fuses
- Cleaned original rear cab carpet
- Repaired lower dash crack
- Swanky air freshener
- Removed and cleaned all switches
- Touched up a couple scratches on the rear sliding windowpane
- Replaced shift lever boot
- Fixed broken heater vent below the dash
- Replaced foam seal
- Fixed stripped mounting screw
- Took apart HVAC control and cleaned contacts/switches
- Added USB connector to the dash
- Fixed crack behind the speedo dash trim as the clip was totally blown out
- Cleaned all the random wiring PO had under the dash
- New 120 MPH dash cluster w/LED’s
- Polished plastic as it was all scratched up
- Swapped odometer
- Need to swap trip meter as “new” one does not work
- Also need to update speed when I drop the new engine in
- Replaced all internal lights with LED’s
- Half of them were burnt out
- Sound deadened entire floor and most of the back cab
- Removed brown stains from seat belts via soaking and shampooing
- Spent hours shampooing the seats
- Replaced broken dome lamp switch
- Pulled squirrel cage blower motor
- Spent hours cleaning the gunk off the heater core
- Unclogged the drain for heater, was full of junk
- Pulled center console apart to clean
- LED dome lamp and map lights
- New light lens diffuser
- Cleaned up and re-sprayed all dash trim pieces
- Put in double din radio
- 4-gauge wiring and all cables to run stereo setup
- New ACC “plastic” backed premium carpet
- 1st ACC carpet was not the right color at all and was cheap
- New ACC 1 Pc floor mat
- Removed lower seat brackets and refinished them in SEM grey
- Disassembled seat belts and re-sprayed mounting brackets
- Re-rivetted plastic trim panels back together
- New Sills from LMC
- Replaced screws
- Restored door
- Repainted all the speaker grills
- Shampoo carpet inserts in door skins
- Reattached inserts as some plastic welds had broken
- Repaired window seals
- New trim bezels from LMC
- Replaced all plastic trim retainers as PO had broken half of them
- Component Set installation
- Dampen/deaden entire door and seal as well as possible
- Modify tweeter bracket to fit my kicker tweeter
- Installed crossover on lower door behind door skin
- Installed kicker 6.5”
- New speaker wires
- Touched up bad spots with SEM grey on outer skins
- Sprayed the lower carpet with SEM grey as it was stained badly
- Removed old broken door pins
Body:
- I got a can of laguna green from R&E paint and supply to do light touchup work
- Matches ok; needs proper color primer to match well
- Used grey it was close for my purpose but would need better for exterior touchup
- Fixed issue with brake lights not working
- New license plate bracket
- New air dam
- Remove tonneau cover
- Fixed issue with rear cab cargo lamps not working
- All exterior bulbs replaced with non-LED’s
- Restored all lights with some mothers nulens
- Fixed license plate lamps
- New lugs and center cap bolts
- Caps were shipped separately as they were not attached
- Cleaned center caps & replaced the chevy emblems
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Engine:
- Still Idles a bit rough
- Has no cats or rear O2 sensors
- Have new exhaust to install
- Cleaned EGR valve and replaced gasket
- Changed oil
- New plugs
- New radiator
- New coolant temperature sensor
- New air filter
- New AIT
- Determined the rear O2 sensors were just ripped out and left the pigtails
- Cleaned up battery tray
- Fuse holder for stereo w/4 gauge
- Restored engine compartment lamp
- Was corroded and ground strap was broken
- Put LED in it
- Checked ground straps in the engine for proper connection
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Frame/Chassis:
- Checked ground straps on frame for proper connection
- Pulled all wheels and checked bearing and brakes
- Cleaned brakes
- Cleaned and greased control arms, steering, etc...
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