Icemans 61 swb uni.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » September 19, 2009, 10:49 pm

still have not got the head done, thats really all thats left on the engine.
my clifford intake came the other day (thanks Ben), need to get or make headers. might make them .

messed with a 1980 seat and got it ready to go in.

took a 4" grinder with a stiff wire brush to the floorboards in the cab. only came up with one small hole on the pass side right by the hump.

going to scrub the floor with ospho and then prime and put a coat of paint on so i can put the seat back in on a clean floor.i will have to take out the seat again when i do the whole interior but i need to be able to drive it.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » September 20, 2009, 8:09 am

Just one hole!!![albumimg]4261[/albumimg] I wish all I had was one hole. Unless you are counting this as one BIG hole....

Keep us posted Ice and don't for get the pics of the painted floor....
Anthony

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » September 20, 2009, 11:21 am

Anthony that looks just like the floor of the 66 i got a few days ago.

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » September 26, 2009, 11:45 pm

looking good. any good threads on how to take the body off the frame for a Uni? I'm looking at a pair of Uni's for $500. a 61 and a 63

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 4, 2009, 1:49 pm

floor fun

took my 4" grinder with a hard wire wheel to the floor

then i took the vents out and knocked out the sand and hosed out the cowl till all the crud was gone. lots of fine sand packed in with some leaf mush in the cowl. floor is still wet from hosing out

no idea what these extra holes were drilled for

nice hole cut when someone swapeed the 3 speed out for the 4.
good thing i have that piece from another truck.

took out my headliner and found stalagtites hanging from what appears to be a dent repair

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » October 4, 2009, 2:35 pm

Looking like a real solid truck Ice. Keep pluggin' along and keep the pics coming...
Anthony

Post by **Greg D** » October 4, 2009, 4:49 pm

Looking good Brian, you very lucky to have such a solid truck.

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » October 4, 2009, 6:20 pm

Thats a nice even gap around the door Brian!

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » October 4, 2009, 9:14 pm

Looks like a pretty good truck. My 63 had more floor rust on it here in Phoenix.

Kevin

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 5, 2009, 10:58 am

got the head done last night, valves and seats refaced and put back together. whole job only took about 1.5 hours. the cleaning takes way more time than the actual seat refacing and valve grinding.
going to finish the assembly and paint today so i can bring it home.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 5, 2009, 9:38 pm

finally got the engine all back together and painted, going to go get oil, filter and plugs in the morning will post some pics tomorrow.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » October 5, 2009, 9:43 pm

I thought you new better than to tease us with out pics Ice??

I will check back tomorrow, I guess .......(Like I have anything better to do

) ..... Looking forward to the pics...
Anthony

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 5, 2009, 9:50 pm

Anthony wrote:I thought you new better than to tease us with out pics Ice?? I will check back tomorrow, I guess .......(Like I have anything better to do ) ..... Looking forward to the pics...
Anthony

down to using my rechargable batterys for the camera again,darn thing sucks up juice like a big block sucks fuel

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 7, 2009, 10:52 pm

brought the engine home today.

ever drive with an engine on the stand in the back of a truck? my friend loaded it up with his forklift, sure saved scratching any of the paint by not setting it on the bed floor.

primed the oil pump before installing the dist. , went up to 65 psi but no higher, must be where the pressure relief spring is set.seemed to come up from 0 to 65 pretty fast once primed.

maybe next week i can start removing the old one and getting this one in.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » October 8, 2009, 2:18 am

Iceman, Which truck is that in the background of your engine?? Looks like it is painted to match.....

.... Just wondering...
Anthony

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » October 8, 2009, 9:18 am

Anthony wrote:Iceman, Which truck is that in the background of your engine?? Looks like it is painted to match..... .... Just wondering...
Anthony

that would be my 66 4x4. its engine (292) is the same colors.

heres a few pics

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » October 8, 2009, 10:30 am

that ones looking pretty nice there Ice

thrush544 · Post by **thrush544** » October 8, 2009, 10:46 am

That 2nd pic, from the inside looking out at the 2 others is awesome! Reminds me of home.

thenephilm · Post by **thenephilm** » October 8, 2009, 3:11 pm

dang lookin sweet

ccain · Post by **ccain** » October 8, 2009, 7:02 pm

Beautiful truck!