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Classic car stuff mixed with a little bit of newer car repair and tinkering. Some tips and tool reviews as well!
Think about it… We’re all just driving around in Little Tin Cans.
Think about it… We’re all just driving around in Little Tin Cans.
2007 Chrysler Pacifica front end clunk. Sway bar ends?
Checking out a rattle / clunk in the front of my Pacifica when driving on uneven surfaces. (Bumps etc.) Thought it might be a CV or inner tie rod end but NOPE, sway bar ends fixed the issue. Heres how I replaced them.
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White out for metal cutting???
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Testing the ability of white out and heat for cutting metal. I had great results! Creating this short video I had heated this thing up about four times and still had a nice white line to follow if I was actually cutting it even red hot it was still easy to see that line. Obviously, having a more permanent line than soapstone has its pluses and minuses, but for most of the things I use it for it...
1986 C4 Corvette previous bodywork! The C4 uses SMC body panels!
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1986 C4 Corvette previous bodywork! The C4 uses SMC body panels!
Bumper Black. Bumper plastic rejuvenation with a heat gun.
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Bumper Black. Bumper plastic rejuvenation with a heat gun.
Jegs bench top blast box added to the shop!
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Jegs bench top blast box added to the shop!
62 C30 to 79 Square Body center link and idler arm.
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62 C30 to 79 Square Body center link and idler arm.
New project! Brought home a 47 Ford PU body.
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New project! Brought home a 47 Ford PU body.
1960-62 Chevy C30 Pick Up suspension swap to 79 Square Body! More to come.
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1960-62 Chevy C30 Pick Up suspension swap to 79 Square Body! More to come.
What are the parts needed to swap an 05 Escalade lq9 motor into an 06 Silverado 2500 that has an lq4?
The way I understand it, the LQ4 and LQ9 are basically the same engine as far as the outside goes. Should be a direct swap with maybe a few parts needing to be used from the LQ4 for fitment. You will most likely need to get a tune though. You may even get by without that. One note. If you have the active fuel management on the engine that you’re putting in, I would suggest you get the kit or check out some videos on how to delete that. You may also have to do something in the tune afterwards.
@@littletincans thank you sir
@@racequad9 no problem. Hope your project goes well.
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That is awesome, motor sounds really nice with no vibration good job
Took him a little while to find electronics that worked properly for him with the Holly instead of fuel injection. He says he needs to do a little bit of tuning still, but it seems to work well now compared to a couple of other computers that he tried.
It takes time, he will get it perfect
Exactly , SMC and fiberglass materials won't work with each other . The SMC materials are harder to find .
Squeeze's artwork is awesome! 😊
Love seeing what she’s doing in the videos. 😁
Thanks for hitting sleeperdude up. Went straight to your channel and subscribed.
I can't get my jegs sand blaster to pick up the sand. How did you get it to work?
There are a couple of things that I noticed on mine. First, they like to have a pretty high pressure on the pump for your pressure washer. If you have one that is a 2000 psi or below it may not work as well. I keep my sand, elevated a little bit. Maybe stick it on another 5 gallon bucket and then I stick the sand into a 5 gallon bucket. Or I put my sand into a wheelbarrow in the bag and then just open the bag and put the suction tube in. The other thing I noticed is that you need to make sure that the hose that draws the sand stays above the nozzle it comes out of. What kind of sand are you using? I noticed that play sand doesn’t work very well.
I received my Sleeperdude Tee-Shirt today. I love it.
I like their videos and they seem like really really nice people. I also have some vice grip garage stuff.
Greta job , I am looking to do same swap for my 62 gmc truck , But I want to keep my 6 lug wheels What yr square body and model has disk break and 6 lug rotor s ??? I need some help Thanks
That’s a great question. After a little research, it would appear that you can get aftermarket rotors with a six hole pattern that will allow you to use your six hole wheels on the square body suspension. The C10 square body uses a five hole pattern. I was fortunate that both my 62 and my 66 have the eight hole pattern since they are the heavier models. My 62 has a one ton suspension in it and my 66 has a three-quarter ton. Both trucks are able to use the original style wheels if I want to use them.
Very important to do your research...i used a Lord Fusor product that was made for smc and it didn't stick any better than the regular fiberglass resin did 😂 very expensive proposition because i had to purchase a special applicator gun. I now only use Vette Bond by Evercoat ....$85/qt but worth the results...it sands very well and feathers nicely into the surrounding substrate, it is engineered to sand at the same rate as the original smc which is a great feature and it won't show the original damage which is called ghosting or mapping, some body fillers will show a hint of the original crack or hole once the sun hits it..for small repairs you can use "panel adhesive", JB Weld now offers a two part product its only a couple ounces and sells for $7 or so
Nice tip. Thank you.
@@littletincans good on you for addressing this issue. Some guy made a video using the flexible bumper repair two part product which is just wrong 🤪 I customized my '85 by shaving the door handles, mirrors, side marker lights and emblems and grafted on a fiberglass rear bumper cover so I've had my share of failures working with this material...gets expensive 🤪 it's nice to save other owners the trouble and the expense of the trial and error method
they switched to smc in 1973
Yes. Certain panels started being produced with the SMC method clear back to what I believe is 68?. Is 73 the first year that they came all SMC? I know there were a few rough panels on my 72 indicating that they were not SMC.
🤷Why would you get rid of the torsion bars suspension?
For me, it was quicker to swap the front crossmember out. The advantage to the torsion bars is that I could lower the truck if I wanted without changing springs. The advantage to changing the entire crossmember assembly over for me was that I also get heavier components than the original. With switching over to power steering and disc brakes it’s easier to change the entire crossmember assembly than to do it by component.
Good info for those who don't know. I have skilled trades with decades of experience who are astounded when I show them that tip.
It’s amazing what we either never knew or what we have forgotten over the years because of other designs coming around.
Damn i had no idea, thanks 👍🏾
No problem. There are several different shapes of handle that take a wrench on them. Many times the ones that don’t, actually have a hex on the shaft of the screwdriver itself. Just below the handle.
I used vice grips the other day il remember that 😂
I’ve had to do that more than once over the years….
thats crazy
Yeah. Obviously not all handles are like that but a lot of them have the shape that will take a wrench of some sort on it.
WELL???
They are soaking as we speak. Going to let them go overnight, but it appears to be working fairly well.
@@littletincans nice, show us later
I might be wrong but I remember the horn sounded more European
It might have originally these were not factory horns. These were a couple of O’Reilly auto parts horns one high one low. They’ll do the job. I was half tempted to put air horns in.
Awesome man, keep on truckn.
What about adding the square body suspension to a 56 11/2 ton??
So sorry for the delayed response. I’m not sure about that swap. I had a 56 3100 but that was about 40 years ago so I don’t remember what the crossmember looks like. It sounds like a good idea though. If you could measure the width of the outside of your frame rails, where the crossmember is, I can measure the width of the crossmember assembly. I would imagine that you would have to drill all the holes or almost all the holes to do the swap. If your original crossmember is riveted in, I would mark where it’s at and then take the rivets out, then slide the square body front suspension up in.
Great demonstration. Thx for posting
I am doing the same on my 62 c10, the center link is very close to the cross member. Is yours very close also?
Sorry for the delay. Yes. It’s about 1/4 - 3/8 inch if I remember correctly.
Thank you
Thank you
Are you sure this is a '62? My '62 and others I see has boxed in frame rails in the front. They were boxed in "60 thru '62, then went to open rails.
Hey. Just saw this. Yes. Title says 62. However I found that the frame on mine seems a bit different. I’m thinking it may be because it is a C30 rather than the C10-20
The front suspension was 62 style before I put in the 79 assembly.
I found it interesting, but I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why he would peel the delaminated fibreglass resin repair off and throw it onto the roof of the Corvette instead of on the ground.
Because I didn’t want to pick it up off of the ground. The whole car needs to be repainted. Not just that section. It didn’t hurt the paint on the roof.
But I could see why you would think that. And if that was the only problem area of paint I obviously would not have done that.
Thanks for the info, good to know. Just subbed keep it up.
I have an '84, but I've put on a true fiberglass '96 update kit and I'm getting ready to prep the body as soon as I complete the FiTech fuel injection. I also have the '96 rear flares which just adhere, do you know if there is a special adhesive to go with the SMC or can I use the 3M Structural Adhesive (08101) I'd planned on?
I would definitely research what to use on that. I believe that the two-part bonding adhesive would work sufficiently. I would want to make sure that your materials will work with both SMC and standard fiberglass.
@@littletincans Thanks, I will have to review this and contact 3M. I was not aware of the SMC material by GM. I initially reviewed it just for its adhesive quality.
Will a heat gun turn a old white yellowish plastic into brand new white again? I see them used in black plastics but not white. There's videos on using hydrogen peroxide to turn yellowish white plastic into new white again but hydrogen peroxide destroys paint so it's too risky
I’m not sure that it would. I also have mixed views on the heat gun method for the gray/black bumpers as well. It works but I noticed light spots coming back on it already. Mostly where the car has taken some damage to the bumper. I’ll probably add an after video to the channel soon.
Hi, could I have some information on the adapter plate for the steering box. I searched Amazon and can’t find it. Maybe the brand name and part number if you have it. Thanks
Hi. This adapter plate seems to come and go on Amazon. Here’s an Amazon link to the one I got. XtremeAmazing Steering Conversion Mount Bracket Kit for C10 Pickup 1000 Series Truck 1960-1966 a.co/d/cxWQMVK It is actually more like the 63-66 version than the 60-62. The 60-62 frames are a little different and there are other adapters for those years.
@@littletincans thanks for the info.