Recent content by jumbreit

Decided to try to repair the polypropylene (plastic) gas tanks for both my stepsides. The gooped up one was a crack someone fixed but started to leak, and the other one is the tank that was on the black truck. Didn't think I'd be able to fix that one but it came out ok. Gotta use polypropylene...

We're planning on doing the Hot Rod Power Tour 2024 this June. The truck of course is Plan A, Plan B and C are the '79 Aspen and ''86 Cougar. We have plans d-f as well but not as good options. So first on the list of things to do is go over my work on the truck. I've got a bunch of small...

My boys and I have also created a YouTube channel to just document all our car stuff and I've got a few videos of the trucks on there: -Red Nite Express walkaround -Driving the Not Little Red back home -How the Not Little Red engine destroyed itself There's a couple more of the trucks as well...

I picked up a 1979 D100 Stepside from the state of Washington this February and drove it 2400 miles home to Wisconsin. I got it for $3500 and it is essentially rust-free. I bought it at first as driver that could, if needed, donate body parts to my Red Nite Express if it were to get into an...

Yep, painted it myself. Can't recall exactly which paint, was likely just a can of matte black I got from the hardware store. For the red accents I just grabbed a bottle of my sons model paint. I'll bet one of those paint markers would work pretty well too. I recall having to be verrrry...

I just went through and pulled plug wires and yeah, cylinder 8 has spark but it’s not firing. :(

I finally caved and replaced the Thermoquad with a Holley Street Demon 625. Muuuuch better idle and throttle response. It really was bolt on and go. I did reset the idle mixture but that was it. I had to get creative with the throttle linkage because even with the Holley stud I couldn’t get...

Probably not a bad idea. I’m not sure what they all did anymore when I sent my heads in to get dipped. Guess I’ll pull them this fall when I park it for the season.

Posting my recent compression tests. Running 120 or so on most with a couple at about 150. I’d like better but whatever…it is what it is.

Now that I’m driving it on the hi-way, I wanted it a bit quieter so I added some Noico sound deadener on the floor, back of cab and even on roof. I did double up on back wall and trans tunnel. Then I put some closed cell foam on floor pans. I also replaced the fiberglass firewall insulation...

The goal this summer was to be able to confidently drive this on the highway at 70 mph at least. I took the driveshaft in to get balanced to see if that resolved some of my vibrations and yeah…it had a couple kinks so they rebuilt the shaft and $475 later I have no vibrations.

FYI the speedo reads 5mph higher but it’s nice to drive at speed

You should start a build thread for yours, I'd love to follow this. Looks like it is complete but needs some love! It's a great way to come back and 'relive' the process. Great way to get answers and also share what you've learned.

I found out I had my center link flipped. The truck would push at low speed and had terrible turning radius. Someone on Facebook had the same issue and this was his problem…and mine. wrong Correct

Added some pinstriping to the fenders. Kept it minimal with a single thin painted stripe