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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #469691 May 24th 2011 9:45 am
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Originally Posted by Keep_On_Truckin_WNY

(seat back will be hinged to stay up,but fold down to make the bed)...


if the seat back can be as tall as the bottom is wide(from front to back) make the set back the same size.Add hinges.(regular steel) door hinges will work.on the top side of the seat back add a set of legs attached with bolts and lock nuts These legs will fold back up into the angle of the frame work.
The lock nuts will allow you to tighten them just enough so the legs will pivot.Fold down and back up when not in use......

Just another little tip.If you are using a Chop Saw to cut your angle.Set it at a 45 degree angle for you rectangular and box shapes.A chop saw can cut a near perfect 45 degree angle.Way quicker/stronger than having to cope the joints.
Then the cross braces can all be straight cuts...

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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #472822 June 08th 2011 7:46 pm
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thanks for the tip Wookee, i'm going to go with regular steel hinges for the seat-back, and it will be the same width as the bench (42")...

i'll get to that more in the next week or 2, but tomorrow...


is engine day...! i'll post all of my pics at once (didn't take any pics of the 305's removal) but the empty engine bay, and the new 350 will be going in tomorrow... it's been so damn long, but it's almost here...!


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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #473010 June 09th 2011 10:10 pm
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ok, you guys will have to kick me out - i didn't take any pics of the work today... i know, i know... but my phone (AKA my camera) died on the way to the shop today and i thought i had a charger with me...

oh well...

but the new 350 is in the hole, and tomorrow on lunch i'll take some pics... maybe i'll even go put the intake on during lunch, too... then it's the distributor, plugs, wires... then some more wiring, and the starter... then i can fire it up...!


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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #473151 June 10th 2011 1:54 pm
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Alright! I'm looking forward to the next update. smile


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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #474929 June 16th 2011 9:31 pm
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ok, time for some pictures...

i wanted to get it fired today, but ran around chasing my tail trying to get hardware and a decent tap for the intake manifold (it had a stripped thread in the water inlet)...


but i got the intake & carb on, distributor set in, and valve covers on...

need to put in plugs, starter, torque converter bolts, and fuel pump... then maybe crank her over...

still looking for a set of headers, maybe i'll get lucky...


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drver's side motor mount with bolt in...
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passenger side motor mount not lining up...
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driver's side motor mount measurement - '86 Chevy truck mount...
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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #474942 June 16th 2011 10:22 pm
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It looks kinda like you have a bad PS motor mount, Frame side.
Almost like it bound up a little when you set the engine down,collpsed and just stayed there.
For ha ha's stick in a new one and see what happens.

Here is a couple of pictures of the mounts that where on my 77 and one of my 89.....
they all look pretty close to the same as you have dimensionally

77 mounts....

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89 PS mount

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Next thing would be to try to pry the mount its self into place.starting with a flat head screw driver working up to a tapered pin......

good luck.......

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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #474943 June 16th 2011 10:24 pm
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you know Wook - it does look like the pass. side's frame mount is a little tweaked - i'll look at that tomorrow on lunch...!


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Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #476562 June 24th 2011 7:01 pm
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not much time to post, but it's running as of today... got the motor mount issue solved as well - it was the driver's side mount - and the frame side of the passenger side was ok Wookee - just looked kinda bad (2 pry bars wouldn't move it more that about 1/8")

now i need to get some headers for it, and put the front end back together...

she'll be driven to Vantasy for sure...


when things go bad, you just gotta keep on keepin' on...
progress on my van: http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/95-1Ton/My%20Van%20s/
Re: 84 Chevy '20...
Keep_On_Truckin_WNY #477988 June 30th 2011 10:09 pm
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what the... how the hell did it get like this...?


at the beginning of the day it sat looking like this,
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but when i left work for the day it looked like this...!?
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oh, that's because i drove it around...! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!


when things go bad, you just gotta keep on keepin' on...
progress on my van: http://s193.photobucket.com/albums/z269/95-1Ton/My%20Van%20s/
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