chilliwak
Expedition Leader
We are all looking forward to seeing what you have got going on.... Cheers, Chilli...:wings:
1968 Chevy K10 SWB Overlander
- Thread starter snekvasil
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We are all looking forward to seeing what you have got going on.... Cheers, Chilli...:wings:
balexander87
Observer
Indeed! Waiting patiently!!
chilliwak
Expedition Leader
I like the look of this Snek. Anything new going on?:wings:
snekvasil
Adventurer
Sorry for the longer-than-expected wait. I've had a couple setbacks. First, I ordered some parts and most of them were for K series, but some of them were C series parts. I didn't realize it till things weren't working as they should. So it's been a cluster sending things back and getting things shipped back to me. Second, I've been swamped with school/family. I'm doing my best to get the truck wrapped up before spring weather gets here and all the salt is off the roads.
SheepnJeep
Active member
Man this thread has everything I like! Cool trucks, Husky saws, and lots of people that went to Tech :friday:
Keep driving this beauty, I love old working trucks. I became enamored with good old stockers in Alaska and vow to one day own a nice 60's Ford or Chevy.
Have Fun!
-Jesse
Keep driving this beauty, I love old working trucks. I became enamored with good old stockers in Alaska and vow to one day own a nice 60's Ford or Chevy.
Have Fun!
-Jesse
snekvasil
Adventurer
Sorry for the delay...this upgrade has been fairly simple, but it had its hiccups along the way. BUT the good news is that I was able to trade labor for labor on this job. I did a tree removal for my mechanic and he did the majority of the labor on this upgrade. I was able to learn a lot along the way.
The first thing I had to do for this mod was to get the necessary brackets since the 1968 K10 was not designed with power steering. I had to get a power steering pump bracket and a gear box bracket. The pump bracket came from a company in Madison, WI called Davis Speed Company. It was an awesome company to work with. Their products are bolt-on ready. Here's a pic of the pump bracket on an engine not in the bay:
The second bracket I got from Captain Fab on the 67-72 forum. He also made my bracket for my power brakes. This second bracket was made to mount the gear box to the frame. After those "specialty" parts were received, I started collecting the other, more-generic parts
ower steering gear box (for a '78), Power steering pump (for a '78), Rag joint, Pitman arm (for a '78), Hoses, Double grooved pulley, and a Draglink between pitman arm and steering arm on the differential. Just as a reminder, I got parts for a '78 K10 because my front axle is from a '78.
Below is a picture of the pump mounted up. Refer to the picture above to get a better perspective. It was super difficult getting a picture once it was in the engine bay all bolted up and attached.
And a look at the bracket attached to the block:
The new '78 gear box:
Oddly enough, the pitman arm is was gave me the most grief, but mostly because they shipped me a C-series on instead of a K-series one. I got this one from Jeg's. So far, so good.
And voila! I have power steering! I honestly don't know how I went so long without it. Feels like a different truck. I'm having to re-train myself on the steering a little bit. I find myself over-steering because I was so used to driving the truck without any assist.
I'll try to get some more pics when I get the truck up and about more. I am going to get the steering aligned this week because I wasn't able to when the P/S was installed. I also just received an awesome new camp stove for my birthday. I'm pretty stoked about it...I'll get pics up of that when I get the truck out.
The first thing I had to do for this mod was to get the necessary brackets since the 1968 K10 was not designed with power steering. I had to get a power steering pump bracket and a gear box bracket. The pump bracket came from a company in Madison, WI called Davis Speed Company. It was an awesome company to work with. Their products are bolt-on ready. Here's a pic of the pump bracket on an engine not in the bay:
The second bracket I got from Captain Fab on the 67-72 forum. He also made my bracket for my power brakes. This second bracket was made to mount the gear box to the frame. After those "specialty" parts were received, I started collecting the other, more-generic parts
ower steering gear box (for a '78), Power steering pump (for a '78), Rag joint, Pitman arm (for a '78), Hoses, Double grooved pulley, and a Draglink between pitman arm and steering arm on the differential. Just as a reminder, I got parts for a '78 K10 because my front axle is from a '78.Below is a picture of the pump mounted up. Refer to the picture above to get a better perspective. It was super difficult getting a picture once it was in the engine bay all bolted up and attached.
And a look at the bracket attached to the block:
The new '78 gear box:
Oddly enough, the pitman arm is was gave me the most grief, but mostly because they shipped me a C-series on instead of a K-series one. I got this one from Jeg's. So far, so good.
And voila! I have power steering! I honestly don't know how I went so long without it. Feels like a different truck. I'm having to re-train myself on the steering a little bit. I find myself over-steering because I was so used to driving the truck without any assist.
I'll try to get some more pics when I get the truck up and about more. I am going to get the steering aligned this week because I wasn't able to when the P/S was installed. I also just received an awesome new camp stove for my birthday. I'm pretty stoked about it...I'll get pics up of that when I get the truck out.
warwickscout
Observer
awesome truck ! I need to do a rear bumper and fuel injection on my scout
locrwln
Expedition Leader
Nice job on the PS. Me and buddy did it to his 1968 C10 back in 1989 and like you said, what a world of difference. His was much easier as his truck was a small block, so we were able to find the parts easy. Even found/installed a factory tilt column at the same time.
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Jack
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Jack
snekvasil
Adventurer
Thanks, Jack. It has definitely made the truck more enjoyable to drive! I'm hoping that was the last "major" modification for modernizing the truck.
snekvasil
Adventurer
chilliwak
Expedition Leader
Agreed! Me too!:iagree::iagree::iagree:
locrwln
Expedition Leader
I don't blame you as that is all you should need.
Me three.
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Jack