hey! my name is jon. i'm new to this forum. i stayed up all night reading all the info. i'm soaking it up like a sponge!! i may be the youngest guy here, at the ripe ol age of 26. i bought my truck last year from an airforce guy who brought the truck to new mexico from kansas (weird, i know) so anyway, there's obviously some rust damage, but it looks as though the truck has been cared for. i did the basic tune-up stuff (new points, plugs, wires, oil filter, oil) but i'm new to all this mechanic stuff, so i haven't adjusted the valves or done a compression test. i hear this is easy, but just haven't figured it out yet. i also redid the brakes, which is when i had the front drums turned unknowingly. i read the thread on the huck brakes, and luckily, hadn't gotten the rear ones turned yet. i am endebted to you guys for that one. i'm going to rebuild the master cylinder here soon, and i had a question. a friend of mine for work said to use vasoline on the moving parts to help create a seal. he said it was an old mechanic trick. just wondering if this is true. also, i'm missing a spring on the rear passenger wheel (i think it may be for the emergency brake, as it was not included in the spring kit) i'll see if i can post a picture. there is a set on the driver side, though, they go around a flat metal piece between the shoes. anyway, i'll get a picture up soon. so here's some all-around pictures of my 53 chevy. the extra cab in the back came with the truck, as did a bunch of literature, manuals, and extra hub caps, chrome pieces, and the original heater assembly. i thought it was a pretty good deal. it's a lot of fun, anyway, and when my dad visits, he loves to help me work on it and of course cruise it around ( he's in my profile pic, driving duke, my dog around) sorry for the long-windedness. here's the pics--
Finally someone my age!!!! You're not the youngest on here. I think we are the youngest on here. I'm 26 as well. All these old guys are definately full of great knowledge and plenty of help. (Just kiddin about the OLD part guys so calm down ). It looks like you're going original with yours. Your truck started out in great shape. I guess these old cars stay in better shape out west were it's more dry. Mine has spent all of it's life in Kentucky so mine is under going cancer treatment as we speak. I've cut it up pretty bad, but it's finally starting to look like a truck again. Good luck with the truck, you'll have a blast with it. I'll try and post a pic and let you know where I started and where I'm at right now. I'm not too far on it but my time is limited with my truck because it is two hours from my house here in tennessee. Hopefully soon it'll be down here with me. I look forward to seeing more pics as you get further along.
WELCOME Jon ! Nice looking truck you have there , you're off to a good start . Your 235 engine has a _passenger_ car rocker box on it , that's why the oil filler cap is in the center . You also have an extremely desirable factory PCV valve setup ! this is a very good thing and will not only keep your engine happy and clean inside but it will increase engine life whilst reducing the amount of oil drips . To test , you need special trailing and un-obtanium PCV testing device : Warm up engine , remove oil filler cap whilst engine is idling , place a 3" square piece of glossy magazine cover over the opening ~ the PCV's vacuum _should_ snatch it and hiold it there against the fan's prop wash . if not , remove the PCV valve and soak it in a cup of brake or electro-contact cleaner (?alcohol?)for 48 hours , rinse then re-install and try again . If the paper still blows off , try unscrewing the PCV valve and sticking it back in the hose then running the engine ~ if it makes rude sucking and rattling noises , you're good to go , the engine just has a bit too much blow-by . learn to live with it . Does the engine run fairly smoothly wit no obviously dead cylinders ? toos the compression tester back in the box and go get your go-no go gauges , adjust the valves with the engine _hot_ , full operating temperature , it needs it right now ! . These engine will run forever with very low compression so unless one hole is thudding , foreggedaboutit and just keep it in sharp tune and lots of oil changes .
Oh yeah ~ looks like a FRAM oil filter there , I'll lookup the filter # for you later when I'm on durty again , 'K ? . prolly take the 5" filter element , Chevy Duty sells the correct hoses with the ends on them allready , order up a set NOW before one cracks and leaks all you oil out whilst you're driving Get RID of that fuel filter right now and replace it with a WIX/NAPA # 3001 filter you can see throughand so tell when it's about to clog up . Got your grease gun ? there's a sh*tload of Zerk fittings on this old truck , including one on the pedal shafts , makes the brake & clutch work -so- much more smoothly .
sloromon, welcome young pup! old geezer here, can you post a more detailed pic of the pcv valve for me, looks like a road draft tube with the valve in the side rather than pipe pointing downwards, i recon i could make my one the same as yours with a few mods, look more original than a modern one stuck in the block, great truck you got there and a good price too, reminds me of when mine was all in one piece! if you want some advice, listen to Nate, he wont put you wrong, the godfather of the site. (sure he wont mind that comment) ________ Bmw 501
?? Godfather ?? (thinks of pix of Marlon Brando)NOOooooooo.. Yes , tha PCV device is just a road draft tube with a threaded bung up near the top of it and if you decide to make your own here's an important mod : Put the PCV valve up near the intake manifold so it won't get fouled by oil droplets running down the inside of the hose ! . You can also look in filler cap catalogs as there's one (oil filler cap) made with a rubber grommet in it to hold a PCV valve , then all you needs do is add a valve and hose to the intake mainifold but the incoming air will be from the road draft tube so if you operate it on dusty roads this isn't a good way to go .
Dont they work so good fitted the same as sloromon's one in the pic? in the draft tube housing? ________ ASIAN TITS
on vacation yeah, sorry i'm away from home right now. i'm at that point in my life where all of my friends are getting married. lots of open bars, though, which is nice. anyway, i'll get some pics when i get back and stick em on here post-haste!! jon
Yes of course but if you look closely at the picture , you'll see it doesn't have the tube hanging down ~ it's just the can with the baffles in it and a 3/4" NPT bung welded at the upper side . Air flow is : inlet at the rockerbox via the vented oil filler cap and then the blowby is sucked out the PCV valve that is screwed directly into the bung . Later on they discovered it works better if you place the PCV valve at the higher end of the breather hose... -Nate
