I could have swore I posted a thread here but after looking I guess I didn't.

Anyways a few monthes ago I pulled my 84 Power Ram into the shop to put some speakers in it and I noticed a puddle under the bed.  It turns out that the fuel line had rusted through and was leaking gas.

So I took the bed off:


Turns out the frame had more rust that I had realized but still not too bad:


But the fuel lines were a different story all together:


Where the fuel was leaking onto the frame:


Turns out I had a oil leak too:


I picked up some chrome goodies for the motor for when I fixed the leak:


Figured I'd work on the interior while I was at it:

I ordered a set of new pre-bent lines from inlinetube.com and I must say it's a nice set:


After I finished the fuel lines I painted the engine bay and replaced the valve covers and gaskets:




I'm waiting on a few more peices so I can wrap up the motor and then I put the new front end on. So for now I'm working on the interior:

Got the 95 Ram seats mocked up and repainted the steering column:

Ok so I got bored and took some more pics  :

The new grille & core support, waiting on the headlight doors & grille extension:


Back of the cab repainted (look at previous pics for a before):


Replacement Badges:


New Hood Emblem:


Old Hinge style:


New Hinges:


Repainted Underside of Hood:


Installed Clear Side Marker Lenses:

lol, thanks man.  Yeah I figured if I was gonna have the bed off I might as well fix a "few" things.  Ya see how that went. 

You found out EVERYTHING is connected!!
Nice job!!! Thanks for including us!!

hey,sweet looking truck.you should get some outside pics of the truck.also,where did you get them side marker lenses.them are sweet.

Your truck is really sweet!!!!! What were you hood hinges off of?

Finally got a update for you guys!

Well I finished putting the motor back together, so the next thing I did was to wrestle the core support into place.  After I done that I decided to mock the front end up before I tightned everything down to see how everything was gonna fit together.

Grille being mocked up:


Adjusting the hood to clear new grille:


Grille, Grille Extension, and Bumper Mocked into place:


So tomorrow I get to tear it all back down, tighten the core support down, finish adjusting the hood, reattach the passenger side fender well, paint the grille extension, re-install the radiator, overflow tank, clutch fan etc.

Looking REAL good!

Looks SUPER!!

Well I didn't get to start her tonight.

I did get the hood adjusted, installed the radiator, re-installed the battery tray, re-attached the passenger side fender well, painted the grille extension and installed it, and attached the horns to the new core support.

All I have to do to start it is hook up the lower radiator hose, the tranny cooler hoses, install the clutch fan, hook up the battery, fill the motor w/ oil and fill the radiator.

If nothing goes wrong she will be running tomorrow!

BIGHORN IS RUNNING!!!!

I squirted some gas in the carb and she fired up on the first try but shortly stalled from lack of fuel.  But on the 2nd try the gas got up there and she fired up and ran on her own!

I'm gonna make a vid of it in a lil't bit.

Billy,  I got the fender flares from a member on here. They are factory 91-93 Fender Flares.

Yes it is, here's a few pics to tease ya till I post the video:

great job!  keep it up. isnt it funny how one simply thing turns into a never ending project. 

Nice Truck! Well Done! Just when you think that your finally finished, there is always that something that drags you into doing much more! Id grease those door hinges so they dont wear out on yah. Is that a black dash you have?

-Steve

Yea that would work. And no i dont have a black dash. They never made a black interior for the years 81-90. I would recomend getting the best looking dash you can get and painting it black with krylon fushion paint. That paint once its set in 7 days. Is a dye for the plastic. Basically wont scratch unless the plastic itself is gouged. I used it on my dash bezel. If you do any vinyl such as visors. Seats. Arm rests and pull handles use rustoleum vinyl paint. Thats also a dye an wont scratch or flake after 24-48 hours of dry time. I will put a link on here of what my arm rests and dash bezel came out like in about 15 mins.

Keep up the good work! Nd im guessing you got those valve covers off ebay? i seen them up there about 2 months ago.

-Steve

LOL!!
I started with something simple also & got hooked into a huge project 
Looks like it's coming along great!!!

Is the dash coming out?

Ok guys I got some questions.  Tonight I started her up, backed her out of the shop and let her run for a while I done some cleaning.

Well after running a bit I noticed something dripping under the truck. Turns out to be coolant.  Now i know the water pump wasn't leaking before (and I had thought about replacing it)  but my dad says he's never heard of a water pump going bad just sitting when it was fine before.

Also when I first start it up and rev the motor after it's been sitting for a few days there is a god awful squeal.  It eventually goes away but it is very irritating.  I replaced the belts while I had the front end apart so I know it's not that.  What else could it be?

And I noticed while it was running that I hadn't tightned up one of the valve cover bolts good enough cause oil was leaking from the back of the valve cover onto the exhaust manifold, so I'm gonna tighten it tomorrow  but my concern is that the truck never smoked from the exhaust before.  Now it smoked the whole time.  Could this be coming from the oil leaking from the valve cover and the heads not getting adequate oiling?

These things are bugging me and I'm hopping I don't have to tear my truck back down after it's running again and the front end is just about back together.

Thanks for the compliment!

It can't be the belts cause the leak is from behind the belts, and it was squealing when I fired it up the first time from getting it back together.  Plus it eventually goes away.   

Its normal for belts to stretch a bit, and need to be readjusted after a bit.

Looking SWEET!!!!!!!

What does the exaust smell like?

Is it using any antifreeze.

I was thinking a pale white color in the exhaust was burning antifreeze. Any one else on that one? Is the choke opening all the way? The little black spots from the exhaust sounds like it's running rich.