More discoveries

It has been one week since we acquired the truck.  Here are the discoveries we have made.

1) There is no thermostat so we will buy a new one.  The housing will eventually need to be replaced.

2) The reason the clutch is "herky, jerky" is because the flywheel needs to be resurfaced.  Matt is coming over Friday to remove it.  Bullhead Machine will resurface it for $30.

3) Can't imagine why someone would do this; a steel plate has been spot welded onto the back of the tailgate covering the "CHEVROLET" lettering.  We will see if Bullhead Welding on Alta Vista Rd. can remove it.  Otherwise the replacement cost for a tailgate is out of our range for now.

4) The front grille will definitely need to be replaced.  We found on on car-parts.com for $30 and an additional $35 or $40 for shipping from R and R in MN.  A new one is around $800.

5) We can rent a pressure washer at Home Depot and add some baking soda to remove the paint and rust.

6) The visor on the driver side is too long.  We will replace it and get a bracket and visor for the passenger side.  We found everything we need to do this on Ebay.

No pictures to post today.  We will post pics of the flywheel both before and after and, with his permission, a picture of our friend Matt.