edward Kish
Junior Member
- Joined
- May 27, 2020
- Posts
- 9
- Reaction score
- 10
- Location
- greensboro bend, vt
- First Name
- eddie
- Truck Year
- 1978
- Truck Model
- K10
- Engine Size
- 400
Hope you guys can help so I don't lose my mind. After 3 months of hard work, my truck is so close to being finished, but I'm having body alignment issues.
First question: I got a brand new set of body mounts when I bought the truck, but no hardware or instructions. Four of the mounts are identical, and about an inch or so thick (tall?), and two are about twice as big. I cannot for the life of me find anywhere online that says definitively which location gets the larger mounts/bushings.
Second, I'm having a heck of a time getting the body lines lined up. Keep in mind, I replaced the entire lower floor (including floor support, frame support etc.) I also did some fab work on a few of the mounts on the frame that were rotted out (particularly the radiator supports). I'm fairly certain that everything went in at the right height, but I could obviously be wrong. Is there any resource that lists clearances and measurements to align the body with itself/the frame? I'm thinking like, "distance between lowest point of floorboard and top of frame should be X inches".
Any help would be appreciated-thanks guys!
First question: I got a brand new set of body mounts when I bought the truck, but no hardware or instructions. Four of the mounts are identical, and about an inch or so thick (tall?), and two are about twice as big. I cannot for the life of me find anywhere online that says definitively which location gets the larger mounts/bushings.
Second, I'm having a heck of a time getting the body lines lined up. Keep in mind, I replaced the entire lower floor (including floor support, frame support etc.) I also did some fab work on a few of the mounts on the frame that were rotted out (particularly the radiator supports). I'm fairly certain that everything went in at the right height, but I could obviously be wrong. Is there any resource that lists clearances and measurements to align the body with itself/the frame? I'm thinking like, "distance between lowest point of floorboard and top of frame should be X inches".
Any help would be appreciated-thanks guys!