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No clue but it has to go!!! lol My trucks a GMC lol....

Welding isnt hard man....Go to harbor freight and pic up a 90 amp flux core welder...I think they are $109 right now.....Then just practice on stuff...Also will want a auto dimming helmet but i just started doing it so its not like I really know what im doing either...I started on my inner fender wells for practice

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Did you tell any lies today? Just wondered because it looks like your pants have been on fire.

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haha!! Yeah they got lit up pretty good...I have spatter marks all over my arms where they burnt through my shirt too! lol


Actually caught the sending unit cap on fire...... Anyone know where or what kind cap is on these things??? I need to get a new one

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Yeah, the old spark shower. You should have seen the guys uniforms that worked in the welding shop a my old company, looked like really bad pirate costumes, lol

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Arrrrgggg!!!

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lol, you guys are crazy

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We're not the ones setting ourselves on fire hahaha

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LOL! It was better then the Gas tank....Which I did catch on fire a couple times but thats another story...Well really it was the fuel line for a sec and the cap on the return unit....Which I need to replace but not sure what it is lol

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Awesome job man!!! Looks great! I'm uploading some pictures right now to show what I did myself.

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looking awsome jeff! :smoke:

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Thanks guys!!! Ill be back too the other side tomorrow and hopefully get started wire wheeling the frame

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Right on man!!! :metal:

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lmao

diff vent cap?,not a good/safe spot.mine was @ the rad support

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Good luck today! Hope you get a lot done!
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Yup looks just like that but its just above the gas tank

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Thanks Matt!!

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Damn rain!!!!!

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Well the only thing I got done before rain hit was cutting the actual cab corner replacement piece down....BUT i said screw the rain!! Taped up the electrical cord and cut away the cab corner and got it lined up to weld....Still needs a little adjustment aka bending going into the cab but thats about it

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Now thats dedication and being smart!!

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Dam awesome to bad your not closer i got a passenger nos rocker that id sell ya
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Nice Jeff!

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Well the rain stopped and I went to it....I got dirty as crap but I got the corner installed, welded, and grinded down but no bondo as I dont want the rain to ruin it.

I also wire wheeled the crap out of the frame and it just needs to be washed and painted now..

My fuel sending unit showed up today too so im pretty excited about that as well :)

Now time to go get lunch :)

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Yeah

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Nice nice!!! looks like awesome progress glad I got my work done yesterday its raining here in texas

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Yeah it was wet outside when I got up and then it started raining as soon as i got to work...Then it stopped and i went to work....It drizzled here and there and was overcast but i got it done....I was a nasty mess though..>Covered in mud, rust, and all sorts of stuff lol

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You rocked it, man! I think that sending unit will do the trick!
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Haha I feel ya man I looked like a real life smurf past 2 days one day I'll build me a mini shop so I can work rain or shine, assuming I have the money to do so
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You know Jeff you're gonna have to drop that full gas tank to install that sending unit!! Poop!!

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Na, it looks like it should clear

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Ahhhh well tonight has been interesting....after working on my truck i got cleaned up and went and got some subway....Almost immediately after eating I started getting sick...Killer Headache, Nausea, and a little dizzy.....3 hours later and im normal again....Thank goodness

No progress will be made tomorrow as I am going to cubber's to help install his 383 in his c10.....Dayum thats gonna be beastly....

Agenda for thursday:

Clean and Paint Frame
Bondo Drivers side Cab Corner
Sand back of cab with 320 grit sand paper
Sand Front of Bed with 320 grit sand paper

If time remains after that I may try to paint the cab and bed front too

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Sucks you were feeling bad but good that your feeling alright now.

Sounds like you have quite the day for you on Thursday as always take pictures, it's coming along awesome man, keep the work up for sure!

And yeah the 383 is a very nice and lovely motor!
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good job hope your feeling much better. i got some rain too

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Ok couldn't let it go...I went outside and put some bondo on the cab corner...Hope it drys before it starts raining again lol

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Haha the life of a project it's great right?

I told myself last night that if by 10pm I wasn't finished with my fender I'd stopped finished about 20 before 10 would I have kept on past 10 yeah cause I don't like half ass jobs done lol
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You guys have me up at night litteratly because of all the things ive seen you guys do to your trucks i wanna do so badly. and how to do it and which way and im just up scheming thinking about that truck! its been happening for awhile now so im sorta trying to get some things done. Got angry because i couldnt do anything to it! i think its drove me a lil batty

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I understand that...I was seriously pissed when it started raining today...Luckily it stopped and i could do some work even if i got seriously nasty lol

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You ain't seen nasty yet. Better sleep good tonight.

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Haha! All in a days work my friend

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Oh snap!! :me::dig::wave:

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Lol x2 ^^^