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The dimple was minor . I believe they missed the mark on this one pipe . The front and rear pipes on both sides have a similar dimple . I just made it a little longer.

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Recovering from sinus surgery atm but been converting to serpentine belt not squealing at 3500 rpm is nice. Chasing out a issue with pulley alignment and coolant hose, I may have got the alignment dialed, the upper rad hose I think is going to be solved with a 67 firebird 400 upper hose. We shall see

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Upgrade time

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Restored my brake pedal today. It's a Lokar unit with 20k miles on it and was in poor shape. All the pads but one had fallen out fairly recently and the finish was looking dull. The last pad jumped to freedom as I was punching the attach bolts through and out of the pedal arm. Sadly, I did not get a before picture as this whole thing started out as fixing a rattle from the brake pedal. The Lokar piece was fitted pretty good to the arm "flange" for your foot and had 4 attachment points that were merely friction based. All the brake work I've been doing lately broke something there or dislodged something but the screws fully tight wouldn't stop the rattling. Anyway, I had to get it on the bench to figure it out... again no pictures :(

Got the rattle fixed and was ready to epoxy the pads back on there and decided to polish the thing first! Here's the finished product...over 100 bucks to buy a new one but this cost me an hour, some chemicals and some work...

-Kevin

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Installed some Holly retrobright LED headlights, so much more light output.

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They look good...

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We shall see how they hold up as this truck is my worker truck . I use it as a tow vehicle for the other show vehicles and my swap meet truck

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Got the exhaust yesterday . This shipment was delayed 3 days I’m guessing they needed to find pieces . All the pipes were there but most of the installation hardware was missing except this one clamp . Summit is sending out a replacement package of hardware.

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Daughter, son in law, and I drove it to a cruise in swap meet about an hour north. Didn’t see anything I needed but saw some nice rides.

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Polishing the tailpipe ends . Do away with exhaust tips

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Are those pipes stainless? You're done except for an occasional touch-up. Looks good!

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The whole exhaust from headers to the tailpipes are stainless . Hope to never have to replace them in my lifetime.

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Oil change on the '70 and the Montero today. Nice weather. While I was taking a break, I got to thinking about how many jobs my Mac tools have done since the mid '70's. That KD filter strap has been in my box since the late '70's also. They sure have paid for themselves. ;)

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Heh, my wife says I'm buying "toys" when I get tools. I made a living for years with the mechanic tools I have...most of which I bought before getting married. Everything I have cost (including the wood carving and wood working tools) about the same as her latest sewing machine. She only has six, now- she gave one to a friend. My 3/8" ratchets have the knurling worn off the handle like that. Makes for iron-rich calluses! :lol:

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I gave my son in law a snap on ratchet that I’ve had for over 40 years because it broke the mechanism to get fixed . he said the snap on guy had never seen one before and couldn’t get the parts . He did however replace the ratchet at my discretion. Hated to do it but at this point it was just a piece of metal with no use .

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That's a fact! :lol:

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I still have a set of S-K combi wrenches that I bought a week after I bought my '68 Stepside -- June 1973. I had to replace the 1/4'' one, as I overtorqued the open side on some impossible bolt. They missed being stolen in '78. They werre outside the steel toolbox when theives picked the lock on my cross-bed tool bin.
:chevy:

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New TMI dash pad installed, black with red stitching.

Raining out so the picks are from a dark garage.

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Today I rolled my 70 out on the street so I can work on my son's Cherokee instead.....:waah:

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Detailing the truck for the Inaugural Fredericksburg Classic Truck Show at Pecan Grove Store. This will be a very nice Saturday morning drive from Kyle to Fredericksburg Texas.

Its been a bit since I did a full on detail of the truck. Since she is a garage queen I generally just dust her off with a water bath and wipe down. Heck a few times I did the wash during light rain LOL!

Anyone else in the area going?

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I installed new chrome front bumper and grill trim today.

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Nice truck. Nice color.

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Looking good Steve !!!! :bling2:

Gary

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Harvested the bits for a future tbi swap.
Kid got rear ended and totaled his 1st pickup

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Nice score, I hope the boy is ok

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Yes he was, thank you.
And was a fine Sunday together got a little pickin in too.

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Last year made a faux pas backing out of my yard and bent the upper side molding. Found a guy that straightened it back to almost normal. Broke one clip and had a hell of time sourcing the right one but found it at Mar K, black clip in molding. The " What did I do to my Truck Today " part is I finally got the molding back on the truck today.. .

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Looks good. Green trucks have really been growing on me lately

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Buttoned up the exhaust today . These butt clamps work real well really didn’t want to weld the pipes

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Wished I'd had those on my headers when they burned/rusted thru and I had to R+R Headers. While I was careful to order the exact same p/n to get the same configuration, Headman had gotten smarter than me and had a whole new attachment scheme. They said it was better and improved, but I'm the guy who had to blast seven miles down a main drag to Midas to get the new ones welded on. A cop got on my tail the last couple blocks, but when I pulled a left into the muffler shop, he lost interest.
Especially annoying were the many cuts and scrapes on my wrists from having to pull them apart with a sawzall.
:waah:
Yours look good.

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I really like these LED headlights.
Hooked the middle bar to be DRL.
Pictures don't show up correctly.
Top section looks like black chrome, then the white bar, then the bottom section.

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Nice and white! Is that without a relay kit?

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Checked to make sure the top radiator hose I ordered was correct(it was), so with that being good I cleaned up and repainted the thermostat housing and cleaned the surface on the intake manifold. Hope/Plan to have that altogether tomorrow.

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Getting my truck painted. The bed was painted last week and the cowl and God this week. The bed got lined this week as well. I also got the seat reupholstered. She's almost done.

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More pics

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A few more.

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I like the seat. Nice job.
Will you paint the Cab top White?

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Yes sir, no relay required...plug and play for the most part.
I just ran an accessory switched wire to all four for the DRL’s. (Key on, DRL’s on.)

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Looks great

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I guess LEDs require a lot less amperage than filament-based lamps.