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Now that's a good tire plan, good one.
Mudman.

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That low bed mount spare tire is a real good idea. I like it. How is it working out underneath? That must be a long bed.

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Thanks it's a long bed. I've done a lot of mods to make it work my bed is custom to start with. All the parts are drying now tomorrow it will be installed.

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Tinted the windows in preparation of me charging my AC.

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took Wanda and the corvette to a small car show . Both won 1st in their class.. Thanks Exxon for the invite

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Yellow Blue and You--SMILES all around! The Vette and Wanda look Happy and Proud to be G.M. Thanks for sharing!

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Wheel tub in and it looks great, like it was meant to be there. The bottom of the tub is about an 1 1/2" above the fender side and the tire is an inch below the top.

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That is pretty trick. I especially like that you did that with the wood bed and making the custom look almost stock in appearance.

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Thanks it was what I was going for. The boards are composite decking.

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3 year old water pump failed. Replaced it with a new one from O-Rielly's. New thermistat and hoses.
I also polished under the hood.:chevy:

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Hooked up 12v to the choke.
Installed rebuilt radiator, radiator shop said it is a continuous fin 4 row industrial type.
Will outlast the truck.

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Finished up my oil pressure line tonight. A big shout out to members LockDoc (for the line kit and needed adapter) and TBONE1964 (for an excellent working replacement oil pressure gauge). Everything went together easy and fixed a small oil leak in the process. So nice to get the stock gauges working and and being able to pull out the cheap three gauge under dash panel. Pic is oil gauge at idle.

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Finished the hold down for the new spare wheel tub.

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I put my frame on a rotisserie and sprayed it.

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Nice Job--I like Your rotisserie!

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Installed 2in drop spindles. Now the front is at 5. Gotta put on the c notch to go to 7 on rear. Although I knew the 45 series was too tall I barely got it home lol. Will be looking for some 40 series tires.

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I also used Harbor Freight's disposable spray gun. $9.99 and you don't have to waste time trying to maybe get the epoxy out of it. I removed the air fitting and it went straight in the trash.

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Good Idea! CHEEP TRICKS material. You are off to a good start!

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Like it came from factory or some crazy idea.

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I've been wondering what to do with my spare, I like it.


Me going to pick up a steering column and getting a start on putting it in.

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I changed the earl & filter in mine. And I did the same for the other 2 in the fleet as well. That's a lot of lubrication to take back to be recycled.

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With Boris' help we got the Steering Wheel off and will start to refurbish it.

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Cleaned and painted rims yesterday. New 31/10.50 TIRES today!

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I like this pic, it all looks like it came that way but, 2 inch bed raise, 2 inch wheel mini tubs, cantilevered tailgate, sunken spare, respaced composite deck boards and all screw down bed from the top.

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I've been there.

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Have you thought about 5 inch springs and 2 inch blocks? That's what I did to prevent me from having to C notch and still get to 7 total drop. A lot easier than cutting the frame.:smoke:

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I have 5 inch springs now and planned to do the 2 inch blocks. But I don't think it is driveable like that? How much clearance do you have? I'd love not to cut the frame.

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No issues at all. I have never hit anything. The 20's keep it up.

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I'll give it a try, won't hurt anything to throw the blocks on and see. I had 15's and just went to the 20's, didn't realize the 20's made that much of a difference. Thanks

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This weekend I put the big CPP sway bar kit on my 65, I also upgraded the lower control arm U-bolts to 5/8"(quite a jump from the factory 3/8") then installed a set of Monroe Magnum shocks.

The ride quality is off the chart. Far and away the biggest change I have ever "felt" in the 4 plus decades I have had this truck.

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Oh Joy - Look at those Wheels - they Shin like the Dark !

Zzzzzzzzz Boring - No Pictures ! :smoke:

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Lol previous page sir

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replaced the 1 1/4 spacers on my rear axle with 2 inch. looks much better. wasn't sure 3/4 of an inch would make much difference, but it did. I have '07 18 in. Tahoe wheels on my '67 so I needed spacers for clearance but the rear looked tucked in compared to the front. the new spacers put them out where I wanted them.

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I took the wheels & tires off the truck tonight to give them a good clean and to inspect the brakes. Man am I ever glad I did! Found a cracked spoke on my 2 year old US Mags. Disaster averted! Now need to talk to the tire shop tomorrow to see if it's covered under warranty. Here's a pic of the back side of the wheel, the crack is just becoming visible on the front side.

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Oh man. Is that a large diameter wheel by chance? That is what I am surprised doesn't happen more often with them. Sure glad you caught it.

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Felt the temp sending probe cut loose as I was installing my new gauge.
While snuggling it down,thought I had stripped the threads till I put a eye on it.
Nope just twisted off the hex on the fitting.

I don't have any ez outs this big so I found a alternative use for a torx socket.:metal:
The fitting has only been in for a year so it came out pretty easy.

Afterwards i took the dumper for a few mile jaunt.
I'm pretty sure that was the longest drive it's had since around 1991.

There is some noise in the drive line, only while accelerating or decelerating in 4th gear. while rolling in forth it don't happen.
It was dark when I got back so investigation starts today.

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What model and size are they? Where were they manufactured?

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They are a 20x8 US Mags model U104 made in China. The PO had them installed and once I saw the crack, my eyes went immediately to the MADE IN CHINA stamping and suddenly it made sense.

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Glad you found that. That could have made for a very bad incident indeed if you were at speed when it let go.

Surely that wheel was subject to something unmovable and very hard in the recent past? Maybe the PO did it?

Scary,

-klb

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Man, talk about why I hate China. Glad to see that you were not hurt, lost your rig or other.

That is the thing about doing these trucks, A lot of stuff out there and you end up with something completely opposite of what the intended purpose is. I have a beef with any auto parts places wants to sell me bad parts.