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Well I FINALLY got off my butt and painted my doors. After a few days I put them on the truck just need to put the guts in them. Now to get to het off my butt and get the fenders and grill painted.

'68OrangeSunshine

10-22-2022 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OregonNed (Post 9136316)

Install complete of the new battery cables.

[9/13]
Is your battery nine years old?

cab4word67

10-22-2022 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiggers72-GMC (Post 9136326)

Well done ^^^^^ I like those batteries but I wish they were black on top.

Can be painted, holds up well

72c20customcamper

10-22-2022 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine (Post 9136415)

[9/13]
Is your battery nine years old?

I have one in my Chevelle that’s 8 or 9 years old . I was looking to buy a new one for the truck but the reviews aren’t that good . Guess when they moved from the US to Mexico the quality went down hill and I believe they are made in China now

72c20customcamper

10-22-2022 06:43 PM

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Got the passenger door and fender painted today . I have them in the cargo trailer with an electric heater . I like to keep the fresh paint warm for at least 8 hours . Didn’t think about taking pictures.

Sheepdip

10-22-2022 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheepdip (Post 9136280)

A couple of days ago I filled Otis up with some $6.59 a gallon fuel and noticed my fuel gauge read way past full. I kept an eye on it and it wasn't going down so today I rolled him up to the barn pulled the ground wire from the sender and grounded it out and the gauge went immediately to empty.

I checked the Ohm's thru the ground wire to the gauge and got about 47 Ohms which is ballpark for the resistor across the back of the fuel gauge. Gauge should be good as tested and has always been fairly accurate.
I then cleaned the contact on the grounding wire hooked it back up to the sender and no difference.

Tomorrow I'll pull the sender make sure it's not hung up, and/or check Ohm's to verify it is indeed the sending unit.

About a year ago I experienced a similar issue but after burning a 1/4 tank or so it returned to and has been normal until it reared it's ugly head again, at the time I just wrote it off as a hung up float arm.

Well to follow up....The grandson came over today to hang out and we pulled the sender out, could only get .5 ohms out of it no matter the position. the arm thru the rheostat wobbled like it had a u-joint in it.
It's toast, new one on its way.

OregonNed

10-23-2022 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine (Post 9136415)

[9/13]
Is your battery nine years old?

It is.. still going strong!

KQQL IT

10-23-2022 02:24 AM

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Truck stuff. Dragging home squarebody stuff for the kids K5

'68OrangeSunshine

10-23-2022 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by OregonNed (Post 9136503)

It is.. still going strong!

I remember the TV ads for Optima Batts: They shoot out 4 or 5 cells of a redtop with a .45 long colt six shooter and it still started.
I thought that was just advertizing...
:ito:

RustyBucket

10-23-2022 09:42 AM

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I've been sick and my 2 old trucks have been neglected in the shop for a year+. The battery in the Blazer wouldn't hold a charge so I jumped it drove it down to O'Reilly's. I got a good deal on a Delco battery & a nice young lady installed it for me. I took the long way home and had fun blasting the Blazer around. BIG FUN till I got home and bumped a pole in my shop & broke the passenger side sport mirror... just old n' stupid I guess. Eckler's BIG warehouse is in Titusville so I bought a pr. of repro mirrors. Don't know how they'll hold up but they're pretty nicely turned out. Luckily the old screws came out & the doubler fell inside the door. I took the door panel off & lubricated the window & door mechinisms. My wife held the new doubler inside the door while I started the screws... I think the screws that came with the new mirrors are made out of lead and are flat head and look like crap. Even after putting a dab of grease on the sheet metal screws and CAREFULLY installing them the phillips part of the screws rounded off. The old oval head screws cleaned up nicely & screwed in smoothly. I wish the rest of the Blazer was detailed as nicely as the passenger door.

Baker72chevy

10-23-2022 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Louisvillekytruck (Post 9132476)

Where did u get the black oxide thanks

What did you paint the parts with

72c20customcamper

10-23-2022 07:34 PM

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Only thing I did on the truck I remembered to put the emblem before I put the fender on

eneg688

10-23-2022 07:53 PM

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Installed the altman easy latch kit on my 68 driver door.great kit, good instructions. Door closes easy

Louisvillekytruck

10-23-2022 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Baker72chevy (Post 9136610)

What did you paint the parts with

Here you go

'68OrangeSunshine

10-24-2022 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by eneg688 (Post 9136665)

Installed the altman easy latch kit on my 68 driver door.great kit, good instructions. Door closes easy

How well does it pop beer bottle caps?

72c20customcamper

10-24-2022 12:56 PM

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Have a decision to make painted or SS stalk ?

67C10Step

10-24-2022 01:16 PM

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Built up new exhaust to put the muffler under the bed and exit in front of differential. I am no professional welder but I manage to stick metal together. Much better on the sound and the old exhaust exited short and you got a whiff of fumes occasionally. Now you can actually hear the radio.

Grumpy old man

10-24-2022 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9136877)

Have a decision to make painted or SS stalk ?

, I went thru the same question , Being your truck has hubcaps I'd say painted since they're already done . or add the bling with the stainless ones ? :lol:

I'm no help on this one ! I have both sitting here myself and I keep looking at sport mirrors :lol:

Grumpy old man

10-24-2022 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 67C10Step (Post 9136885)

Well when I'm ready I know who I'll be calling . :chevy:

LNP	10-24-2022 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by eneg688 (Post 9136665)

Installed the altman easy latch kit on my 68 driver door.great kit, good instructions. Door closes easy

Do you think the doors close easier with them than the factor ones?

67C10Step

10-24-2022 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man (Post 9136890)

Well when I'm ready I know who I'll be calling . :chevy:

I was kicking myself for not getting it sorted and done before putting the bed back on the frame. Would have been WAY easier.

Boog	10-24-2022 03:56 PM

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I bet it sounds pretty good with a single exhaust and shorty pack and turn down. I did that with my old 56 ford truck. Made that Y block sound way bigger than it was. ;)

67C10Step

10-24-2022 04:04 PM

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I bet it sounds pretty good with a single exhaust and shorty pack and turn down. I did that with my old 56 ford truck. Made that Y block sound way bigger than it was. ;)

It's WAY better than this. I slapped this together to get it running and driving but after the first trip from Beebe to Searcy and back I told my wife that exhaust wasn't going to cut it.

Boog	10-24-2022 04:26 PM

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Oh yeah, the misses. If you hadn't said it, she would I bet. :lol:
My wife and I took a 2000 GMC I had just bought on a trip down to Texas Motor Speedway. It had a single blow master or something like that with dual tails. We were both tired of it before we even got there. She almost wouldn't ride in it again after that. I changed it soon after. ;)

72c20customcamper

10-25-2022 05:21 PM

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Got the clips for the hoops today . Installed them and the grille emblem not moving to fast took a spill on Sunday working the wood pile . Wet moss on slimy bark is like ice . Nothing broke but my left arm and hand took the brunt of it . Just swelling and a few bruise’s. Glad I didn’t have a saw in my hand I was just moving some rounds with the cant hook .

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