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Put this in the driveway for a bath before the next phase. Only brakes, suspension engine/trans, driveshaft, steering box & linkage to go, and I'm headed into the right direction. That said, I may not beat the cold on the frame. Takes me a while.


Anyway, for some reason this looks cool. I like how the wheels set-off the frame.:lol: Nice stock stance, though I may drop 4/2.5. I'll use the wheels with 3" rings and common rally bowtie hubs, sometime before the year 2020 :metal: That's the plan anyway.

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That far along eh??? Looks like you have been way busier than some of your posts seem to be.

I like the stock stance on all our trucks, to me it does not put the truck "out of era". Yet that is just me, I really like the look of the rally wheel on those shortys!

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I'm definitely feeling some progress, thank you. I may not beat the cold weather to paint the frame. That's okay, there will be plenty for the body/paint folks, & lots to send out for restoration. Worst case I hit the frame in the spring. The build should go smoothly, so that's the plan.

I like the stock stance as well. If I run with two-ton deluxe (is. "sandwich" ha!) then I'm dropping her 4/2.5. I may leave the stance if it's painted just ochre & white top, as it was stock. Either way it's getting belts. At the moment I'm leaning deluxe. It will look more better with the antenna I'm using;)........Factory 67-68 Corvette fat ball fixed mast. A deviation from the "original" plot.

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Well, after a good 16 hours with de-greaser and lots of scrubbing, here's a clean slate for the final phase of take-off. I thought to use a steamer, but none available, and they want near $200 to rent just a high pressure sprayer. No thanks, I did it the hard way.

On a side, my chassis was in the drive-way not 48 hours when my neighbor walked up the drive-way, 1st time in 14 years. He had his 24/7 pouty face on, and only said "how long will this be in the driveway?" I said, "couple days, eye-sore huh?" He says yeah and walks away as I burst out laughing. But then I got teed off and told him to "go back to [insert State]", which is a certain State west of here. I'm not confrontational, but these people are bad. They're not satisfied unless up in your business. They're fully indoctrinated and miserable. Truth is, they probably don't appreciate the looks of my 72 in the driveway like I do. A real shame;)

Just an observation, gaskets and the hot sun don't mix. My transmission has a slow leak or so, but it was anything but slow sitting in the hot sun. A canvas slowed the leaks to normal, & the gaskets sealed by cooling the transmission with water.

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Sorry, no pics. Rain ran me back into the house, looks like that's over for now.

I had just finished grinding a bit of the outer grill off, enough to allow a J-nut to attach at that point. I don't think I had a J nut there before, I'll bet that was wrong from the factory as my original J nut wouldn't line up either. *Update: J nuts are on and lined up. Will try to put grill back onto truck tomorrow.

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@ Tony ~

This is why I bought a house with 8' fencing all around it and I still have a drunken b*tch next door who minds my business more than she does her own or allows anyone to trim her tree that leans over my fence....

Some folks are just miserable and envy you soley because you're out there happily working away up to your elbows in soap, grease and old tuck parts :lol: .

It's looking VERY good ! .

What displacement is that big V8 ? .

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I do feel sorry for the guys into these rigs down south of me. I have known about them for decades. Some things never change, keep him out of your Resto, some will stop at nothing to fowl someone else out.

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I tried some of this ice stuff lol. It's faster and easier to put on. We'll see how it holds up.

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It's a 402 punched out in 1993. The heads might be high performance off I couldn't tell you. All I know is they're supposed to be 10:1 compression as opposed 8.5:1.....There's 40K miles on the build and I'm not rebuilding it. It sounds great, feels great, and the oil has never been dirty. Only oil loss was through the rear main. ;)

I'm thinking of moving to a rural area. Less house, more garage and more property.

You just had to bring up fence........HA!. I will not bore you with all the details, but this is ironic. I built the fence line between us (200 feet), which is seen in post 5662 above. They paid for half. When they gave me the check the bastards said "we didn't want the fence in the first place." I've always been polite to them. They're just miserable.

Then they built a cyclone fence along their back yard, everyone else has wood. Course nobody complained I bet. I mean, that would be rude man.:lol:


That wax looks real nice 72.

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I feel your pain Tony ;

Me, I finally gave up being nice to complete a$$holes and once they say something stupid and rude like "we didn't want the fence in the first place." I would have instantly said ' then you shouldn't have cried like a little b*tch ' .

I know I'm sort of rough due to my environment but I try so hard to be a good neighbor here in the Ghetto but as you said, some are just born to whine .

The old crack house across the street finally got some good people living in it, a nice Chinese couple with Grandpa, they were skittish at first but when they saw me out side picking up trash and bottles etc. every day they warmed up fast . then they saw me planting yet more cactus in my parkway and got busy, yanked all the weeds out of their parkway and planted Aloe in a nice row ~ most neighborhoods all it takes is one person to care and keep things tidy and most others will begin to tune up their yard, plant flowers etc .

My rule : pick up every bit of trash on both sides of the street across from my side, any glass item I can see discarded no matter how far away, gets picked up or swept up if broken immediately because glass isn't good, there are kids here and I well remember stepping on broken glass when I was a kid .

No excuse for not making some effort, YOU LIVE THERE .

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Did the power steering gearbox over a month ago. Well going down the freeway I hear this growl sound in the turns.

Luckily it was just a piss leak on the high pressure line. I will tell you this Napa Brand products are not what you would like them to be.

Never the less, a little fabrication on my part and bending and groaning I got it done.

I was very lucky in getting to know a man years ago whom worked on rigs all the time. I ended up giving him the nickname "Master o' de Eights". Learned a lot from that guy and he was impressed with my skills. Here's to ya Tex! Not forgotten my man.

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No the napa and Oriellys has gone down to Autozone level. I've been going to the dealer. Cost more but last longer. The last water pump I got from napa was a joke. Thin crap.

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I posted no evidence of my seat cover swap. Amazingly, it might be money spent for nothing. I went by the local Fastenal the other day & there was an upholstery shop next door. I didn't get the chance to stop in since I was trying to fix my Z71. Now for the proof:

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And the new cheap seat cover.

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I'm satisfied for now. Plus, I was thinking about having it recovered in black. I plan to have the windows tinted, so it shouldn't be too bad.

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Hey firedemon...

Suggestion: grab yourself a metal inline filter and install it after the pump...as close as you can to the carb...and

Install a thermal spacer between the carb base and the manifold...

Holleys are renowned for cloggy needles and seats...some have filters within the fuel line barb fitting on the carb itself...these often break down over time as no-one ever cleans or replaces em...

have fun :chevy::chevy::chevy::chevy:

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I bummed an 18 gauge needle and bought a bottle of blue nail polish. I want to fill up my "Custom/10" emblems with blue rather like the front bowtie emblem color.

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I feel ya brother...arn't these trucks a blast? :metal:

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I'll never understand why anyone would use metal fuel filters ~ clear plastic ones DO NOT leak/catch fire unless you leave them on for years instead of periodically changing like you're supposed to do .

A clear filter will always give you plenty of warning before it stops fuel flow and it also instantly tell you if there's any fuel flow to the carby .

I've used and enjoyed 'Grose Jet' carby inlet valves for decades and never yet had one problem ~ they use two little self cleaning steel balls to measure the fuel flow accurately .\

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I went to breakfast & then had to suck up some go-go juice.

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And then, it decided it didn't want to leave the gas station. I could smell a little gas smell (around gas pumps, who'da thunk it?). Popped the hood, off with the air cleaner, & I opened up the carb throttle plate & could see gas vapors around it. After about 5 minutes of opening the plate, I buttoned it back up & tried to fire it again. After a half dozen cranks, it came alive. It got home with no further issues.

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A much needed rear shock replacement....'ol blue was perfecting the Texas Two-Step on anything but smooth pavement...to quote Barney Fife, "I nipped it in the bud!"

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Can't blame the filter because you failed to keep an eye on it so it yellowed, aged out and failed .

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Yep ;

1967 Triumph t100C, it did shake quite a bit .

Never lost a clear plastic filter yet and I drive / ride a lot .

MY BELOVED C/10 has one too .

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I took on the challenge today and installed a after market tach, in my stock non-tach dash, and i love the way it turned out, if anyone wants the part number for the Bosch Tach let me know...the dam thing looks good in our trucks..

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The NHRA won't pass you through the Tech Inspection with one. Ever see one on a new car? Can you tell me what the micro rating of your clear filter is? These reasons are why I do not use clear filters.

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Looks great. Did you modify a non tach dash or remove old tach?

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Obfuscation or lack of understanding how fuel systems work :

No modern Automobile has a 3 ~ 4 PSI fuel system so obviously you cannot use a clear plastic filter .

If properly mounted, the rubber hose at each end would have isolated any vibration, even if it was a thumper .

Sorry you lost a BSA but "It's a poor Mechanic who blames his tools " .

That Tachometer looks good ! .

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Cheap and easy fun on a Sunday morning.

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No one said lazy idiot ~ you must be feeling guilty there .

There are none so blind as those who refuse to see .

I get so much good help here, sorry you don't .

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InI am not trying to make things difficult to understand. I have never seen a car come from the factory with a clear plastic filter regardless of pressure. (Now I will admit I have never worked on a Zil or a Lada so it is possible that it has happened but still i haven't seen those cars). Regardless, I believe they are a substandard part that I will not install on any vehicle I own.
My logic is based on the fact that you have no way of verifying how much regrind was used in the plastic when the filter was injected into the mold. Regrind is the term used in plastic injection molding that refers to plastic material that has been heated to the melting point and not used. This could be from the sprue in the mold or just overflow from worn mold. This plastic waste is collected and ground up and added to virgin plastic in order to save money Every plastic material specification has a limit on how much regrind is allowed to be mixed in. Exceeding the regrind amount degrades the ability to meet its engineered specifications. If your making Happy Meal toys your more worried about color and inclusions. If your making pressure vessels there are obviously other concerns. My point is that there are no checks and balances other than you suing the company if the filter splits due to bad plastic. If General Motors is unwilling to go down that road that's good enough for me.

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Fair enough and you have explained this in better terms than the guy @ Firestone tires explained it to me, they do the very same thing for the very same reason ~ co$t reduction and damn the quality .

Nevertheless, millions upon millions of these filters have been and continue to be used world wide daily .

A good mechanic or DIY'er should be able to learn from experience, not go off in a huff like a 5 year old child .

I'm old and retired yet I still enjoy learning daily .

-Nate

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Wix sells plastic fuel filters so they can't be all that bad...

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My point exactly .

NAPA uses Wix filters, reboxed .

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Oh Yeah...I took my non factory tach dash and did some Modifying.

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Took my wheels off and freshened up the rally wheel silver paint on them and polished the center caps and trim rings.

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added speed warning to my choke delete cluster. next will be a tach setup.

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https://youtu.be/EqE7fwPNPWk

With some help I adjusted the timing a little and things are moving again now. Sorry for audio quality, open headers atm.

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It's been sitting while I recuperate from carpal tunnel surgery. My middle son is my left hand man (my surgery was on my left hand); when he has time from his construction job. He loaded the MT oxygen tank into the back of my truck. I'll wash the old girl for the first time in a month and go get a fresh cylinder tomorrow, so I can finish making a handrail for the steps leading up to my house. The length and limited rise do not require a handrail, by code. But my MIL tripped going up them awhile back (I personally think her idjit Spaniel tripped her). Be that as it may be, I'm going to make a hand rail. It's about 3/4 complete. If there is a possible problem, it has surfaced. The latest was when I pulled my OxyAcetylene rig out, and the oxygen tank had bingo gas left. I made some tack welds and that was it. I'll wash the truck tomorrow morning and go get a refill for the oxygen. I can't complain. The last thing I did with my torch was cutting metal, which is an oxygen-hungry job. If I had realized that it was that low, I'd've gotten another tank sooner.

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Installed tailgate trim. Drilling holes in a brand new tailgate is not my idea of fun. I also rolled over 500 miles today, so far so good!

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I just installed a Pair of left and right side rear view mirrors on my 72 C-10 I was soooo frustrated I had to walk away. after a while, I just stopped working on them about every 30 minutes and took a break whether I needed it or not OMG! the passenger side took about 3 hours to do, the drivers side only about an hour.

Now I know why the big west coast mirrors and californication mirrors are installed from the dealer. real easy to drill out a small hole then chase it with self tapping sheet metal screws

my recommendation if you go with the factory standard mirrors on your 72 is to get a second set of hands to hold the inner reinforcing plate while you start the self tapping screws. Smaller hands are better because they can reach into a tighter place to hold that reinforcing plate from the few small access holes on the inside of the doors and when that plate is dropped inside the door, 10-15 times, a small hand and arm can reach deeper into the door to retrieve the plate and those very valuable factory sheet metal screws. and happy meals are cheap. You will know what I'm taking about when you get there. don't leave a broom handle or coat hangar inside the door as you will have to remove the door panel to retrieve it (them)when you begin the other door. Small hands will eliminate the need to use a coat hangar or broom handle to begin with.

The screws that come with the new repro mirrors are junk, some sort of stainless drywall screws. WTF? for 40 bucks each you think they would do the right thing with the correct screws, the rest of the mirror is pretty good, why go cheap on 40 cents worth of screws.

So.... keep your old fasteners as they are better, used, then the others are new. If you dont have an old set of screws, wait until you find a set of 8, 6 plus two spares. I'm betting on Corvette vendors for a set of the good quality correct screws. wait to get them rather than go through heck twice. The old used screws are a ferritic stainless steel so they too can be retrieved with a magnet.

You will also need that funny tool to remove the inside door handles, and it might be a good idea to get a few, 4 , extra door handle clips as those clips seem to fly off in every direction when you remove them.

It looks nice when done, I got my mirrors from Chevy Duty or what ever its called now. I like them a little more every day I walk past them but Damn it there was no love for about a whole day after the job was done. get some extra little hands to help out, Think happy meal.

the mirrors are very tightly mounted to the bracket.....for a good reason and should not be casually adjusted to accomodate various drivers. Mount them, adjust them and warn others NOT to adjust them further, as they may become loose and flop around. Also they are tight for a reason and should not be lubed to facilitate initial adjustment or they will eventually become loose again and flop around.

I dont think you will want to go through the routine(?) of doing these mirrors twice or more so take my advice

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After all that work we need a photo or two

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finishing up the swap from the three on the tree to a 700R4. installed the shortened driveshaft and finished the Lokar shifter installation. just have to hook the exhaust back up, add fluid, and give it a try. (might be next week though.) doing this by yourself is a pain.

Sunday: tried to fill trans with fluid. no luck. new dipstick tube is so small I don't have a funnel to fit it. tried rigging something with a small tube but that didn't work either. gave up and ordered a stock style tube.