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I got half my of my new disc brakes installed. Now for the other side, new booster, master and bleeding. I hope I am done by Saturday:smoke:.

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Wrestled the first inner fender today after repaint

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Which spring height did you use, it looks perfect.

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Fixing up this foam for new covers. Dodge buddies I bought last year.


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Finished my inner fender install today. Both painted body color. Now on to getting the bed finished this coming weekend.

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My stepdad threw an open pair of sheers "too me" yesterday morning. He's not quite right anymore (85, Marine Lt. Col.). I was backed up against a ledge at the time adjusting sprinklers. Anyway, it was my hand or upper chest, so off to the doc. tomorrow for a stab wound on the palm..................But I had prior arrangements (ha!), so I tore down the bed. Today was get organized day and I cleaned up the reverse housings...........Man, the rubber on three of four pieces were a mess. I realized today it's not corrosion, or at least mine weren't. The dirt came of with oil, rubber cleaner and a wire brush on a low setting. Took some patience like most everything else, but they turned out nice.

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I got new shocks at each corner put on and replace the upper A-Arm bushings on the drivers side. Big improvement!

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I bought 3M strip caulk and NAPA's version of "RTV silicon" and I've been playing around with how to get the heater box back together. Right now I await info on whether or not my rivets are the right length and I am having trouble getting the screws back into the wire-like brackets that hold the heater core over to the side. :cuss:

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Did ya'll know the mufflers get really hot after driving around?

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Got a little too close while checking the Universal Joint replacement size was correct.

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sorry, didn't mean to post 2x

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My mother burned her leg on the tailpipe of her 1975 Pontiac Bonneville badly once. Careful around hot things!

I forgot to mention earlier that I cleaned my heater motor's fan with about 100 Q tips. I couldn't get it off the motor shaft and was too afraid to force it. I cleaned it pretty well though, even used and old toothbrush.

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My mother burned her leg on the tailpipe of her 1975 Pontiac Bonneville badly once. Careful around hot things!

I forgot to mention earlier that I cleaned my heater motor's fan with about 100 Q tips. I couldn't get it off the motor shaft and was too afraid to force it. I cleaned it pretty well though, even used and old toothbrush.

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Best thing for burns I've found is aloe vera, and lots of it. I once grabbed the exhaust pipe on a rotor till. It nailed me pretty good, instant blister. I caked aloe on and the next day....nothing.

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I sprayed it with unburn, it doesn't hurt, I didn't get it on quick enough it had started to blister before I could get it on. Last year I was tilling up a part of my yard, the tiller quit because something caught in the tines, so I kneeled down and placed my hand on the top for balance, what was on the top? - the muffler! I heard the sizzling, and the heat on my palm, jerked my hand back to see a wet hand print sizzle away, my wife was screaming, I jumped back shaking my hand, I could feel the heat, looked at my hand and nothing, heat was going away, I couldn't believe it! I had enough sweat on my hand that it protected my hand, you talk about having a guardian angle! It took a while to get my wife calmed down.

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Well bros I got my truck running. Got a new tank from Autozone, Spectra brand, fits like a charm. Fuel line plumbed, new fuel pressure regulator added, vent system hooked up. And I'm cruising. This is basically the first time I've been able to drive it since I drove it home in late June, and that was just an hour and a half on the freeway. Now that I drive it, the giant hole on one of the headers sounds terrible, the steering is really sloppy, and the brakes pull pretty hard left. And it was getting overheated a bit while I was putting around town, but it was 105 outside. But I've got plans for all of it! Woohoo!

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Ouch, love hurts

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I spent yesterday and today doing the CLR bath treatment then used polishing compound and finally Mothers Cleaner Wax. She's ready for the Nats!

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Wow she's pretty. Congradulqtions are due! Elbow grease is not cheap but sure goes a long way!

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New diy door panels to finish up the interior. I used license plate plastic threaded clips in the missing weld nut locations for the door panels. They fit perfect.

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Move them outside for a wash and new shoes on the blazer

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OLD GUY TRICK ... Use toothpaste ! It relives the burning feeling immediately and speeds healing overnite . works everytime !

and when you get flash burns to your eyes when speed tack welding , cut a regular potato and squeeze the potato juice into your eye it relives the burning feeling and works better than any over the counter eye medication :smoke:

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Changed the oil
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I reassembled my heater box. :) I used the RVT silicon and 3M strip caulk as suggested.

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What drop did you get?

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I put my heater core into my reassembled heater box. I had to dispense with the rectangular gasket as I just couldn't line up the screws to the brackets with it on. As I wrested the heater core around trying to, part of the gasket can un-sealed with the heater core anyway.

I also cleaned the front of the cab where it mounts and removed all the old gasket caulk. The original paint there is very pretty!