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from Bruce88 and msgross posts (thanks guys,) went ahead & built spark plug wires and mounted on looms.

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Arent custom wires nice? :D
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Got new plugs and made sure they had the correct gap. Installed them and it still wont start. Though it seemed to try harder than it has since it stopped working. I'm still completely baffled as to why it wont run anymore.

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In the battle of 42 year old door hinge pin vs man, man was victorious today. Freeze it, beat it, blast it, paint it.

Notes to self:

1) You don't just run out and change door hinge pins.

2) Cover up when sandblasting. Black diamond in a butt crack on a hot Texas day should be a once in a life time experience only.

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Wires Look Good !

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Thanks. Easier than I thought...good crimper sure helped too.

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Answered a add on CL, guy had a Wrangler he wanted to trade for a truck; asked for a couple pics then said he was interested but had someone coming by this aft going to look at his jeep and would give me a text if he still had the jeep, I've been looking at wranglers for a couple years now. Went out in the driveway and washed the old girl went down and put some gas in her and went for a ride. Got back to the house shot the guy a text that I wasn't interested anymore, I guess I came back to my senses. I've had that truck longer than just about anything I've ever had that was drivable.

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Things just usually work themselves out, not made to be this time.:bo2:

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Funny...in a strange way. After I built the '72, I sold it to buy a Wrangler. A pretty black Jeep with a bunch of nice upgrades. I loved the Jeep.

Worst (car or bike) thing I ever did was sell that '72 to fund that Wrangler.

Congratulations.

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Removed the old tired brake booster and master cylinder. I purchased an aftermarked set up on Ebay $105.00. So I'm fabricating a push rod to make it work. I also took the drive shaft back to Hudlow to have it rebalanced.
Hope to have a renewed brake pedal feel and no more vibration by tonight!
;)

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Replaced new tie rods and sleeves.

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Setting the 504 up on the Dyno this afternoon. Monday is the make some noise day...:chevy:

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I see people buying new Tie Rods and what not, is there a way you can just sandblast them and repaint them ?

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If you use soda or walnut shell you should be able to without damaging the grease boots, but if your boots are rotted to the point where they wont hold grease, you may want to go with new ones.
Poly Performance makes boot hats, but I haven't tried them, so I'm not sure if they are a fix, or an add on. You can check their website, or talk to one of the gearheads at your local Oreillys.
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Here is a pic of my BB on the dyno..the site is only letting me download 1 pic

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pulled the homemade flat bed off (i did not build it) with my tractor after cutting the sloppy stick welds and scrap used to hold it to the frame let me tell you that was fun fun fun. next up remove engine/trans rear end pressure wash frame and por-15 it. never ending keep telling yourself it'll be on the road before you know it.

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Finally had a couple of days off in a row. Got some work done on my golf cart project and had a few minutes to spend on the truck.

http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/h...928_191208.jpg

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Gave me another 11 1/2 inches of room.

Now I need a good sheet metal place. I am north of Kingwood if anyone knows one without going into Houston.

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MMmmmmm..... big block.....

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Put the 3rd coat of flat black onto the driver's side floorboard, cleaned out the bed. Tomorrow I'll haul off a lot of trash from back there.

Cleaning out the bed did a couple of things: it gave me more storage space for new truck parts, I found aftermarket parts I didn't realize I had, and I was able to get ahold of more cardboard.

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bump

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Readjusted my carb, fine tuned the dizzy, took her for a ride... Runs great. Next new front end suspension....

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Finally fired up the fat block this afternoon. sounded great, Made some jet changes to get her a little fat so we can come down to the tune. Was pulling 22 inches of vac at 900 rpm...I think i,m going to like it..We have the real pulls tomorrow..:chevy:

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Today I hit a wall in the battle for the driver's side bushing's.....the cab floor hole and the bushing hole are 1/4" off and I cannot fit everything together right.

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Do you have all four bushing bolts lose?
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Just a thought, loosen up the other side and try to bump the body over a bit, i think thru the years the cab shifted to one side as the mounts rotted. When i did my cab mounts i left every thing loose with the nuts backed off, all 6 of them, until i got the whole set in place

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Procured some stainless screws to mount the fan motor in my new air box.
Got the gaskets glued on the box
Heater core and fan motor installed.
Ran out of daylight, time and dinner was ready so have to wait till....Friday to finish :(

Sucky thing is I have to work three shifts in a row this week so next opportunity to work on the truck is gonna be friday

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Removed and cleaned my dimmer switch, now the high beams don't stick on. Turned on the lights to test it, noticed the dash lights worked, decided to test the make shift horn button the PO installed, and now the dash lights don't work...

Now I get to check wires.

Considering it sat in a pasture for years, I'm just happy any of the lights work.
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Well I've been driving without taillights when the headlights were on. Couldn't figure out what was wrong. A few searches on this forum.... Undid the taillight housing, turned the headlights on and still no headlights... Then, by pure coincidence, the housing touches the bumper and the fricking bulb turns on!!! Found the faulty ground!!!! Thanks to all who share knowledge, advice and experience .
Man wins!
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Wiring can be fun at times.

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Taped off and painted my new to me wheel covers for my 72
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Looking good...:chevy:

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I appreciate it... that was alot of tape and time, and they are still 10 footers
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They look really good Tom. Do you need any of the fake lugs? I have some for you here. Let me know and I will mail them to you.

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Got my new Lokar floor shifter installed after having to repair the mess on the floorboards from the PO. Installed new reverse light switch, replaced broken antenna, replaced broken speedo cable, fixed horn button and popped in some turn signal cancel springs. Was actually on sunday, but spent the entire day working on the beast..haha

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got her back from paint and all back together and took a glamour shoot

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Installed a new steering wheel and found out that the steering wheel shaft and nut are all but stripped out.

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Looks Great Tow Strap !

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Started putting it back together..http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/...596a2ea6f9.jpg
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I got into a minor chingaso and wound up with a broken windshield , I need to find a L.A. Metro area glass shop that'll know how to replace it ~ All Star Glass in GaRDENA TOOK ON THE JOB THEN CALLED ME BACK AND SAID they're too incompetent and cancelled the job .

A little help please .

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Nate, I used safelite last year. When I called to make the appointment I told them to verify the tech has experience with 19xx windshield installs and then call me back. They did and made an appointment. With in 20 minutes they left with a nicely installed windshield. They supplied the windshield and I supplied the gasket. Lee
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