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Always awesome to get another one back on the road!!
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Your truck looks very cool, Lower!!!
Like how the pinstriping is done, the combination beween the traditional striping and scrolling looks very nice. I bet you have a lot of fun driving it at last :metal: CONGRATZ!!! |
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A big congrats to you! The truck sounds and looks great! Those stripes look great too!
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The truck looks real sweet driving by. You had a great weekend for a test drive
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That's killer. ..great job on the pinstriping. ..burn out looks cool
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Huge win there Lower, looks and sounds awesome!
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Full throttle pull from 60kmh(37mph) to 106kmh(66mph)
http://vid51.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7u2rhk0u.mp4 So I was driving it around again today all over the city. I now have over 60mi on the truck and only 2 issues both with the transmission went and talked to my trany guy. 1. It runs too warm (need more cooling) not a big deal. 2. Reverse gear slips too much. He told me a bunch of stuff to check so hope its not to bad. But if those are my only problems I'll take it. Going to my friend Joe's work tomorrow to look it over and first oil change. |
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Bob, your GMC looks great going down the road! Too bad you didn't cruise down to the swap meet in Rockton on sunday. I was speaking to the guys that organize the Unfinished Nationals. They tried to sell me last years t-shirt... but I think I'll wait until the new ones come out. ;)
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Well John Unfinished show last year was the first show I took my truck too. This years Unfinished will be the first show I drive it too!! Also I'm not ready to drive it that far quite yet, but soon.
Tonight I took it on the highway across town 6mi at 60mph is 2400rpm. I went to Joe's work to put it on the drive on hoist to do it's first oil change and to look it over. Everything looks real good found a couple bolts that took 3/4 of a turn to tighten. That was about it. :c2: Got some night pics, headlights work really well they leave a pattern on the ground but nothing up and have a good cut off. I just need to adjust them up a bit. Low beam then high beam. Attachment 1524465 Attachment 1524466 Attachment 1524467 Attachment 1524468 Attachment 1524469 |
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Very nice! It looks sweet!
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wow that really looks outstanding!
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Thanks joe
I picked up my transmission cooler today and got it installed. I fit it just under the radiator. It is 7.5"X17" and is rated for a vehicle 20,000 GVW. So I'm running 2 coolers now. Took it for a drive this eve and all is good temp stayed at 185-190* Attachment 1524799 Attachment 1524800 Attachment 1524801 |
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Well I found a problem and it is all my fault, but lucky for me it's not that bad.
When I put the upper A arm bushings in I didn't put washer behind the nuts to hold in the bushings and I thought to myself, well what holds the bushings in? Well that was then and I found this tonight. Everything looks ok, I have to put bushing in and add a washer on all 4. Attachment 1525133 |
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At least you caught it before it shot out. Those E40D's definitely run warm. I use to have a huge cooler on my 97 psd when I pulled it. I had to remove the cooler in the radiator to keep the temps down when towing real heavy.
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Thanks Diesel. Hearing that makes me feel better about the temp.
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Love that stance, sweet.
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Looking good Lower It must be awesome to be driving it. The stance is killer. How much clearance do you have.
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So I started out driving around at 4.5" ground clearance. Lately I have been at my planed 3" and it is working great. I now have 185 miles on it with only a few things to work on. Saturday I got the A arm bushing back together and added washers like it should have had lol. Then went for a drive up to my Dad's cottage 1/2 hr away and where cruising at 50-60mph the whole way. Drove great at that speed bad part it was at 2400 rpm. So I'm looking at gears I have 4.10 and lowest I can get is 3.54. On part of the way home I lowered it down till we touched then bumped it up. To my surprise it rode stiffer down low. We drove at 50mph for 10min at 3/4" off the ground so cool.
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Today I adjusted the hood so it is tight at the back and put in the 3rd bolt, the 2 where loose oops. Gap looks great now.
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Glad you caught the control arm bushing issue before it got ugly.
I really like the picture of your truck (does he have a name?) next to the tree. Truck just has "the look". For me it is hard to describe though you know it when you see it. Sounds like some exceptional test runs happening. Congrat's! |
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Cool pics, glad your driving it to check it out...Jim
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Well still lots to do to my truck, but it has slowed now because I have to get my Jeep ready for offroading. Leaving in 9 days for an extended weekend.
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You going to arbag. ...dress warm still cold up there
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My gf just told me some sweet parts just showed up at my house (I'm at work) that a good friend of mine made for me.:metal: I'll have pic's tomorrow.
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So here it is. My friend owns a cnc machine shop (mills and lathes) http://www.truenorthmachine.ca/ I sent him a drawing and sked if he could make some lug nut spikes for me. Then they where chromed. They are 3" long.
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On the road - you lucky bastard! I'm so looking forward to stop spending all of my time and money on mine, and start driving it. Getting very close to final assembly but I'm afraid my painter is going to let me down. He's already went from "absolutely going to make your deadline" to "I think we can still make your deadline" to a simple "we'll try".
I really like the pinstriping. I'm always in awe of people with any artistic abilities. They just see that stuff in their head and then free hand it like there's nothing to it. |
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Don't worry II_slow your time will come and then you will be driving around with a permasmile like I am ;). That really sucks about your painter, can you use someone else? The striping looks even better in person, I just told him what I didn't want. Amazing talent!!
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I have been driving the truck all over town. It is the most cost effective vehicle I own due to fuel price. Diesel is 20 cents cheaper per liter and like .75 cents cheaper a gallon. I have been touching up a few things like adjusting the door latches now that the seals have broken in. My glove box arrived only took 4 weeks. When I swap the gears I want to go somewhere. I used the truck as a truck Saturday, had to go get 3 sheets of plywood and and some steel it's the only vehicle it would fit in. LOL
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Nice looking spikes Lower!!
Good to see the the truck is being Well used!! Smiles all around I suppose :lol::lol: |
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Yes Kees lots of smiles.
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That's awesome. ..doing the job right
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Nice lug nuts!
They look cool, but I'm surprised that truckers run these on the front wheels of a semi-truck where they're sticking wayyy out there. I'd hate to walk into them. :waah: |
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I like the Redneck Spoiler in the Bed!!! Really helps with the Down draft I bet! :lol:
What a Nice ride you have there and Great to see it on the Road so have fun and Enjoy !!! I wish Diesel was cheaper here in the lower 48 as it is usually about .30 more a gallon ! |
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