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Picked up my rebuilt cylinder head and ordered up a passel of parts from NAPA , they should be in this morning so I'm off to pick them up and maybe yank the old head off , it's been running on five cylinders mostly this week so I'm keen to have a look ~ I just hope the pistons , cylinders & rings are O.K. .

It's drizzling here in La La Land , how else could it be when I finally have a day off to work on my poor old truck ? :waah: .

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Got the fenders,wells and doors ready for sealer and primer.
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pulling the used oem plastic intake I got with the efi swap and replacing it with a new oem plastic intake (what it should have had in the 1st place since motor was new)...and hopefully finding 3"-5" of vacuum my truck has been missing.

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replaced my lugnuts on the front end.
seems like a weird thing to do. unless you know this.

new wheels required longer lug studs. longer lug studs caused the acorn nut lugnuts to bottom out.
so.
new lug nuts it is.
i really don't want my wheels to fall off.

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Covered her up for a couple of days while the rain passes thru.


Here's a little video inside the cab as it sits now....

http://youtu.be/sb30fwXvzuE

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Got my Foreversharp steering wheel, CPP tilt column and '67 horn button in the mail. Now just have to wait for her to get out of paint prison.

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Went to get some plumbing parts for home and a close family friend called and asked to go check on his dad,he had fallen in the floor.he has advanced stages of cancer.

I get there and he is strechted out in the floor.Scared me half to death.He had a big knot on back of head.Long story short he'll be sore for a few days.296lbs.

Not trying to hijack thread.Be safe everyone and have a good weekend. Jason

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Tackled the last Unknown area of my cab--- I chipped out all the seam sealer around the roof and drip edge, holding my breath expecting to find rust holes all the way.
To my relief, I found a couple spots of rust scale but no serious rust or rust thru.

After carefully cleaning all the sealer out, I wire brushed the area, then taped off the drip edge area and painted it with a rust encapsulator. Later, this area, as well as the rest of the cab will get a coat of epoxy primer, then new sealer.

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Jason ;

I'm sorry to hear this , my Stepmother was found several days after she fell , still alive but she never regained counciousness and passed away last week .

Life isn't fair , go call that old freind NOW before it's to late ~ I called Keith about 5 days before he decided to leave us and go to be with Joan again , I'm *very* glad we talked as I'll mis him for the rest of my days .

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go my eyelids in today. LOVE them..

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http://i.imgur.com/6m1s9l.jpg
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Just mounted my tires to some newly refinished rally wheels today (which I sanded and painted last weekend). Now if I could only find some GMC stickers for them lol.

BTW, I parked like a jackass in the first pic because I threw a belt and started to overheat so I pulled over.

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Drove it to work! Best 1.9 miles of my week! :)

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Installed my new aluminum radiator today for my LT1 install. Also put a new throttle body cover on with LT1 logo.

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My current project involves a rust free 78k mile 70 Longhorn 400 BB California donor truck.Since the bed is pretty rough and I am not a big fan of the 8 1/2' beds and 3/4 tons in general, I am pulling the cab, clip and engine and installing it on a 69 swb frame. I also have a 71 12/ ton lwb frame. Last week I pulled the front crossmemebers from both frames. Today I got the 71 disc front crossmember under the 69 swb frame and stabbed a few bolts in it. I also pulled the cover on the 71 5 lug rear that is still under the lwb frame and it is a 3.73 open axle. There was a lot of sludge when I pulled the pan. I plan to install new axles and bearings butt I hope the axles arent ruined! I also am pieceing together a swb stepside frame for the truck. I have a nice pair of fenders on a 68 lwb bed. I flipped the bed over and sprayed all of the bolts attaching the fenders to the bed with penetrating oil. I will also be pulling the rear crossmember and possibly the front bed panel. I also have a rough 67 swb stepside bed. THe only thing I am using off it is the steps. I have a set of really nice 55-66 bed sides. I compared them to the 67 bed sides and they are identical except for the location of the fender attachment hole. I paln to take measurements from the 67 bed and drill new holes in the 55-66 bedsides to attach the fenders from the 68 bed. THen weld up the old holes. WHEW!!!:hh:

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=550067

I bought a pair of rallys with GMC caps earlier this week, but I didn't pay much attention to the condition of the caps. I will check tomorrow and let you know waht shape they are in.

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My rear baers arrived!:metal:
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These are rear disc brakes ? .

How does the Park Brake work ? .

TIA ,

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They are 13" rears, I bought a set of 14" here on the forum for the front

Here is the ebrake assembly, I am going with the lokar cable
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THANX ! .

Those look nice and will prolly get much use in your V-8 rig .

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Got most of my weatherstrip put in

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Well I got the SS steering wheel painted and now the wait. The guy at the paint store said at least a week of cure time before I clear it.This is the tuff part waiting!;):chevy:

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I have just been driving mine. That is nice after having not been able to for so long. I am getting ready to put it in flat black. Not my first choice, but it will put it in one color and I can't afford to finish it as yet.

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Drove it to to the hardware store this morning. It was fun seeing the heads turn. It is just an old blue beater right now, but it is lowered 3-5 with Joe Martin Sharks Tooth 20's on it. Then replaced the heater hoses, got the camber set pretty close, then set the toe in. I have had the truck over a year and drove it for the first time the other day. It had sat for over 18 years when I bought it. It is very rewarding to drive this thing down the road and make it back knowing I did all the work on it. I am by no means a mechanic.

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i finally pulled my broken transmission out today..