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Oops - sorry I should have thought this through better - it's not the first time I've been in trouble for causing the weather. Back when my truck was shiny black, if I washed it the next day it would always rain! Then people would be mad at me for ruining their picnic plans!!:lol:

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i drove my daily driver for the first time in four weeks :)
i seperated my right shoulder 4 weeks ago in wrestling practice so i couldnt shift my 5 speed until now :) it felt so good to drive it and im excited about driving it every day again starting now :)

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It took longer than I thought it would but if it don't leak it's done. I got lucky and did not have to loosen the motor mounts and jack the engine. The pan dropped out cleanly. I used Permatex Right Stuff to place the gaskets and seals on the pan. While it set up I cleaned the block. Had to go to Schucks for a couple items including my missing gasket scraper. I had to improvise because they did not sell scrapers, although they had a hell of a deal on mini bikes, chinese generators and ****ty chrome dress up parts. With a little care the pan went back up without goofing up the gaskets or seals. I opted to put two small bolts in the center on each side first then the rest. I had big trouble getting the four large bolts started on either side of the rubber seals front and back. I finally realized that the seals were not compressed so I tightened a couple center bolts. After using a screwdriver to align the bolt holes I got the last four in. That only took and hour. As per the directions of the sealant I snugged the bolts and am waiting the suggested one hour before I tighten the bolts the rest of the way. There was a lot of sludge in the pan. I ran a magnet around and came out with a split washer on the end. I did not find a bolt though. It did not appear anything was missing from my view underneath. I suppose it could have been dropped through an oil port from above? I guess I'll just forget I saw that? I have a vague memory of dropping and never finding a washer from the timing chain cover. I think I know where it went. It was chrome and did not appear to have been in there very long. The culprit of my leak was the front seal. You can see the twist in it. I'm going to let the sealant cure for 24 hours which means I won't be putting oil back in it today. Next thing will be to bend new brake lines. My '63 is an outdoor project so its all weather permiting.

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Installed my Porterbuilt suspension, airbags, front steering components and gas tank.

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I cleaned out the garage and cut off the saddles on the diff to mock of my wishbone set up. Sorry dont have pics

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I cleaned out the garage so I could find my truck project! :lol:

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Finished up my shifter. Had the rods on the wrong arms. I had to get my wife out to run it thru the gears while I watched from below. She couldn't figure out why I kept calling her Linda (AKA Vaughn)!:jest::jest:
She didn't find the humor when I explained who Linda Vaughn was/is!

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Ah yes, Miss Golden Shifter!

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Added some trim rings-

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How are you keeping those center caps on?

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3 self tapping screws through the original rally wheel holes into the center cap. Enough room to get to the original lug nuts with an impact as well.

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If all goes by plan. This truck will be cut up into manageable pieces and the good stuff is going to be used on my 66. You know, front disc set up, maybe the rear end, and whatever else I can use. OH yeah. And a big bucket of nuts and bolts. :lol: I was going to sell that engine to someone for cheap, but they never got back to me.. Oh well..

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I looked at mine for a brief second as I pulled my daily driver into the garage next to it. Haha. Its too cold here in Iowa right now and I dont have the privilege of a heated garage.

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I like cheap. PM sent.

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Shaved the seams on my dash to pillars.

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way better look! today i changed my valve covers and air cleaner..what do you guys think? The before and after pic..:metal:

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picked me a up a 64 short stepper project 350 3 speed on the floor....lots of work here:uhmk:

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267144998
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267145276
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http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267145517

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Nice I like the new look better

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Cut the front springs on my truck, put on my new rims and tires, and then found out my alternator was bad..........

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[QUOTE=thunder71;3825197]picked me a up a 64 short stepper project 350 3 speed on the floor....lots of work here:uhmk:

Looks like a good starting point

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I cut some of my steel floor up & re-arranged the pieces to make room for a flush fill stainless fuel filler. I posted a cell phone pic in my build thread.

I also dropped/broke my camera :waah: .

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watched my truck get burred under the snow AGAIN.I hate nj can't wait to move back to calif.Road trip comming up soon.

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Got my transmission and carrier shimmed to take care of a wicked vibration at highway speeds. Works great now... minus the uber low gearing in the axle that I need to replace.

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got brake master cylinder installed, licensed and insured and title put in my about to take tuck out of town first time since at least 93 thats what the old plates and tags say

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I pulled the motor and trans out so I can run my brake and fuel lines.

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Got the 98-01 Dodge Ram seats installed in my 62...what a pain in the ASS !!

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Stripped and cut up the 81 parts truck with a couple of friends/board members today. It is cut into managable pieces. I found out it has a 200R4 tranny and came with an aluminum drive shaft. The drive shaft must weight about 10 lbs. It was refered to being a pvc pipe. I am going to use it in the 66. I think the engine is a 5.0 so I guess that will go to the scrap yard.

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With front sheet metal off and motor yanked within the last 7 days, I started the frame cleanup - removal of the oil sludge from frame rail, cross member n front suspension. Lots done but nowhere near finished.....

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Cut up the bed floor a little more. Welded it back together in a slightly different configuration. Grinding before, during, & after.
Build thread updated....

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It was kinda fun watching team sawsall in action (team motto: We have extra blades and we're not afraid to use em). When it started raining I thought there was no way we would get it torn all the way down. But when it stopped raining you guys ( and gal) hit full stride. Good fun.

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picked up another rusty bucket 66 short stepper saved from the crusher:metal:
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267362697
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267362821
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267362868
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267362917
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1267362971

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Fixed my brakelights, fixed my turn signals......Got my new alternator installeds, got my shocks installed....bumper installed...temporarily......Just gotta bolt down the passenger seat, tie up the wiring under the dash, install the radio and speakers, and we are ready tp drive!!!

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emptyied snow from bed and found a bunch of junk from the PO

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I moved it under its own power. Needs pipes. No brakes yet. Was hoping to run brake lines this weekend but it just ain't happening. Plan is to get it running and stopping properly then Ill start cutting and welding in new rocker, floor & cab corners.

My cruddy video today. Music is Feel the noise, quiet riot. That was not planned:lol:

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Broke my 61' down to the bare frame. Cut the floors out of it in prep for the floor replacement in my 66 Burb. Moved the 5 lug crossmember from the 61' to the burb. Did alot of cutting, grinding, getting dirty. Lots of progress, now to cut out the rusty burb floors!!

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Well.... finally got to work on it again. ran the rest of the new wiring harness (e-z wiring my a$$) don't buy from them!!! installed the billet gauge cluster with ultra-lite gauges and billet knobs and also installed my grille. all thats left for the wiring is the heater, stereo, electric seats and tail lights Hey anybody know how to wire the aftermarket tailights???? there is two wires in the lights a green and a black and the wiring harness has one for stop lights and one for running lights , thought that the black would be ground but...... is one wire for each and the ground is from bolting the housing to the fender???if so which wire?? after wiring the two spd wiper motor this should be a no-brainer for me but still confused. E-z wiring is crap had to buy $40.00 worth of connectors and $30.00 of wire . one wire for wipers, what a joke the wipers should have about 6 wires, had to keep getting online for diagrams also do I need that p.o.s. relay for the heater, it looks like a small electric heater ???? look at all the finger prints that I will always have!!! what was I thinking? can really smell all that leather in there,( leather dash, headliner, pillar post, door panels) it sure smells new. Eric

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Finished powdercoating my front brake components and mocked them up.

http://www.iroc-ss.com/c10/images/fbrakes6.jpg

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It's Alive, my 62 Burb, put a new carb on today. Started on first try. Sounds great, got the clutch working. Drove it for the first time. Still got to work on the brakes.

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Glad to see you back to work on it Eric.

I went to my parents house to load up my 64 cab. comes to find out the roof skin is cracked pretty much all the way around the drip rail. Windshield metal needs fixed. Too much work for the cab. I'm going to break out some dynoglass on it all so I can drive the truck till I can afford a new cab. I think a new one will be cheaper.

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Finished the tubular trailing arms (now i just need to triangulate them). Replaced pan hard bar crossmember, and transmission crossmember with a tubular style. Also ordered coil overs for the rear. Has we say on the eastern shore, It has been an Oh **** Son day.