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Ride the bikes abd Bedroll it

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I'm always looking for a reason to drive my 72! There are 6 bikes in our group going to the HD party. The pros to driving the 72 is it's always nice to have a tow vehicle plus everyone could put their gear in my trailer and everywhere I go I have a place to eat and sleep! The con's are I wont be riding my bike with everyone else and the high cost of fuel! We found a FREE place to stay so we are riding! It's only 350 miles one way to Milwakee so the fuel cost would only be $450 ish. But with a free place to crash its going to be a bike only weekend!

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Hahahaha! I thought I read you were heading out from "Fairfield, CA".....Now THAT makes a difference.

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What a gorgeous rig!

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:lol::lol:Wrong K20...besides I like Coors....:lol::lol:

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I picked up my new springs and wrestled my drum brake today. I got it all back together then realized I put those retaining spring sleeve/washers in backwards! :devil: Oh well.....I'm new at this. Fix it and do the other one tomorrow. Oh and my back hurts! I guess I need to jack up the truck more before doing the other drum.

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I put new plug wires and valve cover gaskets on. I replaced my temp sender and got my temp gauge to work, also found out my windshield leaks ( first time I've had truck in the rain ).
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Broke out my new Harbor Freight drill na d wire wheels and began zizzing the rust off the very bottom part of it ~ this looks very do - able , it'll just take some time .

I also may have located a running & driving 292 TH350 equipped donor for my '69 C/10 , I go to look at and maybe buy it to - morrow afternoon .

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Looks really nice.
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Thats why I sit back with a beer, and let the professionals cuss at it.:lol:

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Cool truck, and camper combo!

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I continued to wrestle with my drum brakes and right when I think I've won......I find the drums won't go back on!

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My dad and i watched a window installation video (i have a truck with stainless trim), looked pretty "easy". Then i read a lot of experiences on this board. Decided it was anything but "easy". We took it to an autoglass shop and it took them 3 tries to get it in! Best choice we made in a long time!

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In The Ten Ring (Post #7738):

Nice truck. My taste veers away from the Lincoln (or whatever) hood ornament.
But that's one of the great things about these trucks...You get to do whatever you want.

Okay, would it be idiotic to suggest that you have to make sure you're adjusted all
the way "in" before the drums will slide over the shoes?

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My dad put that hood ornament on there in the late 1970's....it's part of her as far as I'm concerned....but I feel ya man.

I tried turning the adjustor nut all the way "in" but no change. It's odd as yesterday, when I had one of the sleeved washers in backwards...the drum slipped right on like nothing!

I've had suggestions to remove the strut, replace the parking brake cables, bleed the brakes....oh man! I am in over my head here...

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If you got one?.....You'll get it.

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Spent most of the afternoon cutting out this...

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so I can make enough room for these... :metal:

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Not disrespecting your homage to your dad...But I thought this would look nice:

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I adjusted the float on my qjet on the "army truck budget build", fixed the oil leak shop that painted truck also tore engine apart to detail it (dont ask sore subject) and when they added oil i guess they forgot that small detail. I also noticed when they pulled the engine they removed the frame stands and those bolts are loose too. I got my sanden compressor mounted for the vintage air. I bought the kit used never installed for $700 and po lost a lot of the bolts for brackets. I called vintage air and they wanted $50 just for the bolts nuts an spacers, so i said "no thanks" and made a trip to tractor supply across the highway and came back with everything i needed for about $6.
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A while back i bought a new underhood harness for my 72 as the old one was a rats nest. Since i was planning on going with HEI, i bought a harness that is supposed to be "plug and play" from Brothers. I started the truck maybe twide then tore it apart for paint, having never actually driven it. I am putting the teuck back together and reinstalled the harness. I started the teuck fine and drive it about 100 yards and it quit. I checked and have 12 volts at the pink power wire plugged in to rhe dist with key on not cranking. When cranking it drps to 8-9 volts. I had to unplug the pink wire at the dist and hook a hot wire from the battery to the dist to get it to run. I posted my issue on the forum and with some input from good people here and some research on my own i have a few things to try tomorrow. 1. Check grounds 2. Lube connections 3. Possibly install a relay if it still wont work.
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I tried to install the pre bent exhaust down pipes to the rams horns but it appears the pipes are too large as they wont bolt up. Where the pipe is flared for the donut it is too large for The pipe to fit between the studs. Nice Hooker system all pretty bends but im going to have to take it ti a muffler shop after all.
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Took the cowl off..Got her running

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Spent 6 hours installing retro sound.. Ran into multiple problems and it's probably coming out to fix them, but it has to in a few weeks for ac duct work anyways so. Thought I shorted it out and fried it after all the work but I didn't! Yay
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I have a retrosound in my short bed and suburban. My first install was kinda long and mistakes were maid. It's a good unit and worth the work. Hope you like it as much as I do. :metal: