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Took a trip this weekend to hang out with a bunch of my college buddies, so of course I had to take my favorite road trip vehicle. Stopped at one of my favorite BBQ restaurants in Winder, GA: Smokin Po-Boys. Definitely would recommend stopping there if you find yourself in Winder.
I did start hearing a funky, intermittent rattling noise at idle, however, but didn’t check it out until I got home. Found out Sunday after getting home that I apparently didn’t tighten the crank pulleys enough. One of the bolts decided to exit the vehicle. Down one bolt and missing a smidge of material on the remaining two, I did the right thing and stole the pulley bolts from Penny. I also finally added a harmonic dampener bolt by stealing the one off Penny. The bolt seemed just a smidge too long, so I went on the hunt for a shorter bolt. Finally found one just right but it was dark by the time I got back. Finished putting everything back together after work today and all seems back to normal. I’ve already got new bolts for Penny in the Summit Racing cart that I’ve been putting together. |
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A glimpse into the past two weekends. Road trips in Frankentruck, catching some sunsets, and a great start to car show season. Sure is fun to drive around in an old rust bucket!
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I think the combo between no Loctite and reusing the original, single pulley bolts when switching to a triple pulley for the a/c and maybe future power steering left the bolts at a disadvantage of clamping force. Or I just messed up and didn’t get them tight enough to begin with. Either way, oops. I did check the bolts again last night while doing an oil change. All seems to be ok :thumbs: |
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Since the odometer is still broken, I mapped out the route driven and I put about 500 miles on Frankentruck this weekend with about 11 hours or so of driving. I only towed the trailer about 150 miles or so.
Got to go to the C10 Club Ga swap meet Saturday morning, then drove up to Lake Jocassee to watch the sunset at Jumping Off Rock Overlook. The forestry road up to the overlook was a lot of fun with a bunch of twists and turns and beautiful scenery. The whole weekend was a great trip! |
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I always enjoy your adventures with the truck, a great reliable truck.
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Been racking up some highway miles in Frankentruck a lot recently. The 3 speed overdrive makes the drive so much easier. I’ve been running consistently at about 2400 rpm, which according to my calculations is about 82 mph. Not bad for an old rust bucket. Also, based on really rough guesstimates (odometer broken), it appears I’m getting around 18 mpgs at that speed on the interstate. I’ll take that for sure.
Went turkey hunting on Saturday, so of course I had to get some pictures of an old farm truck back on an old farm. Didn’t see any turkeys though. |
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That's super cool
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Nice to see the old girl still plugging along.
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Starting off my two week vacation the best way I know how: a truck show!
I finally got a couple of my friends to bring their trucks to a show with me today. Went to the old Atlanta Braves stadium for C10s In The City and had a great time. Also included a couple pics of my favorite trucks from the show. GranPanteraRoja’s 505 green 65 sure does make me want to repaint Frankentruck! |
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That's it, enjoying life with some friends, yes.
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Frankentruck towed the event trailer to my car club’s show today. I absolutely love the 63 Burb. Makes me want one of my own some day :lol:
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That is a nice looking burb!
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