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Got stuck last week at a show and thought my alternator went bad, but after having it check and they told me it was fine. Had to do more looking at why i wasn't getting power to my batteries. these pic's are what i found, good reason why i wasn't putting out 14 volts..... the bottom pic is of the 4 gage wire i used to get the power to the batteries! I don't understand why anyone would cut a wire and use a wire half it's size and leave it that way.



Ray

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I have worked as a moble mechanic for a tree trimming company. and that type of thing was common on auction equiptment. it's the what ever it takes attitude of some people that don't think farther than a few minutes ahead.

Any way it's good to hear from you Ray!

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I changed the oil, and only managed to spill a quart this time. I adjust and bleed the front brakes. Started her up and drove her around the neighbor hood.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/i...94418805865954

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Got her out from under a half-broken camper, out of the driveway after moving one Jeep and jump starting another, across a small ditch & out on the street to be picked up next Saturday.
Here she is as I last saw her: [IMG]http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8f2669d4.jpg[/IMG]

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Looks pretty clean.

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It's good to be back things are getting better at home thanks


Ray

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nothing yet, I am still recovering from a verry busy weekend. our Bonsai club put on our show saturday and sunday.This was my first one as president of the club.lucky we have lots of help!

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Put first 100 miles on it today runs cool no problems yet

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started building the exhaust system today.

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looking good!

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Thanks lowdownstar
Just finished it smells like a new truck

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looks good!:metal:

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"Just finished it smells like a new truck" But looks a hell of a lot better!

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I drilled some holes and made a floor brace and drilled some holes it it to weld up:lol:

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looks nice:metal: I like that type of clamps!

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I had problems with mine years ago like that, after I had paid a guy 500 to rewire the truck. Unwrapped the new tape and found three wires of various gauges, four or five splices and one wire that was so long it had been doubled over twice, all crimped at the end into one fitting. Lots of burned wires too. The "not my truck" attitude.

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That is what it was, not my truck! I hate that but i feel 10 times better now knowing that this old girl it getting a lot of juice!!! I want to drive this truck not have it sit around doing nothing, i have two kids for that! lol
Thanks for the kind words.

Ray

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What have I done ?

I got to drool over a new pic my buddy was kind enough to tease me with ...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...54Chevy017.jpg

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Spent two hours organizing the garage. It has taken a lot longer than I anticipated but will be well worth the effort this winter. It will be my first winter with an insulated, sheet rocked, and painted garage.
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I'm jealous.
I'll be working on mine at the shop (I'm an auto mechanic with a lenient boss), on lunch breaks & evenings, until I move somewhere with a work space.

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Got some woodworking projects out of the way. Determined that the fill tube from the wrecking yard probably will not work without modification and it has a lot of plastic parts that may not stand up to cutting and welding.

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I finished adding stiffeners to my floor and welded a small section in the middle of the toe board to the floor. i added stiffeners for the stock e-brake mount because it cracked the stock floor. and made one for the passenger side because i removed the lip where the stock toe board meets the floor.The rest will come off when I get some room.

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Got these 17" offsets! :)

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...yMcD/photo.jpg

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started welding in my floor panels and still working on the fire wall. 53/s10

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put the other side of exhaust system on.

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Scrapped the 4 link for now. Went ahead and flipped the axle. I got all the rear suspension hung tonight minus the axle u bolts and lower plate which I am still looking for (my axle is just under 3". My engine is almost out of the machine shop and Im ready to have a roller again!

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I think i got my clutch linkage worked out.

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Got it registered!!!!!! Now to see how it drives!

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WOOOHOOOO:metal:

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I took two clutch bell cranks and made one. but it came out crooked!:waah:
Must have been that wooden Smokey the bear ruler. I knew I should have throwen it away after it caught fire!:lol:

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put new rotors on the back.

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I drove mine home - I keep it in my warehouse at work as the home garage isnt really big enough to spread out in.

Have a supply of poormans dynamat and will start putting that in the truck tonight, and will try to sort out some issues with my "Chinese River" steering column while Im working in there.

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I drooled over new pics my buddy sent me from his shop ....

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...54Chevy020.jpg

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test fit the box and fenders.

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I got my condenser mounted and my X brace back in. I put the condenser as far in toward the radiator as the hard lines would allow, and made some one inch spacers for the top of the X brace and 3/4 inch spacers for the bottom, and bolted it back in. I'll have to move the radiator back slightly to clear the condenser but I have plenty of room since my truck was originally a six.

If you are installing a vintage Air setup like this don't go by the template that they supply to cut the holes for the lines. Get the condenser mounted first and then see where the holes need to be. Mine don't match the template.

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Nice work Russell!

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Thanks, Chuck. It took me a lot longer than it should have because I got disgusted with it a couple of times and quit on it for a while. I thought it should have fit up better than it did since it's all Vintage Air stuff. They are sending me some rubber grommets to go in the holes so I can't do anything more until I get those. Their tech support folks are friendly and nice to deal with though.

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Wraped my headers, put boots on the plug wires, made new metal bases for the electric bucket seats, did a test drive to see if the new u-joints would vibrate, the engine temp went down from 215 to 185/190, and all is well.

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Committed to the gas door. Details in the build thread.

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Bought a crate 350.