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Polished some chrome and did a compression test on the engine. All came out at 149 almost exactly. But I am still blowing a little smoke out the passenger side pipe when I romp on it.

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Well I am glad to hear that then =)

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Put in headlight relays. I can't wait til it's dark to see the fruit of my labor!

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I got the itch to work on the truck today so I braved the cold and bolted down my new bed mounted tool box... I also did some repair to my heater switch plug... Next up on the to-do list is to install my Skip White HEI... :metal:

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did a little more work on the replacement dash, wire wheeled the paint off, and cut out the radio hole. i offset the hole to the right because i am going to add a push button starter on the left side of it. i also might add a few other things as well but not sure yet, and i would have to figure out what exactly that would be first lol.
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not much of an update as of yet, but, just some messing around. took a pic of the current engine setup as i dont have a pic of that in here. i also pulled the springs out of the front to see how low it is. still need to finish the lower arms, and install bags and spindles, but i only have 3/4" before the arms hit the grond:devil::metal:
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I bumped into it with my 2002 Silverado while pulling into the driveway.

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have not touched it in a year.

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ouch! did it do any damage???

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Replaced inner and outer tie rod ends, upper and lower ball joints, and cut one coil out of the front springs. Tried my wipers and found that I had installed the linkage backwards. Had to take the cowl off and swap the pivot arm. Buttoned her back up and parked her in the garage. I had replaced my rear springs with Jeep TJ springs awhile back. I finally got around to measuring the drop and come to find out one side is 1.75 inches higher than the other. I guess I will fork out the 100 bucks for real drop springs. I should have known better but it sounded like a great deal(the TJ springs).

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No, not that I can tell. I really don't know how it didn't mess something up. It does have 4 inches of snow on it so who knows.

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Must be a nice set of wheels you are hunting for, I still have my Kimber Compact 12 years later. Carry it everyday. Hate to see you have to part with such a nice handgun. Paul Baxter

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Pulled engine/trans (mock-up) Prepped for powder coating. Cut 4" exhaust holes in frame. Sandblasted A-arms.

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I put the first coat of teak oil/thinner on the red oak bedwood,just the start of many coats.

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Thanks, Paul. I'm still covered. But that one was the most expensive I had. It took all of what I got for it for the Boss 338 20's. The "Little Woman" bought me tires for an early Valentine.

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picked up a 69 gmc grille last nite in killer shape, no rust. buffed and polished it tonight. gona put it on this weekend, along with all of the side trim finally.

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Put some red LEDs in the dash... I had already pulled it all apart and painted the inside a bright gloss white... they look good...

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Installed my sanderson headers and had exaust tucked up through crossmember and out behind the rear wheels, oh and pinstriped.

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Niners1,

PM sent.

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From this...
To this.

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RenoKeene what did you use on your panel it looks great.

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Thanks, Scrubed them down with Dawn (in the bathtub), sanded with 400, scuffed with scotch brite, scrubbed again, cleaned with SEM 38353 plastic and leather prep, sprayed with SEM 39863 plastic adhesion promoter, applied SEM color coat (Santa Fe & Brite White). 4 coats of color.
Will put on 2 coats of Low Luster Clear when it comes in tomorrow. Also going to paint the groove around the scroll body color (not giving away all my secrets!). Did the console to match.
VERY IMPORTANT: READ ALL THE SEM DIRECTIONS!
Reno
P.S. If you are married don't try this in YOUR bathroom.

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Very interested in your finishing process, my cypress will be here this week. I'd like to make it look natural but last forever.
Reno

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So far today, here's what I have done to my truck
•Drove it to work (in the rain)
•Hit the lock button on my remote, the actuator broke inside the door panel
•Set off the alarm in my work parking lot at lunch trying to get back into my truck with a broken lock actuator
•Got home for lunch and took drivers side door panel off to remove actuator
•Remove actuator, go to put door panel back on, and one of the nuts that holds the armrest screw falls of into the door. Get that screw put back in, and start with door panel again.
•One of the nuts that holds on the door panel falls out into the door. Get it back in and go to put on door panel again. Repeat this three times.
•Get everything back on, and threaten to kick door in. Not really, but I was frustrated.

DLB

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I really didn't do much of anything to my truck. One of my wippers was squeaking so I took the cowl off to squirt it with some lube. I swapped out one of my side mirrors legs (I have tripod mirror mounts and was deciding if I liked the long or short legs. I went with the short), I squirted some white lithium on my pass. side window tracks 'cause it was getting a little tough to roll up and down, I decided to put the original glove box door back in, and last thing I did was detail the inside a little (clean it up a little really). So ya not much to really speak of.

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I've been disassembling the Blazer for the past couple of weeks to get it ready for body and paint in mid February. I have a ways to go yet.

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took the heads, tpi plenum-runners-base, and the intake off of the old engine in to be cleaned and checked. heads are getting a full overhaul with new guides and found that my tpi base is cracked so now i gotta source out a new one. but i did order a set of tubular engine frame mounts off ebay since i let the old engine mount pads go with the old engine. these are the ones that i got.

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at least i have a couple of passenger saddle style engine mounts sitting in my garage somewhere. besides i've been wanting to get some of these anyway

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I bought 100 sq. ft. of Fat Mat for my truck. Hope to stick that on this Saturday. Yesterday I bolted the doors and fenders back on. I'm slowly getting it back into 1 piece.

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Adjusted out of wack toe in enough to drive to alignment shop tomorrow.
Threaded a brass fitting into rear end to hook up vent hose.
Centered rear end.
Installed new glove box and ash tray bumpers.

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got some more parts to fix some of my brake line issues, and some 67 armrests.
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that is an optical illusion! you think you want and need those arm rests but you dont what you need to do is send em to me!

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haha. and i got them both for about $12 and some change from the salvage yard, was gonna grab the fender the was really strait except the rust in the front lower corner so i ended up leaving it because of that reason

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well ill give you 15 for em :smoke::lol: was the fender the passenger side?

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Removed windshield wiper motor and linkage etc. Removed windshield (in pieces). Removed kick panel vent doors. Removed headlight and wiper switch. Removed dome light. I figure I will be ready to spray over cleaner all over the inside of the cab by this weekend.
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you bet yah, they wanted $50 + tax for it, was gonna get it till i seen that issue.:whine:

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i have a clean 68 fender and would love to have that fender! was it rusted through the hole front cup or was it just a small peice

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almost the whole bottom of cup, poked at it a little bit after i pulled the rags out of it, and the hole started growing

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so would i need to cut the whole cup from the the body line down

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most likely

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What I did to my truck today....

I bought it...

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