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You can drive it though, huh?

Some of these days, when it's cold and wet, and generally depressing, I forget that I LIKE to wrench. On these days, I'd rather have a truck that's as nice as yours
(hell, wouldn't even have to be THAT nice) that I could tinker with if I wanted to...And drive it in the mean-time. In my experience, that's a great way to save money, too.

For me, tinkering's dangerous. It leads to the hard stuff.;)

That new truck of yours looks very sweet.

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Replaced the battery and added more tranny fluid. Now off to register and get new custom plates. I may also order my drop spring and leafs but gotta check the wallet first!

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got some more stuff.... some more brake line, another fitting, and a front splash pan.:devil::metal:
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scraping and cleaning and sanding the susupension/chassis it is caked with dirt and all. This truck has been sitting somewhere in the desert field since late 80's or early 90's. I painted it with some cheap flat black but was kinda half butt so I am scraping it all off and starting over today.

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Got my KYB drop shocks in today. Got all 4 off ebay for $96 delivered. They got them on sale now for 2.50 off each of the fronts so they are 22.50-free shipping. Only bad is is took 12 days to get them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

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Painted another front fender well, then removed all of the steel strips and wood from my bed. Bed all ready to be removed.
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Well since the Trucks in for Interior Paint, I bought a new Steering Wheel to match the Leather seats. Then I bought a Billet "Dress-up Kit" for the Steering Column, along with a Billet Gear Selector. I'm going to buy some "bare" Interior Door Panels, and take them, the Visors and Dash pad,
all into the uhpolsters and have them cover all 3 items, to match the wheel.
Then I bought some 360 Degrees Green LED lights for my Silver Faced Autometer Gauges. Also going to pick-up some aftermarket Kick Panels/Speakers too.

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redid the rear brake lines and the one that goes down the frame rail from front to back and also made it longer. also pulled the front wheel wells to see how much cutting on the fenders im gonna need to do. no pics of the rear brake line yet, but here is the front inner fender pic of where its gonna need cut. and dont mind my indy car slick :lol:
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well there's your problem right there, looks like you got a bit of rubbing:lol:.

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haha yup. and thats without the 3" drop spindles yet

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wholy jeeze.

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haha i know right. thats also a 27" tall tire, think i might be pulling the front tire off the ground when laid out with my cupped arms and spindles lol.

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dude with a 3" drop you won't be able to run over a sheet of paper. i can see it now "...........dear........... i need to replace the front clip again..... AGAIN?! what did you hit this time? ..........a sheet of paper.......... :dohh: boys and their toys:rolleyes:"

:lol:

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Well guys, I did the same thing today that I've done everyday for almost a year now. I got up this morning, Started the ol Pickup, finished getting ready for work, hopped in the cab and away we go! We had some fresh snow this morning, love beating my little truck through the snow!

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/a...0/IMG_1240.jpg

Not from this morning, but this was at Duck Camp in October. The truck got trashed during this trip, and I loved every minute of it!

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Cleaned up the a power steering gear box and the pump.. going to paint them once I know I have all my brackets and alse started measuring everything up to see what is missing. That rag joint doesn't look like it's going to be fun to take off. probably going to pull part of the steering shaft from the firewall too.
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Today I learned not to do buissness with cpp!They charged me for a part I didnt autherize and they shipped it to me.I will just stick with ECE there GREAT!

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did you contact them about it? that's what i would do

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My choke flap was stuck so my ride wouldn't start cuz it was get ALOT of fuel. I had to force it open. Once it was freed she was good to go. And she ran beautifully today!!!!!
Love my ride!

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I feel your pain.................

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...72#post3439172

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put line holding clamps on the rear brake line, pulled the hood off, marked where i needed to cut the fenders and cut them, then i fixed my battery tray with a couple nuts an bolts and an extra hole for one of them:devil::metal:

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I did and he kind of argued with me. They are taking it back but I have to pay for shipping. I will just never use or recommend them.
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Try talking to Mario over there at CPP. He is a great guy and has personally solved several of my issues. He will do whatever it takes to satisfy you as a customer.

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You shouldnt have several issues but thanks for the advise. I am a loyal ECE customer.
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I installed the Tac dash and Buckets with console in my truck.

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Bought the shock relocation kit, 4" rear drop springs and a new double adjustable panhard bar. Looking forward to getting the rear end done so I can get her aligned. Just got the front end done last weekend with new tie rod ends and upper and lower ball joints. Anyone have a good write up on centering the rearend?

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After a long time of just driving, I had some issues to fix. Heater motor was shorting. Needed a new ground. Topped off the tranny and engine oil. Fixed the fuel and temp gauge.....at least I thought I did. Temp still will not register. Tightened the headers.....again. That is about a weekly procedure. Just need to spring for the locking bolts. Installed a new dimmer switch.

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Ordered a new front stepside bed panel,epoxy primer and a used set of deluxe side markers! the rest of the bed i nearly done getting media blasted and looks good, cept for the tailgate is a little ruffer than it appeared after blasting it. i guess that can easily be swapped for a better one at a later date. Hot Rod Black Satin showed up this week along with the new poly trailing arm and track bar bushings! still gotta few parts to round up yet but this will get things rolling!

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did a little more work on the dash, sprayed some rust converter paint on the back side, and cutting the pinch weld lip off the top
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added some more paint to the back of the dash. and took another pic.
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looking good !!

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thanks

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Tinkering with some spare parts. A little semi gloss black, some satin burgandy and a silver paint pen makes a big difference:
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wow nice job

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Thanks. My Interior is black and burgandy so I thought I would give it a try. I had these as extra. I think I will pull out the one I have in the dash and work it over. It's in a bit better shape. I was just curious to see how it would look. I think it took me about 10 minutes total time to get it to look like this.

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i would paint it all up and buy a new chrome and black bezel man they look sharp!

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Installed some ball joints and some upper control arm shafts. That was enough for a day I get lazy since I work on cars all day for a living.

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Both freeze plugs in the front of my SBC in my 1972 GMC have been leaking for over a year. First time I have ever had any leak. Sooo... I had to dismantle the front to beat both of them out, and beat new ones in. Removed radiator and water pump and pullies. Loosen P/S pump and slide it all the way outboard. Now i'm into the reassembly... what a PITA.

Gary

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new tires and replaced all lightbulbs lol

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i got some LMC truck catalogs in the mail for it!!