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Finished up welding the firewall and cowl gutter. Little more grinding then it's ready for filler . Hope to have it painted this weekend

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Put in the last little bit of 134a to get to the prescribed 1.8 lbs total for my VA system...Now she blows just a hair over 38 degrees vent temp @ 92 ambient!

-klb

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Made some progress on my 71 Cheyenne SWB. Shortened the parking brake cable and got it working again. Pulled the wiring front to back and the taillight harness. Built both doors. Installed 1/4 windows and side windows after removing the old window tint with oven cleaner and black trash bag trick. Installed the required longer regulators and longer latch controls for the 72 doors. Hung the fenders, hood hinges and hood.

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My first ever post on here and fitting that it is about something I did to my truck today. Tinted all the way round.

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Nice truck and the tint looks great!

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Welcome to the dark side soon you will have 10 trucks .

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Welcome to the forum.

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Welcome aboard. Niiiice truck.

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Put all my parking brake cables back in and realized I’m short one of the pigtail looking cable guides. There was only one when I took it apart and when putting it back together it didn’t look right so I checked on here. Sure enough, another part I’ve now gotta find.

Started putting the front end back together and got the upper and lower a arms installed on the passenger side. When I tried to put the new MOOG spring in it appears something isn’t right. Looks like when the top seats properly the bottom is clocked about 1” past its seating point. Arrrggghhh! I stopped at that point.

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Put a coat of primer on the steering wheel I'm restoring. I started the project back in March and little by little its getting closer to paint. Primer reveals I have a little more work to do, but it is a huge difference from what I started with.

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Finishing up the cowl firewall area. Just a little block sanding left . Going to paint the dash since the windshield is out. Looking at the dash it appears to be flat or satin saddle fawn on top would that be correct for this year truck ? Vents are a brownish also . Hopefully paint it this week then steam clean and detail the motor and frame. Finally will be able to test fit the clip

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Got the Dynomax mufflers in - very pleased with the improvement

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Making progress on the front end. Discussed this with Boog over the weekend. This side fought me the whole way. Bushings were a bear, spring didn't want to clock right, etc. But, I pushed ahead and got it all together, torqued, and greased. Got the upper A arm on the driver's side and working on the bushings/cross shaft in the lower now.

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This past weekend, finished up the assembly of the repainted fenders and new grille. The right fender is a reproduction and definately does not fit as well as the original fender. This project is a refurbishment where the truck will be used as a truck, so not spending so much time making this perfect.
https://i.imgur.com/Wc4014b.jpg

But, started on the hood. First thing was to put the crown back into the center spine...that worked out well. Next was removing old paint. The front corners had cracking paint so investigation turned up lots of body filler over previous damage. Further inspection indicated the curvature of the front corner was wrong. Template is of the other side. Now, I have to improve this rather than 3/8" of body filler. So, time to cut out some metal and weld in new pieces to get closer to the proper shape before reasonable amount of body filler. Ugh!
https://i.imgur.com/ckeTS1X.jpg

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Got my new wheel and tire set up all dialed in.

Kept the 15" steel wheels, added some center caps from an early 2000's fullsize and topped off with a set of 2" beauty rings.

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New tank. Lots of rust and crude in the old one.

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I have the work area ready for new exhaust gaskets (manifold and collector sides) to go with the new muffler additions. Ordered the Remflex brand, and will be doing this Saturday. Will post a few pics when done...

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Yes on the pics

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Got the SEM self leveling seam sealer and did the roof today hopefully epoxy prime the roof and firewall. Hopefully have it done by Sunday eve
but this is the best tool I ever bought for stripping metal

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Wow, I wish I knew about this tool when I was stripping my truck. Looks great!

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Works great still on the first stripping drum . Also have a 60 and 80 grit drums. This truck has been a pleasure to work on no hidden surprises. No rot around either the front or back windows. Found one small dent on the roof

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I found my floor. It was piled with parts when I got it and I never cleaned it out til now. I'm working on the wiring and needed under the dash. Solid floor with only surface rust where the rubber mat wore through.

Tom

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Started my exhaust gasket project today. Still waiting on the collector gaskets, but the manifold gaskets are installed. Pretty happy with the way they went in.

Here is what I started with when I took them off..

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Left side

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right side

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close up

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Finished making my patch panels for where the firewall and floor meet. Need to weld these in before pulling the old floor out.

Drivers side
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Passenger side
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My wife says I have a problem .

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A problem maybe, but I see you found a solution as well!

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I installed my new chrome bumper from Cooper Restorations today.

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72C20 - Yeah, but as my wife says: At least I don't have to go from bar to bar looking for you. I know right where you are when you disappear.

KMC3420 - I would like to know more about the patch panels. I need to do this exact same repair only my truck and was looking at it over the weekend trying to come up with a plan.

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Removed about 3/8" of body filler on the corner of my hood only to find poorly repaired previous damage. The bondo sculptor was not very good as the corner was way different than the other side. So, I opened her up to get some of the metal back to normal. Notice the single vertical cut and how far it opened up to get the metal close to where it belongs. Any suggestions on making a (compound curve) patch panel? A patch panel would sure come in handy if any has one available.

https://i.imgur.com/qmyUUXx.jpg

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Finally got a spare and had the garage floor coated for her

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New key and tumbler for old blue.
The other key could come out and be turned off with anything and occasionally didn't need a key at all.

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Did the drip rail today SEM self leveling seam sealer tried to get the truck as level as possible but it still puddled up in the front . Roof is now in high build primer plan is to paint the white this week

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I started out by cutting out the old to use as a template and then measured the template. From there I put my measurements on a flat piece of sheet metal. I use a bender I made for my shop press to bend up to 90 degrees. For cutting I use my right and left hand tin snips. Just take it nice and slow and sneak up on your final fitment.

Template
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Template
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Bender
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Snips
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Press
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Nice forming attachment for your press!

Jim

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:agree:

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KMC3420,
Nice, thanks for that information and the photos. I think I may have everything in my shop to build one of those breaks for my press except the black iron Tee. Like I need an excuse to go to the hardware store!