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thanks man! thats what I fugured!
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a buddy of mine offered to put the Burb in his garage during painting! very cool of him.
since I am inside I figured i do some more stuff repaired a hole in the rear fender. repaired some rust and holes in the cargo door and making some progress it now has 4 layers of white on top. finally no red coming through. I have one coat of black on and need one more. the black covers like the best. allmost in one coat. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...0/IMAG0626.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-J...2/IMAG0624.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5...2/IMAG0623.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0...2/IMAG0622.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...0/IMAG0619.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n...2/IMAG0612.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2...2/IMAG0641.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...2/IMAG0640.jpg I need to take the rear bumper off to paint the red thing between the bumper and the chassis. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-U...2/IMAG0637.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m...0/IMAG0636.jpg it looks kinda nice without the running boards. I might not put them back on. I do need a step of some kind so grandma can get in the car. any ideas? |
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thats cool
sure looks white on top now black looks good too |
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Looks really good!
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thanks man!
yeah, came out pretty nice! |
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hopefully fixed a leaking radiatorconnection by putting some good old JB Weld on there. first of course cleaned it very thoroughly...
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damnit! I let the JB Weld dry overnight 20:00 till 8:30h in the morning, but it started leaking again today.
So I have let it dry for 12,5hours, but that is probably not enough...... I'll fix it again tonight and let it sit for 36hours. hopefully its solved then...because I would hate to take the complete rad out, because I think the tranny cooler is also in there. is it hard to disconnect and then reconnect the tranny cooler? |
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no pressure when not running so just the two lines (yellow)undo and i baggie the ends so they don't drip and just a strip of duck tape over the tranny fittings on the rad to lift it out when i've used the JB i've found more thinner coats work better but havn't used it on a rad |
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thanks man! I applied JB again yesterday and I am now letting it rest for 36h before starting the engine again. If it doesnt work, then I will probably take the rad out and solder it outside the engine bay
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How good does the paint job look up close? It looks great in the pictures!
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Looks great! Needs some black wheels now.;)
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it has some orangepeel, but I kinda like it like that. rough car, rough paint... @Bruiser: yeah, when the chrome runs out on these boys, I'll have m powdercoated black...that will look sweet! |
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Nice photo today at the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands!
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I changed the original radiator for a Spectra Prenium CU730...
was a b1tch to fit, what should be a bolt-in-replacement, became a supercustom-replacement...the rad was thicker and high then the original... Rubbers didnt fit, top radiator brackets didnt fit...etc..... https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M...DSC03027_1.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b...DSC03026_1.JPG |
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Nice looking truck paint and radiator look good!
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yup looks good should work well
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took the eco-module of the firewall today. I also tried to remove a lot of the smog wiring, because all the smog stuff is gone. But they all run to the back of the engine and I cant see where they go. Can I just cut these babys?
all the connectors are (when facing the engine bay from the front) to the left of the engine and run to the left rear side into a wire protection plastic hose... |
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I replaced the seal of the valve covers and gave them a paintjob.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...pdeksel_14.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r...pdeksel_01.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--...pdeksel_05.jpg and finally mounted the sunvisor on the Burb https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...0/DSC03900.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...0/DSC03899.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F...0/DSC03898.JPG |
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This has been a very interesting thread. I like that tach on the left, the led's in the guages. Visor makes a big difference. The new radiator is very nice looking. Did the truck come with those dual batteries? Was this truck orginally a diesel? I will be roller painting the bottom half of my truck when the time comes.
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My 86 gas also came with dual batteries, it was an option. The paint looks very nice. i was thinking about doing mine black in the middle w/a roller.
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Vcovers look nice and new again |
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Installed a second hand Analog MSD 6AL (6420) in my car last night.
cars runs fine. I am not sure if I am noticing any difference from the stock setup with the HEI ignition. I'll check my mpg this week and see if it helps any... |
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