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Well, a small step I guess. I replaced the suction hose on the fuel pump on the '71, the old one was collapsing.
Of course as always no matter how careful I was my right arm took a bath in gasoline. Got the "Beast" started for the first time this year and took a short drive exercising the 454. Now since I parked the "Beast" in a carport instead of the garage I can clean out and re-organize the garage some so I can work on various vehicle projects including the "Beast". I am posting a pictures, on of the "Beast" and the other of the '86 4-Runner I am going to do some maintenance and body work. |
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Randy sent me a replacement panel for the rear quarter on mine..
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I felt I needed to keep the cab covered because the truck is outdoors and unprotected most of the time. I salvaged an old torn-up cover I used on the Granada for a few years. I almost threw it away not long ago (the cover, not the Granada). I patched the rips and holes with material cut from the trunk area. I made a fold to make it cab-length and then wrapped the cab like a package. It stayed on pretty good in the stiff winds we had recently. The truck is sitting in shade in the pic, but it's usually out in the sun. Good enough for now.
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went and removed the front fenders, core support and grille off a 67 chevy to put on my 72 gmc. LIVRAT is going to trade me a gmc core support for the chevy core support. the truck was amazingly solid for how many floods that it had been through. heck the core support was the best part from the truck. i also mashed the tip of my ring finger trying to get one of the bolts broke loose. the grille is going to become wall art. now all i need is a hood and i'll be good to go
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After sitting in my Garage for over a year, I took "new" parts into my Body Man to put on.
New: Front & Rear Bumpers Door Sills Left/Right Eye Brows Then he took my old grill off so I can use some Zip Strip, to take off the Black Paint. Then I'll be using 0000 Steel Wool for Clean-up. Then it's back to him for installation.:uhmk: |
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Bought a set of four Goodrich TA Radials and a new set of orignal style Torq Thrust wheels for the Circuit Rider.
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Installed my 06 Yukon seats... no pics too dark....
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I helped a friend move yesterday (Saturday) so I borrowed my dad's enclosed trailer and took the 72' out. The truck did great, love the air bags, nice to have the trans temp gauge for peace of mind.
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Continued on my exhaust, jus have my h-pipe left to put in
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Welded up the fuel filler neck hole.
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Pulled the carb off the 72, took it apart checked all the internals cleaned out the crud, runs alot better just have to fine tune it back in now and find another gas tank, throw in the seat and insure and license it. Then I'm gonna use it like it was meant to be, working on rust as I go.
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Painter got the first coat of primer on today.
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Put my gr2 shocks on and decided to take it for a ride. It rode like a caddy so I decided to go relax at the house. Surfed through the forums on my wifes IPad. Got motivated went back down the garage and ripped the whole interior out of my truck to prep for floor patches, floor supports, and new cab mounts. What a great day.:metal:
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Sounds like you guys had fun. I had to replace a fuel pump!
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replaced the master cylinder, started to bleed the back and eventually realized new wheel cylinders were in order :D
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Wasn't a whole lot that I could do to my truck on Sunday, so we did the next best thing.........BURNOUTS!!!!!! My buddy's 40 F*rd coupe........BBChevy powered!
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washed and waxed......long beds are long
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Finally have been able to do work on my beast, stripped to engine down and sent the block and crank to the machine shop.
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I replaced the 25 year old front shocks with a new pair of KYB's gas shocks.
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Didn't get a whole lot done to the 72. Nephew took care of one of the cab bolts and i pressure washed the engine bay some more. But i did manage to change the oil, remove, clean and p&p the throttle body, and change the plugs and wires on my 01 tahoe. The plug wires didn't want to give up without a fight. I think they may have been the factory wires and plugs cause the wires said delphi. But i found out something interesting. It had iridium plugs in it. And the plugs had both acdelco and ngk stamps on it. I guess acdelco has ngk make some of their plugs for them
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today was the first time i touched the truck in about a week. Well first I didn't realize i left the truck in drive last week when I was messing with the interior and went screamin out of the garage and almost slammed into my 3500. Yes I'm dumb, and yes I need a neutral safety switch. But the burnout marks look pretty good in the garage. Damn near left skidmarks in my pants too :lol: After I stopped shaking and laughing I pulled all the wheels off jacked her up and took the rear drums apart since I have a bad seal on the pass. side. Got the axles out and messed with the tie rods up front. Debating on a rear disc conversion while I got everything apart and I dont see much point in spending 4k on wheels to have an ugly drum in the background. Will take pics tomorrow though. I know this thread is useless without em
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Looks like a new crossmemeber will need to be installed (front spring fit issues) plus have the quad fully rebuilt.
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well i couldnt sleep so I got some more work done and put in an oil resevoir for my engine driven compressor and just made some misc. templates for some spots in my frame where I want to redo the Z. Figured I'd show you guys the mess I created. Finally worked up the nerve to pull my new Painless kit outta the box so will probably be laying it out this weekend.
We had 4 feet of water in the garage last month so everythings pretty much all over the place and most of my tools and more importantly my welder is still in storage which is driving me nuts. I hate a messy garage. Well, mine at least. |
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Picked up my Boss 338 wheels this morning. Now the fun begins making them fit.
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Installed 4 new deluxe side markers, now all my lenses are done.
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took the top off and drove the **** out of her! gotta sunned burned noggin to prove it! Ahhhh the beauty of a blazer!
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BucketObolts -
I love the tempororary antenna on your last pic!!! You get my kind of 'reception' with it. |
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^^ :lol: i really love the cowl on our trucks. Thats just about the only place in my garage I can put my beer and not wind up knocking it over. Although I will advise against testing out your new transmission, pulling hole shots in the driveway with about 12 empty bud light bottles stuffed in there. That is if you live across the street from a police station like I do. :alc:
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wheel cylinders
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temporary antenna :haha::haha:
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Removed a few more projects from the bed....
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sanded down the rest of the frame
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Painted up some old valve covers to match the block!
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We removed the bed, so I can take it in for some paint repair.
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Cut passenger side floorpan out ,chiseled floor support out. Replaced floor support and plug welded. Replaced floor and welded. 5 hours total now I need another beer to get the rust out of my teeth. One more side to go!! By the way my truck lifted up about an inch in the front just from redoing that side.
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Wasn't exactly today, but I finally bought another truck and it was delivered on April 1st! Had to put another set of tires on it, the ones that came on it were basically "racing" tires! (That would be "slicks"!) lol
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I started the rust repair process on my cab. First step removing the firewall. :metal:
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