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:ito: Put my parts on. :uhmk:

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nice score on the cabinet and washer! I love my cabinet, wish i would have bought one years ago.

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Looks good Dave! So what do you think of the rear sway bar?
Now I have to get one so I can keep up with you!!
Have you driven it and can you tell a difference? I know it is a huge difference having a front sway bar.
Is the track bar solid or a tube? That is probably a stronger mounting bracket than mine. :sumo:
I attached mine behind the trailing arms cuz that is where it lined up. Never thought putting about a bend in it.....:smoke:
my adjustable bar seems to work okay so far!

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Nice Dave!! Digging the new parts and tools. I can't keep up with you and all of your progress. ;)

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I haven't drove it yet. I was a dumbA$$ and when I was putting my shocks on I dropped the nut for the bottom of the shock. I grabbed what I thought was it and with my new impact gun in hand proceded to stripped the $hit out of the fine threads with a course thread nut. So got a new bolt coming. I'm pretty sure the trac bar is solid. ;) The truck sure feels different. Just a lot more stiff and solid. Can't wait to drive it. If the snow ever melts. I don't think you would like the rear bar Bubba. It kinda hangs low. Not good for a farm truck.

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unless you can trade the shock in at the store as a factory reject its historie anyway , cant you retread the stump or weld another piece of tread on there ? maibe of one of the old shocks perhabs .

i once made a simulair misstake , i was about 16 and working 3 jobs and 12 hour days but still broke , i had bought a cheap torqwrench and i was real happy with my new tool making me look more like a real mecanic , i used it to torq down the cylinderhead on my 50cc kreidler moped , that engine is all aluminium and doesnt need a lot of torq .
because of that the click on the wrench when torq is reached was unnoticable so i kept going untill the treadends where pulled all the way out of the engine , it was an expensive misstake and i was on my bicycle for about a month untill i had all the parts to fix it again,
those where the days ........:uhmk:

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Here's my first motor bike screw up. Changed the plug did'nt know a car plug would'nt work.:lol: Kicked it over and put a hole in the top of the cylinder.:uhmk: I got a new bolt coming $20 for two what a deal.

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Anybody know if this trans has a trans mount? It has a flat area to the right that looks like it should sit on a mount? Just wondering, mines not really mounted to anything. There's nothing under the flat area.:uhmk:

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You would need to drill and tap the 3/8-16 holes (I think it is) for the trans mount if you wanted to use the cross member. Depending on the surface, the pad may need to be flycut, or not..
Otherwise the stock truck configuration is the transmission is hanging on the bell housing and the bell housing is normally perched on mounts of it's own.
;)

:gmc2:

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Thanks Bud. Just wanted to make sure I did'nt miss somthing.;)

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Just put a crossmember under it and use a rachet strap. No need to get all fancy with bolts.

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naaah some tiewraps 2 by 4 and ducktape that'll do it

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A 2 X4 and hay bale wire works just fine:lol:

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I'm going with spray foam and some clear caulk. I think it will hold it just fine.:lol: hell they built the Teton dam out of it I'm sure it will hold.:smoke:

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Well at least it's closer to where it needs to go. Painted my gas tank. Put my last plate in the bed of my 64. Need to make a cab lifter.:uhmk:

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Looking good Dave. Is that a blazer tank?

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It was so long ago I forget.:waah:

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But the Teton dam cracked, washed out and flooded the whole valley back in the old days ......you may need super glue also. :lol:

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OK...now that's some funny sh#t:lol:

Greetings from another struggling contractor in Poky

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The way I hear it, Poky was a suburb of Idaho Falls before the Teton Flush... http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/.../IdahoSpud.jpg

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;) Is that 31 pu red? Don't know what year this was buts it's the oldest I've seen in Poky. Thought maybe it was yours?

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Nope, not mine, wish it was, but mine is in a pile of parts in the back of the shop third in line after I get the '70 done and some mods done on the coupe.

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No...your thinkin' of Blackfoot and we use to be where Blackfoot is now.

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:lol::lol: Jeff the painter. Cracks me up.:smoke: Since your not doing much work u should start a bulid thread for that truck of yours.

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actually we've been pretty busy as of late, but who knows what lurks a couple months from now.....I did think about starting a build thread, just haven't got around to it. It would have probably been one of the longest going build threads ever as I started to put it together once before then changed directions and ripped it back apart to build as a drag truck that may see a little street time? I do have the roll cage done and almost done with rear suspension and other odds & ends then blow it apart for more paint.

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It seems to help me work on my truck.;) Even if I don't get much done I can still take some picutures and post them. Money seems to be my problem.:lol: The lack of it. I think of all the stuff I still need to buy. I think I would be better off if I just building a couple houses and buying a nice truck. Nah:lol: Just kiddin. I love working on my truck.:smoke:

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New tool for my garage.:uhmk: Some people live like pigs.:lol: Good deal just dirty.:devil:Might have to pull out the sand blaster.

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Gonna do some powdercoating, Dave???

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Thats the plan.:metal: Might be awhile but least I have the oven. A oven thats not the old ladies. Might be good for boiling out elk/bear heads.

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What powder coating kit are you going to end up using?

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? Any ideas. ;) I was thinking somthing from harbor freight? Don't really know.

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That stove would be a good shop heater. :haha:

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Pm sent

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It has many uses. I could make some brownies while I work on my truck.;)

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:haha:

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Or age some POT. :haha: :haha:

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I don't think my PO would like that.:waah::lol::smoke:This is Utah not California. No, wait this is'nt Utah. Funny looks like Utah. Thinks like Utah. Smells like Utah

What do you use in your sand blaster?

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Harbor Freight aluminum-oxide

http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c...image_4355.jpg

http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-...rit-99945.html

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Why? I've just been using sand

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Where do you get the sand, and what kind is it. And how much?