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Took the truck for a ride today, Took my garmin with me. I wanted to check my speedometer. At the lower speeds 1 to 2 miles off. At 65 only 1 mile off, what a surprise. :)

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I got the 348 dropped in and bolted to the transmission. Motor mounts don't work, hitting the exhaust manifold. don't know if bb mounts will work, hate to order them, wait for them to get here and find out they don't work either. I'm going to think on this one, trial and error. Whats a fool to do!

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I'm back from burying Mom , I went by the paint jail to - day to see if Paco found my gone missing original gas cap ~ he was out chasing parts so his Wife took a note reminding him I'll never stop asking for this hard to find part .

Anyone here who has the correct original painted cap with stamped in ring , I'll buy it , rusty and cruddy , I don't care .

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Hamjet - looking good and mean!

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Well here's what I've been up to. My rust free cab, finally!

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I ran some ERR yesterday and now I have the hood hinge sitting in Evaporust.

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I added a quart of oil

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Thanks, I'm trying to push that "old school" look to the limits...

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Still working on media-blasting the bed parts. Finally figuring out this HFT abrasive blaster. Works well so long as you ignore the instructions.

With a 3-day weekend coming up, hoping to finish the rest of the bed.

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That's beautiful, man. It's like it's fresh off the factory floor.

Someday, hope to have my cab that pretty. But since it's my current daily driver, it'll be a while.

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ordered my wrangler tank, blazer sending unit, and walbro 450lph pump :)

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My new beastie got her whites whiter!

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finally got wheels and tires on

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Today, I ran the last major part (the cowl) over to the media blaster for cleaning and epoxy priming and I checked my hood hinge for derusting status.

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Finaly got Katy an alignment. Its been almost 2 years since i bagged it. One thing or another always seemed to come up, but its done. It was off alot(wore through a set of fronts in 1000 miles). Drives awesome now!!

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Nice truck.

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Thanks!

Core support and radiator installed, blazer tank installed, z bar hooked up, brake booster on, and working on the driveshaft now
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I have the second hood hinge in the ERR tank and the first hood hinge is still soaking in Evaporust.

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I went to see about mounting some front turn signals. Opened the hood and spent the next 15 minutes killing wasps. They made a nest above that tiny hole in the hood where it contacts the hood bumpers. Why the F*%k do wasps love these old trucks so much? I just had the hood open the other day and there were none.

Got the wasp population down and tried to work on wiring taillights. Battery almost dead and quickly got tired of laying on concrete outdoors in the 100+ temps. Eff it, I'm going back inside.

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The dash pad in my 67 was pretty cracked up so I made a cover with a $10 saddle blanket til I get a new one. Now that it's done I might leave it and use the money for some other parts.

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Webfoot said, ((((Why the F*%k do wasps love these old trucks so much?)))) Who doesn't love them....

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It rained all day today so all I have done is get hood hinge number 2 out of the ERR tank and into Evaporust and I primed hood hinge number 1 with NAPA Rust Treatment.

Once the hood hinges are done all that I will have left to clean up will be the charcoal canister bracket.

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got the leaking oil pan off clean and painted of course nobody has a new gasket in stock so hopefully tomorrow . did find a 5/16 x 1 bolt in the bottom of the pan cant find any missing anywhere it was running good other than the oil leak . all I can think is someone had the pan off before and it found its way in then but ill check for a sixth time tomorrow before I put it back together

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Changed the air horn on my barb due to a crack and set the timing to 10* btc. Drove it around town. Been a good day with goldilocks.

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Wasps are just part of the fun....... :lol: . (I hate 'em too)

I really like that dash cover ! .

I hope the sun doesn't beat it up too fast .

RE hood hinge in Evaporust : did you de grease it before soaking ? .

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Crazy how the wasps and dirt daubers love these trucks. When I got my truck from Alabama there were over 20 nest...hate them suckers!

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Ya know that bolt you found could be 1 of the 3 that hold the top timing chain gear on, hope you don`t have the cam gear coming loose. something to thihnk about.

Wildcard

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Started tearing things apart.

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Got my alternator off, and intake loose. Found out that the alternator bracket I got won't work with a long pump, and no accessory hole heads.

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I hadn't thought of that looks like im going to have to pull the timing cover

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I did get the gaskets and got the pan back on now I really need to get the engine cleaned and painted . the only problem I had was the new gaskets for the front timing cover didn't have holes for the bolts so I had to use silicone gasket maker . but it looks like im going to have to pull the timing cover I might have a gear coming loose . oh well I think it looks better when the covers are painted off the engine anyway . greased everything while I was under there everything looks good and tight .

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Theres no way the bolt can come off with the timing cover on. The PO must have dropped it in the pan. If the pan gasket was leaking in the front around the timing cover he must have pulled the cover for some reason without pulling the pan. How about a close up pic of the bolt?

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come to think of it your probably right, I would hate to send someone in the wrong direction, put some thought in what you mentioned and was just tryin to figure out where a bolt that size would come from but it the cam bolts were backing they would have to wear a hole in the cover before they came all the way out know they length they are, a aftermarket cam button is shorter than those bolts.

Firedemon , please post a pic of that bolt before you tear the front of the Engine apart.

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What did I do today? I'm still doing it. It's only 1:30, I came in to eat :cool:

On my '72 I have it taken down to the steering knuckles on what started as a frozen caliper/rotor replacement. I decided it was time for full drive axle serving, so spindles are off to remove, clean, spindle bearings, pack, and put new seals in. Both calipers and rotors are new. Bearings were fine. I have longer hoses (later c20) and 4" lift springs/shocks to put on while I'm at it. I've also seen guys searching for backing plates with little success, so I took those off, got them down to clean bare metal, put some rust converter on (just because), etch primed, and painted them up. Time to go pack the bearings and get brakes done. I'm glad I ate lunch first. Trying to cut out greasy food from my diet. Hopefully I'll get front springs swapped, too. Gotta paint the shocks, though.

:chevy:

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Boy, that musta made some racket?

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I don't have the bolt anymore but it looked like any bolt you would get at home depo . no markings no shoulder just a regular grade nothing . but your right it would wear a hole or slot in the cover I think

Yup.