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Thanks fellas!!!! More progress to come.
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Man that carpet fits nice. Almost looks like it was "sprayed" in! And what an impact with the seat in place. Just beautiful.
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And my wife was sure glad to finally get the seat out of the house. I was even more glad to get it installed in the truck. Also....looks like plenty of clearance on the shifter, but will definitely know once the hydraulic clutch is bled. And seat still has two positions to the rear left on the tracks. I'm pleased with how its all turning out so far. And the polished seat adjuster handle really pops. |
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Was out working in the yard yesterday, so not much to report. UPS did show up with my new hood springs, so stopped and installed them and then back to yard work.
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Yeah...my 66 is do for a new set of springs. lol Hate when I open the hood and I work on the engine then as I come up BANG I hit my head cause I didn't notice the hood slowly come back down. lol
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I ordered these from classic industries $12.99 each and you don't have to paint these. A lot of the ones I see are raw steel and these are finished. Just unwrap and install.
http://www.classicindustries.com/pro...ts/152684.html Also got my radiator hoses in today from Napa. All my literature printed down and ready for the auto adjusters in the rear, new rear cylinders and shoes. Have Austin turning down drums sometime this week too. |
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I'm looking forward to seeing how well these support the hood. I know some of the repops are kind of weak, while others are OEM strength. I'd like to put a new set on my truck that hold the hood open and don't need to be painted.
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Classic Parts and Classic Industries have the fastest shipping if you ask me though for what its worth and Classic Industries seems to have a slightly better quality part for most things I get from them. |
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Heres a better pic of the spring Marke.......
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Diggin' the Progress!!! :metal:
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You are an inspiration as I watch all that you accomplish...:mm: |
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Pouring rain most of the week which has slowed me down some. Suppose to break Fri/Sat. Did get out and work on the carb linkage issue. Looks like a factory V8 linkage will work just fine. Plenty of clearance and plenty of adjustment left. Will get it painted up, have ordered new bushings and will grab some new cotter pins this weekend. Still need to remove the I6 linkage and pull the throttle cable bracket off and install on the V8 linkage.
Its nice to be able to use factory hardware where I can. Also got the radiator hoses on, just the water pump bypass to install which shouldn't take more than a few minutes at most. |
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Nice that you could use the original linkage. Looks better imop. :chevy:
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And more great news. I contacted American Autowires who I purchased all my harness's from. I asked if they could make or alter my original forward harness so that I can get my alternator hooked up. Its on the passenger side now due to the lwp system. They said no problem and actually advocated sending the harness back so they could modify it for me instead of purchasing a new one. What more can I say other than great customer service.
I would definitely advocate for anyone needing harness's or modifications to existing ones to contact them. I'll have the harness pulled tonight and off to them tomorrow for the modification. I know that just lengthening the wires is not a life changing task, but I'm no electrician and prefer plug and play when possible so I will gladly let them do the job. Just wanted to pass that on to the rest of the forum. |
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Thank for posting the spring photo!
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No problem.
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Another rainy night so took advantage of it where I could and completed the HEI wire harness install. American Autowire Kit #04305H Requires removing the pink wire from the ignition and fire wall. A new pink wire is installed and the existing ignition pink is pigtailed into the new pink line. The firewall pink is folded over and taped off and new harness installed in the engine bay. American Autowire gave good instructions and took maybe 1/2hr total to complete.
Also got the forward harness removed and boxed up so I can send it to them and have the alternator wires lengthened. |
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Heres a pic of the instructions in case it might help anyone else.
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