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Gravel Guard seems to level everything out, so no need for tedious prep work. Probably paint it spot on, as Jonathon suggested and go with a graphite to match my grille hoops

GONE FISHIN'

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Have fun, good luck, and be safe.

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Fun is a definate, luck is debatable, and safe is a thought, practice! Thank you, just nice to be able to hang out with my sons and be away from WORK....

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I passed up one of those brush guards several years ago. Wished I wouldn't of now, man it looks sweet!

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Thanks J for stopping by. Looked for a couple years for mine, new guy shows up on the board with one...Coops may be making them on the pickup side, so all is not lost yet

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You're back. How was the trip? Pics? Get the fish smell off your hands yet?

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Best winter steelhead trip ive had in years, tied into about 10 fish and landed 3....2 12 lb and 1 8lb pictured. AJ doesnt like me posting pics of fish, but since you asked and he probably isnt watching....oh well, here goes nothing

Balmy 17 degrees in the morning
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Still waiting on my bearings, seems Wes's roof fell in, and lost some of my contact info. which caused the delay...never heard that one before:lol:

Picked up the last pieces of my speed warning speedo, pretty excited to start that mod.

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Thanks Wes, got the bearings and othe r parts in today, even with your roof falling onto your motorhome, you still had time to get my parts out... What a guy!

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Where did you Drop the hooks?

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Salmon river, Pulaski, NY. about an 1/2 hour north of Syracuse

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your skill, patience, and determination is outstanding. You have a work of art on your hands. I let life get in the way of mine and it sits waiting on me.

Nice job.
Semper Fi.

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Thank you very much, its more of a labor of love, it really destresses me to spend time in the workshop

I really feel like this year is the one where i get to drive it

Semper fi

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Bearings in, weird on the wedge, never saw a bearing race installed like that...service manual says to run the nut down until all the space is taken up, then give it a 1/16 - 1/8 turn more. Make sure the streering shaft is straight, when you tighten the retaining nut
Finally, the tilt works....last part of the puzzle was to install the spring to control the return, just a phillips screw driver and alot of pressure

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Got the wires fed thru the chase, canceling cam installed as well as the adapter for the wheel...getting close to getting outta this mess. Strip and paint cover, probably black

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Yep, you guessed it....turnsignal/cruise stalk, as well as turnsignal switch screws have to be removed to get the cover plate on, if you have the red hazard button...

Thats it, next time ill get the three pieces powder coated grey

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I bet I took mine apart and back together 3 times before I got it right. What sucks is that afterwards I found the hole where the blinker handle screws in had cracked. PITA to swap out so I left it as is. Mine needs repainted and I'm thinking I might just buy a nice shiny aftermarket one and sell mine.

Yours will be solid though once it's painted. Looks good.

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Mine has issues also, seems the tilt handle wobbles, not sure of a fix. Not sure which piece has been threaded in wrong

Blinker, havent heard that in awhile:smoke:

Nice work on the ws frame repair

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How you do that Jim.I have a tough time figureing out how to get the Horn cap/retainer working,and It still dont work LOL .Nice work

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Youll notice that my cap and wheel are still not on:smoke: spent the last week trying to figure that system out

Wierd, but back in HS when my father gave me the families '62, the first thing i did was the same type of steering wheel and cragers, had problems then, 40 years later still have the same problems. Youd think they wouldve redesigned it by now:lol:

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Jim, been a while since I stopped by, but I'm caught up. You are definitely in what my wife calls "the fiddly work" of the project. Tedious stuff, but I love when somebody takes the time to do it right.

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Thanks for stopping by, tynee. Say hi to the wifey for me...

Trust me, if i do something wrong, ive got a whole bunch of guys on this forum ready to let me know:smoke:

Had to hold up on my project for some house work, just three weeks! Ordered some parts while i was busy doing electrical
Billet hood hinges
Electric water pump with port for heater hose
Valve covers
Speed warning head and tin

Every time i think i have the cooling system cured, something changes and i have to rethink, redo the system. This could be the last time. Change the outlet on my rad. to accept 1 3/4" hose, mandatory for the 50 GPH pump. Just got done collecting all the fittings in 1 1/2" aluminum, w/ pipe

70shortfleet did an excellant job punching out my non tach tin, and sandblasting, painting

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Out with the old, in with the new....2003Silverado nailed the problem right away, seemes that i dropped my neutral, all the years of the shielding passing thru the wall corroded my shielding on my main cable. I think Edison installed my electrical power, right after the block in Brooklyn

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Nice work by Les. quite the drama down in the classified on this purchase, but Mel being the good board member he is, got me thru it
S/B the last upgrade on my dash, steering column. Now to move on to other problem areas
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Thanks Jim for the That a boy ,29yrs In the trade you see/and deal with all sort of things.Wish I could have helped out more. when you coming for a visit?

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You helped out just enough, thank you! Just one more problem and the whole house will be back up and running. Seems the porch light isnt working, maybe the switch, will check tomorrow. But, it may be one of those end run systems that i dont understand:lol:
Think the smithsonian might want my panel box for a exhibit:lol:

Funny, John and I were just talking about stopping up, but my family just had two deaths in a week, so it might be awhile

Sorry for no updates, but parts wont be in till next week

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Jim, I'm sorry about the deaths in your family. that has a way of keeping things in perspective.

You're making slow and steady progress, that's a lot better than some of the rest of us.