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LoL Mark, that would be a good/bad way to check the oil pressure :)
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this MONTH the 283 that came with my truck lost compression on one cylinder each bank. so i recruited my daughters boy friend to help swap in a fresh "corevette" 350 78 vette 30k miles 10 miles on rebuild domed pistons roller timing chain rockers and hyd roller rockers. builder stated 400 hp. maybe 375. my forst engine swap sonce the 80s. new exhaust being installed today.
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Got the gate , tail lite brackets and glove box door epoxy primed . Going to spray the high build tomorrow have a 72 hour open window .
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Little bummed out . Gathered up the tail lites and one of the backup lites is damaged . I know it wasn’t when I bought it so it must have got bumped around in the storage box .
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After a few years of running this truck on my own sweat, cussin', and frustration, I got it serviced. Sealed up all the gaskets, replaced the intake, carb, and exhaust manifolds and it hauls a$# now!! Still needs a lot more work, bust she's prettier now. :lol:
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Ignition switch changed out and overall cleaned up for this Saturday's next car show.
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Got the inside of the cab ready for paint . There were runs on the dash and back panel. The runs were actually in the primer .
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Got some more done on the cab. Not going to be able to paint till at least Sunday . Going to pick up mom tomorrow and Saturday is my granddaughters 1st birthday party. Tailgate and dash pieces are all sanded and ready for paint . The roof was really weird lots of what looked like drips in the primer and very thin paint . Need to hook up the oil pressure gage so I can move it into the garage for paint. I have the cluster apart to repaint the bezel and needles .
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And I finally got a grommet that fits
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Steering wheel upgrade thanks to the wife. Birthday present.
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Nice! Happy Belated Birthday
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The old click clack pump had a sort of timer but this one will run only when you hold the button in. But it squirts way better. |
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Set up my “Spray booth” today
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I trimmed in my carpet today and installed the dash pad and belts. The ACC carpet was a damn good fit in general, just a bit more wrinkle than I’d like over the trans hump. But I can live with it. I expected way worse.
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Let me be the first to say that looks fantastic! |
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Thanks guys!
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Got the inside and various other parts painted today . I never made it to my granddaughters party . Picked up mom on Thursday and she developed a bad cough Friday . Sure enough tested positive for Covid so she’s staying till Friday at least . So I worked on the truck yesterday and today .
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Sorry to hear about your mom getting sick. Truck lookin good. Nice paint job
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Thanks I really like single stage on a use truck no need for BC/CC . Also helps having a good gun . I replaced my old Seta with a Tekna Pro Lite not cheap but sprays sooo nice. Now on to the doors and fenders yay! Sarcastically:lol: |
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Yea I say not cheap $600 gun. I got the 3M Accuspray paint gun to do my truck. It worked real well.
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I cleaned out the Pcv port and baffle on the valve cover on my 5.3 l33 Ls. Recently swapped into my 72 C10.
From what I have read, the port can get plugged up on the 2005-2007 engine, so it was time to check it out…… |
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I installed a new Cigar Lighter in my '68 C/10 Stepside. The old one shorted out when the spring-loaded positive tip of a plug [going to a recharger solar panel] broke off and crossed the ground to the hot. Fried up a lot of wires under the dash. I had the Dash Panel and Heater Controls off or hanging down to get a good look. While the Red line feeding the Cigar Lighter burned its insulation off, none of the other wires near it were burned. Some had charred lengths of Cigal line stuck to them. I chackefd all the lines, and reinforced any singeing with E-tape. T prevent a repeat, I spliced an inline fuseholder w/ 15 A fuse between the Cigar tab on the fuse block and the lighter socket.
While I had the Speedo cable loose, I disconnected the other end at the SM465 -- pulled the flex cable out of its sheath and dusted it with graphite lube. I think I noticed a 2 Mile bump on the Odometer. It was reading 234 before. After I reassembled the Dash, Ash Tray, Heater Controls and tested the Cigar Lighter for function, the Odo read 236. Go figure? Since my Fuel Gauge has been reading Empty lately, I'm dependent on accurately guessing my mileage and fuel intake level. I did a 20 mile run to test and check my systems and the Cigar socket, as a port for my GPS. I still notice a little wobble in the Speedo needle at 60 MPH (indicated) [62 GPS]. I may need more miles to settle in and read right. |
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Cleaned up the instrument cluster. Before and after
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Now I need to spray the column . In search of paint color again :lol:
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Today I replaced a broken rocker arm stud. I first attempted the job with the head still installed, but ended up pulling the head off yesterday. I first tried cutting new threads and using stacked washers to pull it out, but the threads gave out before it started moving. While still in the truck, I then tried welding a stud on top of the broken one to use for pulling it, but wasn’t able to get a good weld, mainly because of the location and my inexperience with welding. Welding in an assembled motor is scary, so I pulled the head, removed all the valves, and then was able to get a good enough weld to pull the broken stud. I tapped the hole, threaded in a new stud, reinstalled all the valves, and will start putting the motor back together tomorrow.
This is the second stud that broke after installing a mild lift cam (.454/.454) last year, and based on the location of the break on both, which was just at the base of the threads, it looks like the slots in the stock rocker arms were not long enough causing this issue. I now have new rocker arms with longer slots and should know if I solved the issue soon. Pictures are the first stud that brok and the second one I pulled today. |
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Dash is coming along . I used duplicolor Arizona Beige for the column and the top of the dash it looks the same in pictures but is much darker and I put a two wet coats and then misted it to kill the gloss.
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