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Well dang but I actually just got a solid pair from Pull a part...but thats a hell of a deal

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Oh ok. lmk if you want them and I'll pick them up for ya.

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Appreciate it man! Im good though

Thanks!

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So I have went through a bunch of extra clusters sitting around and I had an idea....Why do I have to have green blinkers?!!!!! So I had to change it, I went and took the extra "High Beam" Plastic and cut them into blinker plastics so now my blinkers are blue :)

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Nice!!! Looks clean man, I think I want some red ones!! I have to wait though I just bought my mufflers hopefully have an exhaust done this weekend
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yeah i just did this with stuff laying around so it was easy

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Woohooo!!! Been having some electrical problems with my headlights, turn signal, and so on for a while and i finally think i figured it out....Found a lose ground on the passenger side......Yup that will do it...lol Now i just need to fix the hazards

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Woohoo!!! Means it's a good thanksgiving for you!!! I can't wait for my Black Friday gift haha screw that shopping I have work to do lol
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Haha yup thats my plan too!! I actually did some tunning of the carb now that I have a vacuum gauge...Just wish I had a tach so i could know where its idling...Damn idle screw is basically backed all the way out...This learning stuff is rough lol

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Lol I feel you bro trust me, I'm just hoping I'm just a semi guru after its all done and can do this stuff while looking at it like it's back of my hand, does all your gauges work?
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Yeah, All my gauges do work...The only one thats questionable is the fuel gauge because its a bit jumpy.....So im left wondering sometimes...

Just no tach in the truck

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Mine does it too whenever my gas starts getting low kind of mind boggling actually but I still have my readings so I'm not too concerned lol be careful with putting a tach because that was a little bit of my issue with mine, my cousin that's a mechanic suggested me to not use it at all, just a little bit to think about I'm tempted to plug it back up but I don't want to get back to square one with my motor not running again
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O im not going to put a tach in i just need to get a tach to test from the engine bay...lol

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Lol oh okay yeah I'm going to want to get mine looked at too sound like it was fine I don't know enough about carbs to start trying to even tweak with it lol
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HAHA! I dont know anything about them but I read about adjusting them so thats what i did...Just not sure where its idling

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Oo I see, yeah it seems like it's fine but yet again I really can't say yes or no just yet because I just got it running again, and it has open headers right now so don't want to run it too much and throw a valve or cylinder
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i hear that

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Adjustments arent to hard but as long as the engine doesnt die you shouldnt worry abut your idle. Heck ive heard the saying "the cheapest lope is just turning the idle down". Sharkbite, you shouldnt have a problem running open headers...id only worry if there wasnt any exhaust hooked up to move the temps away from the engine bay
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Im about tog o nuts...Its bogging down badly so i dunno whats going on

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Got a little bit done today....


Started removing the paint off the fenders and also painted the inside of the one Rust-oleum gloss black..... Trying to decided if I need to do more welding and flap disc the weld holes or use a little bondo to smooth out the small weld spots from the trim

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Man, the inside of that one looks brand new!

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Very very nice looks sweeet!!! I'm about to tear mine down some soon
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The rebuild is looking good man! and i would recomend getting a cheap sunpro tac from autozone or o reillys there a good deal for the price!

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^^^what he said, I love mine!

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Yeah,...Ive been thinking about that and mounting it on the column but ive heard them causing issues to....

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I can show you how to hook it up.

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awesome :)

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I had no idea how to hook mine up, but there were some instructions I looked at, but they weren't real clear. I was at a buddy's house who is a mechanic and I converted my truck to HEI and hooked up the tach, and just asked him any questions. It was simple, I just get a little nervous sometimes when it comes to wiring lol.

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yeah i understand that....Im just learning everything from the ground up so Im always weary of doing things....lol

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Suck it up boys you just have to get in there and get it done!!! lol

Btw Jeff that fender is looking great!

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Yeah you can put it on the column, I have one on my 77 that's on the column no issues with it at all, except mine isn't working haha
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Well it was a bit brisk today and below the 50 degrees recommended for painting but i fired up the wood burning stove and did it anyway...

So I painted the back of the second fender and also finished removing the paint from the front of the first. Then I let the fenders sit and started working on the hood hinges I grabbed when i got the fender.. So I wired the crap out of then and I may live to regret it but I painted them red... Now its fairly cold out so im hoping they dry by morning but its hard to say.... Im thinking the red/black look will be a nice accent but maybe not we will see

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Either way, I think your paintwork was good quality. It all looks good to me.

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Just some rust-oleum nothing special...Not sure how well the red is gonna stick though....

Thanks though

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Well it was definetly too cold...The hinges are still tacky this morning...I have them sitting out in the sun to get them to dry. Hopefully they will dry in the next hour so i can flip them and hit the other side

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They look sweet man, definitely enjoying seeing the little things, you make me want to step up my game another level lol but its back to square one with me again truck in a non running state.

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what happened? why is it not running?

the red looks good but i didnt get the hinges as clean as i though...a few spots didnt hold the paint well but most is all good..

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Well its either the started or ignition, went and drove it literally all day yesterday cranked fine ran fine everything was running tip top shape, and this morning went to go drop off some scrap and get rope, went to a part store to get some rope turned it off came to start it up again made a click noise but didn't start then after that nothing no power to the gauges or anything had battery checked battery is fine.

i hear you, just think man like me i ain't perfect at nothing I do, practice makes perfect though

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dang thats crazy

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oh well part of owning a truck the age that it is. just thankful I wasn't across town when it all went down, and also that i was at a part store thankfully. but a guy suggested a way to check the starter so I'm going to climb under the truck in a few minutes and test it.