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mine still sits at the body shop. Heres some progress pics.. they hope to have it all in primer this week and then paint soon after that.. I did get my new marker lights this week. its all a matter of hurry up and wait

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Installed New Smog (AIR) pump and all the hoses. (It looks very official now)
Swapped out my stand by 10-SI for reworked 94AMP 12-SI Alternator (one of the three rectifier diodes went out).
Found out that Summit shipped out new Headman headers on Friday!! So all the plumbing work will have to be re-done once the new headers are installed.

//RF

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Tore my engine down. Removed alternator, power steering pump, water pump, intake, carb, dizzy, and here in a few minutes the heads are coming off. I have a set of 305 heads I'm putting on sometime this week, and Crane HMV-260-2 NC (.427 intake lift/.454 exhaust lift, 260 intake duration /272 exhaust duration) cam is going in too.

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Put 2" drop shackles on my '79 only to get 1" of drop, then oiled hood hinges to get them freed up for new hood next weekend, only to find my water neck on intake cracked/leaks, installed new one.

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Got a new dash pad from Pull a Part...Sanded it, Filled the cracks a bit, and painted it

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Finished painting body panels at last, tailgate and inside of driverside fender was the last. Now only the roll cage left to be painted. Started to re wire rear lights and hitch connector, my old harness is hacked but I managed to get it working so I at least know that I have power back there.
While I have the bed off I made new hangers for the exhaust, it´s now tucked up high so it woun´t get in the way once I flip the rear. But that will have to wait, only 2 weks left until I lose my workshop space, so it´s a rush againt the clock to tie everything up and get the truck back on the road.

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Nothing square body this weekend. I did score a set of nearly new Coker Classic WWW for my '50. Grabbed them from a friend for a single Benjamin.

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My dad got his truck back from getting a new motor, i get to keep the old one to tear down and mess around with. Fixed the exhaust on my jeep, changed some bulbs on my truck and tomorrow will rewire my dome light socket

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Added a set of dual cb antennas on the big ol' trucker mirrors to go along with the vintage Cobra radio I have for the truck. True late 70's style.

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SC C10 very nice truck im for duallys all the way!! those white rims makes it stand out very good

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i sanded down my old crappy tan door panels ,painted em .recovered the inserts with some scrap vinyl and made some aluminum inserts.i dont have the factory trim or any arm rests so i made these out of some scrap i had from another project.first time doing any upholstery work.itl do till i can get new door panels.still gotta get the metal dash painted and a dashpad.also cut off my bumpstop stands and bolted some poly bumpstops to the lower a arm.now it has some suspension travel.also fixed my tv cable for my 700r4 so it doesnt bang on every shift.

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I got the headers & accessory brackets back from the p.coaters. Turned out nice for what I have into them. I started getting them back onto the motor today which led to a couple issues I'm working on now.

I seem to be missing some hardware for the belt tensioner so my buddy is going to see if he can get it through GM still. I also noticed on the replacement tensioner assembly that the bearing is made in China where the original GM part was made in USA. I purchased the top-of-the-line @ Oreillys (Gates) vs their house brand specifically to avoid the cheap China crap.

I'm going to look up some bearing info tomorrow & might just swap out the bearings if my buddy @ the dealership strikes out.

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I got drive my truck for the first time on public roads for the first time in over year, but ended up striping out all but one seat belt mounting nut, I forgot to strap my battery down and the + battery cable melted against the battery tray when I slammed on the brakes, shut the truck down completely for a couple of seconds the every thing powered back up and truck started right up no other damage found, and I had a small fuel leak found it was coming from the return line on the sender I found out I was using the incorrect flare got that fixed and went to put the lines back on and damaged the flare pieces for the feed line I'll re-flare the line, reinstall the tank, and repair the seat belt nuts and I'll be back in business

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oh man, I've been bowed up like an anorexic sumo wrestler trying to make weight.
I had to work friday so saturday I got up early and cleaned up the shop after the engine tear down from my black crew cab. then I pulled my toyota pu in to see why It suddenly wants to run like crap, that was an easy diagnose timming chain wore through the water pump:waah: then I pulled the white 4wd crew cab in to see if I could fix the defrost and chase down some of the electrical demons. well once I pulled the dash out my defrost problem was very aparent! the air was being blocked by 3 or 6 dozon pens pencils straws and what ever else was under there ( the dash fits better now). I kinda aready had an idea what was going on with my lights and I was right the switch was bad. replaced it and a few dash lights. then crawled under it to see what all the wires were that hung down. I pulled a few rats nest of wire out along with some that ran the full lenght of the frame. I also found out its got helper bags that arn't bolted to the rear end and it has a goose neck hitch. then I made the call to pull the crappy tint off the back door windows. mistake!!! I ended up having to scrub all the scum film off the other windows and detailing the rest of the inside do to a lot of nicetine. then to day I took it easy with just changing the oil in it and fix a few little thing that botherd me. its fairly quiet now that most of the rattles are bolted or screwed back together

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Trucks sat for 2 weeks while i went on a trip, got it out today and drove it around. I was missing it. It started right up and took off like when i drive it daily. I'm happy with that.

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Lots of wiring

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installed my vintage rear window louvers. (yes, I know the one on the right is crooked. i straightened it up after I took the pic)

This should draw out some haters. Hey, its stuck in the 1970s. what can I say?

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Pulled the cluster out of the stepside, painted the inside white, and replaced the bulbs.

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Swapped out 2" drop springs up front for 1" drop springs. Hope that helps with the rim grinding. Also replaced the front section of the e-brake cable.

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helped the 13y/o pull a 43y/o heart out of a 33y/o patient :chevy:

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I got quite a bit done. Replaced the rear shoes, wheel cylinders, hardware and one e brake cable and one stud on our truck. Cleanded up the alt wireing and found out the alt was bad. So i replaced that and took wife and daughter for there first ride in the truck.

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Bolted my accessory bracket up to my Gen II LT1, installed the PS pump, alternator and AC delete pulley. Started the motor, belt stays on like it should. Only thing is my alternator is not charging. May be bad. Removed the old manual steering gearbox to make way for the new power steering unit that I am getting next weekend. Picked up my upper and lower control arms from the machine shop where they got new polyurethane bushings and ball joints. Primed and started to paint them. Bolted in my new B & M Megashifter. The PO on my truck installed a tranny mount Lokar 23" double bend shifter. Had to fab a cover plate out of aluminum to cover the hole he cut in the floor. Also installed a new windshield washer resevoir in my 04 Suburban.

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Finally got started on fixing the cracked frame where the steering box bolts up, some pics. had about 1/2 turn in the steering wheel play.
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Still have more to do but test drove it and it is MUCH better.

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scored a factory 73-80 sport bumper off 79 blue monsters truck for $65!

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Rebuilt my mangled 10 bolt.
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I froze my ass off at a local swapmeet.....got wet....but also picked up my parts from the chromer....:)

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bought a 79 Jimmy
It was for sale a month ago 5000. 2 + hours away
got an email after ,that it sold...
FWD last thursday it's up for sale again
turnsout the guys wife hit the front frender
and the guy traded it in 30 min from me for a 4X4
the guy said anybody that looked at it thought it was 4X4 and didn't want it
if i brought 4000.i can have it...SOLD

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NIce...I pulled all the trim pieces today, door panles, and headliner so I can re work them all...Gotta get the wrinkles out of my vinyl for the headliner first though lol

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Not much, really. I removed the climate controls and the radio. I have an extra payday in March that I'm planning to use to buy a cherry picker, engine stand, and a welder. Then I can get the engine out, cab off, and start working on the frame and replacing sheet metal on the cab.

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I ordered led bulbs for the gauges in both trucks today. Also sold my 8 lug 20's today, so it looks like I will be ordering sheet metal to fix the crew.

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Was that the Early Bird? I was wanting to go to that one, guess it was far bigger than the one before it

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Which type of LED did you end up ordering???

//RF

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I patched up the big holes left over from removing the factory ac stuff.

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Finished my side exit exhaust and, started to cut my trans xmember for pipe clearence. I need to take pics and post them.

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Finally got the seat upholstery done and back in the truck and the door panels are going back together! Lots of NOS parts and some custom work as well!

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Also got the subwoofer box going! :)
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They are the ones with 5 led's per bulb, 1 on top and 1 on each side. They were $7.50 for 10 of them shipped to my door off of ebay. I will let you know how they perform once installed.