what have you done this week ?
 

it seem's like I had not touched my 67 in a long time and got to wanting to ride it down to pigeon forge in september so I started working on it and it hasn't stopped !

#1 put in a 3.08 set of gear's and chunk
#2 drove it a few hundred mile's then changed out the rear end grease
that little job is now done !
#3 took my wheel's off balanced my tire's and painted my wheel's shiny black instead of the flat black like I had them ,
#4 in progress gonna put in a new rear main seal and a new oil pan gasket
(IN THE MORNING I GUESS)
#5 installed new rear brake shoe's ,

I hope after tommorow I will have it ready to go !!

so what have you done this week ?

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I looked at my rolling chassis and cab in the garage and then realized it was too hot and went back in the house and ordered more parts for when it is cooler.

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you know , it was flippin hot ! out here when I was changing my gear's too !
but I suffered thru it :lol:

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Put my dash pad on heater box back together searched junk yard for brake booster and lost my favorite socket wrench

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FINALLY got my frame to the sandblaster. Should be done this weekend or early next week. I can't wait to get it back and put some paint on it.

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Don't kill me...


I worked on a ford. :tms:

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Of course you did...isn't that all they're good for! J/K I have two of them.

I wish I was building my bed floor, but instead I got to move and remodel my bedroom (tear out ceiling and carpet, hang new drywall on ceiling, tape, paint, and install hardwood floor) now I'm just tring to get the room back together.

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I replaced my Driver's side taillight housing, put in a new temp gauge sending unit (it works!) and put one of those abs plastic covers over my ratty old dash pad. My wife got the cover for me for Father's day, and my interior is looking pretty decent now.

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fixed the fuel sending unit in the 70. now the gas hand works! got bad gas in the 69. ugh. i guess that is next. what is the best way for getting water out? i do love working on them.

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I worked from 6-10 pretty much every day, but got off early yesterday after a rig move. So today I helped my dad switch motors in his 68. The old 396 burned oil so we pulled it and put a .040 402 in it. other than that, just waiting for monday morning to lay down some pipe and pick up some pipe.

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I went to the junk yard and pulled 3 seat belts, and installed them into my 67 C30. Shoulder belts make me feel a lot safer driving it. I also found a sweet saddle blanket seat cover for $2 bucks at the bone yard. It was hot so I didn't start my search for power steering. I also bought a cherry picker and engine stand for $82 bucks at a garage sale for future weekends.

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worked.

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Moved into my house. What a pain in the ass that was! Ever thrown a $3,500 mattress off of a 3rd floor balcony? I have :D

Haven't touched the truck in months except to drive it.

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me and my lil brother re did his hole brake sistem from master cylinder to lines wheel cylinders pads now his 64 went from stoping bad to stoping not so bad haha damn drum brakes ohh well at least they dont leak any more

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The week before last;
New rear drums,shoes,hardware kits,wheel cylinders and one axle seal.
Changed Diff lube.

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Well, I pulled my stereo out for the hundreth time to see if I can get the thumb drive to work, and will have my JY sway bar installed by tomorrow on my '67. Ya-hoo!

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1.paid 68c15 the balance of what I owed him, for his work on my Son's 67 CST.
2.drove it to gas station and added a little air to passenger side front michelin.
3.drove it east of town aways and bought fireworks.
4.got out and looked at it a few times and listended to it run.
5.called one of my Brothers on my cell and told him how much I dig this truck.
6,down shifted coming up to a stop sign and listened to the rear tires chirp.
7.realized again how fortunate I am to know Todd.
8. went to bed a happy camper.

thats about it. ....... thanks Todd, you are one of the reasons life is good.

kent

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1. disc brake install 1970 Cuda 440
2. 200r4 install & a/c compressor 83 Malibu wagon
3. fixed no start 69 Olds Cutlass
4. repaired dash lights, coolant leak, shifter problem 55 Chevy wagon
5. fixed no crank on 41 Lasalle convertible. Customer hooled the battery up backwards, now it cranks but will not start. Think he took out the pertronix module we installed a few years ago.

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1 painted and installed the vaulve covers.
2 finished installing the alt. and pulleys.
3 pulled the motor from the sons 68

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:lol: that don't count we are just talking about this week :lol:

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I ground the horns on my ram horn exhaust manifolds to give my valve covers some space. I've got vortec heads and the ram horns on the truck each have 4 square blocks cast on the top/inside edge that were pressing against the flange of my valve covers. It's something I've known about for a while, but I've been going back and forth on headers, so I had been putting it off. I used a grinder, a cut-off and a dremmel to get the job done. I also installed some ball-milled covers that I had laying around. They look great compared to the old steel centerbolt covers. I also relocated my oil fill from the back of the passenger cover to the front. That'll make life easier...

In the process I managed to tear the electrode off one of my taylor wires, so I've got to make up a new wire or two. I'm also going to reposition my alternator with a little longer belt, so it doesn't contact the valve cover. All in all, just a little tweaking to make it all a little better.

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I wish I had got as much done as some of you all on my '67 and '71, but it seems something is always getting in the way of working on my trucks.

This week was no exception.

It is busy the season here on the farm with mowing, bush-hogging and ice storm cleanup still going on.

I had a dentist appointment and my wife had two.

I serviced my Husqvarna lawn tractor, removed the camper from the '92 K-3500 duallie and put a new blower motor resistor in the '86 4-Runner.

My son and I put a better hood on my '71 C-10 farm truck.

We finished replacing all the rusty sheetmetal in the floor of my grandson's '63 and painted the interior.

Working on the '63 is a joint venture with my son, grandson and I working on it. We are teaching my grandson how to work on these old trucks. Actually I am learning a lot also working with them.

Last but not least my wife and I have been trying to get our stuff together to take a trip out to the West Coast later this week to see family and friends.

As usual I rambled some, huh?

Danny

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Alchohol works great for taking out water. One pint to 10 gals outta do ya. Don't worry about adding too much it will burn out with the gas.
Duke

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Finished stripping the cab and pulled the cab from the frame on my latest project, '72 swb. Next step, taking the cab to the sandblaster.. :chevy:

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1. Installed serp system on the GMC
2. Installed new shroud n twin VIRGO elec fans
3. Worked all the electrical issues from the wiring
4. Prepped the place for family/ friends for July 4th BBQ