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Old 10-16-2005, 06:03 PM   #1
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What did you get done?

Nothing truck related for me "again" I spent the week doing the usual, and Saturday was burnt up doing things around the house. Today me and the yard crew spread 3 yards of mulch, bagged 18 big bags of trimmings, then trimmed and mowed the grass.

Then I repaired my daughters trampoline, and now I need to repair a faucet.


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Old 10-16-2005, 06:05 PM   #2
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Re: What did you get done?

well, i bought a couple of relays to rewire my headlights, but that is all i got done...
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:07 PM   #3
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Re: What did you get done?

Installed a tilt column in my truck.
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:11 PM   #4
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Installed a tilt column in my truck.
Your going to love that! It's amazing how just a couple clicks of the tilt column makes a huge difference in comort...
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:32 PM   #5
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Re: What did you get done?

Put some oil into my Blazer, and found the bad ground on it. Helped my brother find an oil leak on his subaru. Hung out with my dad and had dinner with him. Went and partied a little Friday and Saturday night. Ohh yeah, just got done doing some yard work.
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:39 PM   #6
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bought a mini-starter http://www.specialtiestuff.com/itemDetail.asp?item=246 , and a new hei distributor http://www.specialtiestuff.com/itemDetail.asp?item=160
the company was setup at the local swap meet and i got each of them for $70 a piece, is that a good deal, i am also thinking about buying a fan from them
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Old 10-16-2005, 06:49 PM   #7
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Re: What did you get done?

Did some work on my 85 Silverado in anticipation of selling it. It had been sitting for a few months, so I took it out for a romp to "stretch it's legs". It ran horribly, taking forever to get up to speed. Got it home, played with the timing a bit, and when I took again it would take off like like it had a purpose.

Played with the timing on my 86 GMC. Still have some ping at WOT when the revs start getting up there (no tach, not sure what RPM). Base timing is at about 10 degrees now, going to knock that back to 8 and see if it gets rid of the ping.

Also did some end-of-season yardwork and loaded a bunch of junk into the truck for a trip to the dump.
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Old 10-16-2005, 07:02 PM   #8
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Assembled the motor for my Mustang and relaxed didn't get much done for truck...
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Old 10-16-2005, 07:02 PM   #9
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Assembled the motor for my Mustang and relaxed didn't get much done for truck...
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Old 10-16-2005, 09:09 PM   #10
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I washed, waxed, and detailed the 85. Installed the carpet and new seat in the 86, but i still need dye and install all of the headliner trim. I also dyed the blue seatbelts black and installed them. It is actually starting to look like a truck. I might even fire it up next weekend, depending on how much I get done this week.
Also put new brake pads on the wifes Trailblazer.
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Old 10-16-2005, 11:48 PM   #11
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Re: What did you get done?

a new hooptie sits next to the truck
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Old 10-17-2005, 01:02 PM   #12
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Pics or STFU!

I did nothing truck related unfortunately... I delivered a customer car ('56) to the body shop for some final finish work, then went and picked up my dad's '56 from storage and brought it home until it goes back to the chassis shop (hopefully this week) for more cage and frame updates. (going from a car built for 700 hp to a car built for 1500 hp requires a few more bars )

On top of that I got my blazer detailed and to it's new owner, went to my Godson's 1st birthday party, and hung out with my dad in the hospital (he just had a radical nephrectomy wed.)

Here's the customer car after I cleaned it up a little to deliver to the body shop...


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Old 10-17-2005, 02:45 PM   #13
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Re: What did you get done?

Got the correct brackets for my seat, used the suburban brackets to break the last peices of glass out of an F150 a customer got for the powertrain. My butt and back are happy now that theres some lean towards the back instead of the front.

Spend the rest of saturday finishing the boxing job the LCA's and PHRB on my Firebird, nice and tight now.

Then found out a TGO board member died in a car accident, real nice guy I'll miss him.

Then today found out a friend should play the lottery. He crashed his motorcycle 80MPH up on a mountain road, and flew down the embankment, lucky SOB walked away. When the went to get his bike sunday afternoon, they found peices from 3 different motorcycles in the same spot. State trooper told them several people have died in the same spot.
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Old 10-18-2005, 10:39 AM   #14
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I washed, waxed, and detailed the 85. Installed the carpet and new seat in the 86, but i still need dye and install all of the headliner trim. I also dyed the blue seatbelts black and installed them. It is actually starting to look like a truck. I might even fire it up next weekend, depending on how much I get done this week.
Also put new brake pads on the wifes Trailblazer.

More about this carpet dye please. I want to dye the blue carpet and seatbelts in my pickup black becasuse I am cheap. I am worried though about it looking right, wearing off and showing blue, and wearing off and showing black on me or my clothes. How is it going so far?

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Old 10-18-2005, 03:22 PM   #15
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Re: What did you get done?

Did some cleaning outside the shop this weekend, and started cleaning up inside for some cars that are soon coming in for the winter

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Old 10-18-2005, 06:10 PM   #16
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Re: What did you get done?

[QUOTE=modmach1]Did some cleaning outside the shop this weekend, and started cleaning up inside for some cars that are soon coming in for the winter
Wow!!! Nice place you got there! I wish I could house that many!
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Old 10-17-2005, 12:16 AM   #17
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Re: What did you get done?

went to the truckin nationals here in phoenix, sorry no pics. Saw a lot of 73-87 fixed up pretty nice, the hills brothers truckin truck with another blue/grayy like bagged74's, wish I had my camera back.
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Old 10-17-2005, 12:52 AM   #18
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Saturday was my birthday, so I tinkered a bit in the garage. I got the 74 in the garage to start stripping the front end off for all new parts. Went with my father to look at a 440/727 for his old sedan, it's amazing what people are trying to pull off as re-built these days!! Anywho, sunday I went to help a buddy with a brake job on his blazer, then I k2'd some fenders for a 37 chevy truck, looks real good, wish I had one. Looking forward to a great fall/winter work session on my projects!! Oh, also did a little work on the 41 coupe, in the last 2 weeks I've put a mustang cobra suspension in the rear and mustang 2 front clip in the front. I know, I know...the whole ford thing, but a 9" posi rear end really looks good What did you all get done???
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Old 10-17-2005, 06:11 PM   #19
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went to the truckin nationals here in phoenix, sorry no pics. Saw a lot of 73-87 fixed up pretty nice, the hills brothers truckin truck with another blue/grayy like bagged74's, wish I had my camera back.
I brought mine! Good times!





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Old 10-19-2005, 09:02 AM   #20
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I brought mine! Good times!
And we only get three pics? C'mon man you gotta share....
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Old 10-20-2005, 11:35 PM   #21
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Yep, Im w/them. We need some pics of that 2nd gen.
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Old 10-17-2005, 12:58 AM   #22
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Nothin, lol
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Old 10-17-2005, 01:17 AM   #23
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I got fairly amgry at my '76 Civic CVCC. I finally traced the short and fixed it and my alternator needed repalcement. NAPA had ONE in California - luckily it was 30 miles away and they brought it for me. He told me there was only one in Oregon and non in other surrounding states. When it got here it had a bent pulley and broken insulator but I had to take it becaue that's all I had to get. They also did not want a core because they are no longer are rebuilding them. I installed it and started the car and tested the elecrical system and it was runnging great. I then noticed a smell and looked down at the engine and the carb was pouring gas all over the engine. I shut it off and found O-rings that went bad. WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING FOR 2 WEEKS!!!! Can you tell I'm angry? I went to get a carb rebuild kit becaue all the O-ring I looked at felt like hard plastic. It was discontinued. We scoured the parts book and found a discontinued kit they would ship from another store for me. So I'm waiting to fix the little bugger. I have a feeling that in a couple years it breaks down, there will be no parts for it period. My truck is still sitting in the driveway. I have started working on an LED dome light.
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Old 10-17-2005, 03:31 AM   #24
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I got fairly amgry at my '76 Civic CVCC.
Dude, that car is one HELACIOUS death trap! Seriously, PLEASE get something else!
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Old 10-17-2005, 07:13 AM   #25
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Dude, that car is one HELACIOUS death trap! Seriously, PLEASE get something else!
Like the old sayin goes...one mans junk is another mans treasure.

Tyler, can you post of pic of the car...not sure I have seen one before.
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