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10-09-2005, 07:54 PM | #1 |
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What did you get done?
I didn't get anything truck related done this week. I did talk to my buddy Keith and found out my Ram Horn manifolds are back from the coaters. He said they look like chrome, so I'm excited.
Saturday morning I went to watch one of my daughters club volleyball team mates play in her middle school tournament. I also got to check out one of the new players that will be on her club team in action. Saturday night we took her club team to watch the Rice vs SMU volleyball match. They had a blast watching the big girls play. Saturday night I had a house full of 13 year old girls for a sleep over after the game. Today I ran some service calss, then watched the Astros game. It went to 18 innings. WOW! What a looooong game. What did you get done....?
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10-09-2005, 07:59 PM | #2 |
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I made the dogs bark and the little children cry...
Yep, I started up my engine for the first time!!!!!! Woo Hooooo!!!! Something about a big block revving up thru open headers just brings a tear to my eye.
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10-10-2005, 05:29 PM | #3 | |
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10-10-2005, 06:20 PM | #4 | |
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10-09-2005, 08:01 PM | #5 |
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Im going to pickup my new truck in the morning, I went and cleaned it off today, its was full of crap. Ill get pictures once I get it home.
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10-09-2005, 08:01 PM | #6 |
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Doooode! That's awesome Greg. I'm glad to hear it busted off and ran alright. That's gotta be a bunch of motivation right there to get the rest done....
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10-09-2005, 08:07 PM | #7 |
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Adhered my filler panels to the firewall and started tinkering a little with the filler to finish it out.
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10-09-2005, 08:09 PM | #8 |
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I am on my 32nd worked hour since Friday. Short little sleep brakes at home in between. I did do 1 truck related thing however! I added brake fluid to my empty rear master cylinder on my way home last night.Where did it go you may be wondering, I am wondering too??? I could not find any evidence of a leak.... It was replaced when I did the engine 4 months ago??? I did drive it to work today and all seems to be fully functional? I guess I will look at it some more tomorrow when I am off.
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10-09-2005, 08:33 PM | #9 | |
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10-09-2005, 08:44 PM | #10 |
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Actually the first thing I did was crawl under the truck with a flash light?? Nothing....
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10-09-2005, 08:46 PM | #11 |
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I didn't see anything on the master cylinder it self.. I will keep looking tomorrow???
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10-10-2005, 05:52 PM | #12 | |
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10-12-2005, 07:12 AM | #13 |
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Here's the rest of the pics, the fender turned out pretty good, i have to loosen the bolts and "scoot" it forward just a little, it's kind of close at the seam between the door and fender. Then i just need to clean the grease pencil numbers off. Soon i'm going to clean up the passenger side of the engine bay, so even though i'm not swapping fenders i'll probably be pulling the fender to get to everything and refinish the wheel well on that side, also looking to rewire the battery cables. But first this weekend's project will be to install the electric window switch kit in the center console.
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10-09-2005, 09:08 PM | #14 |
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I actually worked on my trucks for a change. I stripped my 90 Blazer out and got it ready to go to Blazer heaven. I also traded my 78 Jimmy for a 91 Blazer. It has everything I was looking for, like power mirrors, and a couple things I wasn't, like a hideous body lift and electrical gremlins. I kept enough parts off of the 90 to make it right though.
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10-09-2005, 10:37 PM | #15 |
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I looked up P/N's for everything needed to reassemble Ken's old 350. The internets a great tool, but sometimes too much information can cause headaches.
I placed an order w/Jegs to get everything on its way (oil pan gasket, intake gaskets, head gaskets, valve cover gaskets, dynomax shorty headers, Cloyes timing chain set, harmonic balancer puller/installer kit) plus a few other odds & ends. I'll re-use the old q-jet & HEI for now so that should get the project moving along. My GF & I spent quality time together yesterday & went to see the flick '2 for the Money'. Pacino is a great actor but don't waste your $$ on this one . . .....
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10-09-2005, 10:28 PM | #16 |
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Greg & Steven...your progress looks awesome!!! I am soo jealous, because I didn't get squat done on my truck this week/weekend.
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10-09-2005, 11:07 PM | #17 |
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I made junkyard run Saturday. I found 2 sets of black seatbelts, but I left them there. I really need to get on ebay so I can start making some money off this stuff to put back in my truck.
I got a perfect dash bezel at the junkyard for $8.75. I have been looking for one forever because mine has an odd look, like it has water spots on it, but they won't come off. I washed the dust off the new in my kitchen sink with a cotton washcloth and some Dawn. Now it looks like my old one. All I can figure is that it has a clear finish on it that gets brittle after 20 years. Next I'll try to see if I can scrub all of the stuff off of it and make it all uniform. I also got a complete wing window to replace one that broke off in my hand at 70 mph last year when I was on a road trip. It cost me $17 for the complete assembly with glass, so I guess that isn't too bad. I saw an interesting bucket seat conversion. It looked like someone put Suburban seats in a pickup by cutting the inside front tab out of the floor of a Suburban and screwing it to the floor with sheetmetal screws. They didn't just take the tab, though. The took enough of the floor with the tab attached so that they could recreate the shape of the suburban floor to match the seat slides. Everything else looked like it lined up without any modifications. It was hard to describe. I'm thinking about going back and trying to pick them up, but I don't know if I would need just the tabs, the tabs and slides, or what. What I do know is that they did NOT look like the tabs that people here have posted pics of. Slonaker |
10-09-2005, 11:55 PM | #18 |
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Today I found a buyer for the 4.10 gears I have in a 10-bolt front axle. I'd only had the axle a week! (I only got it for the 8-lug outers)
Spent the morning tearing it down. I had my 3-1/2 year old son out 'helping' me He was spinning the rotors telling me thats where the wheels go on. Then after I took the diff cover off he instinctively grabbed the yoke and started turning it to watch the gears move.
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10-09-2005, 11:56 PM | #19 |
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I got the driver's side fender swapped out, refinished the wheel well while i was at it and did some cleaning and wire management. I painted the hood cowl and windshield wiper arms, will post pics of that tomorrow, here's the fender swap.
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10-10-2005, 12:27 AM | #20 |
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well mine is a downer. two weeks ago my wife became a sister, but the baby was only 24 weeks along when born. this thursday she passed away. very sad. the funeral was saturday. me and my wife really haven't done anything besides sit at home and mope.
i did change the front brake pads on the truck just to get my mind off everything going on. |
10-10-2005, 12:57 AM | #21 | |
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That sucks to hear hobbz. I've had my fair share of bad news this week also, but I usually don't talk much about the crappy stuff, as it just depresses me. Best wishes to the family.
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10-10-2005, 09:52 AM | #22 | |
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10-10-2005, 01:25 AM | #23 |
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I purchased my 350 crate engine along with a engine stand and hoist. Also, I purchased online a edelb eps intake, new H balancer, high vol. water pump, fuel pump, and a accel dizzy so far. I'm waiting on the wifes' digital cam to start cataloging my progress.
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10-10-2005, 01:43 AM | #24 |
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I've spent the last couple of days wiring in my MSD 6A. Tomorrow I hope to finish the wiring, then install a Crane adjustable vacuum advance (with my handy-dandy printout of Ervin's directions in the garage) while swapping out the module, cap, rotor, and coil for MSD parts.
Once that's done I'll start cleaning up my old truck up so I can put it up for sale. |
10-10-2005, 10:49 AM | #25 |
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not much at all and absolutly no truck stuff but i spent a lot of time with my 1 yr old he is just a blessing other than that i set up time this week to complete the control arms and then i can assemble the front end components that are just sitting in the garage laughing at me every time i walk by. i will prolly get the frame up to a rolling chassy and leave it alone until after the move
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