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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Wiring can be fun at times.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Taped off and painted my new to me wheel covers for my 72
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Looking good...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I appreciate it... that was alot of tape and time, and they are still 10 footers
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
They look really good Tom. Do you need any of the fake lugs? I have some for you here. Let me know and I will mail them to you.
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Location: MD
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got my new Lokar floor shifter installed after having to repair the mess on the floorboards from the PO. Installed new reverse light switch, replaced broken antenna, replaced broken speedo cable, fixed horn button and popped in some turn signal cancel springs. Was actually on sunday, but spent the entire day working on the beast..haha
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Installed a new steering wheel and found out that the steering wheel shaft and nut are all but stripped out.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Looks Great Tow Strap !
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#8060 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Started putting it back together..
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I got into a minor chingaso and wound up with a broken windshield , I need to find a L.A. Metro area glass shop that'll know how to replace it ~ All Star Glass in GaRDENA TOOK ON THE JOB THEN CALLED ME BACK AND SAID they're too incompetent and cancelled the job .
A little help please .
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#8063 |
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Location: Anton, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
if ya'll remember several months ago ole dollor went through a bad storm and got some paint damage on the hood, top , and left side, well I got it sanded down and am in the process of repainting the hood , top and left side, got some painted yesterday and will do more today, hope it all turns out good. I will try and post some pics later.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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How about some "before", "during", and "after"? Like while you were doing the first paint.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
a lot of the pic's of the first paint job should be on here, and I posted the damage of the storm. my computer crashed so I will have to look and see if I still have them some where, I will get the new ones some time later, maybe today. I will try and get some of the old and new if that's possible. still need to cut and buff the new paint, so it all will match once I am finished....
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#8066 |
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Location: winnipeg
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Made two inch lowering blocks and dropped the rear down. I like the stance now and even the traction seems to have improved
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Location: Russellville, KY
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I have been disappointed with the power and fuel mileage with my 72 Cheyenne Super. I have only recently bought it. I like all cars/truck but I have been into Fords a long time. I really couldn't understand why this 350 was such a pooch. I know it's about 4,000 lbs. and only a 3.07:1 rear gear but come on! Then I calculated my gas mileage yesterday and it was 7.4 mpg! So I decided something had to be wrong. The PO had converted it to HEI and I put a Holley 600 vacuum secondary on it because the quadrajet was long gone when I bought it. Today I decided to check the timing. First, I noticed that the timing didn't change with the vacuum line unplugged, so I got the vacuum gauge out and had 18 inches at idle. So my vacuum advance does not work. Then I checked initial timing and it was about 7 degrees BTDC. I revved it and it didn't change. I pulled the cap and rotor and saw right away the weights were so sloppy that one was kind of on top of the other so they couldn't move. I jiggled them enough to get them freed up. Put it back together. Set initial timing at 12, winged the throttle and it went off the scale (I don't have a timing light with a dial). So I took it for a drive. WOW
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#8068 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Nice work! Most folks overlook the basics, looks like you nailed it.
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Location: Russellville, KY
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
thanks, I must admit I often over think things too. The truck had been sitting in a field for a while so I was expecting a lot of things to be wrong. So far nothing major.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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I have an extra windshield you can have. Dano
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got my brake light troubles sorted out....now on to replacing the trailing arms
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#8072 |
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Location: New England, ND
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Towstrap that is awesome! Love orange!
Heat pressure washed my frame, engine, and tranny yesterday before the snowstorm hit. High pressure steam is a great asset.
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Thanx Guys ;
I now have two places to call . The glass I broke was new Grrr..... I don't want a used one Dano , thank you all the same ! you've been a real lifesaver .
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Location: Kannapolis NC
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Fixed the right front parking light, witch wasn't coming on when I pulled the headlight switch, just for the parking light. I had to ground the light housing, and that's all it took. All lights work as they should.....
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Location: Wichita Ks
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Ordered my flip kit
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