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12-31-2005, 05:21 PM
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Bought a truck :)
After searching for a couple months for a c10 swb, I decided on a custom c20 instead. The Good - She's in great shape overall, very little rust except for a little surface rust along the drip rail. The Bad - I found a weak cylinder during a compression test, hopefully it's in the head and not a compression ring. I plan on performing a cylinder leak test soon to pinpoint the problem, hopefully I can just pull the heads for service.
I ordered replacement wing window seals...is there a perfered method of replacing these seals? Looking forward to further reading on this site 
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12-31-2005, 05:26 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
 on the purchase! to the baord.Good luck with the troubleshooting. |
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12-31-2005, 05:38 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Looks like the one that was for sale on Craigslist, good price I thought.
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12-31-2005, 05:48 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
nice lookin truck welcome to the boards from Alberta!
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12-31-2005, 06:15 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
nice ride
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1972 C20 cheyenne Super 402 BB/400 turbo LWB A/C Tilt, Cruise Control, Saddle tanks, Tach My Home Page Better to burn out than it is to rust |
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12-31-2005, 07:26 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
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12-31-2005, 07:29 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
yay! another member! Nice truck BTW..... Welcome from Iraq!
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'71 Chevy C-10 SWB (Project) '04 Mazda RX-8 (F*** around Car)  '85 Chevy C-20 (Former Project)  Currently Serving In IRAQ. (Man it sucks over here..) 
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12-31-2005, 07:36 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
wtg welcome to the borad nice looking truck
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12-31-2005, 07:41 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
 Nice find!!
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12-31-2005, 07:42 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
that's a really good start on the body. welcome from texas!
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12-31-2005, 07:59 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Nice ride for sure. Welcome to the board.
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12-31-2005, 08:01 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
from PA...nice looking truck you got there! Not sure about the windows seals, but you have found the right place for the answer!Mike
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12-31-2005, 08:22 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Nice ride! The vent seals aren't too hard if you have an assistant to help hold things together while you whack the rivets during reassembly. Do you have a vise and workbench?? I think it would be a lot harder of a job without. I didn't drill out the vent pivot rivet, it's stainless and my kit didn't have a stainless rivet. I ended up taking out the pivot hinge with the glass frame.
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01-01-2006, 12:52 AM
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01-01-2006, 12:54 AM
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01-01-2006, 02:18 AM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Welcome from another new guy! Let me tell you this place is great, there is a overwhelming wealth of knowledge here and as long as you post pics everybody stays happy(joke) but they do love pics.
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01-01-2006, 03:15 AM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Welcome to the board from South Mississippi. Good looking truck!
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01-01-2006, 03:50 AM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
nice truck welcome to the board from Ohio I am in the process of getting a 69 c10 swb from Georgia.
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01-01-2006, 11:39 AM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Welcome and congrats on your truck!!
Them old longbeds grow on you dont they??
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01-01-2006, 02:16 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
That's a nice ride! What are your plans?
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01-01-2006, 05:42 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Welcome tot he board from southern oregn looks like you scored yourself a nice ride..
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01-01-2006, 08:23 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Welcome to the board. There are definetly a lot of benevolent members of this website.
 I was wondering, why did your truck have a black out grill> I have seen white bumpers as well as body color but I have never seen black grills? Good purchase though!
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01-01-2006, 09:40 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Very cool truck!
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01-01-2006, 11:12 PM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Great buy, nice looking truck, I saw that on CL also.
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01-02-2006, 04:41 AM
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Re: Bought a truck :)
Hi to All - I think short term I'll work on small repairs - window seals, drip rail prep and sealant, and remove what little rust there is to prevent nasty rust down the road. I need to investigate the weak engine cylinder further so that's at the top of the list. And by next summer I'd like to have the a/c funtional..it's missing the a/c compressor, and most of the associated parts under the hood. Not sure if I should try to find original replacement parts, or go with a classic air kit.
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