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Old 09-17-2012, 01:15 AM   #4876
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I'd say you already won...Glad she's okay.
Thanks bud,I hope its going to be easy.
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Old 09-17-2012, 07:57 PM   #4877
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Wire wheeled the front of the frame and brushed on some POR-15. Still got a ways to go.
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Old 09-18-2012, 01:13 AM   #4878
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Came back (on the trailer) from the muffler shop. Everything goes up, I guess. Last time it was $200. This time, $350...and, like last time, I already had the Flowmasters.

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Went 2.25" pipes this time for some sanity. I don't know how much difference it made sound-wise, but the pro wanted a little more back pressure, so he shrunk down from the
2.5"'s I have gone before. Milder motor on this build (less cam).
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Old 09-18-2012, 01:41 AM   #4879
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275/45/20 On 10" wide 338's. Because of the backspacing (not to re-start anything ),
I'm running 1" spacers...maybe 1.25" to clear the bed (width-wise). I can't really remember which width spacers.

To mud.man.rj....Thanks very much. I appreciate the thumbs-up. Three years solo and a little help with the heavy lifting
from a couple of good pals. Glad to be at the (sometimes frustrating) "de-bugging" stage.
I may go 1.25 with a 295/40 tire for good measure.
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Old 09-18-2012, 11:21 AM   #4880
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I started fitting the serpentine belt system to the small block. I like it so far.
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Old 09-18-2012, 11:54 AM   #4881
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Instlled my billet hood hinges..
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Old 09-18-2012, 05:10 PM   #4882
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Ordered a Street Demon 1901 (Polymer center), went to the auto parts store to try to sort out the gas cap issue. Removed a little fluid from the Master Cyl rez. while trying to sort out the cap/gasket leak. Climbed under and made a heat shield between the new pass side pipe and the fuel line under the cab. Sorta figured out that the trans fluid ooze was coming from the trans dip stick. I have another one that isn't as "fancy". Like fancy women (no offense, Ladies), most of the time the ones that are built more sturdily work better in the long run. I'll change out the filler "tube" next time I can deal with going under....

Installed the trim around that already installed home-made headliner. Plopped a center console in....I think [I] got his one ten years ago off the shelf at Pep Boys.

It's only 2:10 in the afternoon. I'm glad to have her home, but that's all I can do today. I'm old.
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Old 09-18-2012, 05:12 PM   #4883
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I ordered a WHOLE BUNCH of parts from..*gulp* LMC. It's hard to resist their super user friendly website.
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Old 09-18-2012, 10:39 PM   #4884
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Instlled my billet hood hinges..
Those look great! How do you like 'em? Does your hood open as far as it did with the stock hinges? How hard was it to adjust the hood? What brand are they?
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Old 09-19-2012, 03:43 AM   #4885
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Took my truck to my buddies shop and we are gonna start on building a towhitch for it and may install the cluster I bought a couple of months back ( I hate wiring!!!)
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Old 09-19-2012, 05:02 AM   #4886
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ordered some parts :
new red carpet to change the old black (which is brown now)
red plug and chug cup older
custom autosound radio
some gifts/apparels we can't find in france : vintage chevy cap, long leaves t-shirt
waiting for receiving now !
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Old 09-19-2012, 07:05 AM   #4887
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listed it on kijiji. Not a good day.
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:06 AM   #4888
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Installed the Vintage Motor Minder gauge I scored recently and plumbed it in , it works great , now to find a bulb holder so it lights up @ night , in time it'll be part of my lockup TH350C's torque converter control system , I'm adding a green pilot lamp to the setup too so it'll let me know whenever it locks up .

Installed two rope hooks to the backup lamp bolts as I hate drilling holes .

Installed an under dash oscillating fan .

Swapped the tailgate hooks & chains left for right so underhooking the tailgate is easier , this is an old Farm trick that prevents the hooks from jumping out when you're bouncing down dirt roads .

I pulled the spark plugs as it's been missing at idle ~ WOW are they oily ! I wish I'da had my camera as it's hard to belive it ran like this , I guess the bubbas who
" rebuilt " this engine just before I bought the truck , screwed it up , I have a spare 292 and may have a line on a takeout 1969 numbers matching 250 , if so I'll overhaul it and stick it in , the work never stops .

I'm still not sure which engine I want , the 292's are great but thirsty .

In any case , I used my War Surplus Dental Pick to carefully scrape the plugs clean and re - installed them after opening up the gaps to .070" ~ this will drive the HEI to it's full output and maybe stop the plug fouling .

It figures I'd install the cab fan the same day the heat wave finally broke .
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Old 09-20-2012, 10:39 PM   #4889
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It's about the DMV...California style.

The short version: After paying my tags late in July for the period of 9/30/12 to 9/30/13...and them cashing the check on 8/3/12, no tags came. More shortening:
At least eight calls later all over the state, with a number of folks hanging up on me (I was ALWAYS NICE...Every time, I had to tell the whole story over to someone new...
...and I thanked them for listening), I got thru to the boss of the boss of the manager at 2:00 today.

I usually don't go the "going over your head route". But I was really exasperated. She asked me, "HOW DID YOU GET MY PHONE NUMBER?" Which gave me the chance to
throw under the bus a particularly nasty person who said she was mailing my tags to me back on the 10th.

Ms. Boss said she'd call me back. I thanked her for any help she could offer. I told her I wasn't a celebrity, I wasn't rich, I wasn't anything but a citizen that already paid the
State for something that I'm still not getting, and one to whom promises have been made for way too long....Then I told my wife, "Sure, she'll call me back."

At 4:00 I got a call from a woman who said she worked for the Big Boss. She had "cleared" my tags and is mailing them out today.

There is some promise here, as she left me her name and phone number and told me she worked for Ms. Big....I think something's gonna happen this time.

On another front, I put on the new Street Demon carb. Still working out the linkage, as I had Mickey Moused the last one on the Edlebrock. Very slick install, otherwise.
Too hot to finish this afternoon. Can't finish tomorrow...gotta do family stuff. Pics of the finished product on Sat. evening.

Here's the notice that came three years ago...I went and got the plates way back then.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:38 AM   #4890
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Wow on the tags, take some pic's of them for proof that they are real, haha. Man like pullin teeth. Got my fingers crossed for you.
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:49 AM   #4891
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Lowered my truck a little bit today... Getting it ready for bags.
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Old 09-21-2012, 03:50 AM   #4892
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Gotta c-notch the back next week. I like a little bit of rake, but not quite this much.
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:03 AM   #4893
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Installed crossover steering... man what a difference.

All new ball joints, tie rod ends, steering box. Went from a 4 turn 4x4 box to a 3 turn 2wd box. It steers like an indy car, without the annoying bump steer.
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:26 PM   #4894
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I've been collecting parts, but finally taking action.
Mounted steelies today.



Installing as much as I can off this table in the morning.
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Old 09-22-2012, 08:55 AM   #4895
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That should take a while!
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Old 09-22-2012, 09:08 AM   #4896
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Installed the 3.08 posi




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Got my only leaking fitting on the new Boyde under bed tank to stop leaking last night when got home from work. Put tank in on my Thursday off, wired and plumbed it. Started right up. The electric pump in the tank for the LS 5.3 is a lot quieter than the under the driver seat on the frame pump. Waiting on a Blazer sender wire with firewall grommet from Wes to finish up the job. Should be here soon. Pics later.
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Old 09-22-2012, 12:13 PM   #4898
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Well I installed a new tach, new headlight switch, E-brake handle, acc plate over the key, door lock pulls, larger bulbs in the dash, painted the needles and polished the lens.

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Old 09-22-2012, 03:30 PM   #4899
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Finished my motor mounts for my LT1 swap into a 63 c10. Raised the motor 5/8" to help clear the AC instead of spending money on brackets. Worked great with all the room under the hood.

Now to fit the headers and fuel lines. Waiting for my stand alone harness and ECM I got a killer deal on with VATS and smog deletes already done. I want to build a thread, but new to this site and have no idea where to start.
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Old 09-22-2012, 03:36 PM   #4900
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Installing as much as I can off this table in the morning.

That should take you bout a half and hour tops.
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