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Dustinmk4 · 03-21-2014, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red88

Did the passenger side door hinge pins and bushings this past weekend. Thanks to Cape Codder for the suggestion to use a 2x4 to bind the hinge and bring the door back into alignment. Worked a charm!

More on this suggestion????

The post is on the previous page of this thread. I just stuck a 2x4 into the open bottom hinge as he describes.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=266

ss454lemy · 03-22-2014, 11:02 PM

thas what i did today

454ss

54 jimmy · 03-30-2014, 04:18 PM

changed the leaking power steering hose. an replaced the pcv valve. it was the original ac rodchester 168,000 miles not bad. tomorrow is coolant flush.

Blue97 · 03-30-2014, 05:08 PM

Installed a new Delphi fuel pump........

Cape Codder · 03-30-2014, 09:27 PM

Blue 97 did you drop the tank or lift the bed? My pump is pretty loud but has been working fine and I'm not sure if it can be trusted.

Jerbou71 · 03-30-2014, 09:34 PM

Well i got my rims on today and here she is.

Blue97 · 03-30-2014, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cape Codder

Blue 97 did you drop the tank or lift the bed? My pump is pretty loud but has been working fine and I'm not sure if it can be trusted.

No I just slid the bed back enough to get to it... My fuel pump whined for three years..... I just thought that's the ways its supposed to be......

And then , it just quit.......new pump is so quiet at first I thought it wasn't working then all of a sudden my truck starts ..... still trying to get used to a quiet Fuel Pump haha......

rickpilgrim · 04-03-2014, 12:56 AM

Pulled my 98 k3500 project truck out of the 4' of snow with the dually and put her in the shop

dragginmetal · 04-10-2014, 09:24 PM

Put some drop shackles on today. Stock shocks will not work with a 8" drop. It doesn't matter how you position them, or if you have shock extenders. The shock is to long. Needs to be 14.5" collapsed or less for a 8" drop.

c10sport · 04-16-2014, 02:06 AM

Got a front trans seal and a rear main seal in hopes it quits leaking. Fixed a couple of other leaks now it isn't peeing all over my garage floor.

kcHotRodtrk · 04-17-2014, 05:12 PM

put er on craig's list!
http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/cto/4424430175.html

kcHotRodtrk · 04-21-2014, 02:44 PM

sold... dang, too easy, the guy then paints it walmart rattle can flat black OVERNIGHT! n texts me a picture. although this truck was not quite what I was looking for as a starting point... I kinda have seller's remorse...

dragginmetal · 04-27-2014, 11:49 PM

I changed the rear end oil. Also started messing with the instrument cluster. All the blot holes were cracked. Pick up one from a junk yard awhile back but it wasn't any better. So I figured I try to fix it for free before I buy a good one. I broke some plastic off one. Then cut the cracks on the other one with a hot knife. Next I took a small butane touch and melted the cracks. At the same time I melted the plastic I got from the other cluster with a hot knife and pushed it in the cracks like puddy. Once it cooled i sanded it with 220 grit. It seems to be working pretty good. It's kinda ugly but what can I expect from a poor mans plastic welder. lol

Cape Codder · 04-30-2014, 07:13 AM

I did some tailgate repairs. My truck came with a bed liner and tailgate protector when I got it. I don't like stuff flying around the bed so I replaced the bed liner with a rubber bed mat as soon as I got it. I kept the bed protector as I do use my truck as a truck. The bottom of the protector hooked over the bottom of the gate and has worn the paint in a few spots. First I had to strip the decals.

I then stripped the rust from the bottom of the gate inside and out and fixed a few little dings.

Cape Codder · 04-30-2014, 07:24 AM

Then I primed and painted and cleared in my nice clean paint booth

Sanded buffed and reinstalled with a new emblem to replace the decal.

I also built and installed the headboard rack since I last posted. I am an amateur boat builder and need to carry long bits of lumber for projects.

**Palf70Step** · 04-30-2014, 05:37 PM

Very nice job on both project Cape Codder.

Jerbou71 · 04-30-2014, 06:54 PM

I dont know how many pictures got messed up.

Took me bed off a couple days ago.

ss454lemy · 05-01-2014, 11:44 AM

4in cowl induction waiting on the wheels

ss454lemy · 05-01-2014, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jerbou71

I dont know how many pictures got messed up.

Took me bed off a couple days ago.

sick!

Cape Codder · 05-01-2014, 12:20 PM

SS454lemy
Very shiney I like

ss454lemy · 05-01-2014, 01:41 PM

thank u! cape codder she shines up well and even better in pictures. but i will be painting it over soon.

ss454lemy · 05-15-2014, 04:21 PM

got mt aem and n20 today

tom32 · 06-06-2014, 03:39 AM

waiting for some one help me find down A/C on my 96 Chevy.....TOO HOT CAN NOT DRIVE ANY WHERE

MaritimeDragRacing · 06-14-2014, 02:36 PM

Replaced the rusty top section of all eight body mounts on my ECSB 94 Chevy with some heavy steel plate. All it took was two 2" hole saws, a roll and a half of MIG wire and MANY hours work cutting, fitting and bending. Bending was the hard part with that heavy plate but it had to be done because the frame mounts are not 100% flat as seen in the second photo below.

And lots of rust paint after the grinding and welding....

Took the front clip off and jacked the cab off the frame about 6" one side at a time to make the welding easier

Also put on new front fenders, inner fenders, radiator support, Y-pipe and gaskets, catalytic convertor and a couple of patches on the cab floor with 18 gauge steel(easier to weld) All in all it took 120 hours from May 6 to June 5 and was all done home in my gravel driveway in between the rain(and snow) days.

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54 jimmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: pittston,PA Posts: 1,184	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? changed the leaking power steering hose. an replaced the pcv valve. it was the original ac rodchester 168,000 miles not bad. tomorrow is coolant flush. __________________ There is nothing you can't fix with a BFH or a FIRE WRENCH. 1997 chevy k1500 ext cab z71 (daily driver) sold 1996 chevy k1500 reg cab 4x4(daily driver)totaled 2008jeep patriot (wife's daily driver 2008 chevy 1500 ext cab 4x4 sold 2011 chevy 1500 crew cab ltz (daily driver) 1996 chevy 1500 reg cab 4x4 project sold 2006 pontiac grand prix gxp (daily work commuter)

03-30-2014, 05:08 PM	#280
Blue97 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Fort Mohave/BHC AZ Posts: 349	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Installed a new Delphi fuel pump........

03-30-2014, 09:27 PM	#281
Cape Codder Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Centerville,Ma. Posts: 1,223	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Blue 97 did you drop the tank or lift the bed? My pump is pretty loud but has been working fine and I'm not sure if it can be trusted.

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Jerbou71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Atlanta ga Posts: 30	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Well i got my rims on today and here she is.

04-03-2014, 12:56 AM	#284
rickpilgrim Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Wausau, WI Posts: 591	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Pulled my 98 k3500 project truck out of the 4' of snow with the dually and put her in the shop

04-10-2014, 09:24 PM	#285
dragginmetal here, just not logged in Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tx Posts: 1,011	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Put some drop shackles on today. Stock shocks will not work with a 8" drop. It doesn't matter how you position them, or if you have shock extenders. The shock is to long. Needs to be 14.5" collapsed or less for a 8" drop. __________________ Mike 88 GMC "GOT BORED" several truck pics a few '88-'98 pics more pics

04-16-2014, 02:06 AM	#286
c10sport Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: state of denial Posts: 271	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Got a front trans seal and a rear main seal in hopes it quits leaking. Fixed a couple of other leaks now it isn't peeing all over my garage floor. __________________ Jay 2001 Pontiac Aztek GT

04-17-2014, 05:12 PM	#287
kcHotRodtrk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Louisiana Posts: 71	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? put er on craig's list! http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/cto/4424430175.html

04-21-2014, 02:44 PM	#288
kcHotRodtrk Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Louisiana Posts: 71	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? sold... dang, too easy, the guy then paints it walmart rattle can flat black OVERNIGHT! n texts me a picture. although this truck was not quite what I was looking for as a starting point... I kinda have seller's remorse... Attached Images Last edited by kcHotRodtrk; 04-21-2014 at 02:54 PM.

04-27-2014, 11:49 PM	#289
dragginmetal here, just not logged in Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Tx Posts: 1,011	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? I changed the rear end oil. Also started messing with the instrument cluster. All the blot holes were cracked. Pick up one from a junk yard awhile back but it wasn't any better. So I figured I try to fix it for free before I buy a good one. I broke some plastic off one. Then cut the cracks on the other one with a hot knife. Next I took a small butane touch and melted the cracks. At the same time I melted the plastic I got from the other cluster with a hot knife and pushed it in the cracks like puddy. Once it cooled i sanded it with 220 grit. It seems to be working pretty good. It's kinda ugly but what can I expect from a poor mans plastic welder. lol __________________ Mike 88 GMC "GOT BORED" several truck pics a few '88-'98 pics more pics

04-30-2014, 07:13 AM	#290
Cape Codder Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Centerville,Ma. Posts: 1,223	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? I did some tailgate repairs. My truck came with a bed liner and tailgate protector when I got it. I don't like stuff flying around the bed so I replaced the bed liner with a rubber bed mat as soon as I got it. I kept the bed protector as I do use my truck as a truck. The bottom of the protector hooked over the bottom of the gate and has worn the paint in a few spots. First I had to strip the decals. I then stripped the rust from the bottom of the gate inside and out and fixed a few little dings. Last edited by Cape Codder; 04-30-2014 at 07:18 AM.

04-30-2014, 07:24 AM	#291
Cape Codder Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Centerville,Ma. Posts: 1,223	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Then I primed and painted and cleared in my nice clean paint booth Sanded buffed and reinstalled with a new emblem to replace the decal. I also built and installed the headboard rack since I last posted. I am an amateur boat builder and need to carry long bits of lumber for projects.

04-30-2014, 05:37 PM	#292
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,086	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Very nice job on both project Cape Codder. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-30-2014, 06:54 PM	#293
Jerbou71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Atlanta ga Posts: 30	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? I dont know how many pictures got messed up. Took me bed off a couple days ago. __________________ 94grounddweller My build thread. http://www.gmt400.com/forum/showthre...ild-on-22-quot



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05-01-2014, 11:44 AM	#294
ss454lemy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: miami Posts: 90	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? 4in cowl induction waiting on the wheels Attached Images

05-01-2014, 12:20 PM	#296
Cape Codder Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Centerville,Ma. Posts: 1,223	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? SS454lemy Very shiney I like

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ss454lemy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: miami Posts: 90	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? thank u! cape codder she shines up well and even better in pictures. but i will be painting it over soon.

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06-14-2014, 02:36 PM	#300
MaritimeDragRacing Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Posts: 32	Re: What did you do yo your truck today?? Replaced the rusty top section of all eight body mounts on my ECSB 94 Chevy with some heavy steel plate. All it took was two 2" hole saws, a roll and a half of MIG wire and MANY hours work cutting, fitting and bending. Bending was the hard part with that heavy plate but it had to be done because the frame mounts are not 100% flat as seen in the second photo below. And lots of rust paint after the grinding and welding.... Took the front clip off and jacked the cab off the frame about 6" one side at a time to make the welding easier Also put on new front fenders, inner fenders, radiator support, Y-pipe and gaskets, catalytic convertor and a couple of patches on the cab floor with 18 gauge steel(easier to weld) All in all it took 120 hours from May 6 to June 5 and was all done home in my gravel driveway in between the rain(and snow) days. __________________ http://www.maritimedragracing.com Atlantic Canada’s #1 source for Drag Racing News, Race Results, Schedules and Track Information.

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