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Old 05-30-2016, 09:55 PM   #3801
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Received this pic from my buddy who's painting my truck.. Can't wait to see it in person
Man I love that color!
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Old 05-31-2016, 01:01 PM   #3802
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Horns are pretty easy to re awaken ~ you need a good battery and test light , test for continuity , if there's continuity *slowly* tighten the adjuster screw until the test light goes out then back it off -barely- until the light comes back on , mount it and test it ~ the adjuster is really sensitive , a 1/10th turn is a lot .


I always recommend using a relay in heavy current consumers like horns .

The older ones , you can drill out / grind off the rivets and polish the contacts , , re assemble and adjust to suit .

Remember ! : a horn will not sound correctly unless it's solidly mounted .
Well, guess I know what I'm doing next weekend! It'd be nice to have the solid dual-tone to give those idiots in SF Bay traffic something to think about when they try to merge into me.

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Old 05-31-2016, 01:31 PM   #3803
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Happy day! I was showing a co-worker what I had done to my truck this weekend, and explained why I didn't drive it in to work today - carb leaking gas He, being a Ford guy, said "I have a Quadrajet you can have, I don't know how I come into possession of it, but it's yours. all you have to do is find an intake" so I called my buddy who has been helping me with the mechanics and told him (also a Ford guy), he said "I have a factory 4 barrel intake that will work" Jackpot! The Lord really looks out for me!

Oh yeah, what I did this weekend!

seat repaired from this



to this



then removed the bench seat, removed all of the fuses and took a drimel tool with a wire brush and cleaned the fuse panel clips and fuses, put bulb grease on all of the fuses then put them back in, then put the seats in



I have made some repairs over the past few weeks also:





I also removed the glove box button and fixed it (WD40 and worked it until it was easy to push in and out)



I remember this thing not working from when I was a kid, we would be going down the road and all of the sudden WHAM! open glove box lid across the knees! I got it in and operated it a few times, then closed it, I went to put some screw from the bench seat into the box for safe keeping, I can't get it to open now! I'm waiting for me to be going down the road and it fall open on my wife's knees!
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Old 05-31-2016, 08:42 PM   #3804
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Over the weekend I went from broke to new with brake light switch.

From this:




To this:


With this added to it:

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It sucks not being able to hear!

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Old 06-01-2016, 12:41 AM   #3805
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new c10 project, leave the way it is or full restoration?? Ideas
Great looking truck--leave it the way it is!
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Old 06-01-2016, 12:53 AM   #3806
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All I did today (yesterday) that was truck-related was to pump out the water from my derusting electrolysis tank. That greasy air cleaner left me an oil slick in the tank so I tried to get the water out without taking the oil with it (not a complete success).
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Old 06-01-2016, 12:56 AM   #3807
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Well, guess I know what I'm doing next weekend! It'd be nice to have the solid dual-tone to give those idiots in SF Bay traffic something to think about when they try to merge into me.

Thanks!
Hwy 101 and 92, not fun
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Old 06-01-2016, 02:06 AM   #3808
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I turned The Green Barge into a solar oven. lol


Next door neighbor gave me 3 bags of Kale grown in all organic, grass-fed fertilized, screened soil from some sacred valley in Timbuktoo. Wife got Italian organic cold-pressed virgin non-GMO grass-fed Holy olive oil, added some Himalayan volcanic ash salt blessed by Tibetan monks smoking killer green bud. I then put on vintage cast iron pans, and put in the cab, for drying. Before I pulled any out, checked the temperature with the Ryobi (it's green color) infrared thermometer, 165°F was the highest reading. Now I can impress the Toyota Pious owners.
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Old 06-01-2016, 11:18 AM   #3809
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In my office this morning! Quadrajet! told him he was just showing off with the color matching box
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Old 06-01-2016, 11:38 AM   #3810
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Yesterday I got a big ole box of goodies from Manes. New gauge cluster bezel, tach/vaccum gauge conversion, dome light harness (my truck is so basic the dome light isn't connected to door switches), courtesy light harness, new engine harness with HEI provisions and a new temp sending unit that will hopefully get the dash gauge back to reading properly (pretty sure I have the wrong sending unit in there).
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Old 06-01-2016, 10:18 PM   #3811
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I turned The Green Barge into a solar oven. lol


Next door neighbor gave me 3 bags of Kale grown in all organic, grass-fed fertilized, screened soil from some sacred valley in Timbuktoo. Wife got Italian organic cold-pressed virgin non-GMO grass-fed Holy olive oil, added some Himalayan volcanic ash salt blessed by Tibetan monks smoking killer green bud. I then put on vintage cast iron pans, and put in the cab, for drying. Before I pulled any out, checked the temperature with the Ryobi (it's green color) infrared thermometer, 165°F was the highest reading. Now I can impress the Toyota Pious owners.
lol for a second there i thought you were drying weed in your truck
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Old 06-01-2016, 10:31 PM   #3812
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Are those really gauges in your dash panel or printed cutouts? LOl maybe an optical illusion.
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Old 06-01-2016, 10:35 PM   #3813
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I got a little done today.

I tested my fan motor from the heater, it works great. I think testing it now was a better idea than putting it all back together and then testing it.

I also scotch brite padded my heater box and washed it off. After a liberal use of ZEP Big Orange and lots of scraping and brushing, I was able to remove all the old gasket from the part of the heater box that has the big round rubber gasket.

I'm hoping to put the heater box back together soon and get on with reassembly of my truck.
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Old 06-02-2016, 06:48 PM   #3814
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Back out under the beech tree paint booth, I got the top primered in preparation for seam sealing the drip edge.
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Old 06-02-2016, 08:22 PM   #3815
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Wife bought me a hammock for my birthday.
Found the PERFECT place to hang it!
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Old 06-02-2016, 10:29 PM   #3816
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Swapped the old wore out seats for 2014 Tahoe 2nd row leather seats.



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Old 06-02-2016, 10:37 PM   #3817
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Solved my misfire problem in the HEI (bad rotor) and installed a new temp sending unit. My factory gauge now reads properly. I hope my near future upgrade projects all go as well. Can't wait to get that new gauge cluster in with a factory tach and vacuum gauge. Now that I have all the factory gauges working properly I'll probably take the aftermarket underdash gauges out.
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Old 06-02-2016, 10:44 PM   #3818
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Swapped the old wore out seats for 2014 Tahoe 2nd row leather seats.



How did you handle seatbelts?
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Old 06-02-2016, 10:46 PM   #3819
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Next weekend project!
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Old 06-02-2016, 11:44 PM   #3820
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Truck came with these seat covers so decided to use them for now. Replaced trans pan gasket last weekend but put a little too much fluid. Got this harbour freight suction thing, worked great. Added clamps to it to keep hoses from coming loose, not bad for 6.99.





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Old 06-03-2016, 05:56 PM   #3821
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I finished detailing and putting my instrument cluster together.
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Old 06-03-2016, 10:12 PM   #3822
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Those seat covers look very nice indeed .

A word about recovering seats : the foam illustrated is shyte and partially the cause for early failure and always the cause of uncomfortable seats .

Black or grey foam is *much* harder and gives vastly better support .

oddly , Automotive Trim Supply Houses never seem to carry it .

I go to Furniture Trim Shops , and be wary as the pricing can be all over the map , in a bad way .

Once you use hard foam or (better) cotton batting , you'll never go back .
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Old 06-04-2016, 02:37 PM   #3823
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Painted the top Pure White this morning.
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Old 06-04-2016, 02:44 PM   #3824
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Painted the top Pure White this morning.
Love it! Nice job
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Painted the top Pure White this morning.
Love it!
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