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Old 11-13-2016, 06:52 PM   #26
kingchris401
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Re: touchy gas pedal

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Probably find one on Summit's website or Holley. A lot of these trucks are real rusted. I see what some of us go thru bringing them back from the dead and I realize I am a lucky man. You may be too. Thing is do you want to fix it or drive it? If you fix it it will most likely be years if ever before it's done. Some of us do it faster but time and money and a place to do it sometimes makes us sell them instead. Sad to see them go on more than one occasion.
Yeah, just about every day I look at the truck I find more rust. It seems pretty bad. I think I'm just going to drive it until the body gives up. It's too far gone anymore. Seems like 100k would solve it, but I certainly don't have that, not even close. Once the body quits I think I will save the engine, trans, drive line, and maybe restore the frame. Then I could find a nice rust free body and go for round 2.

I made myself a bracket today from some aluminum I had laying around the shed. I found a air cleaner spacer/riser at the local auto shop and that brought the bottom of it up enough that I could fit some more metal in there. Now the pedal is a little too easy to push so I'm thinking a tougher return spring and everything will be fine again. But the pedal travel to rev ratio is way better.








I also got a cover for one of the kegs. I'll have to look around some more to find another one. Might just keep it like that until I can fix it the right way.

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