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chevychic · 05-20-2003, 12:58 AM

As most of you know with the problems my truck has given me over the past couple of months, I was darn near ready to give it to the next person walking by.

Over the last week I did a lot of thinking of what I would need to do to my truck to make it into what I want and how much it would cost compared to going out and buying a truck that was closer to being there than I am now.

One of the major things to me is the lack of A/C. As I was thinking about how much it would cost to install A/C in my truck, I remembered seeing an A/C truck that had just arrived at the pic n pull yard and asking the guy there how much he would charge me for the entire unit (I'm sure some of the components I would want new but I thought I'd ask for the whole thing to make it simpler).
He said $75 if I pull it.

So I spent a few hours Sunday doing some research on installing A/C and getting some ideas of what it would take.
All night long I ended up dreaming of the whole A/C layout, what it would take, and what I'd have to do to make it work.
I did the same thing several months ago when I was making plans for when I'm ready to cover the interior door panels and dash.

Anyone else here plan out future mods on their trucks in their dreams?

I guess that's when you know you got it bad

brad2 · 05-20-2003, 01:05 AM

I don't think I dream about it but I do spend to much time thinking about it.

ElGracho · 05-20-2003, 01:58 AM

Heather, check out my page, I did the same thing to my 84 about six years ago.

ac install

chevychic · 05-20-2003, 02:05 AM

Joe
Actually, your page was one of the ones I was looking at Sunday.

Great info on it!! Thanks

79BIG10 · 05-20-2003, 02:38 AM

Thanks for the info Joe. Now I've got a parts list as well to start working on gathering all the stuff I"m missing and need replaced.

Back to the topic

Yes I do it all the time here at work. Anytime I have a free couple minutes I try to figure out what I need next. I've thought about it and thought about it over and over so many times it hurts. Then the realization kicks in that I would need to hit the lotto to afford all the wants

MSL · 05-20-2003, 04:59 AM

Im guilty i do the samething sometimes i cant get to sleep because of it. i guess i must have it bad.

chevychic · 05-20-2003, 09:25 AM

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Originally posted by MSL
Im guilty i do the samething sometimes i cant get to sleep because of it. i guess i must have it bad.

Maybe it's a Southern Oregon thing... LOL

Chevy67Tk · 05-20-2003, 09:39 AM

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Originally posted by chevychic

Maybe it's a Southern Oregon thing... LOL

Nope happens over here in PA also....

*1FaastC10* · 05-20-2003, 10:15 AM

Indiana as well... my poor baby hasnt hasnt hardly been touched in the last few months. i started back to work last night/this morning, so hopefully i'll be getting somewhere soon.

**swervin ervin** · 05-20-2003, 11:27 AM

Not only southern Oregon for sure, it happens in NC too.

I don't remember dreaming about it persay, but I lay there thinking about it before going to sleep.

Yeah, I got it bad.

It's an addiction I tell ya.

Gibble · 05-20-2003, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by chevychic

Maybe it's a Southern Oregon thing... LOL

It flows into canuck land too

Tom · 05-20-2003, 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by chevychic

Anyone else here plan out future mods on their trucks in their dreams?

O god dont get me started! THe 496 stroker, the 454 or 427, the dream 478 de-stroker, the 3.5L for my accord, the 6sp manual for all my vehicles, the rear suspension setup, the fiberglass, I could go on and on.....

LOHRTBT · 05-20-2003, 12:23 PM

Yes ...In fact I can solve things in my sleep...Its weird. If I cant figure out how something goes together..I can think about it/dream about it and figure it out. There has been many times I will just get up quickly from bed and go out and do it or write it down so I dont forget lol! Crazy huh?

chevychic · 05-20-2003, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by LOHRTBT
Yes ...In fact I can solve things in my sleep...Its weird. If I cant figure out how something goes together..I can think about it/dream about it and figure it out. There has been many times I will just get up quickly from bed and go out and do it or write it down so I dont forget lol! Crazy huh?

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!

I'm learning visual basic code in one of my classes and one of my programs was giving me fits. Until I dreamt about it and solved the problem in my dream. Woke up the next day, wrote out my dreamt up code and it worked!!

MSL · 05-20-2003, 02:43 PM

You guys are not the only ones to dream something up i do the samething when im trying to figure something out and bam it hits me i run downstairs to write it down. i think its just that chevy curse. oh isnt it great the best and only curse to have.lol

Gibble · 05-20-2003, 03:04 PM

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Originally posted by chevychic

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!

I'm learning visual basic code in one of my classes and one of my programs was giving me fits. Until I dreamt about it and solved the problem in my dream. Woke up the next day, wrote out my dreamt up code and it worked!!

I'm a programmer and I do the EXACT same thing...if something is "giving me fits" I just go do something else and ussually figure it out that night whilst sleeping.

Tom · 05-20-2003, 03:47 PM

Its a trick of the brain guys! When you go to sleep tonight, find a math problem you know you cant solve. Try and figure it out before you go to sleep, and think about it as you fall asleep! The answer will come to you in a dream, but not all of ya will remember the answer

Im serious too, no joke. I know of a professor at ASU that does this to all his students

**old Rusty C10** · 05-20-2003, 05:59 PM

when i get started on something like that i end up agonizing over it for days if not a week or two. Aas for doing the junkyard AC thing thats cool but make sure the parts are good and the Air conditioning pieces arent cracked or broken and make sure ya clean em up before ya instal them. I woiuld also use brand new O Rings at the connections and go painstakingly slow disassembling and replacing it. You asked my opinion as to whether to keep your truck or sell it and i sent a reply to the thread; seeing as how youre keeping the truck this will be a good way to make it more owner friendly. Good luck and have fun
PS lol my wife hated when i made plans for my projects and didnt show any interest in them at all. She always loved when she forced me to sell one, and i had some nice stuff over the years. Hell its one of the things that my son still busts on her about to this day that she forced the sale of a 69 Olds Cutlass S we had. lol i think its cool to see a woman so into the trucks and all especially one whose not afraid to get her hands dirty!
Got a twin sister?? LOL

jimfulco · 05-21-2003, 03:16 AM

R12 or R134a?

05-20-2003, 12:58 AM	#1
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Does anybody else do this? As most of you know with the problems my truck has given me over the past couple of months, I was darn near ready to give it to the next person walking by. Over the last week I did a lot of thinking of what I would need to do to my truck to make it into what I want and how much it would cost compared to going out and buying a truck that was closer to being there than I am now. One of the major things to me is the lack of A/C. As I was thinking about how much it would cost to install A/C in my truck, I remembered seeing an A/C truck that had just arrived at the pic n pull yard and asking the guy there how much he would charge me for the entire unit (I'm sure some of the components I would want new but I thought I'd ask for the whole thing to make it simpler). He said $75 if I pull it. So I spent a few hours Sunday doing some research on installing A/C and getting some ideas of what it would take. All night long I ended up dreaming of the whole A/C layout, what it would take, and what I'd have to do to make it work. I did the same thing several months ago when I was making plans for when I'm ready to cover the interior door panels and dash. Anyone else here plan out future mods on their trucks in their dreams? I guess that's when you know you got it bad __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

05-20-2003, 01:05 AM	#2
brad2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: edmond, ok Posts: 1,056	I don't think I dream about it but I do spend to much time thinking about it. __________________ 74 swb 71 2wd Jimmy 82 2wd Blazer

05-20-2003, 01:58 AM	#3
ElGracho Gentleman Jim Driver Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 1,553	Heather, check out my page, I did the same thing to my 84 about six years ago. ac install __________________ Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed

05-20-2003, 02:05 AM	#4
chevychic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chanhassen, MN Posts: 1,061	Joe Actually, your page was one of the ones I was looking at Sunday. Great info on it!! Thanks __________________ *ChevyChic* 86 Chevy K-10 If I can't be a good example, then I'll just have to be a horrible warning. "You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" - Christopher Robin

05-20-2003, 02:38 AM	#5
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,774	Thanks for the info Joe. Now I've got a parts list as well to start working on gathering all the stuff I"m missing and need replaced. Back to the topic Yes I do it all the time here at work. Anytime I have a free couple minutes I try to figure out what I need next. I've thought about it and thought about it over and over so many times it hurts. Then the realization kicks in that I would need to hit the lotto to afford all the wants __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson

05-20-2003, 04:59 AM	#6
MSL Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So.Oregon Posts: 765	Im guilty i do the samething sometimes i cant get to sleep because of it. i guess i must have it bad.

05-20-2003, 10:15 AM	#9
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	Indiana as well... my poor baby hasnt hasnt hardly been touched in the last few months. i started back to work last night/this morning, so hopefully i'll be getting somewhere soon.

05-20-2003, 11:27 AM	#10
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Not only southern Oregon for sure, it happens in NC too. I don't remember dreaming about it persay, but I lay there thinking about it before going to sleep. Yeah, I got it bad. It's an addiction I tell ya. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

05-20-2003, 12:23 PM	#13
LOHRTBT BeWarE tHe eViL CrAnkTOe! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Yukon, OK Posts: 3,605	Yes ...In fact I can solve things in my sleep...Its weird. If I cant figure out how something goes together..I can think about it/dream about it and figure it out. There has been many times I will just get up quickly from bed and go out and do it or write it down so I dont forget lol! Crazy huh? __________________ ~Dave~ You can call me Mike, Mike Oxlong - 1986 Chevy SWB - Stock for now - *1986 Chevy Custom SWB* *Stolen 6/26/05* - 1985 Chevy SWB SOLD - 1999 T/A Some mods www.cardomain.com/id/ramairdave AIM Screenname - Jester84

05-20-2003, 02:43 PM	#15
MSL Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So.Oregon Posts: 765	You guys are not the only ones to dream something up i do the samething when im trying to figure something out and bam it hits me i run downstairs to write it down. i think its just that chevy curse. oh isnt it great the best and only curse to have.lol

05-20-2003, 03:47 PM	#17
Tom driving is in my blood Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mesa AZ Posts: 5,748	Its a trick of the brain guys! When you go to sleep tonight, find a math problem you know you cant solve. Try and figure it out before you go to sleep, and think about it as you fall asleep! The answer will come to you in a dream, but not all of ya will remember the answer Im serious too, no joke. I know of a professor at ASU that does this to all his students __________________ -78 c10 short/step: 388cid, M20, 5/5 drop, lots more. Playtoy and first vehicle. -98 c1500 x-cab: 5.7L, 17" rims, 5/6 drop, flowmaster, helper bags,NBS rear disk brakes. -02 Suburban 4x4: leveled front -CBR600F4i, CBR600RR, CBR1000RR, and standup skis DISCLAIMER: I cant spell for the life of me.

05-20-2003, 05:59 PM	#18
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,313	when i get started on something like that i end up agonizing over it for days if not a week or two. Aas for doing the junkyard AC thing thats cool but make sure the parts are good and the Air conditioning pieces arent cracked or broken and make sure ya clean em up before ya instal them. I woiuld also use brand new O Rings at the connections and go painstakingly slow disassembling and replacing it. You asked my opinion as to whether to keep your truck or sell it and i sent a reply to the thread; seeing as how youre keeping the truck this will be a good way to make it more owner friendly. Good luck and have fun PS lol my wife hated when i made plans for my projects and didnt show any interest in them at all. She always loved when she forced me to sell one, and i had some nice stuff over the years. Hell its one of the things that my son still busts on her about to this day that she forced the sale of a 69 Olds Cutlass S we had. lol i think its cool to see a woman so into the trucks and all especially one whose not afraid to get her hands dirty! Got a twin sister?? LOL __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

05-21-2003, 03:16 AM	#19
jimfulco Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shreveport LA Posts: 3,170	R12 or R134a?

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