What did you do to your truck today!

[Syndrome]

Got it running. Had to start out with some starting fluid in the it wouldn't idle and would lug out if I punched it. Just sat there and pumped the throttle for a bit then it started to idle but it the RPM's weren't steady. I left it doing that for about 3 minutes then the idle steadied out and it would rev out when I punched it.

Added some power steering fluid and now the power steering works.

Added 2 quarts of tranny fluid and its still really low, but I pulled it out onto the dirt so I could bleed the brakes. Spent about an hour and a half bleeding the brakes and got them working about 400% better than they were.

By then it was pretty dark so I left it out in the dirt, tomorrow I will get more fluid and drive it around the yard a little.

[1964Chevy]

Welcome to the board Syndrome. Great place with almost too muchi information.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by 1964Chevy

Welcome to the board Syndrome. Great place with almost too muchi information.

Yeah thanks, I've been browsing here heavily for the 2 days that it took to get my account approved. I've got a link to the thread of my truck in my signature. I'm very excited about it, and even more excited about how much progress I've made considering the work I've put into it. Though I'm sure that will change. lol

[farmall]

Took my 19.5s in to have the tires removed for blast & paint and installed a 7 blade w thermo clutch.

[car66]

got the 454 dropped in and running in my 71 today. theres pics and a vid in my build up thread

[VWNate1]

Woke up in Yuba City around 03:30 , had some light breakfast @ the hotel & went out , washed the truck's windows , lit it off and checked for an exhaust head pipe leak (negative) , checked the brake fluid , oil & ATF (all O.K.) after a while my brother got up and drove to freindly Oroville , gassed up and headed North on Ca. Rt. 70 , a wonderful country road , almost immediately I lost a cylinder to a fouled spark plug and so had to limp into Paradise . Ca. on 5 & 1/2 cylinders as # 6 kept cutting in and out as we ascended Pent Road North of Rt. 70 ~ it's a beautiful back road , steep and twisty so feathering the throttle up it isn't my idea of fun but eventually we arrived a the nice LEO's place where I bought a 1977 Chevy 292 complete and a whole buncha other bits (side loader three speed tranny with OVERDRIVE or slightly over scrap value .

Then I popped the hood and removed all 6 spark plugs and ever so carefully scraped them clean of accumulated oil deposits whilst he looked on , asked questions and told me about his LEO / T.O. life in Paradise ........

It was pretty nice if hotter than heck .

Spark plugs all clean I re installed them and my trusty 250 roared into life and off we went , I stopped and got some pix of me and the rig with engine in the bed on top of the Butte ~ if they come out I'll post them up here after I get back to L.A. ~ I'm bedding down to - night in Modesto , Ca. and need to inspect a Diesel Rig in Fresno to - morrow .

I'm sure there was more I wanted to tell but it's nearly midnight and I need to sleep occasionally , my alleged mind is confuddled now .

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Did a "permanent" hide of the turn signals/front parking lights behind the grille.

Had to put three holes in the horizontals of the grille for the brackets. So I went down and got some ss buttons.

You guys (and gals) would notice the non-stock aspect of it...and might even hate to see the bolt heads/nuts. But they are pretty unobtrusive in there.
And, I got to use all the stock stuff without screwing with anything else...so if I go back to a bumper with the lights in em.......

I "bit the bullet" and ordered a polished panel to cover the space between the grille and the rad core support. Should be here Tuesday.

Another day, another empty wallet.