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What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Part 1 & 2 were pretty overloaded, so let's get going on a new one.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Alright!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
phew, I started mine, made a rum and coke and listened to it purr. Then went back in the house to the AC.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I removed my stock non-functioning gas gauge. It used to work, now it stopped. Not sure how to test it, but for $57 (Classic Parts) I'll just buy a new 12-volt unit.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Here are a couple of videos to compare the sound difference between my Flowmaster Super 40s and the newly installed Black Widow Exhaust Venoms.
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I sure llike those Black Widow venoms.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Last week I got my gas gauge functioning - what a relief! Next I needed to address the heating issues I have at freeway speed (indicating an airflow deficiency).
I removed the old Chevy Cavalier 14" electric fan that was in my truck when I bought it (4-cylinder fan - pathetic!) and installed a Spal 16" high-performance unit. I've used this model before - they pull about four times the air of a cheapo fan. Ha ha, I should be able to throw my truck in neutral and the fan will pull me down the road like an airplane propeller! I also removed the fan shroud that was in the truck. The shroud actually blocks much of the radiator, restricting airflow at speed by forcing all the air through the relatively small fan opening (see illustration below in case I haven't clarified this). Now I have unobstructed airflow front and rear through the radiator! It's going to be in the mid-90's all week, a good time to test it out.
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I'll be interested to see which way works better with your radiator. I used to try to run an electric on my "Hot Rod" 2.2 S10. It wouldn't keep it cool without a shroud. Ended up modifying my stock shroud and mounting the electric fan a few inches from the radiator.
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Ongoing improvements to my '50. Today, door weatherstripping - Frost King self-adhesive from my local home improvement store. 10-minute installation. I'm hoping it will make a big reduction in wind noise.
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I'll be driving the truck this weekend. It's supposed to be 102* and I have three 6% mountain passes to climb, so I'll report back on how it does.
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Do tires count?
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Aside for going for a cruise, I put a new lokar shifter in the truck, along with the boot and chrome ring.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Finally took the truck for a test drive after all the stuff I've fixed lately. It all worked better than I'd hoped!
Door weatherstripping: The Frost King self-adhesive weatherstrip significantly reduced wind noise and door rattles, while still allowing the doors to shut more easily than they ever have. Success! Gas gauge: What a relief to have a working gas gauge! New sender, new gauge, finally I was able to get it functioning by removing a weird inline resistor wire on the hot wire. Success! Freeway overheating. I suspected that my fan shroud was actually restricting airflow at highway speed. I removed it and sure enough, I can now go over 6% mountain passes at 100* outside temperature and the gauge climbs only to about 190. After that my new bigass Spal fan takes over. Success! Details of all the above can be found in previous installments of this thread. Here's a pic of what I got to enjoy today, a working gas gauge and a centered temp gauge (please pardon the '54 gauges in a '50 dash). And just listen to how quiet it is ;-)
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if you have a 6 volt gage on a 12 volt system you need that in line resistor. its a voltage drop.
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Cool - thanks! Never seen one like it before.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
stovebolts.com has a great tech article on converting from 6 to 12 volts. Can't link it on my phone.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Picked up my new door panel inserts!
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Interesting...... my gauges on my 52 are opposite, don't know if the PO messed it up.....what side is the speedo suppose to be on?
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