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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Stared at pieces of the wiring harness, declined to solder. Hours later, on my way into the house, I removed the oil filler cap pedestal from the valve cover and screwed the filler cap directly into the valve cover. Looks much cleaner that way.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Stared at pictures and decided to try and save an ol truck.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Got my new front bed panel today
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
New disc brakes
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Nice looking zinc coated rotor there Frank. Who'd you get it from? Jim
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
I got it from an eBay seller named tomsclassics . The kit came with 2" mcgaughys drop spindles. The whole kit was around $550 delivered to my door
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Sounds like my 48. The more I do the more I see to do.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Knocked the snow of of the '49s temp. garage. Come on spring time!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
got my fenders and bedsides ready to paint
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Last night, trimmed some fat off the coil brackets so I would show a little more of the valve cover. Could relocate but the fenders are crowded enough - maybe later?
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Started the tear down
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Looks like you're getting there, My 48 isn't that far along yet. I need to find a place that sells WD40 in 55 gallon drums. Got the engine and trans today, Now to pull the 216 and begin the swap.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
57 swb, 454ci, 700r4,
We, my neighbor who knows how to weld, and I boxed the frame and welded in the cross-member. Today will see more grinding and then this week assembling. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
After first time rebuilding one, finally cranked engine (sbc) about 2 1/2 years into project... got through cam break in, found a couple of small oil pan leaks but all in all pretty satisfied.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Off the top of my head, remove steering wheel and shift lever mech if column shift. Remove turn signal if equiped. Remove pitman arm from steering box, remove steering box bolts to frame bracket. Remove bracket that holds column to dash or dash support. unbolt anything else I forgot holding column. Pull box and steering column out thru firewall. Mark wheel and pitman arm locations for reassembly before removing.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Installed my Sid's 3" drop axle and disc brakes. Now it's time for a C notch.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
In between fatherhood duties, working on the DD & some minor errands, I got some more soldering done on the engine harness and wrapped up another section. Now have "driver's injecttion", "rear" & "fuse box" left to do.
Also adjusted a wheel bearing... if I'm lucky I'll get the other side done before bed.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
before and after pic of 2 inch drop in the front.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Installed new gauge cluster
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Changed distributer to an HEI, I haven't tried starting it yet as it got too late
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
I like those vintage looking gauges! nice job
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
Just a couple little things, replaced the rusty, worn valve cover bolts (they were 3 different head sizes) with a nice new shiny set. And then painted most of the waterpump with a brush, what I could reach, with out removing anything. Just cleans up under the hood a bit!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, take 2
sprayed my front panel and tailgate
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