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05-14-2011, 09:21 PM | #1 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Yes they are always good times when working on them, not sure why, but its like a moment of piece and tranquility......then the dream is broken when the man cave door opens and someone wants you to do something else......
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05-14-2011, 07:41 PM | #2 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
couple of hours of welding and grinding
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05-16-2011, 06:46 PM | #3 |
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dropped the motor and transmission in saturday (finally)
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05-16-2011, 07:05 PM | #4 |
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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you beat me ive been looking around for some kegs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 mannn.................
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05-16-2011, 07:07 PM | #5 |
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I did the final skim coat on my cab corners (I hope) and all I should need to do now is prime and block for paint and also get those damn door jambs seam sealed to where they look right!!!...and let the solar orange paint FLY!!!!!!!!
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05-16-2011, 07:09 PM | #6 |
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finished wirebrushing and media blasting my rear
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05-16-2011, 07:10 PM | #7 |
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Sounds painful...sorry couldnt resist that comment.
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05-16-2011, 09:23 PM | #8 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
in the pics, my shocks look more horizontal than they are..... when the bags are dropped and the frame is on the ground, yes, the shocks are laying towards the horizontal side of things, but in normal driving, they are at about 45 degrees.... which honestly, is not that bad as they are really only used for controling damping that the air bags don't provide.
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05-17-2011, 07:14 PM | #9 |
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believe me i wroe it that way knowingly lol
and i didnt do **** on my truck today because i was to pist to , i walked out on my job today not sure if ill have one tomo........... |
05-17-2011, 09:14 PM | #10 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Installed wheel chock in the bed and tie downs so I can haul my motorcycles around.
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05-18-2011, 12:03 AM | #11 |
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Have the bed wood bolted in and the tailgate rear bumper on...
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05-18-2011, 01:10 AM | #12 |
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Installed my new seat today and new carpet since I last posted, next will work on the bed I have the box off and cleaned the frame...Vernski
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05-18-2011, 01:18 AM | #13 |
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That looks fantastic Vernski. Is that a prefab seat cover or did you get it done somewhere locally? Also have you decided on an exterior color yet?
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05-18-2011, 02:05 AM | #14 |
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Hi Markb01 I had it done in Post Falls at Highlands Upolustry for $200 I couldn't find one to put on myself much cheaper and he put new padding in it. His phone# is 208-773-0104 and works out of his garage with his wife helping him. He does good work as you can see in the pics. On the paint I'm leaning toward the two tone color it was as I have all the door chrome for it. I think this was a dealer repaint cause I can't find a green apple green anywhere in the GMC color chips. My first thought was to satin two tone it but some times I think gloss would be the way to go, The original color by the way was dark green metalic I found underneath the cowl corners & hood...Vernski
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05-18-2011, 01:23 AM | #15 |
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05-18-2011, 02:53 PM | #16 |
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They did a real nice job on that seat. When I had a bench seat I bought an upholstery kit from Seatz and it was beautiful and well made. It’s nice to be able to find that kind of talent locally. I may see about having him make some diamond pattern covers for my buckets. I’ve thought about doing them in genuine diamond tufting, but my bad back is so particular I’m not sure they would remain as comfortable as just putting on diamond styled covers.
I’ve always preferred gloss paint myself. If I had not painted my entire disassembled truck with lacquer 10 years earlier, I would have repainted it gloss black instead of blitz black when I reshot it two years ago. But all the lacquer had to come off to apply urethane, and since I had just lost my job, the choice came down to a $200 enamel paint job - or none at all! |
05-18-2011, 05:23 PM | #17 |
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FYI check with your local PPg paint dealer, my basecoat only costs $127.00 per gallon, and the polyurethane clear is $70.00 per gal.....not much more than dupont enamel.......Kieth oops forgot about the reducer and hardner another $125.00
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05-18-2011, 08:16 PM | #18 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Thanks to Boris, I now have control of my rear air bags. Install went great!!
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05-18-2011, 10:49 PM | #19 |
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pulled the front clip off and the box loose and removed the wasp nest that was being made
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05-19-2011, 02:35 AM | #20 |
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First, thanks Delmo, I got pretty lucky with this find. I'm a big fan of your work.
I got all of the bed strips and supports off today. Ready to pull the bed off when I can round up a few friends. I also power washed the frame when I was done but I don't have pics of the post wash yet. Waiting for the wife to have her garage sale so I can have my garage back and start disassembly of the rear suspension. |
05-20-2011, 10:36 PM | #21 |
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Replaced the modulator valve on the transmission .. I pulled the hose and it was not adjustable , so I bought a new one ... after a few test drives to get it set right it shifts nice and firm , not like a mushroom...
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05-21-2011, 12:26 AM | #22 |
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I threw away this POS EZ power steering adapter I bought because it didn't even have the right bolt patter for the P/S box I was using nor did the bolt holes line up on any of the 11 P/S boxes I checked in the wrecking yard. I should have bought one from Captain Fab...
I am just going to find a 69-72 lwb frame to use on my build.... changing the frame horns and rear cab brackets must be easier that playing games trying to put P/S on my 66...
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05-21-2011, 06:12 PM | #23 |
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Filled 53 screw holes and sanded and sanded and sanded
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05-21-2011, 06:55 PM | #24 |
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installed a roll pan on the truck today
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05-21-2011, 07:31 PM | #25 |
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Removed the fusable link wire that should have been removed when the PO installed HEI.
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