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06-18-2011, 11:52 AM | #1 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
got the drivers door on but not adjusted properly, put the gvw tag back on the interior kick panel.....it is proceeding...........Kieth
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06-18-2011, 10:15 PM | #3 |
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replaced the rear wheel studs with longer ones for the dual wheels, removed the flat bed and hitch. lengthened out the rear of the frame to mount the camper to.
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06-18-2011, 10:40 PM | #4 |
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Installed Lokar E-brake cables, new E-brake hardware, new 5 lug rear axles, new drums, put differential cover back on, filled it with fluid, put the wheels and tires on, and set it on the ground for the first time in months. I'm starting to believe I might even drive it again someday! I did receive my Tremec Tko 600 a few days ago too.
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06-18-2011, 11:20 PM | #5 |
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Mostly built a rollcage for a friend & his Jeep. I did take time out to make an accelerator pedal for my truck.
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06-20-2011, 07:02 PM | #6 |
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When I first did the engine compartment back in 1992 I stripped everything to bare metal and started from there. I didn’t put all that much effort into the area under the inner fenders. I just gave them a good scrubbing and a shot of black paint to cover the yellow. Later some areas got a layer of Body Schutz undercoating. Brake fluid at some point also wrinkled a large area below the clutch master. With the open fenderwells it became obvious the firewall needed a lot more work to look decent.
So a couple days ago I soaked everything in degreaser and this morning had at it with a power washer. It blew off about 95% of the undercoat and black paint covering the original yellow. The paint and undercoat must have done a pretty decent job because there still isn’t any rust or cancer to deal with, just a lot of nasty residue to remove and clean up. Now I can finally get started on prepping for paint. I’m going to clean up everything the best I can without much disassembly and then spray it all gloss black. With the hood off it’s easy for me to envision how cool it would look with a dual quad 6-71 supercharger (or tunnel ram), and fenderwell headers sitting out in the breeze. Maybe after I win the lottery! Here’s what it looked like right before paint back in 1992: And here’s what it looks like as of today: |
06-20-2011, 09:09 PM | #7 |
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Hey Mark that was the same time I went thru mine, only in `93, when I had a lot more energy, 6 weeks from start time to driving, that was stripping, painting, new door parts, engine, trans and alum bed...been driving the begeezes out of it sense then, just a little over a 120,000 miles on it, its time to do it all over again, this time big block, muncie, and air...maybe
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06-20-2011, 10:05 PM | #9 |
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I got bored, so I built a center console out of scrap wood and used the vinyl from my kick panels and doors to cover it. Still need to make the top, but I dig it.
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06-20-2011, 10:16 PM | #10 |
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That looks really interesting. Looking forward to seeing the finished assembly.
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06-20-2011, 11:39 PM | #11 |
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There's a test fit shot in my build thread. I hope to get the top built this week, still deciding on cup holders.
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06-21-2011, 12:36 AM | #12 |
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got all my breaks finished and bled.
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06-21-2011, 03:16 PM | #13 |
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06-21-2011, 04:21 PM | #14 |
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That turned out beautiful!
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We got the cab stripped and pleasantly found it to be very rust free and in need of little bodywork.
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The pad is some industrial pad stuff I got for free from a carpet store. It's a closed cell foam that is not quite a half inch thick. You could use regular home carpet pad, or any pad for that matter. The sides are just 3/8" ply wood and the bottom is 1/2 MDF that I use for damn near everything. The face will be made out of wood and fiberglass to get the shape, then use wood veneer for pimp factor. I ran out of fiberglass resin, so the top is on hold until the next Home Depot run.
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I'll watch for your finished console - very cool. |
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06-21-2011, 10:30 PM | #21 |
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Installed new alternator and idler. (Then wife reminded me to, mow the lawn).
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06-21-2011, 11:53 PM | #22 |
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Did you see my doors? I hope to get them painted this weekend, but I keep getting pulled off onto something else. I made a tweeter pod out of fiberglass and wrapped the whole thing in vinyl.
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06-21-2011, 05:07 PM | #23 |
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06-22-2011, 08:13 AM | #24 |
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last two nights got new t/s switch put in and all new wiring ran to front and rear and all the lights working.
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Got the new hard line installed for the clutch, and even managed to bleed it by myself. I just stepped on the clutch pedal and then used a bar clamp/spreader against the front seat to hold it on the floor while I opened the bleed valve. It’s a pretty small circuit so it didn’t take all that many cycles to complete. Also noticed the brake booster/master cylinder was clocked about 5 degrees to the right, so I loosened the mounting bolts and rotated it to dead level. Now it’s on to paint prep.
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