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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got my NOS bumper guards installed and repainted the bumper and guards while I was at it.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finally started the restoration on mine.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Almost started it. My wife wanted a ceramic pot from CostCo, so we went up and found what she wanted. If you wait until the weekend, they're usually gone. I knew that I wasn't going to be able to pick it up, and my wife asked one of the workers- a woman. She picked it up (struggling) and put it in our cart.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
That looks great! I have been tempted to add them to my suburban.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
New carpets.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I took my '71 Jimmy's broken front Prop Shaft into a driveshaft shop today.
It was pronounced DOA. There's a whole thread on it on Engine & Driveline.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A couple of small fixes on mine. The upper swivels on my 3-point seat belts rattled, especially the passenger belt when driving solo, so the shouldered bolts got a wrap of electrical tape. They still swivel, but no noise now. My rear bump stops were still full length, causing some issues over larger bumps, so those were cut down. While on the lift my brother gave them a squeeze of silicone to keep them from rattling in the brackets. I tightened up the long eyebolt connecting the stake side boards and found then board ends were rubbing the cab, so I trimmed those up. Finally, I swapped the stock steering wheel with a 15" Comfort Grip. With power steering and a 3-1/4 turn steering gearbox, the 17" stock wheel was too sensitive on the interstate. Looking forward to clear weather to try out the new steering wheel with a few less rattles and squeaks.
Edit: Also added a Thermo-Tec 14150 Starter Heat Shield to the starter as I was getting some heat soak from the header. I just took it for a drive and love the 15" steering wheel. It seems a bit quieter now. I also got it up to temp, restarted with no more dragging starter.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I put a new gas cap on and raised the charcoal tank hose to the gas tank ,,and gave it a test run and it went and came home after 5 miles oka with no motor starving for fuel or stoppage of the motor
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Those carpets look great. I really like the color. I bet that color would look great in my Burb. It came with rubber mats only, no carpets front or rear.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Very minor update during the cold weather - but was made aware that one of my front side markers was out. Discovered the bulb socket was in bad shape, so I spliced in replacements,,
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I finally got my instrument cluster and glovebox door finished and fitted.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
^ Excellent! Just can't beat curly maple.
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Thanks, it was a lot more work than I expected
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Maple is tough, especially the highly figured stuff.
BTW, I like your "handle". ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
That looks awesome! I think mine was a little easier route using veneer on a restored glovebox, but yours looks great with that maple! and also the dash!
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^ That quartersawn white oak is just yummy!
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I routed the back so it looks kinda stock |
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Man! Nice work! My original idea for the bed was with wood from a friend who cut down a huge Myrtlewood tree on his Oregon coast tree farm. It had crazy flame patterns to the wood, and I thought that would be an incredibly unique wood to use. Unfortunately, he didn't kiln dry the boards properly and they shifted terribly. My friend who milled my bed wood was given it in payment, and he is using the same wood in smaller projects - like wood framed fishing nets and Japanese style lamps.
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Awaiting the next step, wood burning in the SPID.
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Actually I will get one from Jeff, that’s why I put a spot for it
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Nice. All you need now is a hand-lettered SPID on parchement. You could degouppage it in place.
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