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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
No idea what this bracket is for . Anybody have a guess?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nice . You use a buffing wheel on a bench grinder ? I have several different wheels but end up using the white one all the time .
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Yes indeed - it was a Christmas gift a few years ago - set it up with a Delta stand. Came with two sewn wheels, but they are not of very good quality - looking for something better. It comes in very handy for things, that is for sure..
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Glad you're going Full Sixty Eight with a White Face grille.Too many restorers just paint their truck one color and skip the White Face '68-Only look.I can understand not wanting to go thru the bother and expense of a second trim color, but the historical inaccuracy always bugged me.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A while back you were mulling over the idea of thinning your herd. I guess you shelved that idea? Can't say I blame you.
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I sold the 68 AMX I bought about a year ago . Total project car but no rot and I'm going to put my blue 85 K20 up for sale after I fix a few spots I dont like on the body
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I have no idea why a PO would add a half-flattened angle iron to it. Most POs are crack-pots IMHO. ![]()
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I have a '68 C/10 Stepside [292] and a '71 GMC Jimmy [350] that are licensed and running. On the back lot, I have a '67 K/10 Suburban [454] and a '72 K/5 body [0]. Both basket cases and parts donors in varying degrees. After almost busting the Wiper Knob on the '68 trying to pull the Headlights on without looking [ running the '71 exclusively for 3 months] -- I've thought about moving the '71's Knobs around to match the '68 layout. I could add a 3- Spoke wheel too. A White Face GMC grille might be stretching the motif too far...
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This is the hole for the battery tray hold down.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nothing too major, but tested the LED bolts I bought after it got dark last night
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Not for the Charcoal Cannister on the EEC system?
Bracket for an aftermarket Fuel Pressure Regulator? IDK I stand firmly by my earlier assertion that: ''Most POs are Crackpots.''
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Maybe a overflow tank was there. I don't think I've seen mounting the same on any 2 of these .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Was on west coast suburban so the bracket could be for emissions. It’s coming off
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Was going to paint the fender and door but found a couple of spots I wasn’t happy with . So by the time I fixed them it was getting to late hopefully tomorrow . So I painted a few small items . Still working on the hoops they were pretty dinged up so another day for them .
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The rush is on . The Precision windshield gasket was ok ,wasn’t the exact same as the old rubber but it worked out . Me and the misses did it in about an hour . Blasted one wheel while I had it off to install the inner skirt quick spray and put the NOS hubcap on just to see how it looked . Took it off prior to putting the truck away .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Purchased and restored a clutch rod delete plate
From member jimmie70 - glad to get this little detail taken care of.
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Nice job you are doing on the truck Mark. Thanks for all the post of your work, I enjoy seeing the progress. Happy Trails
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pinstriped, lol
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Very nice!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A couple of days ago I filled Otis up with some $6.59 a gallon fuel and noticed my fuel gauge read way past full. I kept an eye on it and it wasn't going down so today I rolled him up to the barn pulled the ground wire from the sender and grounded it out and the gauge went immediately to empty.
I checked the Ohm's thru the ground wire to the gauge and got about 47 Ohms which is ballpark for the resistor across the back of the fuel gauge. Gauge should be good as tested and has always been fairly accurate. I then cleaned the contact on the grounding wire hooked it back up to the sender and no difference. Tomorrow I'll pull the sender make sure it's not hung up, and/or check Ohm's to verify it is indeed the sending unit. About a year ago I experienced a similar issue but after burning a 1/4 tank or so it returned to and has been normal until it reared it's ugly head again, at the time I just wrote it off as a hung up float arm. |
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Install complete of the new battery cables.
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Well done ^^^^^ I like those batteries but I wish they were black on top.
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