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Location: San Diego CA
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Yeah! Flatbed fever grows.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Cleaned up and got the original latch to work well in the right door. Took apart the vent window frame...rusty!! Working on that now!!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
For anyone thinking of re-wiring their truck, I just finished installing an American Autowire kit and am very impressed with their product/kit....instructions even a doofuss like me can understand....!!!??!!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
atommik
good article on rebuilding them vent winnders in stovebolt forum - also if ya need help i have done a few of them . 55-59 also juss holla -- good luck |
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Location: Auburn ca.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I made a couple tools to press my control arm bushing in and out. and cleaned up one of my rear control arms.
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Location: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Tonight we dummied up the cab onto the chassis and got the engine and trans seated. It's going to be tight squeeze!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Got the motor & trans out. Did it all myself. Next time I'll be sure to have an extra set or two of hands to help...
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Wrestled the intake / exhaust manifolds off & removed the driveshaft from the transmission. Started removing the shifter assembly from the top of the trans. Should be ready for a cherry picker next time I get to visit the old girl, & from there I'm ready to go engine shopping.
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Disassembled and sand blasted the left door. Metal work (rust patching) starts today!
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Built a roll pan and bolted it to the rear, made templates to cap off the bottom of stake pockets for a more finished look. still have to decied which way I'm going to go with the rear lights..... too many choices.
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Took pictures of the progress at the body shop..
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Location: Auburn ca.
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I made another tool so I can press the bushings out and in the camaro control arms for my 52.
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Made brackets to hold my air tanks on the frame.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Ordered a new three row aluminum radiator for $215 with free shipping. It will replace the four row copper one that I paid over $500 for from Henderson radiator and had to have fixed several times because the seams keep opening up, its leaking again.
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i worked some more on wearing out my tape measure.
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very nice work !
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Pulled the cover back briefly to show some friends who stopped by. Also did the weekly "John's Old Truck" blog post today (http://www.JohnsOldTruck.com), about the video we made the day we finally got it running again back in July. Can't believe how many hits it's getting! Very cool...
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I continued to work on my custom kick panels that will house my 6.5 speakers. I have some sanding left than I can paint them or cover them in fabric.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Didn't do it today, did it last week. Got the front end lowered by removing two leafs of each front corner. Here's before and after pic. Pretty happy with it, not too low still usable, feels good. Ordered the new rear fenders yesterday and hope to have them tomorow or sat. Once they are on I can build the side gates. Then it's time to finish the body work on the other cab I have in the driveway. slowly but surely she's coming along.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Fredo,
Looks very nice. Maybe I missed it but how did you lower your rear? Oh and which of the leaves did you remove? Any rubbing issues on turns or driveways? |
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On the front counting up from the axle I removed the first and third leaf. News hocks all the way around. |
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No rubbing?
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I did some frenching.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Replaced the internal wiring harness on the 4L60-E ( the donor vehicle was hit on the right side and broke the plug). Next step is install shift cable from the IDIDIT column.
Going with an F-body radiator, shroud and fan assembly. Will pick it up at the boneyard this week. Should hook right into the 4.8 wiring harness. |
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