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Re: My 78 K15 High Sierra build - Fish Tremble
Looking good Rick! This truck is going to look awesome tearing down the highway...or dirt road...or driveway
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The paint and application look great! come on over and paint my truck LOL!
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Us Internet friends think it looks amazing!
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When I redid my 86 GMC i scrounged to find the correct orange/red for the tailgate insert and front grille emblems. I hate to say but VHT Mopar orange is pretty darn close. It is in an aersol can though.
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Also still working on the fender emblems. I've been using the method cmabolt used with a hypodermic needle. Still managed to mess up, plus didn't like one of the colors so have stripped it down again. But, managed to break off the '5'. Checked online and cannot find any repros. Only hit I found on ebay was $125, so giving gorilla glue a shot at saving me $$$.
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I like it!!!!
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Yep, the black is the way to go with your color, very sharp. Those are some spendy emblems hope your repair job does the trick.
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Does look killer!
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looks awesome. good call on the color scheme
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Nice work! I like the black cab moldings.
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Also, I'm starting to think I should pull every piece of good moulding I can find at the junk yards!
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Thanks guys! y5mgisi - seems like anything with an emblem is either hard to find, not reproduced, or expensive when you do find it. Or maybe just particularly if it is GMC rather than Chevy. Probably not a bad idea.
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Black looks great Rick!
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Holly Smokes thats gummed up.
I have a couple of those 'wash tubs' for carbs myself. Diggin the color sanding. Taking notes. Truck is looking great. |
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Wow that carb is impressively bad. Get it to where you think she will work well?
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Also spent some time today fishing new wire through the kick panels to install new door jamb switches for the under-dash courtesy lights and also for the dome light. Close to being done making all the wiring connections except for AC and stereo.
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When done soaking flush all the ports with carb cleaner to be sure.
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Dang it, that’s a pisser who puked in the carburetor?
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I've spent a lot of time since the last post creating more work for myself. I did some paint touchups that didn't turn out too well, so sanded it all back off and waiting for a warm day to try again. Also spent time trying to get that carb cleaned out. Tried a variety of things including a couple types of carb cleaner, gasoline, vinegar and Pine Sol. Turned out that Pine Sol did the best job, but I still didn't trust that I wouldn't end up with problems down the road so I ordered another carb that will hopefully arrive soon.
I did get a few miscellaneous things completed. Sorry for the bad pictures, but "fixed" the end of my SM465 shifter. Filled the slop where the roll pin holds the end piece onto the stick by driving larger roll pins into both sides, cutting and grinding. Also re-welded the rounded piece after torching for 5 minutes or so to get much of the oil and grease melted out but I guess I didn't get a picture of the end result. This really did take a lot of slop out of the shifter. The roll pins in the neck of the tranny seemed to be in good shape as well as the slots in the shifter so I didn't mess with those. Bought a NOS horn pad off the parts board that doesn't need to be screwed onto the steering wheel, and wired in a battery cut-off switch. First one was bad, but AAW sent out a new one no problem.
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Also built myself a new heavy-duty cart. I've got about a 500 lb Christmas gift to be dropped off at the end of my driveway early next week and needed a way to get it up to my shop.
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I've got this one on the way. GM Performance 290 HP 350. Have everything off the old motor except bell-housing to motor bolts to make room for the new one. Just decided I have been putting lipstick on a pig considering what I've done with the rest of the truck. Draining oil I put in 2 weeks ago to get ready to pull the motor, it already had a bunch of water in it. Wasn't going to get very far on the old motor one way or the other.
http://www.jegs.com/i/GM+Performance...FZm6wAodbQMC7g
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so what motor did you get???
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