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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
paying a local race fab rod shop.. a bunch... to me there is a value to have a receipt from reputable shop for that work. AND if i don't do it it will be drive able sooner. he does this for a living and does great work.
new coil rear suspension. wheel opening is 26" 245/60/15 tires MII tubular A Arms front no coil overs or bags. it will be 1" lower than rear 235/60/15 all new brake lines master cylinder and booster under floor Power steering keeping original steering column. it will be cut down and a plastic bushing made for the bottom.wife said NO WAY to loosing original wheel. I may get it back before thanksgiving. i am researching and deciding weather or not to relocate gas tank to rear? mustang? or re install one in the cab. i will measure and evaluate. currently had half barrels in bed for fuel tanks. STOKED to get it back so i can piddle with it!! |
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Got my garage painted and some of my art up, WHOOO HOOOO! Building my shed kit last night kicked my butt, I didn't want to stop had had to. I'll be back to my truck in not too long. Brian
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That's nice, my shop is a total disaster. I wanted to build another shop this year but was stuck on a project out of state all summer.
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I need to put the big hole in the little cover. I'm going to try to do this myself. This will be my first attempt to make something important with my mill. I bought the big block cover from Summit for $52. My plan is to cut the big block seal holder out of the cover with my rotary vice and bore a hole to fit in my 292 cover and mind meld them together. It looks like it will just fit. I ordered this boring head. https://www.shars.com/4-adjustable-b...mbo-8-pc-set-1 It was pricey but will give me one more capability with my mill. I was going to send it out but decided to go for it. If I fail all i'm out is a $53 cover and a cover I can't use. If I pull it off I'll feel pretty good about myself.
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I figure if I set the boring head center off the existing hole on the 292 cover and cut the big block cover with the rotary vice in the big block hole I should retain the same center. Of course I have no idea what i'm doing. Succeed or fail I will be smarter when I'm done.
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I figure I will clamp the 292 cover on the mill and set the boring head to exactly the same as the existing hole and then using the same center enlarge the hole to 3.6" Then using the big block hole on the rotary vice with the self centering vise in the hole I should maintain the center and mill it down to 3.6". This keeps me just outside the collar on the big block cover and just inside the screws on the 292 cover. I should be able to drop the big block collar in the 292 hole and maintain the center. I don't think it has to be within .oo1". some of them are made out of plastic and have some play when you mount them. I realize it has to be close but not space shuttle close.
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Didn't get much done had to make arrangements for my car hauler to be delivered from GA. It will be here Friday. I put my speedo block off on my trans after polishing of course. I have GPS speedometer. I drilled and tapped in some stainless steel 1/8" pipe plugs in my dipstick hole and the bolt hole.
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Slick!
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I started working on my blower belt guard again. I had already sanded the chatter out of the cut outs and blocked it down to 600 grit. Using the sandpaper mandrel on my rotary tool I sanded the cut outs with 1000 grit, 1500 grit and 2000 grit and then polished with tripoli. I will now start sanding the faces further. I like to finish places like the cut outs first so WHEN my rotary tool slips it doesn't bum me out so much.
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grounded my taillights and installed blue dots
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didn't get to do much besides pulling it out and later back into the garage. been working on my house. trying to get the inside painted before my family comes over for the holidays. its getting chilly. hate the impending doom of winter.
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Doom of winter, really, New Mexico? We had 6" of snow last week and 7 deg. I guess it's all about perception.
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here you go , couldn't understand why they wouldn't operate properly , does seem like driver side is a little dimmer than passenger, may have to investigate that more, just glad to find the problem and fix it.
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I went to the courthouse today and started a Racing company (XXXX XXXXX Racing). In my county it cost $25 to file a DBA. Took that to the bank and opened a bank account. Received a debit card and checks. Sent my credentials to PRI show in Indy to get my pass in. Before this I always had to depend on others to get me passes to closed trade shows. I have a feeling this company may lose money.
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I've seen some really weird inexplicable electrical problems solved with better grounds.
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I received my boring head today and started the timing cover. I installed the cover on the engine ran the screws in slowly doing the countersunk ones first to make a repeatable install. After setting the boring head to the existing hole I moved it .005" to center it. I then took cuts of .100 until I got close and did a finish cut of .005. I will reinstall it tomorrow and see how it fits. Then cut the other center out. I have no idea what I'm doing.
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He is now into Sprint cars, racing is this guys life! Brian
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Good to see you guys getting stuff done on your trucks!
Brian
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