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Re: Restoring Rusty
also cleaned the door crusty locking latch the best I could with it still being on the truck ie in the door, some scrapping with a flat screw driver followed by a steel brush and some denatured alcohol and brake cleaner and then some chain lube and finally some white lightning grease
to be honest whichu all though the door still aint aligned perfect what used to take two attempts to shut the door now takes no effort at all, before after the first attempt I could pull on the door and it would open 1 inch every time, I have no idea how that worked, ha ha, but than on the second time it would shut proper, try telling your teenage kid that sequence of operation and you get, never mind dad I'll ride with mum, ha ha |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
ok I ain't sure how accurate this iPhone GPS based Dynolicious app is but here's some numbers fer you all
0-60 in 7.06 seconds (pronounced respectable) 1/4 mile in 14.70 seconds at 97.7 MPH (we can do better) 116.5 MPH Top Speed (don't tell the wife) |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Looks like that door has been mis-aligned for a while.
I read somewhere about someone using ABS tubing to replace the plastic sleeve on the striker pin. Can't find it now...
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Re: Restoring Rusty
3/4" Pex tubing from the hardware store for the striker pin. You have to buy like 8 feet though LOL.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Oh well. If he's replacing the pin anyway it should have a spacer on the new one.
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I used 1/2 inch pex recommended from another site. 3/4 may cover the pin better I have a gap around the pin, but I haven't had a problem with it.
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and I am still trying to wrap my mind around those square holes in the hinges are they supposed to give us some manuverability in door alignment, I tried pushing the door all the way outward from the cab and didn't know what the hewk that did, than I did the opposite and pulled the door in tight inward towards the cab in those square holes and again had no idea what that did, LOL how risky is it to remove the hinges from the cab and start all over from scratch, would removing the front fender be the proper way to align these doors, if my grandpa was a car guy I'm sure that's how he would have taught me to do it, start from the B pillar aka an imovable object and work my way forward to the front of the truck |
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$70 bucks for two bolts |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Those strikers you are looking at from Classic Parts are Stainless and are show grade pieces
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Mine was cracked on the door side also. Welded it with a crackerbox and small rod. Would have been better with a decent welder (machine and operator) Not pretty since I hadn't welded in a few years, but passable with a little grinding and paint.
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I learned to weld using Oxy MAPP. TIG is still the easiest of the electric welding methods for me.
I have a real tough time stick welding sheet metal. You can get a pretty decent new 110v Lincoln or Miller MIG new for under $400. They aren't good for anything but sheet metal work but they are real nice for that. If you can find one... the small 21A 220v Lincoln SP-175 Plus is a very nice machine. I bought one about 10 or 15 years ago for around $380. The only difference between the SP175+ and the 175T is the 175T has 5 preset heat ranges and the 175+ has continuously variable heat. They cost within $15 of eachother when they were being sold new. You will not find another MIG in that class with that feature. I used the common old Hubbell NEMA L6-30 Twist Loc plug with 10ga THHN wire in EMT conduit rather than an outlet for the NEMA 6-50R dryer plug that it shipped with. 50A is a bit of overkill for a device that draws 21A worst case... Now it's value added to have at least one NEMA 14-50 outlet in the garage for electric cars. My value added is that I can run my TIG on it. LOL
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so my 12 year old front tire decided to separate on our way camping luckily right before the last exit with a tire shop in the middle of the forest mind you, yes we was in the right lane as we was loaded up with a bed full of gear and a kayak strapped up top
the tire never really blew just went totally bald, so we limped along for about a mile so bought two Bridgestone Wranglers (since that's all they had in our size aka 235/75 15" rims) for the front so now all four corners are new though the fronts don't match the backs the only casualty was the inner fender which got totally caught in the spinning tire and mangled, time to hammer it out and re paint it again Thanks to the nice guys at Sierra Nevada Tire & Wheel shop for hooking me and my son up, and allowing us to make it out to the camp site in time for dinner, ha ha |
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made it there, nothing was going to stop us, lake was full so were the beer coolers
Truck Camping is Still the Best!!! last pic: Camping Manual |
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Good lord. 12 years is twice what you're supposed to get out of tires. Those are just plain dangerous.
Gad you didn't have a more exciting incident.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
hopefully those Trendsetters don't set the trend for the future.
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looks pretty sweet love the old gmcs
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I know it aint much but I am happy to report my new speedo finally hit 1,000 miles
anyone whos built or rebuilt an engine knows racking up the miles is a good thing |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Cool, if you've made it this far you are good to go.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Recently posted Rusty's Second Dyno Test results in a thread of its own, please check it out.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
more parts showed up
- Davis Unified Ignition, DUI Cross-Fire H.E.I. distributor cap and rotor (this allows you to run the even 2-4-6-8 plug wires on the passenger side and the odd ones 1-3-5-7 on the driver side and eliminates the crossing over) - New oil pressure sending unit - New digital volt meter gauge (honestly just added that to the Summit order to put me over $99 bucks to get free shipping, ha ha) Last edited by Gregski; 07-09-2016 at 10:58 AM. |
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Well gosh darn it, tested the resistance of the new oil pressure sending unit and it tested same as the old one, popped it in, and the gauge still don't work, it still reads 00 Can the gauge be broken if it reads 00, I mean it's on so it is getting power and a good ground |
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just testing / playing with the new Summit digital volt meter gauge
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man I aint too impressed with this there CrossFire distributor cap, seems like all they done did was soldered some wire inside the cap to re route the contact points (except #1 and #4) and covered it up with black goop, ha ha
now don't get me wrong we paid moneyz for this contraption so yes we will give it a go see fer rerself fellers and truck ladies |
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so lets compare the standard OEM GM HEI distributor cap (on the left) to the DUY CrossFire one (on the right)
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