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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
The wife and I went for a cruise in the 68. Got the title and vin plate worked out friday. Finally legal.
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Took her out to Low Rollers!
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Congrats Billet, I miss going to Lowrollers End of Summer, hopefully mine will be done for next years show.
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Just got around to working on the carb yesterday. After changing the oil / filter and also draining enough water to get my anti freeze in, re installed thermostat, made sure block was full as well as the radiator. Started right up after about 1/4 throttle. It seemed sluggish so I advanced the timing a little (started at 12 btdc) and switched my vacuum advance line to the full time vacuum port. Still seemed to want a lot of throttle to start and spit a little till it cleared out. Neighbor stopped by (manages a local garage, good gear head) and said to take a bigger swing at it with a lot more advance. We cranked that sucker around A LOT and wow it sprang to life. Started with just a tap of the throttle, idled great and great throttle response. It seems to want around 18 degrees advance. I need to get a dial back timing light on it. I need to see what my total is. Neighbor said he thinks it is a tooth off. Moved the distributor one tooth clockwise. Tried to start it and noticed the fuel pressure was low...checked the gauge and was out of gas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Painted the cab!
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Well we got the timing and carb adjusted. Still a little too much advance but I still have a few things to do. I was able to take it out around the neighborhood tonight. The first time to drive it in 12 years. It felt really good. Everything worked well. Transmission is crisp, brakes are firm, runs on the cool side (even though it is new and tight) and sounds great. I have a couple of rattles to work on, fix a small exhaust leak, check the adjustment on the valves but mechanically I've pretty much got it done. I am just going to fill and seal the seams in the bed sides for now. Lots of work to do on the interior. Should have sound deadener, carpet, stainless sill plates and sound system in this weekend. For those who have access to facebook here is a link to a video
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Took off my grill finally. I am getting new inner and out grills tomorrow from LMC
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Painted the hood latch and all sorts of miscellaneous things.
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Finally got the trim on the cab...Took a different approach to getting them on..Here are some pics.
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Is that screws holding the trim on, not clips.
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well today i sanded, and sanded, and sanded, put # 5 coat of paint on the top, and tail gate, and sanded some more......finished painting inside the cab, finished painting the door panels ,and arm rest, made a new bow tie for the hood, pained sun visor's , and dome light housing.....a few days ago i ordered a bunch of parts from GMC Paul....and then went back to sanding and body work.......
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Or maybe pop rivits ?
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Redid the rear drums. Have I mentioned how much I HATE drum brakes!!!!! Disc's I can do in my sleep, but drums whoop my ass!!! I put Reveille up on jacks Monday night so I could work on her as soon as I got home on Tuesday. The local PD saw fit to mark her as abandoned!!! REALLY?????!!!!!! Today's plan after work is to finish the front brakes and get her rolling again. Motor/Tranny is in good shape, runs great, just have to get her stopped! LOL!
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Cleaned under the hood and painted my grill.
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well today hung the hyd jack on the crane and fabricated a a rest for the boom to sit on, just sucks i cant weld so now i wait untill i can get one of my friends over.
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that's crazy! where was it parked?
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The Gendarme's always hate this , or maybe one of your snoopy neighbors called them to complain .
I have a crazy drunken b*tch next door to me who's pi$$ed off I won't service her after my divorce so she calls the Police and Code Enfocement constantly , they go to my house and call me asking : ' where is this oil you dumped in the street ? everything looks nice and tidy here.... ' . Snoopy old ladies and holier than thou Po-Po are a right pain in the bum . Drum brakes are dead simple and easier than discs , once you have the cheap tool that makes those crazy springs easy to take off and on again .
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What is the easy tool, by chance?
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Installed my new dakota digital vhs guages! and they are nice! got the carbon fibre with blue lighting.
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Here ya go : http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=ut...20pliers&type=
One picture shows how to use them. Sears , Kragen , Shuck's , Pep Boys and your local Pawn Shop all have them , no need to buy the $nap - On ones . There's another tool to remove the hold down springs easily , it looks like a screwdriver but with a round tip to hold the hold down spring as you twist it 90 degrees . I'm sure you know to never , EVER take apart both sides at the same time ! therin lies madness ![]() Work carefully & safeley , support the truck on jack stands or an old stump , NO CINDER BLOCKS ! slide the rmoved wheel up under the chassis as a secondary safety support just in case .
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