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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Yes he was, thank you.
And was a fine Sunday together got a little pickin in too.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Last year made a faux pas backing out of my yard and bent the upper side molding. Found a guy that straightened it back to almost normal. Broke one clip and had a hell of time sourcing the right one but found it at Mar K, black clip in molding. The " What did I do to my Truck Today " part is I finally got the molding back on the truck today.. .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Buttoned up the exhaust today . These butt clamps work real well really didn’t want to weld the pipes
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Especially annoying were the many cuts and scrapes on my wrists from having to pull them apart with a sawzall. ![]() Yours look good.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I really like these LED headlights.
Hooked the middle bar to be DRL. Pictures don't show up correctly. Top section looks like black chrome, then the white bar, then the bottom section.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nice and white! Is that without a relay kit?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Checked to make sure the top radiator hose I ordered was correct(it was), so with that being good I cleaned up and repainted the thermostat housing and cleaned the surface on the intake manifold. Hope/Plan to have that altogether tomorrow.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Getting my truck painted. The bed was painted last week and the cowl and God this week. The bed got lined this week as well. I also got the seat reupholstered. She's almost done.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A few more.
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Will you paint the Cab top White?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Yes sir, no relay required...plug and play for the most part.
I just ran an accessory switched wire to all four for the DRL’s. (Key on, DRL’s on.)
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Looks great
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I guess LEDs require a lot less amperage than filament-based lamps.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Thanks! I'm using a relay and waiting for a bulb to go bad before making any changes.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got the new engine started . Ran real nice now I can put the nose back on . Have a video but for some reason I can’t upload it from my phone to YouTube
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Does BPE break the cams in on their engines? If it's a roller, that might be a moot point? I've read the break-in procedure and it seems to be full power runs. Seeing all the horror stories about cams going flat, I hesitate to rebuild the old 402.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Ran on a dyno but it’s a roller cam engine so there is no initial 2000 rpm for 20 minutes break in ,as per their instructions I did turn the engine over on the starter with the plugs removed till it had oil pressure start at high idle check for leaks and noise ,drive at moderate speeds and not at one speed to long for 500 miles . I did use their break in oil never put bright blue oil in an engine
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Another thing I don’t remember ever taking a brand new car and revving the piss out of it in park or neutral. I remember getting new AMC cars and jeeps right off the truck prepping them and then putting them on the lot . Nobody ever did the 2000 rpm for 20 minutes . Well I can remember my cousin taking AMXs and Machines out and beating the piss out of them .
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I know home builders always go thru the ritual of breaking in a newly-assembled engine: With a distributor shaft mounted in a variable speed drill motor's chuck, spin up the Oil Pump until circulation is noted. Reinstall Distributor. With a crankcase full of Non Detergent SAE 30 oil, Pre Run at a specified RPM for about 20 or 30 minutes in place, observing functions. Some will flush this oil and filter, and add more ND SAE 30 and run for 500 miles at variable speeds but no freeway action. After 500 miles, flush oil again with type you will run for its life, and the break-in is complete. So do the manufacturers just pump out green engines, and let the consumers break them in?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
The car manufactures do not break in engines . Used to be cars would have less than 10 miles on them mostly from the dealer moving it and going to fill it up but I doubt they fill them up anymore . The last new vehicle I bought was my Dodge 3500 CTD it had 100 miles on it as they had to bring it up from another dealer . But with overhead cams roller cams the need to break in is moot. Studebakers have solid lifters never had one wipe a cam out .
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