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11-05-2016, 01:30 PM | #1 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
and here she be all installated
note the vinegar jug lives on as the overflow tank, two tone that Chip Foose - hee hee |
11-06-2016, 02:30 PM | #2 |
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well after two years of fast at it looks like the Greg may finally be slowing down, the replacement water temp gauge arrived yesterday and I took a nap instead of installing it right quick, ha ha, that or it's hibernation season
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They better not be...because as much money as I have spent with them, those sons of biscuit eaters have yet to give me any kind of freebies. Decals to adorn my toolbox cant be too much to ask...
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11-07-2016, 10:18 PM | #4 |
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OMG I hate them and toss 'em but they send me more
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11-09-2016, 10:20 PM | #5 |
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LOL, thats it i'm boycotting them!
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11-06-2016, 02:33 PM | #6 |
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FINALLY the Green Quartet is back together, yes they all work, and yes I am completely out of fuel, ha ha
pic taken with the key in the ON position but the truck not running just to show lightability on the gauges |
11-06-2016, 06:02 PM | #7 |
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I give you the world's dumbest invention, radiator hose lube, this is excellent if you want your hoses to slip off the inlet or outlet tubes no matter how tight you make the hose clamps
you can find these right next to blinker fluid at your local parts house |
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When the bead on the tube and fitting ends is properly formed and the clamps are sufficient for the task it causes ZERO problems and the hoses don't end up bonded to the fittings. If that stuff is petroleum based you will have issues. Quote:
It also gives you access to "included with Prime" movies and commercial free TV shows kinda similar to Netflix. I paid for this season of Dr Who and The Blacklist on Amazon Video but there are a lot of included videos.
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11-07-2016, 01:15 PM | #9 |
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Just found this thread, and read threw it a bit. Now of course I skipped around because its 200 pages! The truck looks good.
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11-11-2016, 11:40 PM | #10 |
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So after a week of driving the truck I had to add half a quart of water, thats better I used to add three times that before. So we will go another week and see what happens.
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11-11-2016, 11:51 PM | #11 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Arm Rests / Inside Door Handles
well as you recall my aftermarket LMC Truck arm rests gave up the ghost and did not even last a year, so it was time to go grandma car shopping
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11-11-2016, 11:56 PM | #12 |
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well naturally our doors have a huge gaping hole right where we would want to mount this pull style inside door handles / straps, so time to check the scrap metal pile, and what do we have here if not an extra set of mud flaps - perfecto!
the door panels will still come off half a million times as will the doors themselves so these plates will be beautified eventually, we all know The Greg does not paint in the winter time, (and yes it's still technically Fall, but I'm just sayin') Elegancia Francia |
11-12-2016, 12:01 AM | #13 |
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while at the MAN MALL (pronounced Junk Yard) I spied me a '76 square body and thought I would pull the dash out to give me something to weld on in the winter time, well, why on God's green earth (or dash pad in this case, ha ha) did GM have to put those three ugly race stripe indentations in that purdy little dash, why?
this seriously put a dent in my Naked Dash Winter Project - aka the NDWP |
11-12-2016, 10:27 PM | #14 | |
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I bet they put those indentations to strengthen that panel. Plus to reduce interior resonance for that Cadillac ride quality. Hahaha. I wonder if my 73 has those! |
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11-13-2016, 01:21 PM | #15 |
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Since my '74 didn't I would bet that your '73 doesn't either, and I wonder if they are there to allow for proper crushability in the event of an accident, part of their new crush safety initiative imposed by the Federal Government
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11-12-2016, 12:05 AM | #16 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Belts
I did make a mental note of how the mid mounted shoulder seat belts be mounted, here's how, about an iPhone height above the door striker bolt
this may not be news to some, but my '74 only came with lap belts that were floor mounted, so when I bought my shoulder belts I mounted them to the floor not knowing any better, some feller pointed that out to me on this forum, and it has bugged me since, so maybe some day I will remount them or more likely get a proper set that is floor mounted |
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I've been playing Rusian Roulette with my parking break for about a year and finally decided to do something about it, so while at the Man Mall I extracted this parking break assembly after testing the racheting action on it and it seemed much better than mine
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11-12-2016, 12:13 AM | #18 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Parking Brake
for the record it is held on by three bolts, two forward facing go through the firewall next to the bulk head wire connector block and the third goes into the driver side kick panel (ie to the left)
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11-12-2016, 12:13 AM | #19 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Parking Brake Assembly
so I came home and yanked mine out - now guys told me to shoot some WD-40 on mine which I did but that didn't seem to fix it for long
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11-12-2016, 12:18 AM | #20 |
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and right quick I knew what the problem was, a broken proprietary (funky wonkey twisty turney - can't just git at Ace Hardware type) spring that keeps the ratchet bracket down, mine was just flappin in the wind
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11-12-2016, 12:22 AM | #21 |
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mandatory stare and compare of the old and the new(ish)er
Note: how the factory decided to skimp out on paint and painted the entire assembly back in 1974 but said we can save a couple cents if we just paint the dog leg only in 1976 (can't blame Jimmy Carter for this he didn't start till '77, ha ha) |
11-12-2016, 12:25 AM | #22 |
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this is how that spring is supposed to look like, see how it runs from right to left its about 1 1/2 inches long or longer than what mine was then wraps around that small metal bracket and points up
those of you with Eagle Eyes will notice that my old bracket had the little black spring to pull the hand lever back, where as my new(er) replacement assembly was missing it, no big deal we simply tranferred it over |
11-12-2016, 12:30 AM | #23 |
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and that's all the updates for tonight
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11-13-2016, 04:49 PM | #24 |
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you all know that for the most part I enjoy working on my truck Rusty, but this, this was a complete Nightmare to get out
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11-13-2016, 04:54 PM | #25 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Door Latch / Lock Mechanism
ladies and gentlemen the least enjoyable task - getting the dreaded rusty crusty door latch/lock mechanism out of the door if you have never gotten it out before
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