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Re: Restoring Rusty
and yes we are going to clean the begeezus out of this
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Re: Restoring Rusty
They can also be a pain to put back in ,but cleaner will help.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
You know I don't recall those indentions on my dash. Its been a long time since I've had the pad off.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Man, I love seeing your Man Mall trips. I recently took a trip to ours and found only two things worth grabbing. Found a nice quadrajet on an old 80's GMC square, and after dropping a bolt I happened to look up and saw the 1974 K10 next to it had a carbon fiber driveshaft. SCORE! Everything else was TBI shockingly, no 2bbls or 4bbls besides the one I snagged.
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#5030 |
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Try soaking it in some Evapo-Rust. It's like magic.
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Thanks for the tip, I actually tried that product and even shared my write up on this thread (huge thread I know) and unfortunately it did not perform too well on 40 year old Rusty parts, so I stick with Phosphoric acid from Home Depot.
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Re: Restoring Rusty
my brother saw this sexy beast by where he lives, and his wife goes: "Oh is your brother here?" man I wish, I love me some step side
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minor injury report, that's what I get for working [ahem] indoors, get it, ha ha indoors
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Re: Restoring Rusty
so I got a little wild hair up my caboose and decided to ride it out...
it appears you can remove the fender without removing the hood Note: I used a size XL light denim jacket to prevent scratchability on the inner fender, I suppose any color jacket would work maybe even a size L as well, ha ha, on a serious note the two strategically placed 2x4s are supporting all of the hood weight |
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Driver Side Fender
this OG fender is worse than I thought, it surely deserves some MIG love
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Re: Restoring Rusty
the poor door gaps and difficulty slamming the door shut is what led me on this expedition, and I was also missing the S tension spring that keeps the door open
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Door Hinges
with the fender off we could see the hinges, now you've all heard of the quote "square peg in a round hole", well...
Top hinge has one bolt that you have to get to from the inside of the cab, a bit of a P.I.A. it's the one hidden behind the round hole plug similar to a drain plug in the floors |
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and here is the door all aligned and swinging shut with ease, not bad for a one man operation (I used a floor jack to lift the door up while I tightened the hinges, took a couple tries to get it just right)
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I must say not having this tension spring in the hinge while aligning the door may have made it easier actually, but when the door was aligned I popped it back in, the color don't match cause it's from a donor truck
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Re: Restoring Rusty
and perhaps the most rewarding part of all, removing the last of the badges
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Sorry if you've mentioned it already, but what is the factory color name and code?
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517 lime green
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Re: Restoring Rusty
I always sigh a little when you extol the virtues of badge less ness. I like reducing clutter on my rides, but I guess I do like the distinctive markings these rigs came with. This nostalgic moment brought to you by LT7A. I'll be quiet now. Carry on, and good work on the door.
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There is also a Summit Racing distribution center coming to our area next year, which means next day delivery or free pickup. And the facility will include a 32,000 sq ft (!) showroom/store. Can't wait.
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Seat Cover
so I was thinking of re covering my bench seat this winter when I spotted this in the LMC Truck catalog, $900 dollars for a seat cover? Have they lost their minds?
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Re: Restoring Rusty
What a deal
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Re: Restoring Rusty
Oh wow! I can't wait either!
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