What did you do to your truck today?

[K5 Addiction]

Thanks man. I'm very happy with how it turned out. You'll be extremely pleased if you've been dealing with an old 3 speed.

[mud.man.rj]

Cleaned the engine bay with a bit of painting too and polished nw rims and wiped down body to prepare for our car show this Saturday, almost no one has seen it so far and it was a rough tutone copper/white before. Going to be fun on sat, can't hardly wait.

[CRGRS 66]

Originally Posted by K5 Addiction

Thanks man. I'm very happy with how it turned out. You'll be extremely pleased if you've been dealing with an old 3 speed.

yup, 3spd, hurst floor shift (originally column though), shift linkage gets jammed every once in a while if I don't treat it the right way (must be a female shifter), have to get out, crawl under and pop it into neutral, hasn't happened at a traffic light yet, but I am sure it will.

[K5 Addiction]

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

yup, 3spd, hurst floor shift (originally column though), shift linkage gets jammed every once in a while if I don't treat it the right way (must be a female shifter), have to get out, crawl under and pop it into neutral, hasn't happened at a traffic light yet, but I am sure it will.

hahaha that brings back bad memories. I've had several 1st gen blazers & in one of the I had a hurst 3 speed shifter that would bind at the worst times. It happened at several stop lights. people get really annoyed waiting while you crawl under & fiddle with your tranny.

[suzq044]

Attempted to clean the oil pan for a few hours in order for fitting the oil pickup and pump.. didnt quite get that done. Lazy day. lol

[corvettejim1968]

i have the cardbord black sun visors and i wanted them to match the interior better.

the main portion i used Krylon Brushed Metallic satin Champagne Nouveau (Fawn) and for the border stiched area i used Krylon satin Ivory. i used the same cans of paint to do my door panels a couple weeks ago.

[Johnny Too Bad]

Installed my $20 ebay wiper transmission arms. Now I just have to find some wiper arms and blades. Anyone know the best place to find some for our old trucks?

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by Johnny Too Bad

Installed my $20 ebay wiper transmission arms. Now I just have to find some wiper arms and blades. Anyone know the best place to find some for our old trucks?

I bought new arms and blades from Chevy Duty (Classicparts) but didn't like them. They provide 12" blades, but 13" blades fit better. Also the new reproduction arms have very few splines inside (compared to originals) on the socket end that fit over the transmission towers. This minimizes the ability to adjust where the arms sit when parked on the windshield, meaning one of them always sticks up and looks crooked. It took me a while, but I eventually found all NOS stuff on Ebay and it fits perfectly and the blades park flat, directly above the lower windshield gasket.

[Johnny Too Bad]

Thanks, Mark! That's good info (as always). Looks like I'll have to get some re-pops, at least temporarily, and keep trolling CL and ebay until some NOS arms come available. I'm tired of worrying about getting caught in the rain w/out wipers.

[markeb01]

What an unbelievable improvement. I can't believe that sun visor is painted. It looks like freshly sewn Naugahyde now. Nice color combination too.

Originally Posted by corvettejim1968

i have the cardbord black sun visors and i wanted them to match the interior better.

the main portion i used Krylon Brushed Metallic satin Champagne Nouveau (Fawn) and for the border stiched area i used Krylon satin Ivory. i used the same cans of paint to do my door panels a couple weeks ago.

[hopped up]

Originally Posted by corvettejim1968

i have the cardbord black sun visors and i wanted them to match the interior better.

the main portion i used Krylon Brushed Metallic satin Champagne Nouveau (Fawn) and for the border stiched area i used Krylon satin Ivory. i used the same cans of paint to do my door panels a couple weeks ago.

Did you paint the material ? They look great! What color was the material before you painted it? Great job, I'm very interested in doing the same
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[corvettejim1968]

Originally Posted by hopped up

Did you paint the material ? They look great! What color was the material before you painted it? Great job, I'm very interested in doing the same
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they are just the cardboard reproduction stock sun visors. they were all black . look close at the installed pic and you can see the unpainted black one on the passenger side.
im actully in the proscess of painting the passenger visor now.

[mud.man.rj]

Put my truck in a local car show today and got 1st for truck catagory, very unexpected, was in such a rush I forgot my camera, sorry guy's and gals, had about 28 I think turn out from our area. We know there are at least 200 in our area and close to 100 finished, sad people won't bring them out and have fun.

[fredbarnes]

replaced electric fuel pump after 14 years of service, parts don't last like they use to.

[CRGRS 66]

Picked up a hidden type hitch, was going to mount it today, but the exhaust will need to be moved. I was quite surprised that I could order a hitch that would bolt right in. Two of the three holes needed on each side of the frame are already there, so once I get the exhaust moved, it will be a quick install.

[Larry64]

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

Picked up a hidden type hitch, was going to mount it today, but the exhaust will need to be moved. I was quite surprised that I could order a hitch that would bolt right in. Two of the three holes needed on each side of the frame are already there, so once I get the exhaust moved, it will be a quick install.

Where did you purchase the hitch?
Larry

[CRGRS 66]

A local RV/Camping shop here in cambridge, PN 51016

http://www.hiddenhitch.com/content/p...035&part=51016

[badriand]

Started hooking up the air ride.
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[62 Barnfind]

Prime and sand with 600 grit. Getting closer to painting my cab!

[FreakyMalo]

Those visors look great!

I cut off the anchor, still grinding the welds..

[GRIMACE 65]

Had this panel of switches four my trailer hitch that I had no idea what it did so I removed all unnecessary wires from the burb and prepared it for its new stereo system. Also finished my template for my custom speaker box
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[ABX131]

Picked up a replacement th350 for my 63 4x4....I can now start to convert it back to a column shift and get rid of the hack job set up that was in it!

[cb1965]

Started prepping her for a heart transplant and disk brakes.

[jbgroby]

Originally Posted by cb1965

Started prepping her for a heart transplant and disk brakes.

Cb, In the 2nd. picture, I can understand the BIG Friggin' hammer, but why the axe? That has got to be a hard way to cut the hoses?

[Stefan.]

I installed my new Tach and black Tailgate Letters