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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Looks really nice.
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
It will be babied the first couple years until I go to some of the bigger shows around me. I will drive it up to the cruise nights on Thursdays and sure it will occasionally be driven on the weekend.
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#503 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
It does look nice. Rich
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#504 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
The truck is looking great man. Great job.
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
They look good on there!
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#506 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Great truck!!
Nice clean enginebay!
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#508 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
That looks great.
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Sweet looking ride...Jim
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#510 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Wow!!!
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
X2 Wow!!
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#512 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Been an expensive week of f-ups. First I broke the back of the starter solenoid and naturally they don't sell the solenoid for the LS motors. Then apparently when I mated the motor and trans back together I broke the delicate pump gear in front of the trans and in doing so screwed up the torq converter.
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
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#514 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Man, that's bad!
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#515 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
When the guy I bought my engine/trans from separated them he broke the front pump on the trans. It's pretty easy to do if you leave the torque converter bolted to the fly wheel.
I ended up doing some up grades to my trans while I had it apart. Good luck with the fixes. Kim |
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#516 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
man that sucks I'm sorry to hear that
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#517 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Sorry to hear about the mishaps but the the truck is looking great.
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#518 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
The truck looks amazing, but your starting to scare me off of an LS upgrade.
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#519 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
The upgrade is worth it. Just be careful. I should have known that something was binding with the trans. It was being a pain going back together, but I thought it was just how I was putting them back together. The starter was my fault. Put a little more into it then I need and it broke. It's all fixed and running right now.
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#520 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
On a good note....... almost done treating bedwood so hopefully I will be getting that all back in this coming week. As soon as I get the gremlins out of my damn truck I can get back to the little things.
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#521 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
your truck looks awesome. it is the colour I was thinking of painting mine, although that seems like a loooong way off right now.
just a note on auto transmissions. whenever you seperate them from the engine always leave the torque converter with the trans. just unbolt it from the flywheel and push it back into the trans. that way you won't break anything putting it back together plus you don't generally damage any seals or "o" rings on the input shaft or the trans torque seal. at least you got it figured out and got an upgrade out of the deal. bonus, ha ha keep up the good work and post lots of pics. it gets the rets of us off the couch and working on our stuff too. |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Finally finished treating bed wood. It was a pain had to drop gas tank and exhaust to get at it easier, but it all back together now. Brought it home to finish up some little stuff. |
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#524 |
A320 Pilot/USAF Retired
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Looking good!
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#525 |
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Re: My Blue 1957 build
Man, that color is awesome! Truck is looking great!
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