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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Right out of the box before I even installed them they felt kind of crunchy when you moved them. An o ring seal in an aluminum bore shouldn't feel crunchy so I kind of knew there might be problems. I just need to remove them from the truck and take it all apart. I'll get good quality o rings and rebuild them with lots of care and lube. Let's hope the machining work is not the problem.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
It sucks to read about the valve issues. Looking forward to another update when the weather warms. I completely understand, I would rather soak up heat inside than freeze in the cold shop....
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
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TX..... bummer to hear about the valve block on top of the cold temps curbing the enthusiasm. I look forward to our next Meet & Greet to see Lemonade in person.
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67-72 parts collector,…
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Ever consider just using the manual paddle valves?
Build a panel for the same location and send the Larry valves down the road,...
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I'm just glad to be here!
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
What did the mfg of the LL valve have to say about it? It sucks you have to get inside it to correct what could be a manufacturing problem.
I talked with my boys last night about the Decatur Swap Meet, it is the same weekend as LST down in Conroe. Looks like we are going to attend the Swap Meet. Hope to get together and meet you and the truck in person. Don't loose hope...I agree the current weather does not help your motivation when you have a shop like ours...
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Not to go back to something you have already gone a different direction on but when you set that pan hard bar up to you set it up level and centered at ride height that is the only way it works right.So when it goes up or down it only move 1/2 as much side to side as if you set it up all the way down level or all the way up level if you follow what I am saying.
The pan hard bar on my buddy's 77 only moves about 1/2 inch side to side with 22 in rear wheels 2600 bags with the bag on bar set up.And it's pretty short and I was not fond of that. Single leaves will break its just a matter of time. Cool truck . Jake
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Check how the pan hard bar is at an angle all the way down when the truck is at ride height it will be level and you can see the shock on this is standard not side mounted.
Jake
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Where is the swap meet at? I may blow off LST to see your truck TX .
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
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Decatur Swap Meet February 19-22, 2015 http://www.wcaac.com/dsm.htm
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
quite the build, enjoyed reading through this one as with all of your stuff tx!
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Powdercoated the original 6 inch wide steel wheels and installed the 5 dollar swap meet hubcaps. The rear tires were already on the truck. I just turned them around to be white letter in. The fronts are from Discount Tire and were 140 dollars per pair out the door. Remember this has to be cheap.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
He does his own powdercoating
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Kevin, why all the FB love, but none here? Truck is looking great!
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
I found his Instagram page unknowingly, he put an old cattlecatcher style grille guard on it. Still black and white.
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I know the pieces fit
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Hector someone is throwin' it up on FB.
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Got it, thanks man. Good timing I guess, I finally joined FB and Instagram last week...
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Isnt Hector Salamanca a Breaking Bad character? Haha
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Ding ding ding! We have a winner ^
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Ding ding ding ding.....no pun intended
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
Funny
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade
i hope telling another mans business and how he posts elsewhere makes yall happy. Where I come from fronting a man out like that is not how we operAte. No Bueno
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