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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Pre-assembly of the engine is finally underway.. hoping for it to be in the truck by the fourth.
And yes, we're building an engine in the dining-room. LOL Big thankyou to the guys who helped us solve our surface-rust issues.. lol ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Ya the coolest engine room ever, not married or what.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
or, we both have the same interests, i mean, I am the one taking the photos 'n posts it all, while he does the work
![]() The real reason we're doing it -- better light than the garage & the two of us are in a mostly empty 6-bedroom house (long story), and we figure we may as well use the space. . lol
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Well I know I can't build an engine in my house, but any spot is a great one.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
New 5 speed is in & the retro Sun tach is mounted
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Installed some SSBC brakes on my Sub. Had these calipers from another build and hated to see them go to waste. Had to fab some brackets but ended with a nice set up.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
What an unbelievable improvement. I can't believe that sun visor is painted. It looks like freshly sewn Naugahyde now. Nice color combination too.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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A little side project I've been working on. Cutting down a bench seat into a bucket seat. I'm trying to get the look of bucket seats that could have been an option if GM had decided to offer a bucket seat option, somewhat like the passenger seat in the subs but a little wider. I think I've got it. Keep in mind that this is just a first try with a seat that has some broken springs on the driver side and I just tacked it together. The third pic is set in the cab to show the fit. What do you think? What I really need now is another standard full bench seat frame and a seat frame bottom or the drivers side of a bottom that have good springs so I can build a passenger seat and repair the springs on this seat. If anyone locally has these they can part with cheap, please let me know. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
replaced electric fuel pump after 14 years of service, parts don't last like they use to.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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A local RV/Camping shop here in cambridge, PN 51016
http://www.hiddenhitch.com/content/p...035&part=51016
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im actully in the proscess of painting the passenger visor now. ![]() ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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.
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