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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I have spent the day cleaning up two of my "Custom 10" emblems. Paint stripper and Bar Keeper's Friend worked great on the one and Goo Gone is doing a fair job (slow though) on the other.
Apparently a previous owner used a caulk-like or silicon substance to help it adhere to his truck at some point. Last edited by In The Ten Ring; 08-27-2017 at 05:30 PM. |
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I'm amazed that the disc brake conversion is there .
I'm hoping to find a wrecked/rusted out Suburban with the larger drum brakes to put on my '69 C/10 but I'da prolly grabbed this disc bake kit the instant I saw it . -Nate |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
today I ordered everything to Create my own Brake lines and Fuel lines I discovered 5 leaks in the lines I am going to be taking the cab and the bed off soon so might as well put in the rear gas tank and new lines.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I drew up and water jet cut a piece of aluminum for my Speedhut gauges. I think it turned out pretty cool. just cut the old plastic out and riveted on the new panel. easy peasy.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
what did the Gauges cost you and do you have a link?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
This E-brake hardware cleaned up nicely. Less the clips anyway. I'll have a pot of new nuts and washers to use, but somehow I end up cleaning up the old anyway.
Sure takes a while, but white vinegar & WD-40 hasn't failed me yet. I'll have these black zinc plated or phosphate coated.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I don't have a link.. it's just the 4" gps speedo and 4" tach. the rest i think are 2-5/8".
Speedhut is the brand.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
All I got done today was more cleaning up on a used fender emblem. Evaporust soak took off all the road grime the silicon caulk had trapped. I got nearly all the rust off it too, some seems trapped in the pores.
I want to do more caulk removal before injecting the nail polish. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I just put on a set of Taylor cut-to-fit wires with Moroso wire looms, (was having issues with a few wires being too short and laying across the valve covers). Seemed to turn out good!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Drove it. I've been having issues with the truck shutting down. Surprisingly, it is RPM noise from the MSD ignition box affecting the pickup wire for the FiTech efi system. I tore my wiring harness apart, separated the wiring between the efi and ignition and now it's running well again. Very interesting but frustrating too.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Got the amp guage working...not real exciting. Bearly moves with the power turned on. Thinking about upgrading to the 76+ volt meter kit. Have to find out how extensive the modification is to the cluster.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Quote:
I how is the braking without power brakes?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Not that bad. Takes some effort of course, but no problem stopping. I'm a little wary on these crazy freeways out here though.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
A little more cleaning on the emblem, more of the of the caulk came off. Just what's around one stud left now. It's back into Evaporust soak.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
snj8198, I tried to send you a message on the fitech unit but your in box is full
Mudman.
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I added a stock power booster to my '69 SB, it really reducexd the pedal effort a lot .
Now, even SWMBO can drive it although she refuses to do so ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Still cleaning the emblem and making great progress! Nearly all of the old caulk is off now, just a tiny bit left in a crevice.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Not so much what I did to my truck as what I did for my truck. Just got done ordering a new AC Delco HEI distributor and a pair of United Pacific LED tail light assemblies. The old girl's a money pit but I love her just the same.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Well of course. LOL
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
How could you not?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Replaced the useless brass float that came with my fuel level sending unit with a plastic float out of a Jeep CJ. The lack of quality control at these aftermarket manufacturers continues to amaze me.
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Interesting as modern plastic floats often get soggy with ethanol and sink .
Doesn't TOMCO (NAPA) still make good brass ones ? .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Among other things, I learned how to manually turn an engine. I pulled the plugs & gave the cylinders a shot of fog oil.............................Turning the crank pulley by hand is a real ball buster for this frame, but it works. However, this tool on the flex plate makes it super easy. Another board member recommended it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Re: Carby Floats
I just bought a NAPA carb kit for my 72 with the original Q-Jetand it had the brass float and my friend doing the carb was surprised the float was brass..
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