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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Whats them slots in the Dash ..?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
where the dash pad goes. i took it off to sand. sec ill put it on so you can see it whole.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Wow how did your bench get like that ?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Wolverine was hitching a ride to the Mutant school and he gave him a ride....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
![]() This should be a little better
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Looks great man
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
its OEM... lots o sun light
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Them dash covers get eat up over the years don't they Lol
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Roflmao Yup they do. you see my transformation. when I replaced it
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Thursday morning I braved serious rush hour traffic and delivered my truck to the body shop where they'll hopefully do a good job of repairing it where the boob hit me .
$1,700.00 + GASP ~ They hedged their bets $ wise by charging 10 hours just to straighten the heavy step bumper where it's bent . I can't imagine it taking more than two hours no matter what . I was thinking back to 2012 when a new member in Az. bought a Red stepper with the same bumper and wanted to throw it away..... Anyway , if these guys do a good job and don't damage or steal anything etc. , I'll see if I can afford to have them do a full cab off de rusting and repainting . They do lots of restoration & custom works so who knows ~ everything looked very nice when I was there so I'm hopeful . ![]() A nice ' new ' '69 base model C/10 is just what I need to work & beat up for the rest of my life .
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Yeah
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Nice wood bed bud
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I finally got a chance to see why my '67 would not start except when I sprayed starting fluid in it. It would start and die so I knew it was a fuel delivery problem.
I have been keeping busy checking over and working on the '75 C-30 I bought a few weeks ago. I put the battery back in the '67 and the gas gage showed almost 1/2 full. I tapped the tank and it sounded empty so I put 5 gallons of gas in it. In no time at all the truck was running ok. I unhooked the gas gage wire at the tank and the gage pegged. I was concerned my fuel line had plugged again, but I guess I lucked out and it was just out of gas. Just another thing to put on the ole to-do list.
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At first I was like, holy crap the axle must be torn to pieces
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I had a pretty good day !!!
I changed out the growly power steering pump on the K20 for the 4th time in 2 years. Steers great again and is way quieter. Was tightening up the alternator belt and found out that there was no bushing in the lower bracket,, dug around and found another bracket with the bushing,, put that in and tightened the belt. The alternator runs straight now !! Then got a wild hair and dug an old sears generic cruise control out of the cupboard and installed that. I found it at a flea market in Chatanooga, Tennesee 4 or 5 years ago for $10,, complete, new in the box. It is nice to have a vehicle with cruise again. And last but not least,, I fixed my horn. Have a great day !!! Tom |
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Getting closer, and closer
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got it out and washed her. Wife run thru a big mud hole in the yard the other nite after some rain we got that day.
Went to lowes(sigh) and got new fencing to replace what we tore down last fall to replace pool.Noticed the paint on the bottom of doors are starting to pop out.Rust. |
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Went to the cruise inn also
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some more
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Nice shots Paw. Are the stepside owners, by chance, forum members too?
Those look like TruSpoke wire wheels on the GTO. I would never have thought to put those together but I like it.
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RE : the 4th.P.S. Pump in 4 years ;
The fluid is polly contaminated in spite of your changing it with each new or rebuilt pump . Give it a sniff , if the fluid smells like burnt coffee , it's bad . I like to buy a gallon or two of bulk Dexron and flush the system , it's simple : disconnect the return hose and put it in a large jug , cap off the nipple on the pump , fill the system and have a funnel in the pump and the new gallon of ATF in your hand, have your helper start the engine and as the pump rapidly (you'l be amazed at how rapidly) pumps itself empty , you fill the resivoir as your helper turns the steering wheel lock to lock , of course the front wheels must be off the ground , this will flush out the nether regions of the entire PS system, the box , spool valve and so on . Then stop the engine and re connect the hose , fill the resivoir until the ATF *just* touches the bottom of the dipstick , it'll expand a lot (10% minimum) once it's good and hot . I hope you know to use Dexron ATF in the power steering . Also , never , EVER hold the steering against the stop ! this is what causes the fluid to rapidly overheat and burn plus it also beats the living hell out of the PS Pump . I often find I have to flush the PS system several times before the fluid remains sweet smelling . I always use a hospital clean drain pan and look closely at the old fluid , if there's any shiny bits in there , get a Rare Earth Magnet and place it inside the resivior to collect the metal swarf that's been killing your pumps . In some of my old junkers it's taken over a year and 6 + flushes before the fluid stopped turning black & stinky after a month of operation . As always : oil is the cheap Mechanic and easier to change than steering parts .
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Thanks for the pictures Paw, Awesome shots
Love that Bug
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
well here in winnipeg we still have snow... so ive been fighting to get my cab and bed home.
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Beautiful Yellow bug
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