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Old 10-26-2012, 09:27 PM   #626
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Any motorcycle shop will have it. Pretty sure its available on eBay too. It's actually called "cable lube"
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Ok, awesome. Thanks for the advice !!

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i wanna see that dash once its all painted and assembled!!
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I have the ash tray ready to be reassembled, and realized I had best do some prep work with the dash extension before I weld it up in place. I realized it is going to be a ton easier to do the stereo install prep work with it out of the truck, than in it....
That was almost a moment !!
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Old 10-26-2012, 09:48 PM   #627
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That was almost a moment !!
lol i do that all the time
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Old 10-26-2012, 10:53 PM   #628
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lol i do that all the time
Thought that was manditory.
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Old 10-26-2012, 11:23 PM   #629
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lol i do that all the time
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Thought that was manditory.
You guys crack me up !!
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Old 10-29-2012, 12:11 PM   #630
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....

Not a lot "done" that is photo worthy.

funny how a seemingly little thing can take up so much time...
Project: hang coat hooks inside cab
Time taken: majority of an 8 hour day.

This is what I started off with before I tackled the inside of the cab, granted it took a little time to make that metal template, but I was far better taking that time and effort than taking a chance of messing up the inside of the cab (and then having to fix the mess up).
These came out of a 69 Eldorado, and there is a roof bow they screw into which my truck does not have, so I made that backing plate. With an anchor screw at the top, (which the coat hook plastic trim covers) it was surprisingly easy to get this unit fished up in there. Some left over welding wire worked perfectly.
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And of course I took it out, leaving the backing plate until after I paint the interior.
Then yesterday most of my day was spent in working on my cyclops eye brake light. Since it will share an access hole with my dome light, I figured it was prudent to get it made too.
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The dome light assembly (I started a new one from scratch again, making this attempt #3) is about done too. Just needs some paint stripped, sanding, and some fill in some of the weld spots. Photos of that are coming.


So like I said, not much that is DONE... but getting there.
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Old 10-29-2012, 03:34 PM   #631
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hey man foung this pic today

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Old 11-02-2012, 01:18 AM   #632
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Hey McMurphy! I havent really been on the forum that much besides updating my build thread every once in awhile , and havent really read anyones builds in a long time! Like many others you have a giant butt load of pages to read till I catch up ( I have to admit im only a few in on yours still) but I admire what you have done so far and in the freezing cold Keep it up! and ill get to the end one day! Also you should be receiving package in the snail mail sooner or later i sent it off a couple days ago! Cheers!

I play world of war craft every so often also LOL!
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Old 11-03-2012, 02:32 AM   #633
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Old 11-05-2012, 12:23 PM   #634
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hey man foung this pic today

Thanks Kro, I will probably pick some of those up this week!

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Hey McMurphy! I havent really been on the forum that much besides updating my build thread every once in awhile , and havent really read anyones builds in a long time! Like many others you have a giant butt load of pages to read till I catch up ( I have to admit im only a few in on yours still) but I admire what you have done so far and in the freezing cold Keep it up! and ill get to the end one day! Also you should be receiving package in the snail mail sooner or later i sent it off a couple days ago! Cheers!

I play world of war craft every so often also LOL!
Timmy, I got your package in the mail, thank you very much for thinking of me!!
I had to let my WoW accounts go, the game seriously dead ended at level 85 without a clique of friends to play with, plus the truck taking most my free time. I still have my Everquest tho, and I try to log in at least once a month, go figure....

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Thank you, all compliments and critiques are appreciated !!

This weekend had a large bite of time taken out of it due to some last minute Army stuff Saturday. After that it was just working on my cyclops eye, and my dome light mods....
Even though I got this mounted up, I am not 100% on it. I may keep trying to make it work, or scrap it and start over.
This is it mounted.
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I picked up a 6volt cube battery for testing wiring, this is the brake light lit up with that, so it isnt very bright (kind of like me....Hmmmm)
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This is all 3 bulbs lit up.
The plan is to get amber bulbs for the left and right, and wire the left and right as turn signals.
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Other than that I made some pretty awesome progress on the dome light mod, I will be sure to take some photos of that tonight of how I did that.
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Old 11-06-2012, 11:52 AM   #635
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Thanks Kro, I will probably pick some of those up this week!


Timmy, I got your package in the mail, thank you very much for thinking of me!!
I had to let my WoW accounts go, the game seriously dead ended at level 85 without a clique of friends to play with, plus the truck taking most my free time. I still have my Everquest tho, and I try to log in at least once a month, go figure....


Thank you, all compliments and critiques are appreciated !!

This weekend had a large bite of time taken out of it due to some last minute Army stuff Saturday. After that it was just working on my cyclops eye, and my dome light mods....
Even though I got this mounted up, I am not 100% on it. I may keep trying to make it work, or scrap it and start over.
This is it mounted.
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I picked up a 6volt cube battery for testing wiring, this is the brake light lit up with that, so it isnt very bright (kind of like me....Hmmmm)
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This is all 3 bulbs lit up.
The plan is to get amber bulbs for the left and right, and wire the left and right as turn signals.
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Other than that I made some pretty awesome progress on the dome light mod, I will be sure to take some photos of that tonight of how I did that.
you could change the bulbs out to LED might make it brighter...use all white LED
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Old 11-06-2012, 01:19 PM   #636
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i really like the light, do you have any pics from left to right to see the angle it mounted on?keep up the good work.
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Old 11-06-2012, 05:25 PM   #637
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you could change the bulbs out to LED might make it brighter...use all white LED
Thanks for the idea, I will take a look at that.

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i really like the light, do you have any pics from left to right to see the angle it mounted on?keep up the good work.
I didnt take any side shots, I was running late to get cleaned up for dinner, and I didnt get down there last night either, but I will.
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Old 11-13-2012, 01:22 AM   #638
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Sorry Flips I decided my first cyclops light mount was not what I wanted, so I have redone it.
I also decided to make more progress on my cab starting with the ceiling down. I was doing fine and had the ceiling looking perfect when I shot some new paint and I got the horrendous lifting, cracking, and peeling. I about lost my mind.
After a full day of trying to fix the afflicted areas and wasting more and more paint, I just bit the bullet and stripped the entire ceiling and started back at scratch.

The CB antenna hole is not as perfect as it was when the paint decided to screw with me, but if you dont know it is there, you wont see it.... and that is good enough at this point.

So this weekend I re-fabbed my cyclops mount, got the ceiling repainted, and started on the side panels for console section of the dash extension. But before I could get too far into that, I knew I had to make an extension for the heater. So that is what got "done" today !!

After I cut it out of the donor sheet metal, I marked it with all the measurements someone would need to recreate it. In retrospect though the far right tab marked "optional" I would move to the bottom 2 3/4" panel and used it to screw into the heater control box. You will see what I mean later.
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This is it all assembled; this will be the cabin side of the tube.
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This is the firewall side.
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This is the driver side end. I am hoping the little flap will help blow the warm air down so I wont get captured up under the dash too much. I am also hoping that the length will keep it from roasting my gas pedal foot !!
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Here I am just holding it up....
The reason I would have put the optional tab on the top is the back side mounting screw is impossible to get to without taking the whole box out. I like things simple, and that does not qualify !!
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Here it is mounted up.
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Now it is drying from fresh paint... in the next few days I will put it up in for good.
Without this extension for the heater, the driver side would not get any heat or my console would get filled with heat and probably cook the radio I am going to mount up in there.
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Old 11-13-2012, 01:51 AM   #640
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Great idea, that's going to make a huge difference.
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Old 11-13-2012, 04:40 AM   #641
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Great idea, that's going to make a huge difference.
Thanks Mark, eventually all these little things are going to come together....
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Old 11-13-2012, 09:50 AM   #642
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sorry to hear about your ceiling man those things got problems i wanted to cry when mine started cracking and peeling! and i love the heater tube i thought about something like this but never got around to it how the heater is normally seems to work pretty good but i bet that makes a huge diff!
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that is cool ..i always hated cold left foot
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Makes me think of the quote, "Necessity is the mother of invention!" Great Job Man!!!
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Old 11-13-2012, 11:57 PM   #645
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sorry to hear about your ceiling man those things got problems i wanted to cry when mine started cracking and peeling! and i love the heater tube i thought about something like this but never got around to it how the heater is normally seems to work pretty good but i bet that makes a huge diff!
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Makes me think of the quote, "Necessity is the mother of invention!" Great Job Man!!!
Thanks guys, I am loading some photos of my dash extension just so you get a practical idea of why I made the heater tube. This photo is a straight on shot. Here will be mounted my stereo, and odd and ends like the cigarette lighter, fog light switch, ejection seat button, flame thrower, oil slick, and grenade launcher and other stuff.....
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These next two show the sides of the console, which will have removable panels and will house/mount 2 of my stereo speakers.
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PS.... I was just kidding about the grenade launcher.
Those freekin rounds are expensive !!
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Old 11-14-2012, 12:01 AM   #646
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ejaculatiton seat now thats what im talkin about!!! Oo... wait ejection seat... just kidding man that looks sweet dude i love it your giving me ideas man!
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"Here will be mounted my stereo, and odd and ends like the cigarette lighter, fog light switch, ejection seat button, flame thrower, oil slick, and grenade launcher and other stuff....."

Brings back memories of the show "CHiPS" with Ponch & John the motorcycle cops. In one episode they had to chase down a movie car with all those things. During a chase the car made an oil slick. The machine guns were fake though. Bet all your stuff will be real and kick a$$.
Im going for a cloaking device myself.

I like your heater extension along with the vent cables. The e-brake change over from the knee smacker is my favorite so far. Great idea.
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Some very cool and inventive ideas....i like it.
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oh...glad you got your cab vents in...Looks great
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Some nice tin-bending!
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