What did you do to your truck today?

[ChuckW]

I did nothing to the truck today.... Rain rain go away!

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by hopped up

Yeah it def sucks!! still gotta figure out what im gonna do next. Gotta find another engine soon or maybe a cheap car/truck so i can take my time with the engine swap this time. Rather that a 4 day thrash. I paintef the engine compartment last time so it should go alot more qickly this time
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I learned a long long time ago that any vehicle I tried to drive and fix up at the same time never got done.
Pick up a beater to drive and do your truck right... I think you are on the right track with that idea..

[CRGRS 66]

Figured this was a good place to reach everyone that I "hang out with" here on the forum...

I wish everyone of you and your families a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

Figured this was a good place to reach everyone that I "hang out with" here on the forum...

I wish everyone of you and your families a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year.

Ditto
Great Idea Craigerr!
Merry CHRISTmas to all!!!
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[dantimdad]

Merry Christmas!

Steven

[TehNewGuy]

Have a Safe and Awsome Holiday!

[mud.man.rj]

Merry Christmas from the Great White North. Have a great hoilday season.

[firefighter736]

Swapped in my new SBC "pumpkin". After fighting with the torque converter we finally got her in there. Now if I can get it timed after Christmas I can break her in (and hope to the big guy upstairs that it doesn't blow up).

[Woogeroo]

Yesterday I was buzzin' down the highway, hit a bump on the other end of a bridge, where it drops back into the road.

Hit so hard it knocked my water bottle loose! This water bottle was put on by a PO, so it was held on with sheet metal screws... for a good 10 years, if not longer.

Well, today I bolted it back to the inner fender with some bolts and lock washers.

The wire frame may break, but the bolts are not coming loose.

-W

p.s.

The story behind it breaking... and figuring out it was broke, is more interesting than the actual fix.




12/24/2012 : water bottle securing

[TxRat]

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[TxRat]

Swapped passenger doors and started rebuilding the vent windows. Those rivet kits suck so I used short stainless pop rivets. Worked like a champ. Also added the jeep Cherokee door stops.Gonna have to get used to the doors not opening as far but a nice upgrade with steps to stop the door in two places

[TehNewGuy]

Had my brother over for Christmas so before everyone woke up we bled the the new brake lines!!! Now I can drive around the block and stop! ...and run out of gas half way around the block the second time... Haha
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[Formanbob]

Got my wood removed.

[Ta2Don]

Just took a couple of Snow Pics...

[mud.man.rj]

N a s t y, yep.

[dantimdad]

Picked up my upgraded ubolts for the lower control arms. Also bought some clearance switches that will work on the future door shave project.

Steven

[HellboyMongol]

The design your messing around on your hood looks like my old truck deisn also

[RANDY COX]

Originally Posted by firefighter736

Swapped in my new SBC "pumpkin". After fighting with the torque converter we finally got her in there. Now if I can get it timed after Christmas I can break her in (and hope to the big guy upstairs that it doesn't blow up).

I was just lookin through your rebuild,man that was a job,I just recently purchased a 64 4x4 3/4 350 4spd short-wide,I want to do a full resto,anywho I see your from the Floyd-Salem area,I'm in Radford now,I used to cruise to Fast Freddies a few yrs back.Maybe I will see you around somewhere.enjoyed the Pixs.

[markeb01]

Replaced my 7 year old battery.

[Crx150zc]

I pulled the front of my truck apart, in the snow. It sucked but I feel like if I do not do a little some thing every day nothing will get done. before and after

[Crx150zc]

You can see snow on the cowl

[66-PMD-GMC]

OK, I have seen the past few "snow" pics so I will stop crying about working in the Arizona cold on my trucks.....

[LT1 Burb]

Originally Posted by Crx150zc

You can see snow on the cowl

I like it, looks like a clean original truck.

[luvbowties]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Replaced my 7 year old battery.

Why? That one owes you no more service, that's for sure. Really, what brand was it? IIRC, you drive your truck every day, right?
Thanks for info,
Sam

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by luvbowties

Why? That one owes you no more service, that's for sure. Really, what brand was it? IIRC, you drive your truck every day, right?
Thanks for info,
Sam

Yep my truck is a daily driver most of the time. It was my daily commuter about 90% of the time up until retirement, 72 miles round trip daily for 9 years. It doesn’t run up as many miles any more but with the mild winter it is still getting used regularly. Both the old and the new batteries were/are EverStart brand from Walmart. I certainly got my money’s worth on the last one.

It’s been a long road bringing me to Walmart of all places for a car battery. Back in the early 70’s I did my first 54 Chevy/283 swap which was the first time I ever had an excuse to buy a new 12 volt battery. Sears Die Hard batteries were new on the market and I was so proud having my first new white plastic battery:



Man that thing was powerful. If I remember correctly it had 1000 CCA. I swapped the electrical system over to 12 volts before the V8 went in, and that old 235 would spin over like it was rocket powered. Same performance after the V8 went in.

Sadly the Die Hard developed a dead cell at about 6 months old. And every 6 months after that the replacement battery ended up with another dead cell and another replacement. After 2 years the warranty had diminished to where I was basically paying the cost of a new battery that only lasted 6 months, and I’d had enough.

About this time J.C. Penney released their new “Forever” battery. Instead of tin and lead they were engineered around antimony and lead and really did seem to last forever. I bought two at the same time, one for my car and one for the wife’s car. As those cars were sold the batteries were swapped from car to car. After ten years both batteries went away in cars I sold, and they were as strong as ever. By that time Penney’s didn’t offer them anymore, so I had to start searching all over again.

I bounced around after that with batteries until I needed a new one in 2005. It had been so long since the early Die Hard failures, I thought I might try them again. I went to Sears on my lunch hour to buy the Die Hard model most highly recommended by Consumer Reports. After being ignored for 45 minutes I left the store, drove over to Walmart and grabbed the #2 recommendation. Picked it up, plopped it in the cart and was out of there in 5 minutes. I’m pretty sure that was the last time I was ever in a Sears store. The Walmart do-it-yourself complete lack of service was vastly superior to the terrible treatment at Sears, and since their battery ratings remain high I’ll probably keep buying them until something else changes.

At one point I wanted to go with an Ultima but their recent reputation killed that idea.