What did you do to your truck today!

[PAWS 72]

Actually Friday, Cleaned it up.Me and the wife went to see Fast &Furious6.Got a parking place up by the front door.It got a lot of looks when she fired off.

[VWNate1]

I can't tell you much I like this ! not only the RED
but also the proper full length carpet to the back of the floor ~ until you try this once , you cannot possibly imagine how much noise reduction this affords .

Sadly , my '69 is a Work Rig so no carpets , they'd be ruined in a week .

-Nate

Originally Posted by gonnuts

Finally installed my carpet, not sure why photo is sideways, it's right side up on my iPad
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[gonnuts]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

I can't tell you much I like this ! not only the RED
but also the proper full length carpet to the back of the floor ~ until you try this once , you cannot possibly imagine how much noise reduction this affords .

Sadly , my '69 is a Work Rig so no carpets , they'd be ruined in a week .

-Nate

Thanks, i haven't driven it yet it's been raining here and suppose to for another day. Maybe mid week I'll get it out for a test run.

[pulltilbroke]

Took my 67 for a little drive to a couple small towns when I was house hunting. Guess I did armour all the interior and cleaned the windows too.

[DaHos]

Originally Posted by 70CHEVYBB

dahos, looks good. I think you better recheck the install of the inner tierods. The center link needs turned around and the tie rod end nuts face forward.

Thx to all that noticed, i saw that too on sunday when i went to install all the cotter pins. I was wondering why i had ao much clearance between the center link and crossmember.
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[vegadesign]

Bent my front brake line brackets so they are not getting stretched when lowered all the way

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[lghell]

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[74baggedbug]

Ordered my dloes manuel air ride valves for my 68.. Can't wait to install them
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[KyFarm]

Drove around all winter with it like the first pic
It finally warmed up enough to get the creases out of the MIP floor so I forged ahead.

Second pic is the dynamat I installed
Third is with the floor in and trimed up to the best I could on my fist attempt

Last is with the seats and console in and ready to drive. Much better now

[mud.man.rj]

Big difference from winter pic, looks good.

[70cst]

Took the Circuit Rider out for a short drive.

[jkeating1]

I verified that my gas gauge doesn't work. (and this is my good truck!)

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by jkeating1

I verified that my gas gauge doesn't work. (and this is my good truck!)

man that's bad....i have a gas can you can use till you get the gage fixed.

[hatred]

Sold it.... For more than I paid for it =)

[VWNate1]

Drove home and did a routine LOF , I only missed the mileage by 168 miles , pretty good .

Whilst I was underneath with a 9/16" wrench in my hand , I tugged on some random fasteners and discovered the tranny cross member to frame bolts were loose boy howdy those things are close to the cab floor & hard to reach .

Tightened them up and noticed my forward cab mounts are shot , I think I'll try the urethane ones .

Then I decided to replace the leaky exhaust donut , I used a sintered steel one as the old fiber wrapped typ keeps leaking .

I had to loosen the whole exhaust to wiggle it forward about 1/8" before the head pipe entered the exhaust manifold's hole dead center ~ we'll see if that helped or it begins leaking again in two weeks .

Lotta hard works for an old man who's more beat up than the truck is =8-^ .

[c10monkey]

Originally Posted by jkeating1

I verified that my gas gauge doesn't work. (and this is my good truck!)

Hahahahahaaa ..... I love the photo.... you just got to laugh :-)
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[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

Drove home and did a routine LOF , I only missed the mileage by 168 miles , pretty good .

Damn, I feel stupid.
I had to look up "LOF" on Wikipedia.

I came home from a big trip across the pond to 90 degree weather. My headliner (on the truck, not my shoulders) came unglued while we were gone.

I'd backed the carpet I used with cardboard. So, I removed the cardboard and re-stuck the carpet without the backing this time.

We'll see if that will stick as the heat gets worse.

[VWNate1]

NOT ' stupid ' ! I'm a Journeyman Mechanic and have been working on vehicles since I was in short pants , I tend to use the shop / dealer jargon all the time .

If the headliner comes loose again , there may be a fuel vent leak as the fumes are very rough on adhesives .

[Lou Boffa]

amen to that Nate. Stuck an unvented cap on my truck when I let the original at a gas station. Here are the results. Reglued, change gas cap and no more problems.

[mud.man.rj]

Time for a rear mounted tank and the glue will stick and you won't get brain damage from sniffing glue everytime you drive your truck

[mud.man.rj]

Ok, who has the brain damage, think it is me, "get high from sniffing gas" is what I meant to say, joke is on me now.

[ole dollor]

well today i am one happy man, got the bushing kit for the track bar on the rear end and replaced both bushings, and cleand and painted the track bar, put it back in and took ole dollor for a drive....and no more rattle and clunk clunk clunk noise. i have been hunting this noise for at least a month and now it is no more....did i mention that i am very happy....may be my luck is changing...

[Lou Boffa]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

Ok, who has the brain damage, think it is me, "get high from sniffing gas" is what I meant to say, joke is on me now.

Not worried about the brain cells--lost most of those back in the 60's..but I cant have anything hurt my truck. Rear mounted gas tank sounds like the way to go.

[sbc10guy]

Got my new guage cluster in so they all are functional finally. Also put in a 70s radio back in the dash and ditched my aftermarket cd player that was mounted to the bottom of the dash.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

It (the re-glued headliner) fell off again in the 90+ heat this afternoon.
No fuel leaks/vent leaks detected using my personal sniffer.

Anybody know who makes the best headliner/trim set up?

I already posted a WTB on the Forum.