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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
That Chevelle is gorgeous. If it was mine, there'd be no chance for rust behind the rear tires. That area would have a nice layer of Goodyear PolyGlas GT coating it. I started work out of high school at a Chevy dealer. I loved driving those things!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Never throw away an old dizzy, you never know when you'll need a engine oil primer. Like that time I spun the oil primer on the drill in the air and I bent the shaft. One of those times.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I drove mine to haul myself and my tools to repair the front brakes on a friend's car. It ran and sounded so damn good! I love these trucks!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I drove to work and parked where I could look at my truck out the front window.I drive 16 miles round trip for lunch 4 days a week. I enjoy the drive ,sometimes I'll even turn on some music. I love my Chevy's.
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I always use a bent up coat hanger or welding rod chucked into an old hand drill brace to pre oil engines ~ you needn't spin it fast, just long enough to register pressure on the gauge and have oil weeping out of the rocker lube holes .
The salvaged dizzy idea sounds pretty clever to me .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Washed the frame and undercarriage.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Getting started on some new parts. My first project truck. Sat for 20+ years. I can tell there are a few "new" parts that aren't OEM, but I think these plugs and wires are original 72. Whatcha think?
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No worries about the broken insulator, time to get upset when the bottom threaded part remains in the cylinder head..... ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Installed ece front sway bar and drove it.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Flared a short section of stainless brake line. Failed to flare of section of brake line. I was trying to shorten a pair of stainless lines on my rear end to work with my disc brakes. The line and/or tool did not like the small 3/16" line... 1/4" line was perfect.
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Ground the teeth off of the gear and reduced top dia. for a 3/8" drill. Still keeps the shaft from sliding off of the pump slot. Haven't used it in years as the engine is still doing just fine! ![]() ![]() |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Got the pinion back in the rear with new bearings. No sleeve crush yet. Got the new carrier bearings installed and the ring gear switched over to the Eaton carrier, ready to go in. Started installing the brackets for the No Limit upper mount sway bar, and found I had a u bolt with striped threads. got to order a set. Also found my left rear brake line was almost mashed shut on the back of the axle. That must have been like that for years. But I am getting closer each day!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Got the pinion back in the rear with new bearings. No sleeve crush yet. Got the new carrier bearings installed and the ring gear switched over to the Eaton carrier, ready to go in. Started installing the brackets for the No Limit upper mount sway bar, and found I had a u bolt with striped threads. got to order a set. Also found my left rear brake line was almost mashed shut on the back of the axle. That must have been like that for years. But I am getting closer each day!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Put a few miles on the new top end, and fried the alternator.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Kind of counter productive but I sold mine today.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Replaced the heater hoses...while I was taking the wire clamp off the 5/8 inch hose, it popped out of my pliers, sailed into the driver’s side engine bay, rattled around and disappeared (that’s my conclusion after spending 30 minutes looking for it - which included taking the driver side front wheel off)
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
This was yesterday... but I welded up some of the spot weld holes, and cut some of the firewall out.. had help with cleaning!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Finished my rear end rebuild, and installed brake adjusting holes in my rear drum backing plates.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Today I finished the install of an auxiliary fuel tank. It's a 31 gallon unit which gets me about 50 gallons total as I have elected to keep the tank behind the seat. Looking forward to fewer (but more expensive) stops at the gas station which can be a real inconvenience with a travel trailer in tow.
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