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12-22-2013, 10:29 PM | #1 |
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Re: Carolina K10, 1979 Reg cab short bed.
Without a doubt. Once you start, It's hard if not impossible to stop.
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12-23-2013, 12:47 PM | #2 |
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Re: Carolina K10, 1979 Reg cab short bed.
Its my addiction.......
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12-24-2013, 09:38 PM | #3 |
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Got the interior back in and new battery put in. Scored this for $39 bucks just need to figure out how to secure it. Most likely I'll end up putting it in my Dad's Mazda and swapping that one in here.
Got the cover on, of course within 5 minutes it had oil running down it...
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12-30-2013, 11:21 AM | #4 |
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Of course it rained 2 inches here yesterday so I got off work and tested the boggers out. If feels like the carb is having a tough time at certain points but I never got stuck.
The only casualty was a piece of trim.
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12-30-2013, 07:36 PM | #5 |
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Re: Carolina K10, 1979 Reg cab short bed.
Ahhhh don't just love the rain....Man we got hit with a bunch too. Truck is coming along nicely.
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12-30-2013, 07:44 PM | #6 |
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I wish it was daytime when we went so I could've gotten more pictures. Our campsite next to the creek was non-existent...
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12-31-2013, 02:59 PM | #7 |
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Ouch....watch it Austin. That trim gets harder to find and will only get harder to find NOS or OEM as it gets older.
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12-31-2013, 05:24 PM | #8 |
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Man it did some local flooding here too. Mostly low line areas. I bet you guys got right much too. You know it's funny but my uncle took the trim off my truck years ago and I've never found it again. I looked high and low. Most of it is there but still it's a royal pain to find it in decent shape.
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01-02-2014, 01:07 AM | #9 |
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Lesson well learned. Pulling the trim off until I make it a pavement pounder. Plus it's missing the bed trim so it'll look better Imo with a bunch of holes rather than missing trim.
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01-02-2014, 02:32 PM | #10 |
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So the TH350 didn't want to shift in reverse this morning so I pulled the pan to see what was going on.
Of course the blue truck is at the shop right now so this one just had to mess up also. I take it as a sign I need more truck's.
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01-02-2014, 02:34 PM | #11 |
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But in all seriousness I threw it back together and I'm going to drive it until the Z is back. Then I'll wheel it one more time, wash it, pull the tranny, and rebuild it. Reverse takes like 1-3 seconds to go into gear.
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01-08-2014, 11:20 AM | #12 |
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... why don't I just quit while I'm ahead?
Successfully destroyed reverse... time to start building for real now....
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01-02-2014, 05:11 PM | #13 |
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Yum pudding...
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01-08-2014, 02:26 PM | #14 |
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hey man that picture at Sheetz is that at the corner of 401/Ten Ten Rd? I have a friend that has an 85 he's getting ready to pull the current lift and all off if youre interested.
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01-09-2014, 10:30 AM | #15 |
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That's the one. Depending on what size lift and if the 350's are solid and run good I'll definitely be interested. I'll shoot you a pm with my number. I'm about 15 minutes away from wake tech.
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01-10-2014, 11:25 PM | #16 |
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So thanks to a good friend of mine I was able to aquire a set of Mickey Thompson valve covers. They are straight with no dents or dings. He told me the PO sprayed paint thinner on the covers and never wiped it off. Stamped number is 3276000
I'll be going a little bit of a different route with these. I'll be out of town this weekend so any progress will most likely start Monday.
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01-10-2014, 11:33 PM | #17 |
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Here's an ad I found for the M/T covers.
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01-08-2014, 02:29 PM | #18 |
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He also have 2 350's for sale. He's doing and LS2 in his.
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I'm really digging this build! your making me wish mine was a 4wd instead of a 2wd ... dangit!
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01-14-2014, 05:22 PM | #20 |
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Thanks. Just remember... You break less things on pavement then you do off pavement! haha.
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Not me.
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01-15-2014, 11:11 PM | #22 |
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I started working on the valve covers yesterday. Sprayed them with paint remover, scrubbed them with a scotch bright pad, sprayed down with a pressure washer, repeated about 3 or 4 times. After stripping all of the paint and gunk off there are a few nicks but I'm not too concerned about them. Being that they are cast late '58 through '68 I'm surprised that they aren't torn up. Definitely worth the $40 I payed for them.
Spent about 2 hours on the first with 120 grit. It's a little rough but there are still some spots in the metal and scratches I need to get out. I haven't started on the valley's and hard to get areas yet because I am lacking in the sanding tool department. This weekend I'll pick up some attachments and start on all the nooks and crannies but for now I'm focusing on spots and scratches.
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01-15-2014, 11:16 PM | #23 |
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That's about all I could do in one straight session without losing my marbles
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Nice work
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Cool valve covers. I'm sure a trans will turn up just got to keep digging.
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