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#7801 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Displaced Floridian/Bremerton, Wa
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Started sanding around "GMC". I'm gonna repaint around it white, and the letters red for the time being.
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'06 2500 HD 4x4. manual transfer case, crank windows. '88 V10 Suburban 4x4,"The Pig Rig" L05, 700r4, NP208, 4x4 beater camper fun truck project. My trucks don't leak oil, they mark their territory. |
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#7802 |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Apple Valley, UT
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got it running. Had to start out with some starting fluid in the it wouldn't idle and would lug out if I punched it. Just sat there and pumped the throttle for a bit then it started to idle but it the RPM's weren't steady. I left it doing that for about 3 minutes then the idle steadied out and it would rev out when I punched it.
Added some power steering fluid and now the power steering works. Added 2 quarts of tranny fluid and its still really low, but I pulled it out onto the dirt so I could bleed the brakes. Spent about an hour and a half bleeding the brakes and got them working about 400% better than they were. By then it was pretty dark so I left it out in the dirt, tomorrow I will get more fluid and drive it around the yard a little. |
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#7803 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Denton, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Welcome to the board Syndrome. Great place with almost too muchi information.
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#7804 |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Apple Valley, UT
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Yeah thanks, I've been browsing here heavily for the 2 days that it took to get my account approved. I've got a link to the thread of my truck in my signature. I'm very excited about it, and even more excited about how much progress I've made considering the work I've put into it. Though I'm sure that will change. lol
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#7805 |
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Location: Central OR
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Took my 19.5s in to have the tires removed for blast & paint and installed a 7 blade w thermo clutch.
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1955 GMC 250 8 Flatbed 1971 C30 157" 350 4spd 10' Flatbed 81 GMC K30 CnC 9' Flatbed 454 T400 89 GMC Jimmy Stock https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=810958 71 LT1 Convertible, 72 Coupe 69 CJ5, 75 CJ6, 67 M715, 72 M35A2 Bobbed, 95 XLC2 |
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#7806 |
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Bellingham, WA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
got the 454 dropped in and running in my 71 today. theres pics and a vid in my build up thread
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1995 Chevy 2500 4x4 diesel (daily driver) 1971 Chevy 2WD pulling truck "Whiplash" "The Bandit" twin engine pulling tractor "Hog Wild" 2wd econoline pulling truck ![]() |
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#7807 |
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: So. Cali.
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Woke up in Yuba City around 03:30 , had some light breakfast @ the hotel & went out , washed the truck's windows , lit it off and checked for an exhaust head pipe leak (negative) , checked the brake fluid , oil & ATF (all O.K.) after a while my brother got up and drove to freindly Oroville , gassed up and headed North on Ca. Rt. 70 , a wonderful country road , almost immediately I lost a cylinder to a fouled spark plug and so had to limp into Paradise . Ca. on 5 & 1/2 cylinders as # 6 kept cutting in and out as we ascended Pent Road North of Rt. 70 ~ it's a beautiful back road , steep and twisty so feathering the throttle up it isn't my idea of fun but eventually we arrived a the nice LEO's place where I bought a 1977 Chevy 292 complete and a whole buncha other bits (side loader three speed tranny with OVERDRIVE or slightly over scrap value .
Then I popped the hood and removed all 6 spark plugs and ever so carefully scraped them clean of accumulated oil deposits whilst he looked on , asked questions and told me about his LEO / T.O. life in Paradise ........ It was pretty nice if hotter than heck . Spark plugs all clean I re installed them and my trusty 250 roared into life and off we went , I stopped and got some pix of me and the rig with engine in the bed on top of the Butte ~ if they come out I'll post them up here after I get back to L.A. ~ I'm bedding down to - night in Modesto , Ca. and need to inspect a Diesel Rig in Fresno to - morrow . I'm sure there was more I wanted to tell but it's nearly midnight and I need to sleep occasionally , my alleged mind is confuddled now .
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#7808 |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Did a "permanent" hide of the turn signals/front parking lights behind the grille.
Had to put three holes in the horizontals of the grille for the brackets. So I went down and got some ss buttons. You guys (and gals) would notice the non-stock aspect of it...and might even hate to see the bolt heads/nuts. But they are pretty unobtrusive in there. And, I got to use all the stock stuff without screwing with anything else...so if I go back to a bumper with the lights in em....... I "bit the bullet" and ordered a polished panel to cover the space between the grille and the rad core support. Should be here Tuesday. Another day, another empty wallet. ![]()
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#7809 |
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Location: Denton, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I like it, very clean looking, and does not look stock. Works for me.
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#7810 |
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Gardnerville Nv No Mo Cali!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I just put in my new bed mat and made a padded front board so I could load a couple of bikes. My company has a car/bike show every year so I thought I'd participate in it. I don't do shows but since it's a private one for employees only,so I thought I'd do it just this once. The bikes are 68 Yamaha 250 DT1's. I have sort of a passion for these bikes. My user name.
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#7811 |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Ocean Springs, MS
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Most excellent classic dirt bike ever.
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#7812 |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Green Valley Arizona
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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#7813 |
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Gardnerville Nv No Mo Cali!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
"What type of anchor system do you have in the bed to connect the hold down straps. Could you post a picture?"
Actually, I just used the existing holes in the stake pockets. |
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Location: Gardnerville Nv No Mo Cali!!
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#7815 |
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Location: Forestburg, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Pulled the grill on my '70 and cleaned the 43 years of gunk off of it. Then knock out the major dents. Later I'll strip it, polish it and clear coat it.
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Location: Forestburg, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Pulled the grill on my '70 and cleaned the 43 years of gunk off of it. Then knock out the major dents. Later I'll strip it, polish it and clear coat it.
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Mark Jesus is the Way! 2003 2500HD CCLB Duramax/Ali (Clifford) 2014 2SS/RS black on black Camaro (Betty) 2006 Pontiac SOLSTICE silver/black (Lula-Bell) 1970 C/10 Short Wide (Peggy) 1964 C/10 Short Step (Hambone) RIP Jimmy Hamilton Thank you for the trucks |
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#7817 |
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Location: Moscow, Russia
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#7818 |
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Magnolia, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I patched my right front fender.
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I couldn't decide on a year, so I bought both years in the same truck 1972/67 C10 - Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=591277 |
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#7819 |
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Location: Osceola, Ia
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#7820 |
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Location: Forestburg, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I got bored... My wife made me attend the garage sale with her. Sitting there looking at my 70 I just could not help myself.
Cleaned with degreaser, Cleaned again with Muriatic acid, dent removal, stripped anodize with drain cleaner, polished and painted. Man I love me some 70 grill. ![]()
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Location: los angeles,ca
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Old Motos & old Trucks , nice .
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#7823 |
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Location: billings, mt
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Hit a really big pot hole whole dang thing just fell off
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