What did you do to your truck today!

[rogergodding]

drove it to the airport to pick up the wife.... my ears are ringing.......... (glass packs turned down in front of the rear tires....)

[mud.man.rj]

The loud truck gets quieter as you get older, or is that just deaf.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

The loud truck gets quieter as you get older, or is that just deaf.

Huh?

[Badger7C9F]

Painted the engine bay, almost ready to drive her for the first time... Miscellaneous parts arrived from LMC today as well. Over 2weeks delivery time and $86 shipping charge for $75 worth of parts...... The issues of owning an old american truck in the U.K (but its worth it)
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[magwakeenercew2jh]

It's not even 11:30 here and I'm beat to death.

Pretty much finished (I thought) cleaning up the rear wheel wells and undercarriage from paint overspray. Since the Krylon
black outdoor furniture paint held up pretty much on the drums, I decided to paint them again with something different than black .
This time, with something I already had in the cabinet. It's called Krylon Black Metallic....Although it really doesn't have any metallic
I can see in it. And it's really gray... It's outdoor furniture paint, too.

When I painted the rear pass side drum, I noticed some...just a little... ooze on the backing plate from the brake cyl.
Bummer. Rebuild time.

After I cleaned up the garage I heard the truck at the gate bringing me the fender/paint - pad/protector thingies.

Gotta order some wheel cyl rebuild parts and think about getting under the front....Tomorrow's a good day for cleaning up
the front end wheel wells and suspension part's overspray.

[Dano69c10]

Originally Posted by Dano69c10

Last night: Changed the oil, topped off the tranny fluid, replaced the air filter, pcv valve, and breather. Cleaned the valve covers (inside and out), installed new valve cover gaskets and grommets, wiped down the engine, and cleaned the air cleaner.
Tonite: Give the 350 a full tune up. Wash the truck and clean out the inside.
Tomorrow morning: Get two new tires and an alignment, load up the ice chest and the toolbox, then I'm gonna head down to Escondido, CA for the Cruisin' Grand: C-10 Club Night.

Thursday night: changed the points, condenser, rotor, distributor cap, spark plug wires and gave her a full tune-up, finished up at 10 pm.

Friday: Went and got new front tires and had an alignment done. Went home, packed up the backpack, some tools, and headed down to Escondido for Cruisn' Grand. The truck made it fine.

Saturday: Woke up made the trip home from Escondido.

I was going to take a nap, but I'm motivated to continue working on the interior of the truck, sounded like I was riding in a tin can, gonna change that with new headliner, door panels, weatherstripping, and carpet. Before that, I need to paint the dash, kick panels, cab ceiling, pillars, back window area and then finish it off with a radio/speakers install.Then I'll finally get the cst seats (buddy buckets) upholstered, collapse the steering column, install a bigger diameter steering wheel, a dash pad and install a new tach/guage cluster.

Dano

[Ekliptix]

Installed new hella horns in prep for out of state inspection.

[ole dollor]

washed ole dollor and cleaned her up a little. the bird poop had to go.

[SCHRUMGMC]

Took off some hoses and am changing the PCV....Does anyone know why a truck would shut off on Idle

[Roostboy102]

Got it inspected and rowed through the gears and took an instagram pic of it

[OregonNed]

Spent all day on my electrical upgrades.. new alternator, battery, cables, new grounds up front.. new battery box.. hardware all new.. Made two trips to the parts store for the "right" belt to work with my new turnbuckle adjuster.. one more trip should do it, I hope..

[OregonNed]

New battery tray and cabling...

[OregonNed]

New Powermaster

[VWNate1]

I drove it to my favorite Pick-A-Part Junkyard & went diving , I found some 1 gauge battery cables on some old Cadillacs , the ends were those nasty "Add-A-Clamp" repair things but I need some spare battery cables for my 292 make run before installation project so , even @ $12.00 each (GA$P ! WTH ?!) I was happy as each cable is about 4' long and the 1 gauge thing means easy cranking hot or cold .

I found one of those hard to find oil filler extensions too , it'll go on my Cadillac Hearse as there's so much junk over and around the valve cover it's easy to spill oil when topping up on road trips .

[Chevrolaine]

Paid for it and brought it home!

[Dano69c10]

Originally Posted by Chevrolaine

Paid for it and brought it home!

Welcome to the step club!

[magwakeenercew2jh]

I've got a mess to deal with.

[mud.man.rj]

A bit of a mess, but easy enough.

[sbell87]

Used the crap out of it!
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[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

A bit of a mess, but easy enough.

Okay. It's done. Just did the right rear that's in the pic.

For anyone's info: I knew it was drizzin' a couple of days ago. So, I ordered a wheel cyl from LMC for $19.95. I was going to get the driver's side (rear) at the same time,
but I was staring at an almost $60 price for both with shipping.

Then, I searched a thread on the Forum. People were touting Napa's USA made replacements. The auto parts store closest to me is a Napa. I use 'em all the time.
Sometimes they are crabby, but I can live with that. I went online last night and "reserved" a right rear wheel cyl. for pick up in the store today.

This morning, when we had to go out for other stuff, I stopped by the Napa... ...opened at 10:00....Sunday.

I came away with the wheel cylinder. Another one for the left (driver's) side, a quart of DOT 3, a new bleeding tube, and three big-a$$ cans of Napa brake cleaner.

$38.

When the LMC shipment comes in five days or so, I'll just crank the $27 as the price tag for the ticket that will make me think instead of acting too fast next time.

[Boog]

I dropped in the new skip white dizzy and wires I've had for a couple of years. The old dizzy was an old gm hei one and the wires were a mismatched set just to get it running. Initially after startup it ran great but after I rev'd it a few times it went to running crappy again and real rich. It means the qjet carb has to come off now. I rebuilt it with the engine a few years ago. The truck has zero miles on it since the rebuild though.

[SCHRUMGMC]

Tried fixing some things

[Expat_dude]

Dropped the front, still need another 1" or so drop in the rear


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[Elliot949]

Started Work on assembling the bed I got yesterday at Classic Parts of America...

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by Expat_dude

Dropped the front, still need another 1" or so drop in the rear


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What Drop are you running front/rear