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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Today i made my interior paint shiny again....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Since I've had time off from work, figured I might as well make it constructive. Cleaning is a cheap alternative to upgrading. Because it has never been done before its a mountain of a task,but you have to start at the bottom before you can reach the summit.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Had enough daylight after cleaning to try my hand at some custom graphics.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got my painted cab sit back down on the frame. Finally starting to look like a truck again.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Painted the engine. Hoping to get it in this weekend.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Painted what engine, hmmm, no pic's so we don't think so.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Must be a four-banger from a Falcon...
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#8158 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Oh no no Mag, this is a Gm site, prob 4 cyl from a Vega.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Sorry bout that. Had trouble getting pics up earlier. It's a 250 from a 67
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Clear it up when ya can, will ya, Wild?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
That 6cyl will kick a vega motor easily, looks good Chevy orange. Nice job.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
It's amazing what a lil paint will do...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Looks good mike the grad, ive got the exact same fan. Was in the same condition and repainted it like yours.huge inprovement aesthetically
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got her running and melted the back tires..
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Nice fan, just have to paint the engine now the fan is sooo pretty and Sbell, very cool burnout, my fav part of HP.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
There is so much oil/dirt/road grime,I thought the engine was painted black, until 6 cans of degreaser later.then I realized it was orange! I've spent the last two days just cleaning the bottom of the engine and have still only done the front halve. Both PO never fixed valve cover leaks.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Starter sh*t the bed over the weekend so I had to replace it.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
That's one of those high speed starters isn't it? So the little bugger took a crap eh? I heard they just don't wear out...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
The hardest part of cleaning is under the engine, no fun at all.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Yes.I am finding this out. Had tried three different things to cover my eyes finally rested on torch cutting goggles with safety glasses underneath. Caked on oil burns when it gets in your eyes! Lol.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Getting the final sanding done.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
well for the past few weeks I have been working on ole dollor because of the storm damage back in june 5 , I had to touch it up because of the home coming parade ,a lady from Houston Texas is running for Texas Governor , and her husband is running for Texas Attorney General they came to Anton and road in the back of ole dollor in the parade , they are friends of ours and we were glad to have them in Anton , about two weeks ago I started sanding and painting the side top and hood, the side turned out good , the top turned out good, the hood was looking real good and then the moths came to visit right after I painted the hood and was still very wet...guess what ? moths will dig a trench in fresh paint, then they flip over and place there wings in the paint and leave all the powder off their wings in the paint and you can't get it out...so now I have removed all the paint off the hood and will start over from the metal and try and paint again...pic's will follow..
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
me and my son also made a tool box for ole dollor, we took a 60 " wide box and I cut it down about 11" and my son tig welded it back together and it fits great...here is a pic of the box...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Today I got to work on one of my 70's that I have been wanting to work on but the shop[body] has been full of wrecks to build. I think the last time I didn't have a wreck to work on and the only thing at my shop was a project was probably 7 or 8 years ago. today anyway back to the good stuff, I took the bedsides off to prepare to split them in half to clean them and also there are huge dents on each one that I think would be best handled by hammer and dollie method. If it doesn't work well I'm only out a little time with the spot weld cutter. Also I have other short side that could use some patches and these would do well for that and if they are cut apart it will be easier to prepare to make patches out of the junked bedsides. Also cut the rot out of the core support and got it ready to weld in the new patch. Also did a little on the right fender towards that end as well. Tomorrow looks to be more of the same. Jim
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It's actually a High Torque starter and yes , if your engine is in good tune so you
re not cranking it for 30 seconds each start , they rarely wear out . The really good thing is they're dead nuts simple and easy to overhaul in your driveway on a Sunday afternoon when you need to drive it to work Monday morning . If you're observant you'll find one cast off for free or used for $5 , take it apart in your spare time , clean it , replace the bushing , brushes and drive gear , clean , re - paint and grease it as you re assemble and you're good to go . Whilst it's apart , *gently* take the plastic cap off the solenoid and , paying close attention , undo all those nuts so the various copper parts can be removed , hand polish (NO SANDPAPER !) the burned contact points and disc , re assemble and that annoying occasional " click " instead of working when you turn the key , is *gone* ~ just like <magic> and it was FREE ! . I've literally done dozens of these on a curbside basis for folks . often using all used parts from the junk starters I find lying nearby . Even if you damage it (oops) no biggie , just re assemble it and trade it in for a rebuilt .
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