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Old 07-21-2013, 07:58 PM   #8201
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

I got the front turn signals and running lights working today.
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Old 07-21-2013, 08:06 PM   #8202
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Is your truck a chevy with a GMC hood??
I like the color



Yes sir you are correct. Btw thanks it's hugged orange with silver top and accents.
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Old 07-21-2013, 09:41 PM   #8203
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Started making the connections for the instruments. The ground was rigged as daisy chain method. I'm a bit old school and believe in crimping, soldering and heat shrink.
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Old 07-21-2013, 09:41 PM   #8204
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Old 07-21-2013, 09:48 PM   #8205
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I'm a bit old school and believe in crimping, soldering and heat shrink.
That's the only way to do it as far as I'm concerned.
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Old 07-21-2013, 10:38 PM   #8206
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I cruised with some of my c10 club brothers to San Diego and met up with sow other members out there.had a good breakfast then went over to deer park auto museum/winery. It was a very goodtie with sow good people. I was the only 60-66 in the bunch so thought id post pix here. It was a good cruise, I did over 350 miles there and back . Not bad for a Saturday
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Old 07-21-2013, 10:40 PM   #8207
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Old 07-21-2013, 10:56 PM   #8209
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Cool Pic's Hoped-Up thanks for posting them..Vernski
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Old 07-22-2013, 06:00 AM   #8210
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Found a puddle under my new radiator after filling and bringing up to temp for the first time. I am really tired of being quality control for companies. I quess it's cheaper to replace defective radiators than it is to pressure test them before they leave. I could have spent $600 instead of $200 and got a good one.
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Old 07-22-2013, 09:46 AM   #8211
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I toured several winery's back in 2005 - Barringer (oldest US Wine maker), Paraduxx and several others. Man If I ever hit the lottery, that is where I'm moving it is just beautiful
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Old 07-22-2013, 10:19 AM   #8212
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" I could have spent $600 instead of $200 and got a good one."

On the other side of things, i spend money on the good stuff and it doesn't work, then i buy the cheap one when i return things and that works fine. YMMV i guess.
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Old 07-22-2013, 11:26 AM   #8213
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

Replaced all the side window weather strip stuff in the '65'. Door edge fuzzies(belt line strips), glass run strip and division bar strip. The wing windows looked fine.
Cleaned and lubed all the door and window mechanisms while I was in there.
Not much fun and I ruined 2 belt line strips in the process but I had extras.
I need to find someone who makes the rubber bumper that the bottom of the window run rests on in the down position. One of those was missing.
Everything works and looks great now, so all in all a satisfying adventure.
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Old 07-22-2013, 11:34 AM   #8214
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Finished painting the rest of my truck last night.
It's dark brown not orange. The lighting made the tailgate look orange.





Now I get to figure out how everything goes back together... Lol! It's only been a year and half.
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Old 07-22-2013, 12:15 PM   #8215
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Found a puddle under my new radiator after filling and bringing up to temp for the first time. I am really tired of being quality control for companies. I quess it's cheaper to replace defective radiators than it is to pressure test them before they leave. I could have spent $600 instead of $200 and got a good one.
Had the same issue with a brand new NAPA radiator in my buddies 68, didn't get up to temp before a stream was coming out of the middle of the core.
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Old 07-22-2013, 07:53 PM   #8216
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Finished painting the rest of my truck last night.
It's dark brown not orange. The lighting made the tailgate look orange.




Now I get to figure out how everything goes back together... Lol! It's only been a year and half.
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Beautiful paint!!! My Dad had a '54 Ford F100 in that color, and I had a '84 Z28 in that color. Oh yeah, my Mom also painted her '78 Renault Le Car in that color too. Looks like my family loves Root Beer Brown Metallic. lol
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Old 07-22-2013, 08:59 PM   #8217
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

Installed new Rancho RS9000's front shocks and had new but rough looking Pro-comp rears that I repainted red and added Edelbrock stickers, hoping to tame the 1 ton ride a bit in the front with the adjustable Rancho's.
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Rigged up the power wire for the cluster.
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Old 07-22-2013, 11:33 PM   #8219
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Beautiful paint!!! My Dad had a '54 Ford F100 in that color, and I had a '84 Z28 in that color. Oh yeah, my Mom also painted her '78 Renault Le Car in that color too. Looks like my family loves Root Beer Brown Metallic. lol
Thanks! Ya it's a strange combo that you wouldn't think works.
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Old 07-23-2013, 04:48 PM   #8220
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Spent time after work with my wife, had dinner after which she went to have a bath and I went to the garage..... good compromise ?

Sprayed another coat of clear on the trunk.

Then my buddy Jon, who I ride trials with came around to show off a new mountain bike he is looking at £4k WTF ???

Anyway, he also brought some AutoGlym Bumper polish for me to try on the black vinyl tonneau cover on the truck. After washing it, it looked fine, but this stuff really made a huge difference, lifting dirt and revitalizing the colour.
After applying, I buffed it all back.
By the weekend I will give it another coat and buff back again, should do the trick.



I am impressed.

Also started to remove the non matching bolts from the towbar where it is mounted under the chassis, will be replacing them all with 30mm M12 nuts and bolts.
How do you remove domed bolts that just turn around when you tru move the nuts? Vice grips ?
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Old 07-23-2013, 05:00 PM   #8221
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I thought about all the stuff I want to do to the truck.....
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Old 07-23-2013, 05:23 PM   #8222
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Also started to remove the non matching bolts from the towbar where it is mounted under the chassis, will be replacing them all with 30mm M12 nuts and bolts.
How do you remove domed bolts that just turn around when you tru move the nuts? Vice grips ?
??? what the... oh yeah! Brittan... metric... thats why you are using 30mm...
I use a grinder to take off rusted, stubborn carriage bolts..




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Old 07-23-2013, 07:43 PM   #8223
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well after jacking with my throttle linkage some more I finally came to the conclusion that im not gonna be happy till I buy a new one ....
so after that I did a partial bench bleed on my master cylinder ...found out there is a lot of air trapped in the system, also figured out my brake linkage needs adjustment ...is too short....which ill be addressing this week ....
picked up a new rear main seal and oil pan gasket so I can try to get that done this week as well....
hell might even finally drop a tach in it , ...since ive been meaning to do it since I got it

that's about it for right now ...
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Old 07-23-2013, 08:56 PM   #8224
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bought a parts truck for it
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Old 07-23-2013, 11:07 PM   #8225
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Helped my buddy install his cab on his mudracer went from a 76 to an 81 cab with quad headlights, nice difference. Looked at my truck.
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