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Thank you! They aren't too bad for a smart phone that's about 4 years out of date
![]() ![]() Current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S8 if anyone was wondering
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Nice pictures Christian...I like the cargo ship in the background under the bridge! Did anyone complain about taking pictures on River St?
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Thanks, Andy! No one directly complained to me. I noticed several other people taking pictures as I was driving through. I ended up driving through twice because there were way too many cars behind me on the first time through
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Thanks for sharing the pictures
![]() They bring back memories of My visit to Savannah We went to Lady and Son's Restaurant. Stayed down on the river in a room there.
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Made it home yesterday evening, but not with a slight adventure.
Since the gas gauge isn't reading right, I thought I had more fuel in the tank from looking inside the fill hole than what i actually did. Ran out of gas 2 miles from the restaurant I was planning to meet my parents for dinner at. Got some gas, enjoyed some food, made it home. Today, I got a chance to put my birthday present from last month together. My many years of Lego sets paid off. Also diagnosed why my Dakota wouldn't start after I parked it back when I brought Frankentruck to Milly. I had power to the starter wire, power to the solenoid wire with key turned to start. I flipped all the relays around to make sure, but still nothing. Finally, I pulled back tbe blue, rubber cover over the wire from the solenoid to the starter motor and found a bunch of corrosion on the wire. Cleaned that, and the bendix started clicking, but wouldn't engage. Wacked it a couple times with a hammer and sure enough, she started right up again. Going to keep that hammer in the truck for a while, just in case ![]()
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Figured out why the fuel gauge stopped working well. The float was full of fuel!
There was a very small crack that I pressed on and there's the hole. Jb weld is most likely not a permanent fix, but hopefully it will work long enough until I can swing by Summit Racing to pick up a new one
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The annual tradition continues!
Also, update on the float. I don't know if it's reading accurately yet. When I filled up, I'm not sure that I got a full tank. I'm also not sure that I put the float back on the arm in the right spot. If I put it back on the wrong way, I'm wondering if it could be hitting the side of the tank and not going all the way to full when the tank is full. One other thing: I found out in a different thread that I was using tapered seat spark plugs in non tapered seat heads. Whoops. I robbed the plugs out of the old engine, then found a second set I had kept. I forgot I had changed the plugs twice on the old engine. Anyways, I also spent a little more time messing with the idle mixture screws and a vacuum gauge while I was back home. Seems to be running good still and doesn't smell like raw fuel as much at idle now. I checked one of the plugs today and it did look better than before, but I'm really considering getting an AFR gauge to better tune the carb in all driving conditions. Sure, it would be nice to have an EFI system, but the carb hasn't treated me wrong yet, so I feel inclined to keep it around for awhile longer
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I personally like the personality of a carbed car or truck I think it gives them charictor.
But I grew up with my parents driving old carbureted cars and I will always remember them pumping the pedal and cranking until the engine started lol. guess it's just a childhood memory thing. Those are some good pics of frankentruck btw!
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Switching to an electric choke made a world of difference in the drivability year round. The Quadrajet I'm running will start every time with one pump of the gas unless it's been sitting for longer than a week
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Went up to Winder for a car show this morning.
A good amount of nice Chevy trucks were there, but only three 60-66 trucks
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I bought these a while ago, but finally had a chance to start the caster mod. My dad and I don't have a working drill press, but my adopted church family in Milly has one. Thankfully, he had a 5/8" drill bit. We had it set to 620 rpms and with plenty of cutting fluid, new holes were drilled fairly quickly. The drill press is definitely the way to go
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That's not a bad idea. I'll have to look into it. The other option is to try to fix the drill press my dad and I have. It spins, but the chuck is frozen up on it. Might try to fix it over Christmas
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When you get that Drill press going.
I suggest 2 things Center Finder Center Drills
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Fantastic mod. I fully approve.
I usually move 3/4", but I usually also have to bash the lip of the crossmember to clear the (larger squarebody) bushings.
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Getter-Done,
Thanks for the suggestions. I like that center finder
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Got back from Milledgeville on Thursday. Yesterday was another C10 Club Georgia meet, so drove up for that. Was then able to help return the lights used for lighting up the location. This morning was a show at Auto Metal Direct's warehouse. The rain, and cost, was a deterrent I think, but there were still some nice trucks. I didn't take a bunch of pictures though
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Here's my favorite from the show. A home built 64
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Lutinent Dan, you ain't got no legs
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Started studying this morning for my first part of the CPA exam. That's going to be most of my life for the rest of this break
![]() As a study break, I took some time to fiddle with the truck. Had to buy a socket for the lower control arm shafts. Took the old off and started to install the new, but stopped so I could fix the frame first. I pulled the steering gear so that I can fix the cracks while everything is out. That'll probably be tomorrow's study break
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Today's task: welding up the frame and making the reinforcement plate.
I've been running .025 wire with gas on my mig. That was too thin for the 3/16" frame. I needed .030 wire to use with the gas, but I currently don't have any. The welder would be on the highest setting for that wire size. Instead, I opened up the .035 flux core wire that came with the welder and set up the welder for no gas. That worked pretty well, and I think I should be ok. After that, i removed the sway bar and steering linkage to get it out of the way. I wanted 3/16" plate to use for the reinforcement plate, but didn't want to go to the store to get something that was way bigger than what I needed. I remembered that I had a section of frame rail in the back yard. Perfect piece to cut from! I fit it into the frame, got the holes drilled, then ran out of daylight. Tomorrow will be cleaning up the inside of the frame so that I can bolt the plate up, stitch weld around the edges, and throw in a couple plug welds where needed. The holes in the plate are the 3 steering gear holes, the bumper bracket hole, and the smaller one is for the sway bar frame bracket. I'm hoping that will be enough to tie the frame together. If not, I might take some of the scraps and weld a stand on to the bracket that will bolt to the radiator cross member. Suggestions welcome!
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Cool that shoul do it. Nice work.
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