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#1151 |
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Location: South Milwaukee
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
1976 GMC Sierra Grande,Took the trans tailshaft housing off and re-assembled the speedo drive gear that came loose,I'm guessing the guy that rebuilt it 50k miles ago did not verify that the clip was locked properly. Started it up after re-assy and it looks like it works. Looking for advice on how to clean up and or paint a rusty master cylinder ?
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Doland SD
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Installed dash pad out of 72 chevy c20 in my 71 gmc. Not perfect but looks a lot better.
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#1153 |
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Mena,Arkansas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
No picture but I took my truck to a really good alignment guy and he got the truck to drive a lot better. The last guy aligned it and it drove horrible.The bad news is he said it has a 1/4" diamond in the frame. Not surprised! It was a work truck in Alaska the first 30 years of it's life.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Houma Louisiana
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Put my front suspension back together
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#1155 |
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Beebe, AR
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
No photos but sprayed my first bit of epoxy primer on the bed steps. Not my best job but at least they won’t rust while I am working on the rest of the truck. Rushed it a bit and got some runs but they will sand out.
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#1156 |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: San Ramon, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finally finished with the interior. New sound deadner, new carpet, new seat upholstery, and new weatherstripping for the doors. The weather is nice so taking for a cruise on Friday during my day off.
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#1157 |
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: San Ramon, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finally finished with the interior. New sound deadner, new carpet, new seat upholstery, and new weatherstripping for the doors. The weather is nice so taking for a cruise on Friday during my day off.
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Location: Clearwater Beach Florida
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#1159 |
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Clearwater Beach Florida
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Mine looked like that. I took some thin foam and wrapped with vinyl from Walmart.
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#1160 |
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Clearwater Beach Florida
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Crimping AC lines
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#1161 |
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Catskill Mountains,NY
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I looked at them .
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#1162 |
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Location: Northern Nevada
Posts: 7,237
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Had the body built only to find this today
![]() ![]() I went pretty deep on the dry run. Less the upper rear bed, we had the height of the moldings near nuts on both sides without trying. Props to GM, the bodies are well engineered, we made few body alterations. One of the upper bed moldings had bow near center, so we found a happy medium and finished 1/8" off a match at the rear. The front RH door to fender matched within 1/32" where they're supposed to be, I know why, we'll get it right at build. I'm only referring to placement of the moldings, not holes drilled. Ended up shimming the fenders of course, basic cab cushion shims. Front RH cowl panel a whopping 3/16", the RH pillar took 1/8", mix on the LH door striker, and an 1/8" shim at the RH front bed for level and straight. For what it's worth, with new cushions etc. there's a 1" gap between the cab and the top front bed panel. It also measures 3.9" from the rear of the frame rails to the back of the bed floor. I'm interested to know what others find, partially because I need to modify brackets for a rear bumper. Distance from the rear of the frame rails to a sport bumper would be exceptional help. The bed is crooked and the cushions shot on my C20 ![]()
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#1163 |
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Location: Shawnee, KS
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Paint test on an old fender. Hugger orange vs Ford lightning blue.
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Location: Clearwater Beach Florida
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Monaca, PA Western PA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
With the help of my son, We installed the new power steering gear box and rag joint. Took about 2 hours. Easier than I thought it would be.
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#1166 |
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Clearwater Beach Florida
Posts: 872
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Installed the correct lower radiator hose that clears the belt for my new ac system. Also installed a tach.
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Location: Colorado
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Swapped my three gauge idiot light dash to the five gauge dash. Ran new copper oil pressure line. Swapped wires by the instructions on Gmc Paul’s web site. Everything works great.
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#1169 |
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 664
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finally found a bench seat that was local for my old 1970 that needs to be redone. Well the hard part is over for me, now let the restoration fun begin.
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: SLC Utah
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Rear driveline installed...
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#1171 |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Central NC
Posts: 1,895
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got the headers installed and the exhaust installed.
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Location: Beebe, AR
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Re-tubed the washer nozzles, pump run but no squirt. Tackle that at a later time. Slipped the cowl back on with a new seal. Started tearing vent doors apart for paint and new seals.
Installed rear axle bump stop for lowered suspension. Like a dummy I only ordered one and didn’t notice until I opened the box. Discovered my vacuum advance is not working. Always something.
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