02-15-2021, 10:57 PM | #1176 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part IV
Wiring. Lots of it.
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02-21-2021, 05:53 PM | #1177 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part IV
Got my power brake booster installed. Used booster off a 2002 S-10 truck with Captain Fabs bracket. All fit very well.
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02-21-2021, 06:38 PM | #1178 |
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02-21-2021, 09:01 PM | #1179 |
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Of course. It was all laid out based upon seat clearance.
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02-21-2021, 11:30 PM | #1180 |
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Can I haz '65 post car Skylark in the background!?
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02-21-2021, 11:37 PM | #1181 |
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Good eye!
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02-22-2021, 10:22 AM | #1182 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part IV
Back in 77 I had a black one. Always thought of refurbishing it back then.
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02-22-2021, 09:15 PM | #1183 |
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i spotted that too. Nice Buick!
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02-22-2021, 09:35 PM | #1184 |
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Every time I see a skylark, I think of the movie My Cousin Vinny.
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02-22-2021, 11:32 PM | #1185 |
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Some custom tail light work there. What do you have in it? I had a '68 350/350 Skylark GS California for about 13 years that I sold awhile back. With my truck, I only needed one money pit. The guy I sold it to repainted it, put a vinyl top back on and added twin turbos. When I sold it, it needed about $10k to make it right (body work, paint, upholstery), and I just couldn't go there. I guess he didn't care about the money.
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02-28-2021, 12:27 AM | #1187 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part IV
build a little heat shield so I can stop putting my hand on the radiator when I open the hood...
Just scrap materials, but it kind of fits the build.... and played around a bit with some badges...
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Made a TH400 kickdown switch for my truck. looks good and can't be seen with air filter.
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03-04-2021, 06:04 PM | #1189 |
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I didn't like the brake booster hose running across my valve cover. I wanted to keep the engine looking clean. So I made a steel line to run brake booster vacuum. I got a 3/8" steel line from O'reilly's and using a piece of wire made a pattern of the how I wanted to run the hose around valve cover. I then bent the line to fit. I removed all the paint from steel line with a wire brush on bench grinder. Then I dimpled the ends and polished it up with some rouge on polishing wheel. Routed it in and viola!
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03-04-2021, 07:14 PM | #1191 |
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I did my first oil/filter change on the truck since I have gotten it back on the road. I have 850 miles on it...
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03-04-2021, 08:48 PM | #1192 | |
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Test ran engine (Again) this past weekend and yesterday. Now that it’s all “dry” after new rear main seal - got the cab back on today. Using temporary breathers and radiator at the moment.
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03-05-2021, 06:23 PM | #1195 |
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One of the best things about having a white truck is it doesn't show tons of dirt...one of the best things of having an old truck that not much was done in ways of body and paint work is I can wash it and not worry about drying it. So today I washed it for the first time since it's been back on the road. Going to cars-n-coffee in the morning and had to clean old girl up some...to play with the Vettes and Porsches of the area.
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03-05-2021, 11:10 PM | #1197 |
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Reason I ask is because my dad bought a car from a guy who had polished a whole lot of steel parts to a high shine before my dad bought it, but didn't put any clear on it. Even in southern California's desert, it looked pretty bad, pretty quick.
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I made a shifter boot. This one has a cushion backed vinyl and it 's better at blocking the noise emanating from the hole in the floor than plain vinyl. I also put pipe wrap on the stick inside. Not easy to sew a cone when you have practically zero experience with a needle and thread but you can find dang near anything on YouTube.
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Forgot the pic...
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03-07-2021, 08:30 PM | #1200 |
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Cruised in it. Hit 4400 miles today.
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