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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nice! Looking good....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Went 22s. Was goin back and forth on 20s vs 22s , but had 20s on a truck before and regretted not goin 22s. Now just gonna lower her another inch and call it good. 30 series tires are rough thou...oh well no regrets
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
All I did is download this picture. One finisher finished the cab, the other guy's water broke. His wife's anyway. "Phase 3" is just around the corner.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Looking good!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
That's pretty 71CHEVYSHORTBED402!!
I installed this today and I didn't even blow up my truck (though I only driven it a few miles). I am afraid it is going to ice/snow while I am out - stupid weather. Not suppose to be icy/snow in these here parts of Texas!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nice!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I made a list of the first 10 things, some easy and some well, lets say challenging for me, to do to my truck when the weather gets warmer and I get the truck out of Winter storage.
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Thanks guys. I usually don't use a cell phone but did today. Went like this, he's ecstatic with the progress & his end nearly done
![]() Painter says "Looks amazing" "Music to my ears" "But thinking about going Blue" ![]() "I just threw up in my mouth" (already painted bed ![]() "Same color as that truck?" "Yeah, two tone" ![]() ![]() ![]()
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My friend got the bed and tailgate painted Friday.
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That bed looks amazing. Tell him I am a seasoned auto body guy and I like it!
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It looks very nice!
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Thank You, I'm liking it too. Can't wait to see it put together. I'll be doing that.
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Got a new clutch fan for the 72 . Come to the conclusion the old one is engage all the time .
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Thank You, I'll tell him. He used to own a body shop, has done body and paint since high school and just enjoys it in his spare time. He told me he would do it if I didn't give him a timeline.
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Spent most of the weekend helping my son replace the timing belt on his Impreza. I had some time while he was at work on Saturday to weld up a speaker hole in my passenger door.
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My friend got the roof and Jams painted.
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Started a little project for the 72 .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Changed the starter with a ACDelco from Rock Auto and worked on finding oil leaks as I was getting quite a few drips just sitting in the garage in idle. After getting transmission leaks fixed it was much easier to just see the oil.
I bought some Tracer Products Engine Oil dye and a uvBeast 365nm MINI - Black Light UV Flashlight. Man, that made things easier! 1. The valve covers bolts were all loose, I could likely almost have been able to remove them by hand. Used a driver to hand tighten the bolts (not a ratchet). I've read these need to be checked after re-installing the covers with a cork gasket. I'd think the shop that replaced my valve seals would have not left them loose but they didn't say anything about checking the bolts after some time either. 2. On the old pan the larger bolts were loose, to me it just seems like my brother forgot to tighten them down when switching between oil bolt sizes. The dye clearly showed oil around the bolt heads - especially on the back by the starter. So I went from quite a few drips of oil dripping just idling in place to no drips in a 30 minute idle test. Then after my test drive I dropped two dots of oil when I got back. Likely seeping coming around the oil pain at the main bearing area (at the peak of the curve it seems). I did tighten the diver side back oil pan bolt just a bit more too after all that too. The bolt head had some new oil on it (passenger side didn't). I don't think it is the main seal itself - there is no oil anywhere except for a straight down drip from the old pan. There is no oil on the torque converter/flex plate, it is dry as a bone. I tested / drove without the cover as that darn cover hides the source, so that helped too.
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This may be sacrilege but I worked yesterday on converting my old oil bath breather to accept a traditional air filter element. Like it for the classic look but want something a bit less hassle. Thus far I have gotten all the old element cut out of the top cover and am grinding/sanding it smooth. Will clean it up, paint it, and determine what size WIX filter will work and be off to the races.
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New household joke. Being sheltered in place and going into establishments rarely. I didn’t have the ability to transfer money into my checking acct. to make a payment on my Visa for the motor. The wife had the where withal to make the payment. So between her and my daughters it became her motor. So last night I emailed her a picture of “her” motor which she had never seen. The daughter asked her if she was going to name it “Big Debbi”.? Since while growing up they always referred to her as “Little Debbi.”
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