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07-11-2021, 05:17 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Mine just came back from a complete rebuild and upgrade of the differential - went from open carrier 3:08 to Eaton Posi with 3:42 gearing. I also finally received my new vent window assemblies to join my new door windows for that project. going into my 3rd month waiting for new regulators to get this done - hopefully by the end of July.
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07-11-2021, 01:09 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Replaced the high beam kick switch, and adjusted the glovebox door as it wasn't opening without pulling on it.
Up next, after a couple cruise-ins will be the carb rebuild and recharge the AC. Oh and search for an old post that had a link to a twist valve for the heater hose. (Edit- found it, ordered)
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07-11-2021, 01:37 PM
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At the body shop.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Washed it in 108° that's enough for me.
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07-13-2021, 09:38 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Not today but over the weekend I did manage to get the Boyd's tank in it's permanent home, bed box epoxy primed, assembled, and test fit back on the truck. Run new fuel lines and sending unit wire next.
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07-13-2021, 05:32 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
No pics but... decided to disconnect the heater core rather than use the manual shut off valve.... I looked at it and figured even if I have the valve on the engine block side, hot water could still flow from the radiator side into the core and thus into the cab. So I ran from the block to the radiator and left the heater core disconnected. Doubt I'll ever need the heat in FL even in Dec/Jan....
A/C seems to run a whole lot better now.... big test will be running down to Daytona Buccee's tomorrow for a C10 Club FL meet. Dash lights are all working now too... LED's for illumination, 194 incandescent for the idiot lights. After the next two events, carb will go to National Carburetors for rebuild. They say 10 days max, and I'm local so... fingers crossed it'll be quick. Went to the inaugural Caffeine & Octane here in Jax on Saturday. Very cool.
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07-14-2021, 02:38 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
No pics, but on my '68 C20 the ammeter was showing the circuit as discharging. I replaced the alternator with a know good alternator that tested good. No change, so I replaced the voltage regulator with an old one that I had laying around. Ammeter then bounced around from charging to discharging. I then replaced the horn relay and voltage regulator with brand new ones and now showing "charging" for the most part... May look at and replace the 53 year old charging circuit wiring harness next...
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07-14-2021, 05:18 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Vinyl wrapped another set of 1972 Deluxe woodgrain door panels. Thanks for the trade Gene!
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07-15-2021, 06:12 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
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Those look great! It looks like you trimmed them inside the chrome strip? I really need to take mine to a wrap shop and see if they could do something similar.
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07-20-2021, 09:20 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Longer haul than I'd like to admit to, but I had to make bumper brackets for this application. Really just a mod of set of common brackets for an uncommon frame. I feared it might be too low, so installed them with the bed on and happy to see nothing to it It ended up nice and close as well at 3/8" off the bed.
Get to pull it a 3rd time for new chrome  Money pit.
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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07-20-2021, 11:55 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nice shoes!
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07-21-2021, 01:32 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
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 Right. $35 YEARS ago, a heavy landscape job and most days since.
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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07-21-2021, 09:12 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Money well spent. And the bumper fit looks great too.
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07-14-2021, 11:34 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Replaced my new 17" front wheels/tires with 255/35R20s from the rear and put on new 275/40R20s on the rear. Now the trucks right. Its tight up front, just a little tire scuff from time to time on the inners. Cant really move them as they are welded to the fenders, but Im working on that too. mite want to find a firmer shock than the Belltech Street Performance Shocks I installed.
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07-14-2021, 02:58 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Towed my travel trailer to the dealer for some work. It would appear that the warranty isn't worth the paper it's printed on.
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07-15-2021, 07:20 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
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One of the issues was the shower trap was dripping into the cargo area. The dealer told him that the leak was within "Factory Tolerances" (That's no B.S.) They changed their tune once he demanded the regional sales reps number which they balked at first giving him. |
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07-15-2021, 07:53 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I'm kind of stuck there. This trailer was purchased at a bankruptcy sale at the manufacturer, so I can't complain to them. We'll see how it shakes out. The big issue is that the 220 connection quit working, and they're talking "maybe" it's covered by the warranty.
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07-15-2021, 10:52 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got some dings out, polished with 00 steelwool and wax and repainted the black. I'm happy with the results.
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07-20-2021, 08:05 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Repaired the trim that holds the woodgrain inserts on my Cheyenne’s door panels.
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07-20-2021, 08:26 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Started the rebuild of both my doors - all new internals and glass. Just waiting on one more door relay for the passenger side. Here are the parts pulled from both sides.
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07-20-2021, 08:27 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Driver side
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07-20-2021, 08:28 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Passenger side
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07-23-2021, 12:13 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got a little more put back on.
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07-23-2021, 02:18 AM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I got my LED headlight lamps install, went with these from Amazon HIKARI TOP XHP50.2 LED, H4 9003 LED Bulbs Conversion Kit, Dual Beam, 10000lm , very pleased with how they work in my Hella knock offs and also added clear parking lens with AUXLIGHT 1157 5W Switchback LED Bulbs, makes the parking lights light up almost like daytime driving lamps.
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07-23-2021, 12:39 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Converted to a manual choke. Wanted a more original look and feel. I don't hardly even need a choke where I live anyway.
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07-23-2021, 02:15 PM
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
While waiting on the window sashes to come in for my door project, I decided to take advantage of having the door panels off to fix a vibration rattle of the door handles. I had a bunch of the Fat Mat left over, so I added some strategic pieces of it on the inner door metal. So far so good - not pretty, but it will be covered up in the end. I can a more solid "thud" when I rap my hand on the door now.
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