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#176 |
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
It is actually 20th if anybody else is interested. I understand how it goes. I really hope one of these fine days I'll be driving my ole pickup to the show and not just working. Lol. I think if you keep at it you'll do good.
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
And the results are in: The timing set WAS changed, but the pan was never pulled. After pulling everything apart I discovered a scored damper and mangled bottom edge of the timing cover that were both contributing to my oil leak, a very loose timing chain, and a "custom" grooved cam gear!
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
My schedule cleared up for this weekend and I think I will try to make it out to the show (without the truck of course). I was going to go to the VW show at Farmington Dragway, but since I've sold my Beetle and have moved on to the truck, I think I'd prefer to attend this show. Where will you be working at the show?
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
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As for the rear wheel being too far in, it looks good from the pic posted (and I am picky about it). It could be the angle but again, looks right to me. On the 'wider' 69/later 6-lug housing... Seemed the change to the wider housing happened sometime in 70. That's where there were 2 different length 6-lug housings. Measure the distance between the backing plate & T/A perch on your current housing to ensure you're getting a longer one if you go shopping around.
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
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do you have this guys contact info? i would be VERY interested in a set of transits in 5 lug |
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
It was great meeting you today. I wish it would have been a little cooler. A few more trucks did show up. This year seemed to be off. I feel the heat and the race down in Charolette may had something to do with it. Either way we still had fun and saw some cool stuff.
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Re: Introduction, nostalgia, and '68 build, oh my
I have updated my build thread title to "Green Gus the 68 shortbed convert" to better reflect my build, but for some reason it got added as a duplicate copy. I will no longer post updates in this thread even though it still exists. Please follow the photo link below to continue the build progress!
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