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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finished disassembling my bed floor. Painted the angled strips to match the body color. Painted the flat strips black.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Installing new brake lines, master cylinder and manual valve. I took lots of time and care but found a few leaks. Hope to fix today! Was fun until the leaks.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Took me a while but finally got to the hitch, brake controller, wiring. Got the camper mirrors back on too!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I’ve had this NOS camper step sitting from a prior truck I sold, so today I slapped it on the 68 custom camper. Don’t think I’ll use it but I just didn’t want it sitting
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Getting ready to send out the A/C valves, figured to see if they have to be re-plated or somethin'. Few hours later, hopefully they can rebuild these without having to re-plate them.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Just finished redoing my tailgate band. This time I used 3M woodgrain vinyl wrap instead of the tape available from the classic truck sites. It's simple to apply and lasts much longer.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A bit more underhood cleanup and finally finished converting the oil bath breather to paper element. Slipped it back on the old 283. Cover looks terrible but it is covered with pine tree pollen. Dang spring. Now I wish I had painted that master cylinder before I installed it.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
That looks really good.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Looks good, I used the tape from one of the truck places and it bubbled up and shrank and it's not out in the weather much. Where did you fine the 3M wrap?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Getting a lot done on my project, but stretching new lines for the transmission cooler was big to me, means I can mount the cab and bed. The lines were cut on the old ones because the owner favored an auxiliary and completely bypassed the radiator. Came out clean all the way around, but I was especially ecstatic to see the lines lay into the oil pan clip like intended. They slid right in, no real tension on the clip.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Man, that looks so clean - love the paint. I remember when my painted engine looked that good after it was re-installed LOL
So I am going on day two with my truck in the shop for my frontend refresh. Technically it is not what I am doing to the truck but having done! Seems every step they hit a time suck roadblock. It was decided my break lines needed replacing (I bought front/rear lines because I thought they would want to replace them). The passenger side line was frozen/stuck on and some previous owner mucked them up on top of that. Now they are finally into replacing the ball joints. They aren't coming out like they should and are requiring to be heated up with a torch, yet another time suck. They expect everything to be back together much later today but there won't be enough time to get the front end aligned (different shop). Which I guess that is also time consuming because it requires shims to get aligned. I hadn't even asked for a estimate because they thought they would be done in a day. Now we are looking at two full days of shop and then the alignment on Monday. I kind of started freaking on the call this morning but he assured me he is not counting the clock and so far I am still under my high end number. That is assuming they don't run into more roadblocks. But at least the whole front end, rubber brake lines, and my sway bar will be all done. It seems Peace of Mind can get costly LOL
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Costly is right, and thanks above. While I do most of the work myself less body, finishes and cores, I've probably blown 2K on just do-overs and not quite right and another 4K for the garage. Have to say the details at this point come at a surprise, already removed the radiator once just to get the lines slid in. Slid the fan shroud in like butter last night to find it's too short for the top brackets, so I'll try cutting the top pads, but I may have to cut the bottoms too, meaning I'd have to re-adjust the trans. lines. And I get to install the fan again only to pull it again, and again and again ![]() ![]() EDIT: Radiator pads have little or nothing to do with fitting a shroud ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Thanks, so you cut it to fit? Does it match the original grain and match lower side moulding? Maybe we'll see you around, looks like you have another 67'-72'. We usually go to the inliners show in Minden and misc. shows around Reno- Carson City area.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I spent several hours chasing a no start / electrical problem. I previously had found the hot wire from the battery to ignition had worn through and shorted out. I replaced the wire and it turned over but didn’t start. Checked for voltage to the HEI distributor. 12.4V I thought maybe the module was bad so I took the cap off. Rotor looked like someone took a bite out of it.. a chunk of the rotor was MIA. I went and got a new cap and rotor and put them on. Nothing. Swapped coils- nothing. Swiped the module out of my ‘71 so I’d have a known good unit.Nope. Finally pulled the condenser out of a spare distributor and put that in. Bango! We have fire! Must’ve had that cap off 20 times today.
Still no idea what happened to the rotor and can’t believe that the bits weren’t inside?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Installed my back window. Spent at least 2 hours polishing the trim first. No fun getting the gasket on the window and the trim in the gasket. Once we had it done, installing the window itself only took a few minutes. My friend held the window up on the outside and I pulled the rope from the inside. Everything dropped in nicely and it looks nice and tight!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
My son finished polishing and we installed the bed. Time to bring it home and reassemble.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Replaced right front parking light/blinker and took it for it's first ride around he block after the engine rebuild. It seems fine, I am relieved. Great to drive it again. Next trip will be longer as I build confidence.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finally got my truck back from a complete front end refresh (minus springs), new flex brake lines (front and back) and a flush of the brake fluid. And to top it off with a cherry a CPP Sway Bar.
It's like a completely different truck at every level with its steering and handling - at any speed, any test road, on all kinds of turns/speeds.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Lost a NOS hubcap off my 85
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I re-sprayed my C10's door inserts with VHT Vinyl Dye. This stuff works amazing. I used it on my 70 blazer console with great success too.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Finally finished this panel and mounted it. I’m embarrassed to say how long this took me!
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