Restoring Rusty

[hatzie]

Not yet. Maybe they should.

[rusty76]

Be careful and smart. Back pain sucks. My doctor told me once to take a Tylenol and ibuprofen together. One each and a glass of water. It has worked really well for me. I can't take pain pills. Makes me grumpy in the mornings. I feel that once you have back pain it just sticks around. It likes to hide and then one day you get that pop and there she goes. Get better soon.

[Gregski]

Thanks to a great friend GTO Mike who drove across town and my brother, Rusty is all put back together, here is a pic of the first load, the remains of the old rusty bed floor and the left over parts of the donor bed, on their way to a metal recycler, these bits are way past saving

again a huge thank you to Mike and John

[greg64]

Hey, that's great! Let's see a side picture of Rusty to see how the new bed looks.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by greg64

Hey, that's great! Let's see a side picture of Rusty to see how the new bed looks.

Greg, I only replaced the bed floor, the sides are the same old ones, not painted, cause I ran out of time and money

[Chaplain]

Resting well I hope.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Chaplain

Resting well I hope.

thanks for looking out bud, went camping to keep away from doing something stupid on the truck

[E.D.75GMC]

Hey Greg, if you want to make your tail lights look new again give them a good buff with some metal polish then go over with a good wax. Did it on mine 6 months ago and they still look great. Really helped to turn back the clock on my truck!

[E.D.75GMC]

Before & after

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by E.D.75GMC

Before & after

wow what a diff

[Gregski]

returned to work this week, and the sitting at a computer all day made my back worse, can't believe I am on day 20 with injury, hope to see a chiropractor soon, not working on the truck sucks

[Titomars]

Originally Posted by Gregski

returned to work this week, and the sitting at a computer all day made my back worse, can't believe I am on day 20 with injury, hope to see a chiropractor soon, not working on the truck sucks

It's been 30 days for me and still dealing with it here. My work really would prefer me gone at this point. It is their policy not to employ people with problems, I guess. Last weekend I forced myself to do a little on my truck. It took a full day to swap my column out for a tilt version. normally that only take a couple of hours.

[Chevy_mud_truck]

I was right at 3 months before I felt like even thinking about doing any thing next month makes 3 years when I hurt mine and there's still day that it hurts so bad I don't fell like getting out of bed I'm just now fell like i can go back to work and work a full shift without conflict over doing my job hope you get to felling better

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Titomars

It's been 30 days for me and still dealing with it here. My work really would prefer me gone at this point. It is their policy not to employ people with problems, I guess. Last weekend I forced myself to do a little on my truck. It took a full day to swap my column out for a tilt version. normally that only take a couple of hours.

Man get better, and don't be too hard on yourself any cab work in my opinion is meant for cortortionists at some point and is like building a ship in a bottle it can get cramped in there for sure.

[Titomars]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Man get better, and don't be too hard on yourself any cab work in my opinion is meant for cortortionists at some point and is like building a ship in a bottle it can get cramped in there for sure.

Yeah I hear that on the contortionist routine under a dash. Hence the all day part. The part that is really bugging me right now is laying on my back.... just can't do it whether it's a creeper or a pad/carpet. The moment I get down my back start singing big time. I have a nice new built TH400 just itching to get in my truck. I blew my back out 2 days before I planned to swap out the trans. now that nice new trans just sits in my shed patiently waiting. I have stuff to do to my Jeep CJ7 which also is not happening. Now with that I am thinking of selling the Jeep as is. I am getting the feeling my off roading days are behind me.

[Gregski]

thanks all for the kind words, so I've been slowly organizing my new garage, it feels like walking in quick sand, but I am loosing my mind not being able to find my tools, anywho picked up 5 of these stackable shelves from Home Depot for $14 bucks each and I love them, they are great for storing your power tools, drills, angle grinders, skill saws, anything with a dangling cord on them, they have a nice lip so the cord doesn't hang off the shelf allowing you to step on the plug and bend the blades, ask me how I know

[Gregski]

one day I felt good and the truck ran good so we decided to go and take the old truck bed to a metal recycler, I share this with you because we got the truck weighed as part of the deal kinda cool

4,280 lbs - loaded up with the scrap metal, me (200 lbs), a small tool bag and a 1/4 tank of gas

3,940 lbs - empty bed, me (200 lbs), small tool bag and a 1/4 tank of gas

so we dropped off 340 pounds of metal and at .01 cent a pound made out like bandits with $3.40 yes THREE DOLLARS AND FOURTY CENTS, ha ha, I doubt that covered the cost of fuel

[Chaplain]

Rest well...

[rusty76]

Hopefully you'll get back into the swing of things.

[rajincajintj]

I can't speak for everyone here, but I say take your time and get well for good

We'll be here when you get back...

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rajincajintj

I can't speak for everyone here, but I say take your time and get well for good

We'll be here when you get back...

kind words, thank you, here's how the Greg spent a couple days, God bless daughters my 10 year old dropped off the Walkie Talkie and said use it daddy when you need anything

Two Things

1. What kid plays with walkie talkies these days?!?!?! right guys, know what I'm saying, how cool is that

and B. about 10 mintues later she wanted to rip the walkie talkie out of my cold dead hands, since I was like BEEP can I have a glass of water, BEEP, can I have some ice... BEEP BEEP how about a bendy straw, LOL

[rajincajintj]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I was like BEEP can I have a glass of water, BEEP, can I have some ice... BEEP BEEP how about a bendy straw, LOL

cant wait for mine to get that old.

my wife constantly reminds me that they are not pledges.

[rusty76]

Originally Posted by Gregski

king words, thank you, here's how the Greg spent a couple days, God bless daughters my 10 year old dropped off the Walkie Talkie and said use it daddy when you need anything

Two Things

1. What kid plays with walkie talkies these days?!?!?! right guys, know what I'm saying, how cool is that

and B. about 10 mintues later she wanted to rip the walkie talkie out of my cold dead hands, since I was like BEEP can I have a glass of water, BEEP, can I have some ice... BEEP BEEP how about a bendy straw, LOL

I know what did it. It was the drums. Hmmm.

[willem445]

Back on page 15 when you were cleaning up the intake and heads, how did you go about that? I just started cleaning up my engine and im always worried that Im going to get a bunch of grime in the engine.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by willem445

Back on page 15 when you were cleaning up the intake and heads, how did you go about that? I just started cleaning up my engine and im always worried that Im going to get a bunch of grime in the engine.

I think I shoved large paper paper towels into the intake openings in the heads, not the half sheet ones, don't sweat it too much unless you get metal shavings in there, or wire brush bristles, if you get some dirt it will blow out, I don't recommend being sloppy, but I would not dismantle the engine if a tiny piece of dirt fell in, know what I mean, share some pics, so I can live vicariously through you, hee hee