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07-11-2015, 06:31 AM | #1 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
9teen69, very clean looking !!!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
got a little more under hood cleaning and painting done lot more to go what a mess
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07-11-2015, 11:12 PM | #3 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Replaced both power steering hoses, due to a leak. Primer painted the rear end / bed of the truck.
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07-11-2015, 11:38 PM | #4 |
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All I did today was primer coat my hood hinges and hood latch.
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07-12-2015, 09:44 AM | #5 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
fixed my broken choke cable.
nobody said it was a easy fix lol. i didnt know that the tube had a seem and the sheathing was crimped into the tube. so i split the end of the tube open and peeled some of the plastic coating off the sheathing. then i snipped the broken part off and recrimpped it back in. a very small tack weld will keep it in place for good. not shown is i also welded a small bit on the knob end filed and rethreaded it so the knob will not pull off anymore also got most of the (526)white sprayed the nason paint was really thin and transparent it took a few coats. also installed a heater box cover from a c/50 pretty cool ad on. i didnt realize the black cover was so hard too see till i uploaded the pic back to sand sand sand
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07-12-2015, 02:12 PM | #6 |
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just realized i never put up the pic of my finished lights from a few pages back.
whats cool about blasting some of these parts is the rubber and connector pins come out fresh&clean even though there is a tiny bit of over spray it cleans rite off. (not today but)this passed week i also installed all led's in the dash heater control cig lighter and dome lites. the dash and others look great but i'm not sold on the dome light led yet. i'm now conteplating on getting the led bulbs for all the outside lights.
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07-12-2015, 09:26 PM | #7 |
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I got about all I could do today done:
I very nearly removed the old core support BUT 1 carriage bolt broke free from the core support (a testimony to the amount of rust mine has) and free wheeled. I'll have to grind off the head or cut off the stud. I did begin rust removal on the canister bracket and I'll soon start on the new battery tray. |
07-19-2015, 05:35 PM | #8 |
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I rinsed off my new (1970) core support and am letting it dry in the sun. I also wire brushed off a bracket, washer, and nut and put on a coat of NAPA Rust Treatment. I also have another bracket undergoing ERR.
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07-19-2015, 06:03 PM | #9 |
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This was an afternoons worth of work... If I ever find the person that put that white strip down the center of the bed....
Tomorrow... start pulling out and filling in the divits and finish pulling the bottom of the bed.
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07-19-2015, 06:11 PM | #10 |
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Wow ekgguy, that is a lot of work, good for you getting at it and bringing it back to life again. keep at it.
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07-13-2015, 07:08 PM | #11 |
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Pulled out the seat, gas tank, dash, windshield, rear glass, and took off the doors.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Gave up on finishing sandblasting the truck bed last night. Having to wait for the compressor to catch up, the wife complaining about the dust, and the crappy uncomfortable hood just made me give up.
I got most of the bed done, passenger bed side, back panel, both wheel wells. Driver bed side is mostly sanded down to bare metal, just need to touch up the corners. gonna try to find a local blaster to finish the bed floor. The dried glue and spilled paint just drags the whole process down.
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10 days off but back at it. The paint is removed from what's under the bed, though a few areas remain pending exhaust, shocks, brakes and leaf removal.
Bought my first air impact wrench...........ha, I've been missing out. I think I'm going to be pleasantly surprised to remove the spring eye bolts for the rear leafs. There's absolutely no sign of rust, but I'm spraying them down as if there was anyway. Better not need to torch (boom!). U-bolts are another story. Spraying those down even more. This stuff needs to come off, and soon.
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I added another quart of oil
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07-15-2015, 05:15 AM | #17 |
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I just now sent paypal funds to a forum member for his original and really nice OEM steering wheel. It's not perfect but much better than mine. That was one piece I never thought I'd be able to find.
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07-16-2015, 11:53 AM | #18 |
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Nice!!
You wouldn't believe the looks you get from some people when they over hear you saying "I have body parts scattered all over my yard". I really enjoy drilling and sawing them into more useful parts. I can't wait for the look on their faces when I start talking about yanking off the heads.
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I just came in. I borrowed dad's angle grinder (which is at least as old as the 1980's) and ground the head off the free wheeling carriage bolt (core support).
I first tried my Dremel Tool but it was way out of its league. Then I met my match: a stuck inner fender bolt that I'll have to cut out. Too much rust in that inner fender. I'll cut that away tomorrow (with the Dremel Tool) and remove the old core support. |
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a little chrome for the rear end.
getting the carpet set in. have to cut holes for the shifter and the high beam switch. going to have to slow down for a few weeks. going in for surgery on Tuesday. O happy day! |
07-18-2015, 07:59 PM | #21 |
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Took my Highlander to a local Show & Shine my first show since I bought the truck.
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Finally got to the front end reassembly on my '72. i packed the bearings, installed seals, and put the hubs/rotors on. I went ahead and did the driver side since the parts guy accidentally got me two rotors, and I decided it was time for a full front end service. I'm glad I did because once put back together I don't like the feel of the bearings om that side. They looked fine when I inspected them after cleaning. So, it's tear the driver side down again and put new bearings in. I have the rotors on for now, so I can drop the axle to put 4" springs on. I painted the shocks today, too. I hope to be driving it by the end of the month.
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tuned the timing and carb on the kids truck again today.
he came home the other day an said "its popping out the carb again and not running rite". last time it did this i told him too tighten the dizzy after i timed it.... of course he never did and he must've been out beatin on it again and twisted the dizzy again cause it was way off. then he figured it was the carb so he started turnin all the screws.....ughh!.....kids next time he can do it also fitted my nos 67-70 bumper guards too my freshly painted front bumper just too get them too fit perfect. now on to blasting an priming them tomarrow along with a few other small parts.
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07-19-2015, 02:07 PM | #25 |
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I installed my lower A arms, coils and spindle next..
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