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#201 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
After finally getting some rods, jets and springs in , plus all this rain getting done, I was able to continue my tuning on the ole Edelbrock carb. Seems like I finally found the sweet spot and it runs good. I was really nervous at messing it up, but She is running smooth. Definitely not an economy thing. The 250s never were that great, but I am back to getting what I did before the rebuild/hop-up. at 70-75 cruising it seems to be about 11 with the AC on, 13-14 without AC. Not to bad for an aero cinderblock with crappy rear gears (2.73) and an automatic.
I am still glad I kept the 6, but I think if I ever redo it, I'll got with a V8. Now it is just drive it. Once the rain left us yesterday, I got some good behind the wheel time. Love cruising the ole dude.
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Sounds like you're getting it dialed in!
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#203 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Good stretch of the legs yesterday and today. Took the truck for a club meet in northern Louisiana (300 ish miles) She cruised real good and no breakage, while sort of. Looked down after a fuel stop and noticed something a bit a miss. Guess I need to dig thru my stuff for another pointy thing.
Here is some pictures from the stuff that was there. https://photos.app.goo.gl/UvAmHJxM45RPrPnc9
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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#204 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
The drivers side window regulator finally gave out. Got the new one and rubbers in yesterday so I tackled it today. Had to remove all the guts as rubbers were also damage and it made for the use of less "adjectives" during the work process, although several were used especially during the disassembly. It has been a while (15 or so years) since I done one with manual windows.
Everything out (1st & second pic). The regulator was so tight even multiple lubes wouldn't help free it up to work smooth. Cleaned the window track part up and lube it up with lithium grease. The new one was hard to find (everyone back ordered, but found one on ebay. It seems good. Hopefully China doesn't bite to bad on this one. (Pic 4). All back together with new rubbers and felts. (pic 5). Later I got the inside panels on and all seems to be well in the world again. Next is seeing if I can change out the speedo pointy thing.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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#205 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
It's amazing how well a good working manual window works! The ones in my old '79 K10 almost went up and down on their own.
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#206 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Looks great Bill! I like the manuals personally, but I'm old school...
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#207 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
I do too, but the newer vehicles electric ones are easier to change out.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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#208 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Things were much simpler back then. I recently replaced the lift mechanism in the least used door on my 06 crew cab. It's a cable and pulley system for crying out loud!
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#209 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
As mentioned in an earlier post, my speedometer needle broke from all the bouncing it did because of the speedo cable (that is my guess since lubricating it a while back helped for a short while). I got into the dash today and pulled out the speedo. I had an extra needle, but my guess is it is from a 67-72 era speedo as the mount was wrong. I decided to just swap out the whole unit with a spare I had. I wanted to kinda keep the original since that is the correct mileage, but I was afraid I would break the pointer removing it. So swap the buggers out. Marked the original mileage on the back of the newer speedo. She's all back in just awaiting the arrival of the new speedo cable. Hopefully by this weekend.
So now I got a working winder again and hopefully a working (though slightly off) speedo.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
It's always a gamble when dealing with the needles Bill!
One of the many reasons I would rather do a cluster swap in a 95+ GMT400, you can swap the odometer over very easily.
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#211 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Haven't been able to do much but drive it lately, and not that much because of the weather and house work. Between all our downpours I had a bunch of trees trimmed and cleared out around the 81's house, otherwise know as my shop. I got so tired of cleaning up what seemed like tons of acorns every year, so now they are out of the way.
Also the old Dodge daily was acting up and I didn't like it enough to put more money into it, so it went to a mopar guy and I picked this little ride up. Tied for the newest daily driver I have ever had. My rice-a-roni ride, 2006 Nissan Frontier. Could not find a regular cab Chevy/GMC that was worth the money or had less than a gazillion miles on them. If it every quits raining enough, I'll get the 81 and the Nissan shined up good. Maybe next week will be dry.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
I'm sure it will make you a good DD Bill!
Wife and I picked up a Tacoma crew cab for her daily, has been a great pickup.
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
I had a tundra daily driver a long time ago and I loved it. Great ride, comfortable.
I’m sure the Nissan will do you just fine. Also great work on that regulator. Messing with the windows in these things is my least favorite task on the whole truck.
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#214 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Nothing big. Took the old Jimmy out of shop so I could work on the Rice-a-Roni in shade and with a fan blowing air. Stretched the legs out on the 81 also by going to a lunch meet up with some car folks.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Today started our 8 day event know as Cruising the Coast. So for the next 8 days I get to hang out with 9K+ classic and cool vehicles. Had some light showers earlier today, but it looks good. Too many photos already to go thru, but here is a couple
My 81 Stepside Couple of our club members HuggerCST's 70 Bowtie468's Big 10 Squarebody Ernie' (Kinda could ir ustacould something like that) son 68 Stepside and Just a cool dually I saw. Its going to be a good week!
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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#216 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
See y'all Wednesday!
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Cool! I look forward to hearing and seeing more.
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#218 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Well, time to end the chapter on this one. I really don't have time or place for 2 projects, so she is off with thenew owner in LA. Now I can focus on the 70.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! Last edited by Palf70Step; 01-19-2022 at 04:56 PM. |
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#219 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Sorry to see her go. Good Luck with the 70.
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#220 |
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Another one sent back to the wild!
Good luck on the project!
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Hate to see a sweet little truck like that go Bill, but I’m sure the new owner will treat her right. I wish I could’ve kept all my trucks!!
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Re: Palf's Little Blue Jimmy
Oh man, you're stronger man than me. I can't never sell any of my rides, and that was such a tidy one. Simple and clean and you kept it so well. Okay though, time to move on. I look forward to following your efforts on the new 70.
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