What did you get done?

[N2TRUX]

It's that time again. It's Sunday evening and time for our weekly edition of "What did you get done". I had to work this weekend so I didn't get much done to my trucks besides wash a couple of them. I did score a few parts though I made some minor purchases on Ebay for some upcoming mods. I also made a huge score on exterior items. I got most of my trim pieces. For details check out this thread-
I found gold in my driveway....

[Prerunner1982]

thought you were slacking tonight, i almost (EDIT: damn i need to learn to either slow down my typing or learn to spell) just started this thread...


lets see... saturday i installed my 4 core rad.. changed the oil, changed the fuel filter and wired up a new blinker bulb housing on the truck. then i installed the brake booster and master cylinder on the tbird. got a late start (11am) but finished up about 2pm..

[ocbaud]

late start?? i started today after i woke up at 1:00pm ! haha, i shouldnt stay out so late anymore!

[Prerunner1982]

yeah, and you are still working on yours... LMAO

[Palf70Step]

Washed and waxed the 96, Used the 82 to haul dirt and stuff for the shop...Tried to get the 70 to start, but I think the coil went out. Got to dang hot to work on it by that time. Today was Very Very wet. Man I need this shop finished.

[1FaastC10]

Bill, im gettin a lil tired of hearing how hard you work that 82. the 81-82 trucks are beautiful specimens of this bodstyle, how can you abuse yours so much?

Saturday i went and continued dismantling my 81 K30, to my surprise, the whole 4 hours i was working on it, Mother Nature never tried to stick her nose in my business. just a beautiful sunny day. went to the races last night, was watching the Street Stock C feature, and heard a familiar name over the intercom announced as one of the drivers. it was a friend from my freshman year in HS. about halfway through the feature, one of the other drivers decided to get unnecesarily rough with him. he spun him out, then hammered him in the drivers door, then proceded to push him all the way through turns 1 and 2. i promptly made my way to the pits, unsure of how many friends he had with him. i'd hate to see someone i once considered a friend severly outnumbered (read: i wanted in on the fight ) nothing came of it. then in the figure 8 feature, i watched another friend get spun around in much of the same manner. this is common for this class, since the name of the game seems to be beat and bang as hard as you can. when his car got sideways, the other car attempted to go around, while still moving forward at speed. the other car got under him, and rolled his car in the crossover. thankfully nobody was hurt.

today i went over and helped my cousin try and get 1 of his 2 cars running. his Dodge 600 was having brake problems, we got that taken care of, but the battery is trash. then his 88 Beretta isnt getting spark to the 3-6 coil, so im guessing a bad module.

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by Prerunner1982

thought you were slacking tonight, i always just started this thread.....

Naaa, I was just laying around the pool trying to make use of the bright sun. It finally went down and the breeze picked up so I got busy again.

I thought it was to nice just to sit around, so I wanted to take a bike ride. Since my Cruiser Deluxe has flat, I figured I may as well put my Roadster back together. After a few minutes of assembly and some detail work me and the dog were off throught the hood. Ahhhh, life is good...

[Prerunner1982]

damn that is a cruiser.... there was a 72 shortbed, lowered that pulled up next to me a autozone last night.. had a low rider bike in the back... not my kinda thing.. but your is pretty cool.... your bike definately follows your taste in trucks as well... much as mine does.. (trek 7000, with the largest knobby tires i could put on it..)

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by 1FaastC10

Bill, im gettin a lil tired of hearing how hard you work that 82. the 81-82 trucks are beautiful specimens of this bodstyle, how can you abuse yours so much?

Jeremy.....That's what trucks are for!

Don't worry soon as my daughter takes full possession of "her" truck, I'll be back to using the 96 for all the dirty work.

[bigblock73]

All I did truck related was I dyed all my headliner trim pieces for Yeller.

I also worked my second job, saw Shrek 2, updated 73-87.com, and went to a Wedding reception for a friend of mine.

In other words...nothing too exciting.

[Prerunner1982]

"look at all my mutant babies." that wasnt a bad movie, not as funny as the first, but not bad....

[gldevall]

Put in the billet grill. Changed a header collector gasket.

[Jonboy]

I had a friend come up from Houston to check out the Power Tour, and the GM assembly plant here in Arlington was celebrating their 50th anniversary, so we went and watched new Tahoes, Yukons, and Escalades being built. We showed up in time to watch everyone leaving the registration for the power tour, so that seemed to be a good time to go eat.

Today, I spent the day painting on my house. Got a good bit done, but found a large ant mound quite by mistake. My right leg is all swelled up from the little suckers. A little gas and some fire later, problem solved.

[76sierraclassic]

Well, I got my 76 back from the paint shop on Friday and spent all weekend driving it where ever I could think of. Three weeks doesn't seem like a long time until you don't have your "real" truck for that long. I guess I'm more addicted than I thought. I really missed it while it was gone.

I took it by my aunt's house to let her see it, and she said she could almost see my Uncle C sitting in the driver's seat. It was his truck and she finally decided to sell it to me last November...15 years (give or take) after he passed away. It was very cool when she said that she thought Uncle C would be proud!!

Anyway, glad to have it back. It's not the best paint job in the world, but it's tons better than it was. I think it looks pretty good now. Maybe if I ever build a shop and have the time and energy left, I'll do a full resto on it.

Here's a few pics of the new paint.

Mike W.

[1FaastC10]

Mike, that is one sharp truck.

do you plan on doing any mods to it? or just leaving it stock? i've got one in mind that if i can get my hands on, it will go back to close to stock condition, possibly a few minor changes, just to make it more drivable. its my grandpa's '77 K20 plow truck. if my grandma ever decides that its time to retire the old girl, im going to speak up. the interior is a nasty greenish blue 70s tuck and roll job, and the paint is a "custom mixed" (junk paint that my dad got from work, mixed it all together and came up with a perfect color) medium blue with LOTS of metallic. only real mods i have in mind for it are to ditch the TH350/203, and replace it with a 700R4 and a 208/241. other than that it'll be all stock. actually thinking of taking the good blue interior out of my 86, since i'll be trashing it anyways, and saving it for just such a project.

[Liz]

finally removed all the puppies from under the GMC and got em in the pen... mowed the lawn under / around the blazer.. other then that sos... I finally did something truck related again

[BaggedC10]

Organized my garage which is full of truck pieces and made room for my dad's car. Worked out at the gym for 2-hours on Saturday and Sunday. Otherwise, I relaxed.

[hk_n_kevlar]

Ok, I will sound like the king of all rednecks for this...I chased two sheep for two hours in the middle of the damn desert with my 76' Blazer. During this pursuit, my battery hold down bolt broke, and the battery went highly mobile and knocked my radiator return off. I spent the next few hours walking back to town so I could get a torch to solder my radiator inlet back together. All in all it was a fairly normal weekend for me, and the deep pit slow BBQ of the lamb made it worth while. Oh yeah, there was beer involved after.

[TwinTurbo]

I fixed the problem with my el. window not doing anything, it just stopped all of a sudden. I didn't want to pull all the guts from the door so I cut an access hole in the door, repaired the connector (that's what was giving the problems) and tacked it back in. Kind of a bubba fix but no one will see it with the lower door panel on. After that I continued to work on my other project that is giving me some headaches LOL Customizing means nothing ever fits like it should...reworking and checking every damn thing really wats up your time so I didn't get hardly anything done.

[bagged81]

1) Got the garage ready to pour.
2) Finally got my truck back on the road after upgrading to a 4-way setup. I feels nice.
3) Helped a friend pull and Integra motor and tranny
4) Bought some final supplies for a motorcycle trip this week.

[80BIG10]

Here in Austin we had the Republic of Texas Biker Rally. I think they said there were 30,000 hogs and other assortied bikes in town. They even had Hank Williams Jr. play for them Saturday night. I got out and checked some of the bikes out.

[76sierraclassic]

Originally Posted by 1FaastC10

Mike, that is one sharp truck.

do you plan on doing any mods to it? or just leaving it stock? i've got one in mind that if i can get my hands on, it will go back to close to stock condition, possibly a few minor changes, just to make it more drivable. its my grandpa's '77 K20 plow truck. if my grandma ever decides that its time to retire the old girl, im going to speak up. the interior is a nasty greenish blue 70s tuck and roll job, and the paint is a "custom mixed" (junk paint that my dad got from work, mixed it all together and came up with a perfect color) medium blue with LOTS of metallic. only real mods i have in mind for it are to ditch the TH350/203, and replace it with a 700R4 and a 208/241. other than that it'll be all stock. actually thinking of taking the good blue interior out of my 86, since i'll be trashing it anyways, and saving it for just such a project.

I plan on leaving it basically stock. So far the only changes I have made are the wheels/tires. It originally had the old 6.5" steel wheels with hubcaps, and I found those 15x8's that are on it now. Depending on finances, I need to get the interior redone. I've already replaced the old busted up dash pad with a NOS I found on eBay, but the color is a little off. I plan to get new seats, carpet, headliner, etc, and have everything dyed to match at some point. Then next year, I hope to drop a new 350 in it. The one that's in it now has 139,000 miles on it and has a bit of a oil leak and one lifter clicking. It still runs pretty strong, but it could definitely use a new engine. I haven't decided yet if I want to change the tranny or not.

Mike W.

[73_K5_girlie]

I finally got inside my truck! Nothing major, just changed the oil and gave her a tune up... I'm too dern little to reach the plugs so I was actually inside the truck for about 2 hours. No big deal to me, but I live in an apartment, so you can imagine the looks I got! Some little chic sitting inside the truck all greasy!, I wish I had a picture! I guess I'll have plenty more photo ops, as I have a lot of work to do! I did get a chance to get a good look in there and I can happily report that there are not any real major issues mechanically. I guess I did good to get the truck from a mechanic, lots of new parts on it. Oh yeah, I also fixed the gauge needle on the column that shows what gear your in, ya know. I made a new wire for it. Other than that I did a whole bunch of nothing this weekend... just drove around topless all weekend, it was great! Now there's the issue of my saggy rear end to take care of! lol

[Grim Reaper]

Nothing on the trucks.
Still working on the Bathroom remodel. Wasn't very productive on that either. Between wrong parts and other hangs up not much got done at all.

Spent a lot of time mulling what to do with my 75 Jimmy. It is not needed but still having a hard time with parting with it and more precisely Parting it.

[Eyegore]

Change my user name to "eyegore" - formely Tom Mathein, had a yard sale, went with my son to id someone trying to burglar our home, they caught the three sitting out front but did not catch the one he found in the back yard, he jumped the fence and got away.