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Longhorn Man · 06-19-2005, 11:42 PM

I know I shouldn't...but I did. (ask TJ...he's heard the sucker knockin)
I was plannin on getting some stuff from *HER* place, and plus I needed to pull my dad's boat forward so i could wash the mold and crap off of it for father's day.
Well, I did get the boat part done, but then when i went to run some errands, she didn't want to. I discovered my new aftermarket temp guage is dead. It was showing signs of overheating, which i noticed at about the time I noticed it wasn't rolling forward with my foot off the brakes and in gear. About 1/2 block later, the sucker wouldn't move onless I had it at 1/2 throttle. (Which makes LOTS of knocking noises)
D@mn thing made me walk.

Once it sat for a couple hrs and cooled down, the brakes were released. I think I have the pushrod going to the master cylinder just a tad too long. (been there...done that)
Got pics of the truck with the boat....and of the boat...it was pretty nasty. It's sat in the back yard for almost 4 years pretty much untouched...and another 1 1/2 years in a parking lot before that. He's thinking of putting it in the water this summer since hang gliding isn't looking too comefortable. (he had a gliding accident last fall for those who don't remember or are too new to know...fell 40 feet and landed on his face when his glider didn't work as planned)
Anyways....enough babbling from me...pic time.
The one of the moldy boat was the last min thought of a before pic. This was in the back area...the whole boat was like this when I started. a bottle of Spray 9 cleaner (awsome stuff by the way) and a couple hrs with a hose and truck washing brush, and iot was all white again.

*dtlilly* · 06-20-2005, 12:34 AM

Pics look good Andy. Sorry to hear about your continuing truck problems. Is that your pop inspecting the boat in the last pic?

Longhorn Man · 06-20-2005, 12:52 AM

He's actually scrubbing a spot in there.
As for the truck trouble....The odometer only reads 105 right now...I still ain't sorted out the truck due to the knocking nature of this engine. I'll be getting a 500 for it probably this week...and after getting my sister's car assembled, I'll slap the 500 in there and then I'll sort out the longhorn. It'll all be good.

chevy_fatman · 06-20-2005, 01:01 AM

Looking good Andy! gonna put that other caddy mill right away after you get it? wish I could go over to help you install it, BTW this pic is my favorite!

krue · 06-20-2005, 01:08 AM

Ya, you gotta get that beast running. Hate to hear it let you down, but it did feel good for a minute there didn't it.

Longhorn Man · 06-20-2005, 01:08 AM

actually paul, there is a VW something or another in the back that I have to reasemble for my sister. The heater core went out quite a while ago and I been sittin on my rear NOT doing anything about it. This will give me some motivation to go to work and see a 500 sittin on the stand next to my box.

stickshift_or_walk · 06-20-2005, 02:32 PM

Naughty Zoot ...Insert chuckling sound...

You done a nice thing, Andy. Beats the heck out of most FD gifts.

SSOW...

Longhorn Man · 06-20-2005, 08:42 PM

I nevergot the whole naughty zoot thing untill yesterday. (not a fan of there humor) Now i can definatly apreciate it though.
I try to do things that are practicle...esp for him. He is the type that will make you feel like crap without even knowing it if you handed him a cheesey gift.

mtdave2 · 06-20-2005, 09:54 PM

my truck has been throwin fits here lately too. grr. pain in the butt! but, it will all work out.

the naughty zoot is great! being a monty python fan, i love it! not to mention the holy grail is one of my fav movies..

good luck with the horn bro.

*HerLonghorn71* · 06-20-2005, 11:23 PM

Dude are ya nuts? it is knockin so ya pulled a boat with it?if you can do that with it i'm sure it can make the drive up here

edit: I sure like your truck

chevy_fatman · 06-21-2005, 12:46 AM

YO Andy!, I changed my mind!!!!!!!!let me know when're ready to drop that new 500 mill!!! I'l go and help you , as long as it only lasts a day or two!, send me a pm, I'll be hurt if you don't!!!

stllookn · 06-21-2005, 03:11 AM

I smell a work party! It would be fun to do something like that to help a fellow board member out! I am collecting sheet metal for my Longhorn and driving it on occasion with the loaner engine. It has some choke issues but rusn great most of the time. I sure like to exercise that posi when I am in the pasture or gravel driveway...LOL!

Good luck Andy...if you were closer I would be there to help too!

71-longbed · 06-21-2005, 06:01 AM

Is the longhorn going to end up flat black someday ???

Longhorn Man · 06-21-2005, 10:00 PM

Paul, I would be glad to have you over...however, for an engine swap party...I dunno....
A few reasons,
1. It won't be a simple pluck and stab. I need to take lots of pics and document it, plus, I might be doing a cross member swap while the engine is out so as to add disc brakes. (kinda sucks that I just dropped 500 bucks in brakes on it though huh?)
2. I'll be doing it at the shop, and the boss man is very funny about havin ppl hangin out there.
3. Becouse of some of his funny rules, I'll be pulling one or even two all nighters to do this job.
4. Being that I am crashing at my parrents house and sleeping on a friggen futon in the computer room...I have no way of putting you up and would feel like crap if I told you to go get a Hotel room.
5. I'm kinda funny on engine swaps...and honestly, kinda work better alone. (Even have a way of doing the hood removal/instalation by myself with no damage done)

I have to say however....Thanks for the offer....really, but I'll have to pass on it.

powell72 · 06-21-2005, 11:43 PM

Andy, is that one of the VW's that you have to take the whole dash out to do? If it is you have a good excuse for not starting on it!

**tnblazerk5** · 06-21-2005, 11:53 PM

ok whats up with the post count and the Junior Member stuff there andy ?

or sould i say welcome to the board there newbie

06-19-2005, 11:42 PM	#1
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Drove the longhorn today I know I shouldn't...but I did. (ask TJ...he's heard the sucker knockin) I was plannin on getting some stuff from HER place, and plus I needed to pull my dad's boat forward so i could wash the mold and crap off of it for father's day. Well, I did get the boat part done, but then when i went to run some errands, she didn't want to. I discovered my new aftermarket temp guage is dead. It was showing signs of overheating, which i noticed at about the time I noticed it wasn't rolling forward with my foot off the brakes and in gear. About 1/2 block later, the sucker wouldn't move onless I had it at 1/2 throttle. (Which makes LOTS of knocking noises) D@mn thing made me walk. Once it sat for a couple hrs and cooled down, the brakes were released. I think I have the pushrod going to the master cylinder just a tad too long. (been there...done that) Got pics of the truck with the boat....and of the boat...it was pretty nasty. It's sat in the back yard for almost 4 years pretty much untouched...and another 1 1/2 years in a parking lot before that. He's thinking of putting it in the water this summer since hang gliding isn't looking too comefortable. (he had a gliding accident last fall for those who don't remember or are too new to know...fell 40 feet and landed on his face when his glider didn't work as planned) Anyways....enough babbling from me...pic time. The one of the moldy boat was the last min thought of a before pic. This was in the back area...the whole boat was like this when I started. a bottle of Spray 9 cleaner (awsome stuff by the way) and a couple hrs with a hose and truck washing brush, and iot was all white again. Attached Images

06-20-2005, 01:01 AM	#4
chevy_fatman Where's my beer? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in the state of denial.... Posts: 5,620	Looking good Andy! gonna put that other caddy mill right away after you get it? wish I could go over to help you install it, BTW this pic is my favorite! __________________ Paul How do you make the invisible, visible?.........You take it away.

06-20-2005, 01:08 AM	#5
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Ya, you gotta get that beast running. Hate to hear it let you down, but it did feel good for a minute there didn't it. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

06-20-2005, 02:32 PM	#7
stickshift_or_walk Left Foot Functioning Join Date: May 2004 Location: Duncan, OK Posts: 350	Naughty Zoot ...Insert chuckling sound... You done a nice thing, Andy. Beats the heck out of most FD gifts. SSOW... __________________ 69 C10 (#1 son's ride) 72 C20 (Dad's farm truck) 82 K30 (Ex - brush pumper project)

06-20-2005, 09:54 PM	#9
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,521	my truck has been throwin fits here lately too. grr. pain in the butt! but, it will all work out. the naughty zoot is great! being a monty python fan, i love it! not to mention the holy grail is one of my fav movies.. good luck with the horn bro. __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

06-20-2005, 12:34 AM	#2
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Pics look good Andy. Sorry to hear about your continuing truck problems. Is that your pop inspecting the boat in the last pic?

06-20-2005, 12:52 AM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	He's actually scrubbing a spot in there. As for the truck trouble....The odometer only reads 105 right now...I still ain't sorted out the truck due to the knocking nature of this engine. I'll be getting a 500 for it probably this week...and after getting my sister's car assembled, I'll slap the 500 in there and then I'll sort out the longhorn. It'll all be good.

06-20-2005, 08:42 PM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I nevergot the whole naughty zoot thing untill yesterday. (not a fan of there humor) Now i can definatly apreciate it though. I try to do things that are practicle...esp for him. He is the type that will make you feel like crap without even knowing it if you handed him a cheesey gift.

06-20-2005, 11:23 PM	#10
HerLonghorn71 Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 730	Dude are ya nuts? it is knockin so ya pulled a boat with it?if you can do that with it i'm sure it can make the drive up here edit: I sure like your truck Last edited by HerLonghorn71; 06-20-2005 at 11:25 PM.

06-21-2005, 12:46 AM	#11
chevy_fatman Where's my beer? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in the state of denial.... Posts: 5,620	YO Andy!, I changed my mind!!!!!!!!let me know when're ready to drop that new 500 mill!!! I'l go and help you , as long as it only lasts a day or two!, send me a pm, I'll be hurt if you don't!!! __________________ Paul How do you make the invisible, visible?.........You take it away.

06-21-2005, 03:11 AM	#12
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	I smell a work party! It would be fun to do something like that to help a fellow board member out! I am collecting sheet metal for my Longhorn and driving it on occasion with the loaner engine. It has some choke issues but rusn great most of the time. I sure like to exercise that posi when I am in the pasture or gravel driveway...LOL! Good luck Andy...if you were closer I would be there to help too! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

06-21-2005, 06:01 AM	#13
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	Is the longhorn going to end up flat black someday ??? __________________ 71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee.

06-21-2005, 10:00 PM	#14
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Paul, I would be glad to have you over...however, for an engine swap party...I dunno.... A few reasons, 1. It won't be a simple pluck and stab. I need to take lots of pics and document it, plus, I might be doing a cross member swap while the engine is out so as to add disc brakes. (kinda sucks that I just dropped 500 bucks in brakes on it though huh?) 2. I'll be doing it at the shop, and the boss man is very funny about havin ppl hangin out there. 3. Becouse of some of his funny rules, I'll be pulling one or even two all nighters to do this job. 4. Being that I am crashing at my parrents house and sleeping on a friggen futon in the computer room...I have no way of putting you up and would feel like crap if I told you to go get a Hotel room. 5. I'm kinda funny on engine swaps...and honestly, kinda work better alone. (Even have a way of doing the hood removal/instalation by myself with no damage done) I have to say however....Thanks for the offer....really, but I'll have to pass on it.

06-21-2005, 11:43 PM	#15
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Andy, is that one of the VW's that you have to take the whole dash out to do? If it is you have a good excuse for not starting on it! __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html

06-21-2005, 11:53 PM	#16
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	ok whats up with the post count and the Junior Member stuff there andy ? or sould i say welcome to the board there newbie Last edited by tnblazerk5; 06-21-2005 at 11:56 PM.



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