What did you get done? 11/23

[N2TRUX]

What did you get done?

[Justins76]

Change the oil in the diff and found out I have 3.42s.

[ton*loc]

worked for 9 hours

[BLE 'BURBAN]

Worked 8 i/2 hours of O.T. yesterday and am currently replacing my tailgate glass in the driveway here at home. It's snowing and the temp is about 20 - 22 degrees outside. As soon as I warm up a bit I gotta go back out and set up my flood lights so I can finish in the dark. It's 10 after 4 here now and the sun set about 30 minutes ago.

[ton*loc]

Originally Posted by BLE 'BURBAN

Worked 8 i/2 hours of O.T. yesterday and am currently replacing my tailgate glass in the driveway here at home. It's snowing and the temp is about 20 - 22 degrees outside. As soon as I warm up a bit I gotta go back out and set up my flood lights so I can finish in the dark. It's 10 after 4 here now and the sun set about 30 minutes ago.

yea the overtime pay is nice

[vern350]

I spent the weekend studying again. Did a rad flush on a 2000 impala. Missed a huge snow fall. Last thursday, 20-30 kms away was hit with 3 to 4 feet of snow. We got 1 foot, so spent some time cleaning the laneway.

[Square84]

Originally Posted by BLE 'BURBAN

Worked 8 i/2 hours of O.T. yesterday and am currently replacing my tailgate glass in the driveway here at home. It's snowing and the temp is about 20 - 22 degrees outside. As soon as I warm up a bit I gotta go back out and set up my flood lights so I can finish in the dark. It's 10 after 4 here now and the sun set about 30 minutes ago.

i lived in anchorage when i was in the third grade i remember the winter sucking cause it was dark alot but the summers were worse because when you would go to bed it would still be light outside and you felt like you were missing something. i got nothing truck related done just worked.

[Stitch]

bought a new dimmer switch and relays for the headlights for my 84 and will install them probably a couple of weeks from now...also, bought brake pads and a serpentine belt for the Tahoe...we're going about three hours away for thanksgiving..they have sort of a family reunion every year on my wife's side of the family, so we goto that...it's usually a great time...so I gotta make sure the Tahoe is in tippy top shape before we go...I'll replace the parts tomorrow at lunch...

Chuck

[cochino12]

Bought another truck, I think it will be a daily driver by March if I can find someone to help me with making it a shortbed.

Played with a desktop dyno a little to find out what cam, intake, head combo I'm going to run in my blazer

Also got some gray door panels installed in my k20, I'm going to try and get the headliner and pillars dyed this week also. Finally making some progress on things woo hoo!

[jrsmith_2010]

learned to weld some and started filling door handles and locks and front lamps

[78 Big10 454]

I'm breathing a sigh of relief that my truck passed its biennial State smog check. Came within a hair of failing, though. My wife was hoping it would fail. The State of California will pay you $1000.00 to get a "gross polluter" off the road.

[Dave Kay]

Originally Posted by 78 Big10 454

I'm breathing a sigh of relief that my truck passed its biennial State smog check. Came within a hair of failing, though. My wife was hoping it would fail. The State of California will pay you $1000.00 to get a "gross polluter" off the road.

Hey now, congrats on your smog check Big10

And talk about breathing a sigh of relief---- Just got my year-long project ('86 GMC C3500 Longbed stepper) on-the-road the week before, did the smog check on the 11th and was positively dumbfounded when it passed--- with way low numbers! Did a lot of work on the intake/carb/fuel-system to get it there and fully expected to still get flunked and have to go with a cat converter (plan C) but she came thru with flying colors.

Only thing that bummed me out was after I finally got to driving the big 1-ton to work for a few days it started to smell like oil burning-off on the exhaust header... turns out the reman brake booster I installed was leaking where it mounts to the master cylinder. Lesson: reman parts are always cheaper than OEM manufactured for a good reason, e.g., I R&R'd the NAPA reman ($185) for the ACDelco ($439) and that made for my busy weekend.

BTW; Since you're in the LA area and if you ever need, I can refer you to a really great carb builder here in OC 'cause they were extremely helpful in getting my project done and running tops. (It ain't pretty yet but it'll smoke the tires like a BB demon... yup~!)

Wishing a great Thanksgiving to all!

[78 Big10 454]

Dave:

I may take you up on that offer. I was in Orange over the weekend visiting my Mom. The problem with my smog test was the gas cap, of all things. California is going a bit overboard when my gas cap can cause a near stroke.

Originally Posted by Dave Kay

Hey now, congrats on your smog check Big10

And talk about breathing a sigh of relief---- Just got my year-long project ('86 GMC C3500 Longbed stepper) on-the-road the week before, did the smog check on the 11th and was positively dumbfounded when it passed--- with way low numbers! Did a lot of work on the intake/carb/fuel-system to get it there and fully expected to still get flunked and have to go with a cat converter (plan C) but she came thru with flying colors.

Only thing that bummed me out was after I finally got to driving the big 1-ton to work for a few days it started to smell like oil burning-off on the exhaust header... turns out the reman brake booster I installed was leaking where it mounts to the master cylinder. Lesson: reman parts are always cheaper than OEM manufactured for a good reason, e.g., I R&R'd the NAPA reman ($185) for the ACDelco ($439) and that made for my busy weekend.

BTW; Since you're in the LA area and if you ever need, I can refer you to a really great carb builder here in OC 'cause they were extremely helpful in getting my project done and running tops. (It ain't pretty yet but it'll smoke the tires like a BB demon... yup~!)

Wishing a great Thanksgiving to all!

[Square84]

Originally Posted by Dave Kay

Hey now, congrats on your smog check Big10

And talk about breathing a sigh of relief---- Just got my year-long project ('86 GMC C3500 Longbed stepper) on-the-road the week before, did the smog check on the 11th and was positively dumbfounded when it passed--- with way low numbers! Did a lot of work on the intake/carb/fuel-system to get it there and fully expected to still get flunked and have to go with a cat converter (plan C) but she came thru with flying colors.

Only thing that bummed me out was after I finally got to driving the big 1-ton to work for a few days it started to smell like oil burning-off on the exhaust header... turns out the reman brake booster I installed was leaking where it mounts to the master cylinder. Lesson: reman parts are always cheaper than OEM manufactured for a good reason, e.g., I R&R'd the NAPA reman ($185) for the ACDelco ($439) and that made for my busy weekend.

BTW; Since you're in the LA area and if you ever need, I can refer you to a really great carb builder here in OC 'cause they were extremely helpful in getting my project done and running tops. (It ain't pretty yet but it'll smoke the tires like a BB demon... yup~!)

Wishing a great Thanksgiving to all!

if it is leaking brake fluid then itt is not the booster but the master cylinder has gone bad.

[2bits]

Put some trim on my teardrop trailer:



came to the realization that I need to tap a couple of new holes for the valve cover on my 71, the PO of the motor stripped out the old holes pretty good, then filled with with JB Weld or somethin.. had interior screws holding it down with LOTS of sealer

[Dave Kay]

Originally Posted by Square84

if it is leaking brake fluid then itt is not the booster but the master cylinder has gone bad.

Nah, it was power steering fluid for sure. The original booster was a leaker too so the source of this leak wasn't a mystery to me... thanks for the input anyway Square84!

[Square84]

Originally Posted by Dave Kay

Nah, it was power steering fluid for sure. The original booster was a leaker too so the source of this leak wasn't a mystery to me... thanks for the input anyway Square84!

oh it has hydroboost on it? makes sense sorry.

[bigblock73]

Wired up the headlights and tail lights on Yeller, Painless wiring harness is now about 99% installed! I also installed the NOS grill, bezels, sidemarkers, front signals, and tail light assemblies. Felt good to get something done on the '73 for once!

[78 Chevyrado]

I got one of my rear upfiring speaker boxes done for my 6 1/2's

[LMDGUY]

help host our 10th annual car show! 250 cars/trucks.. lots of people, great times

[flamingbig10]

friday I removed all the interior and what was left of the a/c, heater, and the wiring yesterday I started on smoothing the fire wall, and today I installed a new tonneau cover

[LEEVON]

cleaned the workbench, put all my tools away in the box. that's it.

[84 400]

went to a few parties and did some drinking with some old freinds from highschool... Ordered some more parts. Hope to do some wrenching Wednesday when i am off.

[BigDaddyDave]

I worked on Saturday,washed my junk on Sunday and chilled.

[merca]

successfully suicided my other door,did some work on creating passenger pillar and got my air bag in and working on the pass side front.