My Super Bowl weekend of truck repairs

[Bowedup]

I'm not a football guy, so instead of watching the big game I spent the weekend working on my old '82 dually. I got alot done:


I replaced the compressor, drier, orifice tube, all the seals, & got the a/c back working again & put 2 new tires on the front end


installed a 12,000lb winch in the rear bumper & remote-mounted the solenoid box up in the bed



Installed some incredibly bright led flood lights on the headache rack & mounted them to a hidden telescoping pole so they'll double as lighting for our pit area when we haul my El Camino to the track. They extend up to 12' tall! It's like having a small light plant!


Also went and got all the windows tinted too.

I'm slowly getting all the mechanical stuff ironed out, should be ready to start bodywork & paint soon.

Anyone else work on their old Chevy this weekend?

Scott
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[dieseldawg142]

holy rear bumpers! looks like you could pull a house down with that

[frog210]

I changed out the sway bar bushings
tightened my loose steering wheel
fixed the wipers
cleaned the bed to mount my toolbox but on the floor bed tomorrow
same like you not in to the super bowl
(I just watched some of it to see the movie preview for fast & furious 6 lol )

[kylep]

Man i really like that light pole you made, that is pretty clever. That is a great tool I might have to do that. I have been real lazy with my truck lateley and the my bed looks like hell. That is a great idea!

[Bowedup]

I stole the telescoping pole off a set of those tripod flood lights from Home Depot. It used a 2" tube that hid perfectly behind the 2x3" tubing on my headache rack & fit right between the back of the headache rack and cab, plus it lets the lights rotate 360. The lights only pull 1.4amps each so I can leave them running for hours without running the battery dead.

Scott
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[cory d]

i worked on my truck for quite a while, i dont think i fixed anything though ha

[Zane M]

Spent a few hours scrubbing/degreasing a junkyard Tcase to prepare it for rebuilding.

[trimmy]

Nice I spent the weekend working on mine as well. I pulled the bed scrapped all the crap off the frame rails and primed them. I cut the cab corner and rockers on the passenger side out welder in the new ones did some filler work and primed it. Now I just need to find a lot of other NOS parts becuase I hate working with aftermarket parts.
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[mrolds88]

Like your truck. Did you build the headache rack/bedrails and the bumper?

[Bowedup]

Yes I built them all. Took a lot of ribbing from guys on this site that it was too big but I like it and I think it fits the size of the truck

Scott
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