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Old 12-19-2004, 06:51 PM   #1
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What did you get done?

With Christmas right around the corner I suppose we should all be finishing up our Christmas shopping. I spent yesterday at a volleybal tournament, and running service calls. Last night I went to a family party.

Today I was worn our from yesterday so I didn't get much of anything done. I went to church then came home and watched Spiderman II with my daughter.

What did you get done....
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Old 12-19-2004, 07:00 PM   #2
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Got my 73 Nordik running again, went for and AWESOME ride out in the forest trails with my buddies, dragged out the 69 olympique, gotta rebuild the carb, got my xmas shopping just about done, slept... (good thing!)
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Old 12-19-2004, 07:48 PM   #3
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I "Z-Griped" my entire tailgate after painting it with epoxy primer. I straight line sanded the front and me, my dad, and my cousins attacked the backside. I will be coating it with final primer coats tomorrow!
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Old 12-19-2004, 07:51 PM   #4
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lets see...

Sat: went to Christmas program practice... then went and did laundry.. yep.. those too ALL day..

Sun: worked (7am-2pm) then went to grandparents to get Christmas present from them for my daughter.. relaxed for about and hour and now I am on my way out the door to go to the Christmas program... hopefully make it home in time to watch Extreme Makeover Home Edition..
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Old 12-19-2004, 08:22 PM   #5
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lets see i got alot done this weekend. i completly redid my rear suspension with a super lift triangulated 4 link from suicide doors, then i pulled my motor and tranny and pulled the motor down and got it ready for the rebuild. almost stated to mod my fron chross member but it all cought up to me and am really freaken tired right now
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Old 12-19-2004, 08:39 PM   #6
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Friday night was the wife's Christmas party - OPEN BAR!!!!!!
Didn't feel like doin much on Sat. (surprise surprise)
Sunday I had to move a bunch of stuff out of a garage I've been renting for years - it's been sold. By the way, you Canadians can have your air back. It's 10 degrees as I write this! LOL
Also, watched the movie "I, Robot". Not bad, I'd recommend it.
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Old 12-19-2004, 09:18 PM   #7
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put exhaust on my K20 yesterday, it fell off while i was plowing on Monday. sat and waited for snow so i can actually use it...
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Old 12-19-2004, 09:56 PM   #8
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once again, nothing, but our 1974 vega pulled a best run of 15.41, at 88mph, engine has no compression, uncle doesn't know how to build a 350 for crap, but still the fact that the car hasn't been running for 20 years and we got it running in a month and made 3 passes with it, not to shabby.
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Old 12-19-2004, 10:32 PM   #9
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sat i went and picked up the '80 from the guys house i bought it from after work. sunday i started cleaning a bunch of junk out of the '80 that he had left inside it and in the bed. cleaned the inside of the blazer and then washed the out side of the '84. then we took the '84 out to an empty parking lot and shot some vids doing doughnuts. went back to the shop and messed around with a merkur scorpio (its some weird ford made car imported from germany) that my friend just bought for 500 bucks. its an '88 4 door car thats rwd and independent rear suspension with a v6, none of those things seem like they should be incorparated in the same car but they did for some reason. then played with the welder a bit until it got dark
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Old 12-19-2004, 11:39 PM   #10
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Got my truck back from the frame shop on saturday. Sunday did some electrical wiring in my garage for 5 new outlets runing new conduit and wiring to fuse box. Now I have outlets with in easy reach. Hooked up some new lighting in the garage and ran some cable to hook up my t.v. Now all I have to do is get my frige stocked with beer and i wont have to come in the house. lol


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Old 12-19-2004, 11:49 PM   #11
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I brought my Blazer home Friday night. looks funny since it hasn't been in the garage in 2 months. The 87 GTA that was in there is on it's way to Minnesota. Looks like it will be recieving a 625hp big block. Hope they have fun with it.

Tonight, we went to a Christmas party at a friends house. I always drink too much around them, but a good time was had by all anyhow.
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Old 12-20-2004, 12:20 AM   #12
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Mostly Christmas shopping and last minute stuff for the holidays. Today I got to do some tuning on my 84. Look here.
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Old 12-20-2004, 12:43 AM   #13
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I did some Christmas shopping and got a new computer too.
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Old 12-20-2004, 02:25 AM   #14
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umm helped my friend pull motor/tranny/tcase out of his truck.
Went to do a homemade shackle flip on the blazer, get the bracket off and go to cut it with the torch......im out of oxygen.

Today I helped another friend pull motor/tranny/tcase out of a sammy that he is parting. Then we cut it up and started cleaning up his garage and backyard.

Now I sit at work. Hopefully Ill get some time to work on the blazer this week. Maybe get it running.
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Old 12-20-2004, 03:03 AM   #15
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still waiting on my snow....
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Old 12-20-2004, 08:57 AM   #16
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lets see i got alot done this weekend. i completly redid my rear suspension with a super lift triangulated 4 link from suicide doors, then i pulled my motor and tranny and pulled the motor down and got it ready for the rebuild. almost stated to mod my fron chross member but it all cought up to me and am really freaken tired right now
Quite a few of us would love to see some detailed pics of your triangulated four-link. Does this work with our narrow frame and high horsepower applications?
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Old 12-20-2004, 02:07 PM   #17
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i did nothing.
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Old 12-20-2004, 02:36 PM   #18
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Old 12-20-2004, 04:27 PM   #19
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Old 12-20-2004, 04:50 PM   #20
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Saturday I went and saw the in-laws new house on Lake Granbury.

Sunday went to my wifes work party, took a ride on the Tarantula train to the stockyards in Ft. Worth.
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Old 12-20-2004, 04:50 PM   #21
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I worked :P

I am thinking I'll go warm up the shop and finish my TPI wiring harness install
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Old 12-20-2004, 05:41 PM   #22
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Replaced the turn signal inside the column.
Installed a felt washer on there to because the dealers around here say the hole for the signal lever is left open. The sun baked my old signal cam? inside the column and it cracked when I tried to signal for a right turn. So I added the felt washer on the inside of the column to block sunlight from getting in there and it looks better.
Also aligned the steering wheel while I had it off. It was a little off before.

Had to remove the exhaust from the headers back to replace some hardware.
The bolts at the header collector seized and wouldnt come out. 2 snapped off so I had to drill them out and install new hardware. Installed all grade 8 with lock washers and anti-seize. Replaced all the exhaust bolts from the collectors back and painted some of the welds. Working good so far. I hope the bolts dont come loose or bust off at the collectors again.

Replaced some of the clutch return springs and adjusted the pedal play.
Added a heavier spring, pedal is more stiff now, but feels much more solid.
Drove through the neighborhood sunday night after the truck was running again.
Lit the tires up a few times around the corners and it slid pretty good and sounded real strong, I need to get an audio clip.

Had to go to a Christmas party on saturday for my GF's work.
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Old 12-20-2004, 08:30 PM   #23
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hey airmale


i will get some pics up soon and i will start a new thread with them. hopefully i will get some pics tonight, and im going to start to z the frame tonight as well
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Old 12-20-2004, 10:29 PM   #24
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my 4" exhaust is done, all the way to the exhaust tip
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Old 12-20-2004, 11:06 PM   #25
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i will get some pics up soon and i will start a new thread with them. hopefully i will get some pics tonight, and im going to start to z the frame tonight as well
I'll be looking for it Thanx, Jay
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