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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
What did i do to my truck today.. I tried to figure out why my choke wont open to 90 degrees when warm...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Its alive!!! After a great weekend working on the old girl she fires right up. Took her for the madin drive around the block no worries. Ran to the loacl mall that has a tag and tile shop and paid the additiaol 60.00 fee but was worth it. Put the tags on and headed out for a saturday night drive. Well the New Process 203 transfer case soon put a damper on my weekend. Seems the PO did not disclose all. It makes an ungodly noise. Going to check a few threads and hope its a quick fix. But doubt it. Any way it runs!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Nice day today.
Went out and uncovered her. Fixed the tach wire that'd come loose from the fuse panel, lined up the body lines for the hood. Lubed the hood hinges. Made this little video to check before I change the stance around a little. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ugg...ature=youtu.be Tweeked down the fuel mix a 1/4 turn, 'cause it was a little rich. Took some stills for the same reason as above. I bought 1.5" spacers for the rear. The 1" on the back I'll put up front. They are really high quality and I've been running these for a while. http://tinyurl.com/8czblhz Finally, I went for a little ride. I determined the metallic "boink!" I was hearing from time-to-time that I thought was somewhere in the suspension is the fuel tank. It's bolted in solid, but I guess I must need to put some spacers in or some rubber insulator, because I get the clunking noise every once in a while with some body "flex" going over bumps.... Here's one I Photoshopped moving the rear wheel out .5" like it will be with the new spacer. And then, the "Before". All around, a good day.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Not a dagum thing!................
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
not acutally too the truck but for the truck the bb is out of the pontiac
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I walked out to it , fired it up and drove off in a faint haze of oil smoke.......
Nothing new here , just another of the MILLIONS of old CHEVROLET & GMC trucks doing their thing , while those Brand 'F' junkers rust quietly in the backyard ![]() ![]() I am collecting evermore parts for some upgrades and sorely needed up fixin' , I'll try to take before & after pix to share when I finally get a rountuit . Meanwhilst , I'm getting *serious* Dollar value out of a junk light duty pickup truck just as God an Generous MotorsCoporation intended . BOWTIES 'TILL I DIE .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Clean the other guys trash out of the bed, started re wiring until my soldering iron stopped working, new 2ga battery cables, throttle return spring bracket, pulled the right rear axle and checked the brakes (needs now ones, and bearings, and seals), and swapped some different wheels.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
hay Nate did you ever get the stuff i sent you....i sent it several times.
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You guys get so much done , it's inspiring .
I got the choke spring Flea-Bay links , thanx . My truck as always , runs O.K. for an old beat up piece of junk , I need to dip into the engine & swap out the cylinder head for the rebuilt one I have , maybe replace the piston rings , the pistons too if they're not good , replace the bad exhaust manifold , get & install a new choke thermostat , replace the failing aftermarket radio etc. , etc. Thing is I not only work slowly , I have serious physical limitations and , other vehicles are dead in the water so for now I just keep it full of oil and drive it.... The help and inspiration I get here , is priceless . Don , remember to ensure the ATF filler tube hole is Hospital clean and free of any overspray , don't use regular O-Ring , viton or other hydraulic fluid resistant is necessary else it'll soon begin to weep & wet the tranny. The yellow looks very nice indeed . I see you bought a High Torque starter , that's wise .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Installed my rear brake lines from Inline Tube. The passenger side fit great but the driver side was absolutely terrible! Had to rebend it around the pumpkin, all the bends were wrong! I also installed a new door jamb switch on the driver side and now my dome light works again.
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got some parts in and did a little cleaning and painting, guess what this is going in.........maybe next week....lokar shifter should be here around next Wednesday. i am ready for an auto.
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But like I said, you'll do a better job than I did of making it a non-leaker *before* it goes in.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Well, it was last Sunday, but bought and installed a front and rear chrome bumper off a 69 C10 getting parted out. Also got the windshield to replace my fogged up one, Spring project.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
went and picked up some 030 wire and some new tips. now time to finish welding in the bed steaks
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
put the fuel tank and seat back in it, changed the oil, and started it for the first time in 4 years. Ran great. Stopped very badly (is it bad when you have trouble stopping going up a hill at barely above idle speed?). Ordered brake parts.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I installed new seat belts in my 71C20 due to one of the latches falling apart in my hands the other day
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I guess you could say "trucks"
you know after a swap meet or car show you allways get the itch too do something ![]() test fitted the bb an t400 I really just wanted too see if my 69 camaro headers would fit..... so far I think they fit great......but I wanna use a manual trans ![]() also helped an guided the kid on getting his timing chain replaced. its a lil' sloppy but I've seen worse. at least no nylon teeth were missing.theres a cloyes double roller going in its place.I wish it would stay as nice as it was today that would make it go a lil' better since its being done outside
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Nate glad you got the choke ordered, i really did not need to change my starter i had to , the old one bolted to the bell housing and with the auto trans it has to bolt to the motor, so that's why i got it...my son should be here Monday morning and we will start the auto trans project....i painted before i put the new seals in so i hope everything stays dry.....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Rear Baer calipers are on
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