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not everything on my truck is NOS, but where I find a good deal, I'll take it! Found a perfectly good used Unity spotlight for a 1/4 the price of NOS. I'm trying to make my truck look like it might have survived 40 years, so I can't have to much shiny stuff on it
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02-13-2011, 05:27 PM | #1577 |
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got a couple hours to play with solenoids, mounted them on the side of the battery tray
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02-14-2011, 12:21 PM | #1578 |
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I didn't know this product existed, but it's high-time. LONG overdue!!
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02-14-2011, 07:21 PM | #1579 |
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I saw it available years ago, but the product didn't sell well. I looked for some old stock, but couldn't find any. Then one Saturday morning while watching TRUCKS!, it came up on the advertising, ordered it rite away, and it still took two weeks to get it. Should clean up my wires always hated them running all over the place...yeah, I know, anal
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02-14-2011, 07:57 PM | #1580 |
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Looking forward to the pics I have some cut to fit plug wires that would look sweet with this!
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02-20-2011, 06:07 AM | #1581 |
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any more progress?
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02-21-2011, 09:46 AM | #1582 |
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no, went fishing! 6 degrees in the morning. Fish is about 14 lbs, first time I used a 14 ' spey rod
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sorry Va., but I have to find and order the Vortec intake gaskets, maybe today! Thanks for looking...
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well that is a bummer......glad you caught somthin i am just 15 but i havent caught anything yet i only have been fishin about 3 times
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02-22-2011, 10:04 PM | #1585 |
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Another fishing pic?!?
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02-24-2011, 02:55 PM | #1586 |
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got the intake gaskets on...felpro 1255. Bolts sealed and torqued to 11 ft. lbs. Black RTV used top and bottom, 4 corners got an extra portion at the block
now, on to the cooling, see if the electric water pump works
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A month since your last update...what gives old man?
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Good to see you back here VT!
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03-25-2011, 08:06 PM | #1589 |
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you don't want to know, destroyed in seconds, and a thousand dollar mistake! Pics to follow...
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03-25-2011, 08:12 PM | #1590 |
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oh man....I hate to hear that!!!
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03-25-2011, 08:44 PM | #1591 |
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I'm almost to ashamed to show the pics, the more I think about...
2 sets of Vortec intake gaskets....................100 brand new vortec intake..............................177 GMPP vortec intake, B/C I broke the edlebrock 300 ------------------------------------------------ plus 500 of my money that I didn't get to spend B/C I had to replace the broken parts 1,000 Wifey says to me this morning, thank goodness you don't screw up very often SNAFU/ almost FUBAR...all because of galling Spiral easy out hairline crack due to force on the intake from the easy out
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does that answer your guestion or do you need more pics
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Man, sorry to see that.
but I was picturing the truck rolling down a hill out of the garage or something so it's not as bad as my imagination
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BTW, I have something very similiar to that happen to me, another story for another day, maybe around a campfire with a beer
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you can send the story to me in a pm if you want? i like cool truck storys
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Oh damn! Man that stinks Jim. I know all about setbacks...
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Are you into your new budget yet?
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I have a guy out here that could TIG it for you, but that's still a 1.5 hour trip.... that sucks.
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plus I have in-laws out there...
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