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Offline Captain Swampy

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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #45 on: December 19, 2015, 01:43:10 PM »
The "on the shelf" spray bombs of primer suck. The crap plugs your sand paper. Curt got us a nice high build primer (in a spray bomb) from Carquest. Expensive but fills and sands so much better. Ask for the professional quality stuff, the have it in the back, not on the shelf.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #46 on: December 19, 2015, 01:46:05 PM »
Looking pretty good?
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #47 on: December 19, 2015, 01:48:21 PM »
We used a semi gloss black for now to kind of match the rest of the pickup.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #48 on: December 19, 2015, 02:48:58 PM »
It's a shortbox tank but has the baffle for the electric pump and was in good shape. New Wagner Thermoquiet brakes.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #49 on: December 24, 2015, 06:02:31 PM »
Replaced inner axle seals, drivers side ball joints, u-joints, and drag link. The pinion had a lot of play, but we left it go at the time. We looked at it again last month. The transmission took a poop so we took it where our semi gets worked on. Mike helped me swap in a rebuilt transmission and fix the front axle. (Brooke was in school) He noticed the yoke moved, even after we tried tightening the nut. The nut and washer were getting tight against the radius from the threads to the splines on the pinion. Mike put the washer in the lathe and chamfered the inside hole. That let the pinion travel farther into the yoke and  compress the crush sleeve. We changed all the bearings and races.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #50 on: December 24, 2015, 06:20:19 PM »
We took the exhaust off the suburban. It's a 3'' system. A little rusty behind the muffler but I made it work. Brooke wants to get a set of the headers Vile uses, and run a dual exhaust. Maybe get it done next week or in January.  The tires are 33x12.5xR15 BFG All Terrain KO2. 8)
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #51 on: December 27, 2015, 10:05:43 PM »
Looking REAL nice!
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #52 on: December 28, 2015, 08:26:54 AM »

Looking REAL nice!
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Thanks! Wish I had pictures of the floor and underside of the cab after paint. I'll look for them or see if Brooke will post her pics of it.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #53 on: January 02, 2016, 05:01:25 PM »
A few new pics
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #54 on: January 02, 2016, 10:16:11 PM »
So, wait a minute, is that the finished truck??!!
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #55 on: January 02, 2016, 10:35:36 PM »
That was fast
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #56 on: January 03, 2016, 10:49:09 PM »
We were trying to get it on the road by her 16th birthday in July but got it going in August. I'm a little slow sometimes. That's the case with getting them on here. I found this site while looking for help with the rocker panels. I thought I'd share the pics to maybe help someone else. In my case, pictures were priceless. It's far from done. The radiator support, right side rocker panels and fender need replacing. She bought a better box this fall but it needs work before it goes on the truck. When we get close to paint we'll need better doors also. So I'm trying to get caught up on here to where we are on the pick up.

 We got her a set of the shorty headers Vile uses for Christmas, so the next project will be dual exhaust. We ordered a Magnaflow Tru-X muffler #12568. She's saving for having the system bent and installed, so maybe in a month or so. Found some sound clips. Has deep tone and didn't seem to loud. Hard to tell for sure though. Any opinions?

She's been driving it since August. I didn't think of doing our own thread at first and am trying to catch up to the current state of the pick up. The last 4 picks were taken yesterday.
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #57 on: January 04, 2016, 09:54:34 PM »
Is that snow i see, what state?
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #58 on: January 04, 2016, 11:58:29 PM »
Sorry about that. My name is Lance. We're from northcentral Wisconsin. Thank you all for the imformation on this site. I hope you get to wrench with your kids! We really enjoyed it for the most part, but every build has it's headache's. I had to walk away a few times. :o :-X

I've been following along with this build because your truck is the same year as mine! You're both doing a great job! It's more involved than I could ever get! I'm just glad I don't have to deal with rust! Lol!
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Re: Brooke's 87 V10
« Reply #59 on: January 05, 2016, 09:49:06 PM »
Wisconsin, ok. I been to lacross and eau clair. Beautiful state.
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