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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Members Rides => Topic started by: GMCMedic on January 07, 2017, 03:09:48 PM
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Ill update this as I can when I am on my computer as I removed most of the truck photos from my phone.
Sadly this is the only complete picture of the truck that I have.
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Since this photo it has been tore down and the body work on the fenders completed.
Disclaimer: I am not a mechanic so I cannot get very techincal with certain things. Ive been fortunate enough to be close friends with a couple guys that own their own shop. They help me out with the build and teach me along the way.
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Im going to skip the front end tear down and fender work and jump ahead to the cab.
But first, early last summer I shot the frame with rustoleum. It isnt awful
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I got the cab tore down today and removed the glass, cutting and welding has started.
Looks like the only unexpected parts to order is the firewall insulation and a spring for the gas pedal.
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Wheels clean up nicely. Two and a half more to go.
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New doors showed up yesterday and I pick the windshield up tomorrow.
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Just the floor left to install on the drivers side then onto the passenger side.
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Drivers side is finished with the welding portion.
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Stripped the tint from the back glass and cleaned it up. Finally put the sticker from my new bow to use.
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Its starting to look like a truck again
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We started work on the passenger side and I blasted the door and hood hinges and the brake booster.
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The new Radiator support showed up bent with crappy welding repair on it. That got sent back. Its always something.
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Looking good, What color you plan on painting it?
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Looking good, What color you plan on painting it?
Ford new production dark grey. I believe they call it magnetic.
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(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170127/fc482b89ebd8deb48d8e044b9a49a863.jpg)inner rocker is in place and outer rocker is mocked up.
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Cab is sanded down, only a few small dings to repair and a few holes to weld up. Sadly this cab had spotlights on both A post, a hole for a CB antenna, and two different size cab lights throughout its life. Makes for a lot of work.
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Busy day. Wire wheeled the windshield channel and fire wall, smoothed out some of the roof and ground some spot welds. We got the drivers side spot light holes and grab bar holes welded up.
Passenger side patch work should be done this week and we can start bondo on the cab.
Called it quits early after I didnt move my hand fast enough and collided a finger with a flap wheel. Waiting for stitches now lol
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Welding is done. All-metal has been applied and sanded. Front end is now back together for the final bondo work. Hopefully itll be in primer next week.
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Looking good man.
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Looking good man.
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Thank you
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Nothing to report. I sanded on some bondo yesterday. Ordered the rear brake line and inner fenders today. I was going to order a complete bolt kit and the front brake line kit but they were out of stock. Ordered the shocks instead.
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I almost forgot. Got a free toolbox yesterday. Needs keys made but overall its in good shape
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Phrases like "rear disc brake conversion" are starring to get tossed around.
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All bondo work is completed on the cab and fenders. The hood didnt need any work.
Inner fenders and rear brake line shipped today. Shocks should arrive tomorrow. I hope to finish out the prep work and primer next week, as well as the remainder of the parts list.
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Looking good
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Looking good
Thanks.
Im going back and forth with moving up to 35's or dropping the truck a bit. I like the stance, but I dont know that I love it.
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Epoxy sealant has been sprayed. Hope to spray primer tomorrow. Then likely bring the bed in to get it sanded down and to the same level as the cab.
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Sanded the first coat of epoxy. Brought the bed inside for next time, we have a few dings to fix and we can get to the level as the cab.
Brought the gas tanks and exhaust home to clean up and paint.
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My friend got bored last night and started sanding on the bed. Looks like we need a tailgate handle and both latches and gas door hardware, im ordering a complete bolt kit so ill wait and see if the hardware comes in the kit.
The previous owner just filled the dents with bondo, my friend started working on knocking them out last night, the goal from the start of this project has been to use as little bondo as possible and were going to continue that philosophy.
We also got a quote for paint, I thought $750 for paint and clear was a pretty good deal for a 2015 color, but im new at all this.
Ive been all over the Internet trying to find the best way to dye seat belts. Ultimately my wife was the deciding factor and is making me buy new seat belts. Im not going to argue.
Lastly, never add it up!
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Got the bed ready for bondo. Ill finish up that and sanding the inside of the bed tomorrow and we will spray sealant.
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Sealant is all sprayed. Hopefully priming monday and blocking tuesday and thursday
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Nice job
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The truck is coming out great. Did you decide what to do about the tires?
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The truck is coming out great. Did you decide what to do about the tires?
Im going to leave it as is for now. Money is starting to get tight and the 33's are new.
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Nice work!
And that my friends is why I bought a truck from Arizona , and had it shipped back to Georgia....
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Filler primer is sprayed.
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Before anyone asks, we are not painting the inside of the bed because:
A: paint is expensive and I already have a plastic bedliner
B: as you can see this bed was once drilled for a 5th wheel hitch. It wasnt until recently that i knew they made patch panels so later down the road we will fix that.
C: when we fix that im going to get spray on bedliner anyway.
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Block sanded for 12 hours yesterday
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I feel your pain there. I hate sanding.
You can buy a gallon of paint for less than $25 bucks which you could put inside the bed. Better than leaving it the way it is.
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I feel your pain there. I hate sanding.
You can buy a gallon of paint for less than $25 bucks which you could put inside the bed. Better than leaving it the way it is.
Even though its getting spray on bedliner? The timeline for this would be measured in weeks. Maybe 2 months at most.
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Wet sanding and getting ready to paint sunday(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170315/a55e2b2a749ba728335bd16f28a28eee.jpg)
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I feel your pain there. I hate sanding.
You can buy a gallon of paint for less than $25 bucks which you could put inside the bed. Better than leaving it the way it is.
Even though its getting spray on bedliner? The timeline for this would be measured in weeks. Maybe 2 months at most.
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As long as its not bare you'll be fine for that short of a time.
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I feel your pain there. I hate sanding.
You can buy a gallon of paint for less than $25 bucks which you could put inside the bed. Better than leaving it the way it is.
Even though its getting spray on bedliner? The timeline for this would be measured in weeks. Maybe 2 months at most.
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As long as its not bare you'll be fine for that short of a time.
We never sanded the inside of the bed.
In other news, everything is wet sanded and cleaned up. About half of the taping is done. Painting Sunday morning
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What brand of spray-on bed liner are you using?
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What brand of spray-on bed liner are you using?
Probably raptor or herculiner
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My bed is in the same phase as yours. Priming and block sanding. Painting next week.
I have been doing a lot of research on spray on bed liners. And since i probably wont be hauling nothing harsher than cotton balls, i could probably get away with walmart rustoleum bedliner for $40. But,,,,i have found tons of great reviews and checked out a truck that has the Raptor. And i found it on Amazon for $115, free ship, no tax and it comes with a gun. Therefore, Raptor it is.
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Herculiner is available local, thats really the only reason it got consideration
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I almost went with the herculiner, but was told to avoid it, that raptor is much better. We wont be ready for inside bed for another week, so i have time to order. Locally its $150. I found on amazon much better deal, as stated. Your truck is coming along great.
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Ill likely not do mine till ive driven it for a couple months. Just ready to start putting it back together
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Its paint day!!
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Aww man! Your a few days ahead of me.
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Here is a teaser before clear(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170319/685dfaabf4f1522667a0d57a9e2279bb.jpg)
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Nice color, sharp! Stop teasing! Lol
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Very nice color. Two thumbs up!!
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Thanks. Its a current production Ford color on a GM lol
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That just means you shouldn't complain when your Fixing Or Repairing Daily....Lol
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That just means you shouldn't complain when your Fixing Or Repairing Daily....Lol
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Or found on road dead. Seriously, nice color. Whats it called?
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That just means you shouldn't complain when your Fixing Or Repairing Daily....Lol
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Or found on road dead. Seriously, nice color. Whats it called?
Magnetic
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Cab, bed, and one door have been wet sanded.
Tomorrow Ill finish pulling the brake lines and repaint(again) the frame. Hopefully I can get the shocks and new brake lines and trans coolant line installed.
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Better view of the color now that its wet sanded and buffed(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170323/b2c40419a42ce1b73945100723c86261.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170323/603a827c226bbd3836f9a099f59b247d.jpg)
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Vey nice! Kinda like a gun metal gray.
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I wish it would stay this pretty
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You know youre in assembly mode when the brake parts show up.
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Lizard skin
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Ordered a deck, speaker wire, and amp wiring. If the IRS would ever stop messing around I can order the remainder of my parts.
It amazes me how far technology has come with car audio yet the prices have plummeted.
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Yeah you can buy a nice setup for pretty cheap with bluetooth, satellite, navigation etc.
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Yeah you can buy a nice setup for pretty cheap with bluetooth, satellite, navigation etc.
Much nicer than the Kenwoods I paid $400 for as a teenager
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Yeah you can buy a nice setup for pretty cheap with bluetooth, satellite, navigation etc.
Much nicer than the Kenwoods I paid $400 for as a teenager
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Your truck looks great.
Back in 1989 I paid $450 for my Alpine CD player with the Benzie box (anyone remember those).
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Thanks! I was 6 years old in 89 so I dont know what a benzie box it.
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Ordered a bunch of random stuff. Window tint kit, a Streamlight Stinger to hard wire in, a Streamlight Waypoint because every vehicle I own has a spot light, random small interior parts, and some exhaust pipe to bend for the fuel fillers.
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Yeah you can buy a nice setup for pretty cheap with bluetooth, satellite, navigation etc.
Much nicer than the Kenwoods I paid $400 for as a teenager
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Your truck looks great.
Back in 1989 I paid $450 for my Alpine CD player with the Benzie box (anyone remember those).
were those the anti theft things? I use 8 track tapes for my garage stereo(rather my dads garage).
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When i was a young teen cassetts were the big thing, 8 track was just getting phased out, although i have used plenty.
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3 hours of elbow grease per wheel, only one left(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170327/7bce5d7757d95bc39420c8f41c23cf63.jpg)
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Those wheels came out great.
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I didnt take a before but you can see around the wheel weight what it looked like before.
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The Benzie box stereo came before the removable face plate stereo.
With the Benzie box the whole radio was removable.
Most people would remove the radio from the dash when not in use and hide it under the seat or put it in the trunk.
It didn't take thief's long to figure this out.
Here is a picture I found online of the Alpine 7903 like I owned years ago.
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I had a blaupunkt pull out like that
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Got brakes all the way around and manual locking hubs today. Also ran all of the brake lines, undercoated the cab, ran fuel lines to the drivers side tank, replaced the selector valve, and fully installed 1 of 7 shocks. I need bolts for the rest.
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Why on Earth would the return connectors on the selector valve be 5/16's when the return lines are 1/4"? That caused a lot of confusion for several hours.
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All the return lines on my truck were 5/16", the vent lines were 1/4".
At least you can stretch 1/4" over 5/16", but it is much harder to properly clamp 5/16" to 1/4".
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All the return lines on my truck were 5/16", the vent lines were 1/4".
At least you can stretch 1/4" over 5/16", but it is much harder to properly clamp 5/16" to 1/4".
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I guess that would make sense different years may use different size lines. Im eliminating the charcoal cannister (it wasnt hooked up anyway and the 5/16 line was gone). It made for a really interesting night trying to figure out what was what. It wasnt terribly hard till we starting thinking too much about the size of the return line vs the selector valve.
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Those wheels came out great.
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Finished the shocks today. Installed the front speakers in the dash, undercoated and moved the bed. Yada yada
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I'm one up on ya, i can start my truck and drive it, bedless though. Next step is spray in bed liner, then pretty much done.
Are you sure you want to cover up those beautiful bed rails with the diamond plate?
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This truck will be used as a truck, the bed rails wouldnt be pretty for long. I plan on driving it till the cab corners and rockers rust out again.
Motor goes in Tuesday and then its pretty much at a standstill till Classic Industries ships me the bolt kit thats been out of stock forever (I should get it next week). Also waiting for square hole washers from Fastenal so I can manage to take the bed off again later.
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Ok, gotcha. In that case your doing the right thing.
My truck will be used also......TO HAUL COTTON BALLS. Lol
However, i am looking for a work truck.
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I came across this while looking for new air cleaners.
Too bad theyre steel valve covers. Would have looked good with my paint(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170403/dd710ecce22eff64c3ef908243583a4e.jpg)
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I have a motor
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Now half of the tires are on. Getting close(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170404/94a3aec1b66b3a3748616c3b56bfb742.jpg)
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Are the tube steps made for the truck or did you custom make brackets?
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Are the tube steps made for the truck or did you custom make brackets?
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They appear to have been made for it but I cant say for sure. They were on the truck when i bought it.
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Are the tube steps made for the truck or did you custom make brackets?
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A handful of companies still make tube steps for these trucks with the brackets needed. Some are cab length and some are cab and front half of bed. By looking at his picture, the step pads indicate those are SmittyBilt brand steps. I think SmittyBilt, Westin, Summit Racing, Nerf and a few others are the ones that make sets for squares.
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Are the tube steps made for the truck or did you custom make brackets?
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A handful of companies still make tube steps for these trucks with the brackets needed. Some are cab length and some are cab and front half of bed. By looking at his picture, the step pads indicate those are SmittyBilt brand steps. I think SmittyBilt, Westin, Summit Racing, Nerf and a few others are the ones that make sets for squares.
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Guess I need to search harder, although I haven't decided if I do want steps, do like them on the 2009 Chevy work truck though.
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Installed audio and did some other misc stuff today.
Waiting on a large parts order to reassemble the interior and front end.
I also finally talked my buddy into trading me his holley 570 for my 850 double pumper. Itll go much better with his step side show truck than it will with my daily driver.
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Looks like $1200 in parts will be delivered tomorrow. Ill still be waiting on my grill but this should be about the last of it.
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More progress today. Wired up rear flood lights and a new trailer harness. Welded the washers to the bed and bolted it down. Obviously the liner and tool box went in so I checked the bed off the to do list.
Ran the remainder of the fuel lines to the carb and for the tanks.
Sorted a large shipment, mostly interior stuff and the vent window rebuild kits.
Just have some misc engine stuff and some random electrical in the engine compartment to do. Its mostly interior left at this point. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170412/4601e54925bda4429976976eb3b10611.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170412/8b0ae80f9502c45e115c97fbed53ff1a.jpg)
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Shes got all her feet on the ground and fresh fluid in the differentials and a new rear differential cover.
Put in a battery and tested a few things today. Needed a new wiper switch.
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Looking Good!
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Looking Good!
Thanks!
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Im at the mercy of backorder shipping right now. The front end dress up kit(lights, grill, trim) will be in next week. The shelf it (one of those aftermarket visor mount shelves) is two weeks out, we need that to finalze some interior wiring plans.
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Rebuilding vent windows is awful.
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Im at the mercy of backorder shipping right now. The front end dress up kit(lights, grill, trim) will be in next week. The shelf it (one of those aftermarket visor mount shelves) is two weeks out, we need that to finalze some interior wiring plans.
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Still. Going to put the doors back together tomorrow and maybe some wiring.
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Rebuilding vent windows is awful.
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They can be a little challenging. Having the rivet tool is a plus I must say.
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After 15 hours working on the truck yesterday, im beat and pretty much at a halt.
Put the doors back together yesterday, which was a pain since theyre replacements. Put a majority of the interior in and we finished up the AC. Didnt get to the new steering wheel so i guess ill tackle that next week.
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Backorder shipping is killing me
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Out of the hole with 2 coats of wax. Still waiting but shes close.
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Money has been withdrawn for my back ordered items. Hopefully they come in wedesday and I can finish this girl!
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I really like that color on your truck. The whole thing is looking really good!
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That's a nice lookin truck and it's not even done yet. Good luck on the rest of it!
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Just a little bit of interior wiring to do and she is DONE!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170511/ca68b9d945f3910939697787da9adf6f.jpg)
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Nice!
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The last few things have been buttoned up. Finished the switch panel wiring for the front and rear floods and other items I may add later.
Then glued the rear view mirror in place and drank a celebratory beer. Truck is insured and ill title it tomorrow
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That's gotta feel so awesome!
Congrats! :D
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That's gotta feel so awesome!
Congrats! :D
What, drinking a beer? that usually feels pretty awesome 8)
In all seriousness, it looks really good man. Reminds me of the color of my old Blazer. Post some pics when you get it out of the dungeon.
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That's gotta feel so awesome!
Congrats! :D
What, drinking a beer? that usually feels pretty awesome 8)
In all seriousness, it looks really good man. Reminds me of the color of my old Blazer. Post some pics when you get it out of the dungeon.
Thanks. Once I make sure all the gremlins are out of it Ill take some high res pics
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Been idling and making short trips just to work some crud out of the tanks. Probably change the fuel filter and go from there. Hope to bring it home this week.
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Put about 50 miles on today with no issues.
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That's one nice looking truck! 8)
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Looks Great!
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Awesome! Great job!
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That is a very nice looking truck.
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Went to the gas station today. Tried tilting the nozzle and all and the passenger tank took just under 16 gallons. Drivers side took 6 and we estimated about 10 gallons in it. Cant be sure now but I might have 16 gallon tanks instead of 20s.
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Ive put a few hundred miles on daily driving. So far i had the driver side shoulder belt fail after a dozen uses. Switched the passenger side over an ill call and complain monday. Both belts were brand new.
The gas gauge doesnt work with the left side tank so ill look at that this week. I track my mileage anyway so its not a huge deal. No other issues to report.
Ive had several people compliment the truck and one offer to buy it.
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Nice truck
I don't pay any attention to the offers to buy
They are 99.9% wanna be's
My son called the other day saying someone had offered him $8k for his
Told him 97% of Americans did not have $8K in the bank
And
Told him he'd never hear from the guy again when he got home and thought it over , plus you'll spend that just in parts building another one
Did younger all stock AC parts ?
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I uploaded everything to one photobucket album. I dont use it much cause of tapatalk, so once i figure out how to link a whole album i will.
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This should work....maybe
http://s738.photobucket.com/user/Robert_Mabrey/library/84%20k10%20Project
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Its been a mostly uneventful 700 miles so far. Gas mileage seems to be improving but its been harder to check lately cause ive been filling gas cans out of state to top of the truck (save $5 on every fill up just with the truck).
The other morning the steering seemed tight pulling into the driveway. I got out and the gear box was leaking power steering fluid. Im not mad, I didnt replace it so it was likely original. A few hours in the heat and the power steering was fixed.
Something is up with the drivers side tank. I had to solder a ground onto the sending unit and run it to the frame. The gauge will work intermittently if I fiddle with the wire. I cleaned up the contact on the frame but it didnt fix it. Its to much work to drop the tank so ill keep fiddling with it as needed.
And the front passenger side parking light burned out already. Probably cause i bought cheap amazon LEDs. Ill upgrade it but its too hot to pull the grill off right now.
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Sweet ride brother!
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