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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Members Rides => Topic started by: kursed on May 07, 2014, 12:15:02 am
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So I just picked up my first ever K10. I've owned about 15 67-72 C10s swb and lwb fleets, 1 76 GMC C10 swb step, and now my first K.
Named her "Yona," Cherokee word for Bear, because she's big and grumpy. Traded an old 98 Civic sedan with 181K miles that we haven't used in over a year for the truck.
1983 "Heavy Half" K10
* 350 engine (stock internals as far as I know. Zero documentation included with truck, so everything is a best guess)
* sm465 4speed
* np208 transfer (K10s are new to me, so I'm not 100% sure on this one.)
So far she has lived a slightly abused life and has been mentally tortured at the hands of Redneck Engineering. No big plans for now, just trying to un-Jerry Rig all the original owner's so called "fixes" at the moment.
She had a huge speaker box with some junk subwoofers behind the seat. Stereo wiring ALL OVER the cab and engine bay, and none of it was done correctly. One of the amp wires was just twisted around the positive terminal of the battery for example.
So I'll start with some pictures of what I have had going on in the week that I've owned her.
Got her home. Ran her through the car wash on the way to hose off a years worth of mud build up. Notice that "Redneck Engineering" I was speaking of? Yeah, gotta love a sandwiched double 2x6 front bumper. LOL! Maybe a steel tube bumper in the future? Who knows.
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First task was a new Holley 600 to replace the worn out Edelbrock 1406 that was on it. Also slapped on a new air filter, fuel filter, and plugs while I was in there. Tweaked the timing and she was running better than she has in a LONG time.
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Found a neat looking spider while working in the engine bay.
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Think the plugs were well done and ready to eat. I'm the one oddball I know that only runs Autolite plugs in my old Chevys, but it works so why change?
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This is the ONLY sticker in the glove box. The original parts I.D. decal is long gone which is a huge bummer. Original paint was a dark maroon or burgundy. I'm assuming it was "Carmine Red" from some of the paint chips I've seen so far?
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Old front side markers were garbage. So I threw a few dollars at eBay and got some brand new shiney made in Taiwan replacement lenses. Good enough for a work truck.
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Same deal on the tail light lenses. At least they weren't broken, so I'll polish them up and keep for back-ups. Didn't really care for the aluminum trim, so I put those back in the box for someone else. Caught a glimpse of my reflection in the new lenses and nearly gave myself a heart attack!
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Here are a few more examples of that high quality "custom" work I was talking about earlier. HAHA! Speaker box material covering the door panels and dash, and poorly done at that. Seams and glue EVERYWHERE! Hacked up holes in the gauge cluster for an aftermarket CD player, an antique trailer brake control, and a super cool high dollar horn button.
Also notice the vent windows which have been completely glued shut using two different colors (black and clear) of RTV sealant. WTH is wrong with some people? LOL. At some point in her life, someone attacked the lower dash with a can of splatter spray paint. Someone has removed most of it, but the evidence still remains.
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The nicest part on the truck when I got her and sadly it seems so out of place in there. A Budnik Switchblade steering wheel. Soon to be replaced with a stock Chevy wheel. I have a 1990 Cavalier steering wheel here at the house I may use, but more than likely she will get a stock 73-87 wheel as I spotted at least two in near perfect condition at my favorite local junkyard today.
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Next item on my replace list was the cheesy chrome skull door lock knobs. I scored some good stock knobs at the junkyard today and they went on without haste.
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Spent about an hour in my local junkyard today and came home with 2 tan door panels, 2 brown sunvisors, 2 door lock knobs, 2 gauge bezels (1 of which that I will use is in EXCELLENT shape), and 2 67-72 C10 hubcaps that will get cleaned and polished for man cave wall art. All for about $30
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Scrubbing the visors tonight. Will post more pics tomorrow when I get a chance.
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I absolutely HATE flat black on cars and bikes. Im sick and tired of seeing it on everything from Honda ricers to lowered Ford Rangers to actual hot rods. So I was debating doing a rattle bomb spray job with a satin brownish color, just for something clean and different. I picked up a can of Rustoleum "Antique Brass Metallic" and it looks decent, but I'm not sure the 'DooDoo Brown" color is the look I'm after either.
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Did a quick Photoshop on my phone to see if I would like the whole truck in brown, and the more I look at it, the less I like it.
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So I passed a K10 with a mild lift and 35s on my way to the junkyard today. It was painted OD Green. I've driven plenty of CUCV K10s and K5s during my 8 years in the Army, so I thought why not just go OD Green.
Found these two really nice examples of OD Green K models on the interwebs for reference. Just the color, I'm not planning on any lift or huge tires.
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Truck looks solid. Nice job getting her back to stock trim.
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REDNECK ENGINEERING, ;D that my friend is a understatement in your case. But you know, what ever gets people through life I guess. I am glad to see you bringing her back around and from the dead though. LOL
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Looks like you are making lots of progress. Our truck had the same treatment on the vent windows! Hacked dashes for the stereo are more common than not in my experience. Certainly not unusual. Good news for you is that the easy, relatively cheap projects you are doing now will make a big difference in a short time.
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i hate seeing old vehicles that get all kinds of tacky/bad taste "mods" but looks like your off to a good start takin care of them!
a tube bumper would be pretty sweet for that tough look
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Thanks for all the compliments guys. I ended up fighting some sort of stomach bug today, so I didn't get much accomplished. I did tinker with the new gauge bezel some. I tried going over the highlights with a silver Sharpie marker. Then I realized it was white and not silver, LOL! The silver actually blends in with the white just fine, but I will go back over it with a white paint pen tomorrow instead. These are the "before" photos to show what im talking about with the highlights. Some of the white has been rubbed off over the years.
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Re-paintedd the white trim on the gauge bezel. I think it may have been silver after all. Oh well, white looks good too.
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Cleaned the funk off the junkyard door panels. Wiped them down with window cleaner. Sprayed them with Duplicolor fabric and vinyl paint in "'Desert Tan." Here's a comparison shot to see the before and after. I ordered new window felts and lock knob grommets.
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Picked up some OD Green spray bomb. Tried it on a small spot and like it so I will be doing to whole truck with this.
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Put some tie down anchors in the stake pockets.
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Last, but not least, put a sticker on the back glass.
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That before and after shot of the door panels, is all you did was use window cleaner on it ? The one on the right looks brand new. Nice job.
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That before and after shot of the door panels, is all you did was use window cleaner on it ? The one on the right looks brand new. Nice job.
Step #1 - I scrubbed it in hot soapy water (using Dawn dishwashing soap as my soap) in the bath tub. Then rinsed it off really well with hot water and the shower nozel.
Step #2 - After letting it dry well in the sun, I wiped the whole door panel down with Stoners Invisible Glass in the aerosol can and lint free paper towels (the blue Scotts towels usually work well). Normal squirt bottle will work also. I normally prefer windex when painting, but didn't have any available. I have been told glass cleaners won't work as a paint prep and that I need to buy all sorts of chemical solvents to clean and prep the surface with before painting. Funny though, as I've been doing custom paint for years on helmets and motorcycle tanks and all I've ever used as a prep cleaner is glass cleaner and I've NEVER had any issues.
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Step #3 - I sprayed the door panels with Duplicolor fabric and vinyl paint in "'Desert Tan" color.
NOTE* They look MUCH better in pictures than in person. The paint looks great don't get me wrong, but I didn't scuff out any scratch marks before shooting them so there are noticeable scuffs and scratches here and there. This is not meant to be a show truck so it was good enough for my particular job. They still look pretty darn good though.
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The second and final sticker for my back glass.
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Ok, I am going out on a limb here since I am across the country. I will make a guess, the first one is for "white castle" ? The second one I have no idea what it is for. Help me out ?
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yeah im drawin a blank on the stickers
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White sticker is an AR15 sight reticle, red sticker is a Magpul sight reticle. Gun guy stuff to confuse the hippies.
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Got one door panel installed. Didn't have enough time to put the other one on because of other things happening. New door lock knob trim piece, new felt window scraper, and new window crank plastic estucheon or however you spell that. Just re-used the old arm rests for now. Not bad for a junkyard door panel.
Previous owner covered the original door panels and dash with speaker box carpet. Sad part is, you can peel the speaker box carpet back and see that he put that crap over a perfectly good door panel. SMFH...
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My re-sprayed junkyard panel with a little new hardware.
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Also I cleaned all the flat black spray paint off the window crank with an S.O.S. cleaning pad. The chrome under all the flat black spray paint was actually good! WTH is wrong with some people that they feel the need to spray every dang thing with flat black spray paint to make it look "cool" ???
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Also got my Gadsden flag plates in the mail. No they aren't "Tea Party" flags, go Google "Gadsden Flag" and learn something new for the day.
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License plates are cool, very cool.
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Junkyard haul for today was $20.
-Tan visors that were in even better shape than the previous brown ones
-Another lock knob (I broke one of the other ones)
-Stock AM radio
-A pair of stainles vent visors
-CB mike holder
-Hat rack holder thing that mounts to the roof
-Stock shifter knob and transfer shift knob
Finished putting on the other door panel and installed some of the goodies from today. Pretty big difference in the cab already. Also pulled the dash pad off to recover it. Low and behold, the jack leg that originally owned the truck ripped all the foam off and put the stupid speaker box carpet straight over the metal frame of the dash pad. ARGH!
Interior Before
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Interior After
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The driver side door panel from today
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Good before and after of the window cranks. Chrome don't get you home, but covering chrome with flat black means you smoke crack!
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Some of the doodads I snagged at the yard.
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Forgot to mention I met a guy at the yard that had 4 BFG all terrains in 32x11.50-15 (same size that's on the truck now) with around 1/4-1/2 tread for $100 so I snagged those up today too.
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Was the PO using that stupid speaker box carpet for insulation in your truck or what ? Nice job of cleaning up the cab, it is looking better and better.
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Was the PO using that stupid speaker box carpet for insulation in your truck or what ? Nice job of cleaning up the cab, it is looking better and better.
Not that I can tell. He covered fairly nice door panels. And there's no foam on the dash pad anymore. He just covered straight over the darn bare metal frame work of the dash pad with the crappy carpet.
Trying to make up my mind on the dash pad now. Should I cover with vinyl, find a new pad and recover that. Hard to make up my mind.
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You got most of your stuff from the junk yard. Go and pull a dash, take it home and repair it and dye it and put it in. There are all kinds of video's on u-tube on home repair of cracked dashes and I have seen some turn out really nice.
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You got most of your stuff from the junk yard. Go and pull a dash, take it home and repair it and dye it and put it in. There are all kinds of video's on u-tube on home repair of cracked dashes and I have seen some turn out really nice.
Oh yeah. I found one in the junkyard the other day that is in really decent shape and it's blue. Has one crack near the hump.
I do some upholstery work myself. Need to find a sewing machine for seats and stuff. I found some vinyl yesterday that is really nice and soft, but it's more of a light chocolate and I need a desert tan.
Going to hit the upholstery shop and see what he has soon.
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Scored two low back bucket seats at a yard sale both for $10 yesterday. Now just need to find a jump seat to go between them so the kiddos can ride with me too.
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Also off topic but I snagged up the 1921 torch for a couple dollars. Ignore the huge mess in my van. Wife is gone to KS for a few weeks and I've had the three kids by myself so it's been a little crazy around here.
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Thanks. They came out nice for cheapie cheaps.
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One step forward, two steps back kind of day.
Got the two best BFGs mounted, front bumper installed sort of. It's in place with two bolts. Apparently the was a tiny difference in the Suburban front frame horn. Oh well, it's better than the lumber bumper.
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Got the carb dialed in. Turns out I wasn't getting voltage to the electric choke. Runs even better now of course. No high idle at stop lights.
Went to check the oil. SCREEECH to a halt. So the dipstick tube (aftermarket chrome one) is just jammed in between the head and driver side exhaust manifold. Where the manifold downtube passes in front of the dipstick tube entry hole there is only about 3mm clearance. So this is a big ole NO GO. Now im on the hunt for cheap headers, pipes, and mufflers. Only thing I can figure is the jerkwad OG owner the supposedly "built" the truck cobbled an incorrect exhaust manifold on it.
Also got to snooping the VIN# and turns out the Bear is a Canook. She was built in Canada Ey! And originally had a 305. I'm assuming that's what is still under the hood and the dipshit passed it off to my non-mechanically-inclined friend as a 350. Not really a big deal for a beater truck, just one more aggravation that this guy has caused. I tried to read the engine casting number this evening, but after half a can of brake clean, I couldn't get a clean shot. Will take her down to the car wash and power wash it to see what we have.
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Here are a couple pics of the manifold and dipstick issue. I got some Summit full length headers, pipe, and 2.5" XLerator turbo mufflers. Have an appointment for next Thursday at a friend's shop to get it all put on. I had a wrist surgery a while back and the stupid thing is giving me fits. Anyway all the shops around my area refuse to do the exhaust without putting the catalytic converters back on so my friend is going to hook it up for me. Anyway, here are the dipstick pics. I never got around to checking the engine casting numbers yet.
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I rn into the same issue with exhaust manifold dipstick tube problem at one time swapping here's the problem the 305 had a passenger side dipstick the 350 had a drivers side dipstick the manifolds were different for 350s when ever they moved the dipstick to the passenger side and your casting is a 350 casting number
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I rn into the same issue with exhaust manifold dipstick tube problem at one time swapping here's the problem the 305 had a passenger side dipstick the 350 had a drivers side dipstick the manifolds were different for 350s when ever they moved the dipstick to the passenger side and your casting is a 350 casting number
How could you tell mine is a 350?
I know I'm getting old and my eyes aren't what they used to be, but I couldn't even begin to make out a number there. LOL!
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010 casting number is how I knew it was a 350
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Are you required to have catalytic converters on your truck by law where you live ? If not, then why are the shops not willing to do the work ?
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010 casting number is how I knew it was a 350
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Aha. Didn't realize they all were 350s. Thanks.
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Are you required to have catalytic converters on your truck by law where you live ? If not, then why are the shops not willing to do the work ?
Yep. Anything that came factory with them has to retain them. EXCEPT when you have a friend that does exhaust work. So she should be good to go next Thursday.
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Its a good casting can be 2 or 4 bolt high nickel blocks
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Its a good casting can be 2 or 4 bolt high nickel blocks
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Roget that! Thanks for the input.
Seems to be quite weak for a 350. Hopefully the new exhaust will free up a few horses. Could be that im just more use to C10s and not quite familiar with K10s being this is my first one.
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I like your buget build mine was a basket case when i bought it i tried to hit the pic a part and they were closed at noon cause of the holiday anyway Some of the k10s had 308 342 373 gears I swapped the 350 from my 81 into my 84 the 81 was a k 20 with 4:10gears and the 84 was a k10 the engine seemed to perform a little better in the 81 the 84 had 373s both with the 400 transmissions you can wake up your 350 with duals you are doing already is a great start intake cam and carb combination can also make a huge difference I run an edelbrock 1405 performer rpm intake comp 12-235-2 cam 882 heads flat tops headers 3in exhaust with flowmasters ( overkill on the exhaust was on the truck when I bought it ) built monster th 350 np205 14 bolt ff 4:10 gears and it is awesome 75 k20
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I'll hopefully get to the checking and flushing fluids part soon. Plan on pulling the covers and seeing what kind of gears I'm working with. Would be nice to do the 1 ton CUCV axels eventually, but that's a LONG way down the road. Need to finish my 72 Chevelle first.
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I'll hopefully get to the checking and flushing fluids part soon. Plan on pulling the covers and seeing what kind of gears I'm working with. Would be nice to do the 1 ton CUCV axels eventually, but that's a LONG way down the road. Need to finish my 72 Chevelle first.
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Chevelles are nice cars. I had a 71 in high school, good times in that car.
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Apparently the was a tiny difference in the Suburban front frame horn.
There is no difference in a Suburban vs anything else as far as bumpers go. The other one my have tweaked yours some, or the donor was tweaked. regardless, it is the same bumper.
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Apparently the was a tiny difference in the Suburban front frame horn.
There is no difference in a Suburban vs anything else as far as bumpers go. The other one my have tweaked yours some, or the donor was tweaked. regardless, it is the same bumper.
Cool, thanks. I had no idea really. Wonder if it's the frame mounts or my bumper? Only one way to find out I guess, to try other parts out. Problem is I think imq more interested in a homebuilt winch bumper or something similar.
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Nice Truck, and progress. I am currently working at fixing all the issues on mine as well. Your doing way better then I am though... haha
White sticker is an AR15 sight reticle, red sticker is a Magpul sight reticle. Gun guy stuff to confuse the hippies.
Also, The magpul sticker isn't a sight at all. It's actually the mag pull system that began the company, hints the name. here is the pic
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None the less both sticker work pretty well, I don't understand the point when people "sticker bomb" the glass a few stickers works although I personally prefer clean glass.
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Nice Truck, and progress. I am currently working at fixing all the issues on mine as well. Your doing way better then I am though... haha
White sticker is an AR15 sight reticle, red sticker is a Magpul sight reticle. Gun guy stuff to confuse the hippies.
Also, The magpul sticker isn't a sight at all. It's actually the mag pull system that began the company, hints the name. here is the pic
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None the less both sticker work pretty well, I don't understand the point when people "sticker bomb" the glass a few stickers works although I personally prefer clean glass.
I always though the logo had something to do with their MBUS sights. Haha. Funny thing about Magpul for me is I've been using their products since my first tour to Iraq in 2005, but I've never really cared for their actual mag pull devices. I always used 550 chord instead and the mag pulls seemed like a cheap gimmick to me that didn't really improve much versus the 550 chord. They didn't have much to chose from back in 2005, but their non tilt mag followers were a HUGE improvement over the G.I. mag followers so I used them in all my mags.
Nowdays I reall like all their gear, but still don't really care for the actual mag pulls. I've got the 870 stock and forend on my Remington and several other parts for an AR build. I guess because I always felt the mag pulls were a bit of a hokey gimmick I never paid much attention to them and didn't associate to obvious with their logo. LOL
As far as stickers and windows, I usually don't like them either, but every now and then I like to put one or two in a back glass just to aggravate the gun hating, Prius driving, uber hippies at stop lights and in traffic. Got this one by Crye Precisson on the back of the XJ.
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No pictures tonight. By the time I got everything home it was too dark.
So my friend installed the headers then ran the pipe and mufflers at his shop. The stock style long spark plugs and stock style wires won't work. On the way home I melted on plug boot and picked up a miss.
So I stopped by O'Reilly auto parts and picked up a set of Accel short header plugs, some Accel wires, two heat sleeves for the plug boots, and some heat risitant tape. Replaced the melted plug wire and noticed another bundle of wires running from under my alternator to back where the starter is had melted to the passenger header. So I taped those up with the heat tape too.
Limped it home and will take a better look at things as soon as I get time. I'll try to take pics of all my mess too haha.
She seems to have a tiny bit more power, but nothing drastic. The sound from the turbo mufflers is a little quieter than I expected, but nice that it's not to raspy.
It's getting there. One step at a time.
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Ok, here are some pics of the mess I need to sort out next.
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Not much accomplished on the truck today, but I did do this....
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That is hilarious, the Bay area freaks would love that around here. LOL
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Well tackled my plugs/wires/headers issue today. She must have wanted new plug wires, because she's running even better now. Still not fast by any means, but a lot smoother.
Passenger side header off, decided to replace the dragging sluggish starter while I was in there. Went with a GM # 6449. Half the weight, half size, twice power. Still needs a heat shield for that. Accel super stock wires are too long and too yellow! Should have went with MSD. LOL.
Also put some heat shield tape around the starter wires. One of the plastic doohickeys melted a little, but not all the way through. Only had two straight plug boots so I put heat sleeves on them. Will get some online for the 90° boots soon.
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So much for Taiwanese tools.
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Much more clearance from the Accel shorty plugs.
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Also scuffed and sprayed a little green before the monsoon of rain hit. I'm diggin' it a lot more than the flat black thing.
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Your right, the green looks way better than the flat black. Is that the color you are going with ?
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I have always liked the plain Jane cucv I like the green also !
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Your right, the green looks way better than the flat black. Is that the color you are going with ?
Yep. For the body anyway. Black rhino liner for the floor and tan interior bits is the plan stan.
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I have those same wires I am going to buy a set custom fit msd or Taylor
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I have those same wires I am going to buy a set custom fit msd or Taylor
I've been looking at the Taylor wires too.
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The cheaper accel wires do not seem much better than stock wires
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Well I don't think id see much difference with stock ignition anyway. That's why I've been thinking of simple Taylor kit. Not trying to build a dragster out of it anyway. This junky Accel kit will probably last longer than my desire to build the truck anyway LOL!
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Well didn't get much done this week. I did however pick this up for $25. I see a shaggin wagon Chevy van in this truck's future. (Been wanting a 70s Chevy van for a good long while now, so when I'm done with the truck and when I sell my Yamaha chopper, a van it is.)
:)
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the green looks good dude.
those vans are hard to come by. around here anyway. but they are pretty sweet looking
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the green looks good dude.
those vans are hard to come by. around here anyway. but they are pretty sweet looking
Thanks man. I think it'll turn out decent when I'm finished.
The vans are getting harder to come by everywhere. all the scrap yards have gone crusher crazy too so the parts are tough to find as well. I'll find one though.
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Junkyard hopping again today. Scored a stock steering wheel, 1 15x8" Rally rim to match the others and use for a spare, and one nasty cracked dash pad that I may recover. Still undecided. Need to finish spraying the green soon. I did manage to get the heat shield on the starter yesterday and fixed the bolt issue. Running great.
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Looks a lot better than when you picked the truck glad you got the truck running good again
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Looks a lot better than when you picked the truck glad you got the truck running good again
Thanks. I think it looks a world different, but still a long way to go to get her to where I want to be with it.
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Nice work on the build, you've given me some ideas and motivation for my truck!
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Glad I could motivate you.
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Well that will be the end of my work on this truck. Just worked out a trade for a 91 Chevy van. Will do the swap next week and then it's SHAGGIN WAGON TIME! :)
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Your not even going to finish spray canning it green ? Are you trading the truck for the van ?
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Your not even going to finish spray canning it green ? Are you trading the truck for the van ?
Yes sir, even trade. Nope, I'll let the new owner decidw if he wants to finish spray canning it green or not. I'll throw what spray I have left in with the trade.
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thats a nice looking van dude.
what are your plans for it?
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thats a nice looking van dude.
what are your plans for it?
Nothing big for now. Grille swap to an early 70s style grille and shaggin wagon interior stuff. Need to focus more on my Chevelle.
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right on dude
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Put the dash pad in and the gauge bezel. Was also going to put the stock steering wheel on for the guy that has the van, but I snapped the allen wrench off in the screw and called it quits. Supposed to be doing the swap after 4 today. Getting anxious.
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