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anyway moving right along, The Greg has no media blasting cabinet, so he relies on the One Two Punch of abbrassion and acid to clean rust

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I just broke 2 of my wheels (got a little impatient with them)
And I'm curious if you can get new wheels otherwise time to hit the junkyard.

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The reason there is differences in the window parts is because they used 2 different widths of glass from 73-76ish and 77 and on.

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Rockauto stocks the regulators, I'd buy there before LMC.

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Andrew we know you can get the rollers from online catalog places like LMC Truck, for $5 bucks a piece. Tomorrow I will check if places like AutoZone or NAPA have them locally.

I would advise against replacing a used piece such as the regulator with another used piece as it is a moving part and those rollers wear out. Chances are you will be replacing a broken part with another broken part.

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Gregski and 73Kay--

As an alternative to the regulator sliders, you might consider something like this--

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Prime-Lin...-100183882-_-N

I found them when I ran into the same problem with the back window on a Bronco. I did have to grind down the roller pedistals and drill a hole in the regulator arm, but that was no big deal. They've held up fine for 10 years now and are available locally at most hardware stores. If they can handle that back window, I'm sure door windows would be no problem.

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well dingle dangle bud, I may just could try them today - this could be the Redneck Fix of the year, and I mean that as a complement

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so there are many options when it comes to fixing our window regulator roller problem

Option 1. buy a brand new complete regulator - now this seems like a logical option and there most likely is a reason why parts houses sell already completely assembled regulators as opposed to individual rollers, we could take this option and be done with it, but than this Post would be so boring, so we entertain other options

Option 2. - get just the rollers from an auto parts house even if they are for a different make and model, after spending half a day driving from one outfit to another and see if they will work

Option 3. - get rollers from a home repair outfit such as Home Depot because surely they specialize in bathrooms, kitchens, roofs, and of course GM interior car door parts, LOL

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bet you didn't think I could use a digital caliper let alone own one, ha ha

first we take a measurement of our existing rollers outside D, digital one says .946 which is close to what my analog read when it said 15/16th

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then we go waste $8 bucks on a Dorman 74430 box of assortment rollers which believe it or not claim to fit, 1975-2001 trucks

let me repeat that they will work on 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, etc. you get the idea, but not on Rusty who was born in 1974

when I first saw this package I assumed all three rollers had a screw on the back end, but only one does, the other two must be rivited on, I guess that's what the word "ASSORTIMENT" was implying but I don't speak Spanish

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then we visited Home Depot and stared at a wall of "choices" four different posiblities really so we bought them all

we had small squarish wheels

we had small rounded wheels

we had large squarish wheels

we had large rounded wheels

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back at the garage we eliminated the small wheels and decided to give the larger squarish ones a go, so we measured them first

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since the Dorman auto rollers did not roll all too easily in the track for some reason, I was leaning towards using the Home Depo tub and shower ones, either way, the old rollers had to come out, so it was time to drill them out

took about 10 minutes (love the new drill bits, they [ahem] work!!!)

I chose not to grind them off as that would have been ugly, and I would have marred the regulator arms / brackets what ever you wanna call them

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with the old rivited rollers out, we see now we have a new problem, the holes are about 3/16th big and the screws are only about 1/8th thick so we have wobblage

off to Ace Hardware!

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What, no Vernier Caliper? :D

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ha ha, got one

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well after much to do about nothing, I figure I may just check out some already assembled and complete regulator prices, you know, just window shoppin' (pun intended)

so there appears to be two brands of these scissor kicking bad boys

there's the GOODMARK GMK4144420741R here are the prices for comparison

• RockAuto - $18.21
  
• Summit Racing - $24.97

and the OER - Original Equipment Reproduction T70521

• Summit Racing - $39.97
  
• Classic Industries - $39.99

plus the unknown brand LMC Truck carries for $44.95 and the unknown brand Classic Parts has for $41.95

so dummy whats stopping you from buying one of these, well I would like to buy a pair but RockAuto is out of the Left Hand ones plus I can't tell if all of them come with rollers, some don't show rollers in the pictures

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It even has a depth rod. :c2:

I don't think any of the vernier's I've used have had one but really the only one's I ever used were 36" or 48" models.

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Is that what the pokey thing at the end is, I thought it was just part of the slide mechanism, ah embarrassing :dohh:

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LOL oh Gregski :lol:

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I'm with you on keeping the cable/satellite companies from getting too far into my checkbook. I watch the bootleg copies on youtube. The quality is sometimes iffy but the accents and enthusiasm come through.

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I'm going to try the Hammertone/Hammerite type paint on some parts next time. I sometimes like the look and sometimes don't, but the rustoleum product seems to do well with making pitted parts look ok, durability, and rust resistance. And it seems to go on well with a brush. I plan to use the POR-15 on the frame and underside of sheetmetal. I have watched your detailed process Greg and it seems that the satin POR comes out nice. Has anyone used the silver?

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FYI, POR15 is a urethane and cures by absorbing water.... so your dousing hastened the cure... may cause flaking later if it cured too fast to bind to the rusty metal.

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I have, I believe it was silver, if you go back to me painting the transmission, you will see that the silver came out white, and the Greg was not very happy? or was it gray? I forget which

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OK, now I will show you how to turn this plastic into car parts

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Wow ,you really scored .

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and what do we have here, looks like Santa was a little late this year

This 14 1/2" Grant Classic 5 steering wheel part # 993 MSRPs for $152.43 but I found it on sale at JEGS for $68.38 so I couldn't pass it up, I also bought the proper installation kit for $28 bucks more

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first I want to show you how ridiculously packaged this wheel is, but no match for any parent who's ever unboxed a Barbie or Tonka truck for their kid

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also note that I am done with Craftsman tools, they just don't make them like they used to (yes you can still exchange them but SEARS will torture you for your email address and phone number now before handing you the replacement tool)

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so its worthy to point out all the bits that make up the new steering wheel

IMPORTANT: this is NOT the Installation Kit on the side of the wheel, this is all the stuff that just unscrews from the wheel itself plus three shinny bolts the Constructions (as my 5 year old would say) which you will not use, why they include them I don't know

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That new steering wheel looks great ,when do we get to see it installed ? You done yet ????????

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thank you aunts, uncles, and parents in law (I still have them fooled, I'm a good guy)

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ok, now I would like to share with you the Grant Chevy Installation Kit part number 3196, that's an important part number since they have a bizilion kits

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alright, I hear these JEGS decals are good for 4 extra Horse Power! at least that's what the Ford 5.0 guys claim, jk

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Thanks, I really like it, and it feels nice and heavy in your hands off the truck, I thought it would be flimzy but it's not.

OK, so lets go over the very easy 5 step steering wheel installation process.

Step 1. Remove old steering wheel

Step 2. Take son to piano lesson

Step 3. Take daughter to dance practice

Step 4. Beg wife to tell you where she hid the new steering wheel you accidentally left adoring the island in the kitchen (after she allegedly repeatedly told you not to bring car parts in the house)

Step 5. Install new steering wheel

pics coming soon...

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Waiting .................................................................Im real patient too .................................................................................................... ...................................................

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lol

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This is genius!

I will be putting out a memo to all my family members and friends notifying them that birthdays and Christmas can now be handled by donations to my truck budget.

With my friends and family i can afford a new steering wheel in about 6 years lol.

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Cool, found it in post 819. You bought gray and it was really light gray, often known as white. Then you mixed some black in and turned it into gray. Maybe that's the ticket.