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ok, and here is the Money Shot, man I think it turned out great, I luv it
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Looks good .
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If you look at your old cap you can see the hole in the middle which allows the venting.
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so before we look at the Before and After shots, we all want to know how long did this take, how many hours did it take to lower this truck
lets see, we started on THURSDAY (October 8th) and finished on SATRUDAY (December 12th) so what was that 3 days [ahem] weeks, what? over 2 MONTHS?! |
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It looks much better.
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Sweet
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Looks really good. What's next? Swapping the trans?
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Hope to Dyno Test it again in January (funds required) Possibly install some shoulder belts. Install one of the heavy duty truck floor mats (from LMC Truck) Install some black mirrors that actually fit the truck. Fix my new (used) 1978 speedometer. We still got that Dash Pad to sand and paint. pesky stuff like that while actually driving the truck till March 20th aka The First Day of Spring. |
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Hey Gregski. When you see the working results of all your labors, it makes all those cuts , bashed fingernails, and colorful language seem worthwhile, don't it? Enjoy your truck this winter. Lookin' good
Lee |
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took the kid to the Home Depot and showed her the way of the bolt, told her bolts have sizes, just like shoes (had to speak her language you know), and similarly to getting your foot measured at the shoe store, we can measure bolt sizes
in no time she was speaking mechanic to me "3 slash 8 dash 16 Coarse Thread Daddy" oh that's music to my ears folks! |
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Too cool
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Nice work, looks much better!
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Hey Gregski, I probably missed it, but how did you end up finishing the dash? My 82's got a cheesy (and warped) plastic cover on it, and I'm almost afraid to take it off. I don't hear many good things about replacement pads, either.
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Im pretty new on here so just came across your build thread and read the whole thing in a few days. I really, really like the idea behind taking a truck that you like as is, with bumps, scrapes, wear and tear, and deciding it's cool already. And then just improving it from there. Bravo! Uh, sorry, I don't think I've ever said that before, but your writing style is fun to read and encourages a little exclamation. Im a fan of wheeler dealers and get a kick out of your wheelerdealerspeak.
One question I had is the effect of muriatic acid or phosphoric acid on painted parts with rust. Some of your time lapse photos make it look as if you could use acid to clear/clean the rust off of some painted parts and if you rinsed the acid off in time that it would leave the paint intact. Would it or do I have that wrong? Also, I read a bit that a VP at the maker of Chassis Saver (competitor of POR-15) wrote. He explained that neither product adheres well to smooth metal and that both manufacturers count on there being rust texture for the paint to adhere to. And that wire brushing and degreasing are the only needed prep steps. If you choose, you may be able to skip the acid on parts that you are going to POR on, and they may not even need the level of fastidious cleaning, although it's cool to watch. |
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I tried using Phosphoric acid to clean up my truck bed where the hooks for the ropes used to be, and left behind some rust, and the acid ran down the sides of the truck and ate through and ruined my paint, so I advise against it. I would not use it on painted surfaces, but I'm no expert, and you are reading this on the Internets so double check your facts, ha ha. |
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I have never seen Wheeler Dealers but Im a fan of Gregski .
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I do love brush painting car parts though rather than aerosoling it, product goes a long way, and no overspray, and less masking. |
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and thank you for being a fan, that makes two, jk |
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December 22nd, officially first day of Winter (although the last few weeks have been cold as _ell - again by California standards, lol)
So as the Greg heads into self imposed hibernation, here is a thread to keep you going through the Restoring Rusty update withdrawals: What can be said about the 4-speed New Process NV833 overdrive manual transmission? It is a sneak peak at what's coming up come Spring time, a worthy read by a brilliant young scribe. now don't worry we will continue with simple bolt on upgrades throughout the winter (with one nice surprise in January - stay tuned [hint and pun intended]) |
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I have heard of the show but its not available in my current Directv package and I dont want to give them anymore of my truck money.Directv wants me to renew for 2 years and up my price and I wont do it.
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What is winter like there where you are ? Its unseasonably warm here this year but Im not complaining ,I hate cold weather.
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I recently did the inside cab floor of my 79 with the worst possible prep. I lightly blasted the scale off with my sandblaster, then blew most of the sand out with my airhose. I wiped it twice with an acetone rag, then shot the floor, three coats, in the rain lol. As a test, I also shot a piece of scrap, outside in the rain, with no prep at all. It's been a week, maybe I'll go bang it around tonight and see if I can make it flake off. |
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Rusty is getting Wideband.
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anybody know what this piece is? where it goes? where it lives? what it do? HINT: it may have a twin brother?
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after a little wire wheel love we can make out LTC, which I believe stood for Loves To Corrode
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It looks like the brace for the sport mirrors.
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I bronged this up, cause I'm not sure you remember, a month or so ago when I was all over the place, I tried a couple sets of aftermarket mirrors and when I was trying them on, this here misfit fell down the inside of the driver side door, thank you very much you little rascal, I needed more practice removing the fragile plastic door panel to git you out, not to mention a magnet on a stick to reach you |
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You'll have to go HD too. But the velocity channel is way worth it. |
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well I just had to know why the driver side mirror holder fell down when the passenger side did not, so I removed the passenger side one too
and sure enuff there is a rather long thin screw that holds the mirror bracket to the triangle corner vent mirror area bracket, guess we will have to go buy one of them long skinny screws note how rusty this guys little cousin is, nothing a bit of acid can't curb, we'll soak him in the Phosphoric acid and check on him tomorrow |
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well since we had the door card off already on the passenger side, I decided I was a bit tired of my son not being able to roll down the passenger side window easily, as if he needed yet another reason not to go riding in daddys car, know what I'm saying fellers?
so first we took some pics of all the screws that may be responsible for holding the window rectifier on the inside of the door, and maybe a few innocent by standers |
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and a few cuts and bruisers on the ol' forearms and the door window and regulator were on the garage floor
now I may not be the saltiest fry in the bunch but I believe the black plasticie roller wheel thingies ought to spin and turn freely, it appears as only one spins, another sorta wobbles and the third refuses all together |
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oh Rust, oh Rust, you're no friend of mine
LMC Truck wants $50 bones per window regular, that's actually not bad, but I'm not sure if they come with the rollers already rivitted in, maybe if one of youz who have purchased one before from them could comment also, did GM seriously reinvent the window regulator THREE TIMES, 1973, 1974-76, and again for 1977-87 I can see it now, Jimmy it says here you graduated magna cum laude from Cal Poly, boy do we have a project for you, you see these window regulators we have now in 1973, well they're all wrong, can you figure out a completely different way to make this here winder go up and down??? ha ha |
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dance of the wire wheel
I also gave some love to the rusty sections of the window regulator before brushing it with some Phosphoric Acid, maybe I can save it, maybe all it needs is The Three roller Amigos (maybe I can get them at the local parts house) |
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ok am I the only one who looks at the Window Regulator and thinks of the Executioner and his Axe?
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