MORE AND MORE MISCELLANEOUS FIXITS (1 of 8)
I’ve been using my truck as a daily driver for slightly more than one year now, and things keep popping up that need fixin’ or made mobettah. Since January 2012, I haven’t posted anything about the work I’ve done on my truck. I completed a whole bunch of fixit stuff since then. I also recently revamped the starter wiring and installed hard fuel lines. I’ll cover the starter and fuel line stuff later.
In addition, I have several projects on my list of things to do:
*Reseal the intake manifold
*Replace the spark plug wires
*Install a brake booster
*Install new wheel bearings and brake drums on the rear
*Upgrade the wet side of the AC system.
I’ll write these up whenever I get around to completing them.
Anyway, here goes for More and More Miscellaneous Fixits !
Air Cleaner
I dislike being bombarded with corporate logos (never mind that bigass Chevrolet logo on the tailgate, I can’t see it most of the time anyway !). One in particular that kept bugging me was Edelbrock stamped on the air cleaner cover. I bought a plain one from Summit and now I feel at ease when I open the hood.
Armrests
Both armrests that came with the truck were split open on the top surface. I bought a pair of reproduction armrests advertised as “saddle” but I wasn’t happy with them. The color was way off and their construction was less robust than OEM.
I bought another pair of saddle originals from the Parts Board that were in poor shape, thinking I could fix them up to look OK. They turned out to be too worn out so into the old parts bin they went. I kept looking for a better pair.
Eventually, I found two saddle originals that were satisfactory. I also sold the repro ones (both Parts Board transactions !).
As Bought
Repro
OG from Parts Board
Backup Light Lenses
The ones that came with the truck were damaged, large chunks of the flanges were broken off. I bought a set of lenses off the Parts Board, and although they looked better, they were not the original bullseye type. Eventually I found a set of bullseyes at a decent price on the Board and got those. All I needed to do was give them a good bath and they look fine.