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Headed out for a can of spray paint, and refreshed my door panels. I read it on someone else's thread, great idea, looks like new, and saved money. Don't mind the speakers I have not put a new sound system in yet, haha.

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Switched my 67 K20 from Armstrong steering to power steering. Finally finished yesterday. Had to shorten the drag link to get it to line up. also had to fabricate a mounting bracket for the pump. Bought one on Ebay but did not fit. Not really sure what motor I have or what the pump came off of? also not 100% sure what the steering gear came off of so the pressure hose I bought had the wrong fittings for both ends. had to fab that up as well.. Works great though!

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yes power steering is great, my old non power was almost locked down so when I put on power steering it was a big difference. that's one tough looking truck you have there. made for working hard.

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Yea. the old Armstrong steering gear was completly shot. It was incredibly hard to move. can't believe that somehow I managed to plow with it last winter.

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Bill there are a couple of things that will make the drum brakes lockup. Rear end oil on the shoes from a leaking seal will make the shoes grabby and lock the wheel when stopping. And it's possible one of the cups in the wheel cylinder is stuck holding pressure on the shoes. I doubt the p valve is the culprit as both the rear wheels are on the same line from the front so if one side locked the other side should too. Most likely. Check the brake shoe adjustments? I hate to ask but are you sure you have one long shoe and one short shoe on each side? Long shoe to the rear on both sides?

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Good brake advice.

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Boog and Tom:

One thing I know for sure is that when something isn't working properly, there's something I DON'T KNOW, THOUGHT I
KNEW AND DIDN'T, or DIDN'T DO CORRECTLY...Hahahahaha!!!

I rebuilt the brakes a year ago before I was done with the build. Then, 400 miles with slight pulling to the right. Nothing as
terrible as it is now. Then the right rear wheel cyl started puking fluid.

As far as I can remember, I put it all together correctly.

But with your info and Tom's, I'm headed down for a new set of shoes, I'll re-check for proper shoe placement and adjustment...
...and if it's correct on the passenger side, and the new ones still pull (should say, "lock up" waaay early) without ever having been
"wet", then I'll pull the driver's side to make sure that both sides have the shoes long-to-the-rear.

Two sure things:

1) Something's not right;
2) It's REALLY dangerous...You should'a seen the smoke I laid down sliding toward a "surprise" yellow-to-red light from 65 out on
our rural highway.

Oh, and the third thing:

3) I really appreciate the input. Drum brakes are not my long suit. Keeping them for now. If I can get 'em to work properly, I'm
keeping them forever.

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So shiny!!! haha. Only makes me want to pull the trigger on a crate engine asap. Was this a crate engine or a rebuild?

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Painted the tailgate, fitting the bed (in primer) tomorrow so I can drill the wood bed. Then remove and paint and reassemble.

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Now THERE's a shop!!!!

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My camera phone makes it look bigger than it is.

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I'm with you Mag, shop looks a lot bigger than mine, nice.

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In stalled the New LMC tailgate! Painful-for the first time, but with wisdom from the wise on this forum, everything is possible!


Check out my profile and see the success as of now, of the entire front and rear Brake Swap out! 4/6 drop is ordered and in the mail! California to Arkansas!

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jbassC10, have you had your truck on the road much. Haven't seen it around Russellville. Thought I'd seen most of them. Nice looking truck. Jim

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I just went out yesterday in the carport and checked the dryer sheets and made sure no vagrant rodents were setting up shop.. :)

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Remember to change those dryer sheets every month or you'll get an unpleasant surprise....

I just came back from running errands in my stalling out C/10 W/ 250 I6 & TH350 , two footing it through dense L.A. traffic isn't my idea of fun .

I stopped to fill the tank and did a fuel economy check ~G , not bad for an old clapped out pickup truck .

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I removed all the trim (moulding) from the fender I bought from Jeremiah King. (It came off amazingly easy). Then I ran it over to the body shop to fix the UPS damage.

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Hey!
Trucks in Conway at a buddies where were close to finishing it up! I'll Possibly have it over here in Russellville a week or so from now getting ready to move home(Yellvile ar). and of course show it to some college buddies!

:-) I hope yours is treating you well!!

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Its earning its keep hauling and pulling construction supplies now. Just about finished the new guage console with electric speedo for the 5.3.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1385424976

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Redid the door panels in my truck a few days ago.;):chevy:

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...2/DSC01027.JPG

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1385071995

Also installed road kill inside the doors while I had them a part!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1385072030

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Tell any difference Andy?

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I got my Aux Battery system working on my longhorn. A big thanks to Roger Koop for the harness, fits and works great. Now I have 12V power at the back of the truck via the camper harness.

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I sold it. :(

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Replaced my non-functioning AM radio.

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/...ps98db6fae.jpg

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Played with glove box stuff while I wait for the new alt.

Nice day. So I was also under the hood cleaning up a little.

In the mail came some faux leather sheeting.

I'm trying to figure out if I want to match the cluster by getting a *real* chrome glove box and covering the center with an insert of this stuff, or just stop all the madness and paint it the color of the dash.

:lol::lol::lol: