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FRENCHBLUE72 05-05-2010 09:17 PM

What did you do to your truck today!
 
Ok so the 60-66 guys have this thread that my buddy sam started so what did you do to your truck today? I sanded and ordered parts... Come on guys we gotta beat sams thread hahahhaa:metal:

big mike71 05-05-2010 09:21 PM

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I washed it and drove the hell out of it for a couple of hours.

Quackaddict 05-05-2010 09:39 PM

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Have seen these on other websites. They are pretty cool and they do good.

I ordered my NASCAR edition air gap manifold

72BlckButy 05-05-2010 10:19 PM

Re: What did you do to your truck today!
 
Tried to finish dismantling the rest of the water pump assembly, and proceeded to turn the head off the two bolts attaching the thermostat housings (top/bottom). Just one more thing to deal with....

72swb_327stroker_? 05-05-2010 10:21 PM

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I looked at paint chips... trying to decide on some accent colors while its in the body shop.
I also bought a 3hp mini starter on ebay for 60 bucks shipped!:metal:

big mike71 05-05-2010 10:23 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy (Post 3960078)
Tried to finish dismantling the rest of the water pump assembly, and proceeded to turn the head off the two bolts attaching the thermostat housings (top/bottom). Just one more thing to deal with....

Everytime I take a part off of any vehicle, I either break it, strip it or bust a knuckle. I hope you get it.

67Slider 05-05-2010 10:33 PM

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I shot the front and back bumper, grill surround, master cylinder, Booster and various other parts in a gloss black.
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72BlckButy 05-05-2010 10:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by big mike71 (Post 3960087)
Everytime I take a part off of any vehicle, I either break it, strip it or bust a knuckle. I hope you get it.

Must be a given trait for these old trucks... :D

Yeah, it shouldn't be to big of an issue, but it's is just one more thing to deal with.

SOON2BLAZE 05-05-2010 10:51 PM

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got trailing arm straps welded on by one of my friends and ordered noe fuel lines for the blazer! Found out sumit is replacing my 3.50 f**d gear from my 9", found out 2 weeks ago the pinion chipped a tooth. Great thread!

Hubscrub 05-05-2010 10:52 PM

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painted driver side inner fender

Chief Bail 05-05-2010 10:57 PM

Re: What did you do to your truck today!
 
Tuned up my inline 6 and new valve cover gasket.

pat 70/71 05-05-2010 11:22 PM

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washed it, put gas in it, drove it to my shop. driving my truck to work is like having the day off!! cheers, Pat

Painter D 05-05-2010 11:28 PM

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Abused it, by doing a couple of big burnouts.

oldblue1968chevy 05-05-2010 11:32 PM

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made sure I was getting vacumn to booster (I was) and drove the heck outta it, crossed a flooded section of road (fun but shouldnt do it) slid around some corners while driving, and drove it.

67ss&99ss 05-05-2010 11:37 PM

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I hauled some stuff with it!

Cole Trickle 05-05-2010 11:53 PM

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I vacumed out the interior and removed the ECE parts from the bed so I can detail/wash it this weekend.

My son climbed around on the bench and made vroom vroom sounds while holding the wheel and grabbing the shifter...lol

Stocker 05-05-2010 11:59 PM

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Aired up the tires and cut some firewood, second load this year.

gixxerpymp 05-06-2010 12:01 AM

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Nothing... I'm a lazy bastard.

Critter 05-06-2010 12:05 AM

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Well I didn't do anything TO my truck but I did do some stuff FOR it. I started enclosing my shop which is where I will (hopefully) finish the teardown and restoration. And I unpackaged my new welder which will (again hopefully) help with that as well. ;)

gixxerpymp 05-06-2010 12:13 AM

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^^

luuuckyyyyyy

CanadaK20 05-06-2010 12:35 AM

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Today I took out my seat and carpet so I could access the top of my tranny/t-case and soak it and the engine with simple green.

Puyallup68C20 05-06-2010 12:39 AM

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Fixed retarded ignition, runs like a super champ again.

Rat Bastid 05-06-2010 12:40 AM

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outta money,waitin for the harley to sell

basemodel67 05-06-2010 01:24 AM

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Talked to a lady who's husband owns a couple of 67-72 school busses he doesn't use anymore for his rafting company. Gave her my number, hopefully he will call and I can get my gauges finally! Oh, and I rebuilt my truck mentally for like the 9,000th time.

El Jay 05-06-2010 01:29 AM

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Took off the old and installed the new...............registration stickers on the rear license plate.

Jacfourteen 05-06-2010 01:40 AM

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I rolled on some of that rustoleum bed liner/Herculiner stuff. What a mess, they should print on the can that you should expect to throw away what ever you are wearing. If I ever need to line it again I will happily pay to have it done. Yesterday I finished up the new drop 3" front, 3.5" back. Tomorrow hopefully I will wash and wax my 68 GMC and the wife's 41 GMC.

Ackattack 05-06-2010 01:46 AM

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Took the truck to a cruise in, it's first public appearance.

On my way home, I let my wife drive so I could find where the helacious wind noise was coming from. Turns out the one piece window little triangles were leaking air badly. So on our way home we stopped by wally world and I got a small tube of clear silicone caulking.

Got home and applied the caulking around the triangles. I poked a real small hole in the caulking tube and laid down a thin bead. You will never be able to see it! And hopefully it will cut down on the wind noise a lot.

I also tracked down a new rattle. Turns out the wire for the lighter that I just installed is tapping on the top of the gauges, so I'll have do something about that.

Looked at my speaker kick panels with hopes of working on them tomorrow.

OhioDan 05-06-2010 06:55 AM

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R&R upper and lower ball joints. Still trying to install the lower A-arm caps so arm pivots without locking up.

Bishops Trucks 05-06-2010 07:03 AM

Re: What did you do to your truck today!
 
Wash, wax and vacumnd it. It was badly needed. I also changed the plugs and installed new head to header gaskets.

NINERS1 05-06-2010 07:08 AM

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put $47 worth of gas in it! drove the @#$#^&** out of it. :smoke:
one of the bike forums i frequent has a thread like this, has like 800 pages!:lol:

Davetopay 05-06-2010 07:16 AM

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It's a today/yesterday combo......

Put gas in it, drove it to work, cleaned out the bed, took it on some sales calls, pondered new parts while driving it. Will probably do the same today.

rsavage 05-06-2010 07:56 AM

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Received my new carpeting for the Burb and installed it in the passenger areas. Will work on the cargo area today as I have to take the side panels off. Put new thresholds on. Made a huge difference. Bought a hatch and tailgate which will force me to take a 600 mile each way road trip in the future - we'll turn it into a mini vacation.

70cst 05-06-2010 08:46 AM

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I made a phone call on its status. Looks like it will be brought to the garage this week and the exhaust system will be installed. Its getting close.

foosed 05-06-2010 09:22 AM

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Yesterday I picked up my truck from getting new steering components put on. Drove nice. Put $55 of gas in it. Brought it home and hauled some hay. Runs great after that carb rebuild!

TomJohnston 05-06-2010 09:41 AM

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last night: charged the battery (arrgh). parking lights got left on.

Drove it to work today and put $45 of gas in it. Got a nice compliment at the gas station by a guy with a late model burb with 311k miles on it. Looked like new.

tncdrew 05-06-2010 10:41 AM

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Did some drilling on the new rear bumper brackets (that were missing holes!!), getting ready to mount my new rear sport bumper, in place of the crappy step bumper that's there now.

48richard 05-06-2010 10:44 AM

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Drove it to the junkyard to pick up some parts for my son's truck.

Fitz 05-06-2010 10:58 AM

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Replaced vacuum hose on brake booster, installed the back half of the console and wired the rear speakers and crossover for the stereo; wired door switches for the courtesy lights under the dash, in front half of console and rear cab light. Replaced knobs on headlight and wiper switches with Ron Francis knobs and re-installed the battery.

big_al_71 05-06-2010 12:08 PM

Re: What did you do to your truck today!
 
Spray "Quick Detailer" and wiped it all down...thats it!!!

rogergodding 05-06-2010 12:18 PM

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Cussed at it mostly..... control module in hei is going bad.... new distributor from Skip White on the way......


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