Dug's 1959 Fleetside

[mongocanfly]

Ice to see the old shops still around....they are a dieing breed

[dug224]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Ice to see the old shops still around....they are a dieing breed

Agree. When I showed up, there was not much talking. Just two seasoned guys steadily working in the heat with no fans going. I asked if they could get to me today, asked if I needed an appointment and then I asked price. He said it is custom job so he could not give me an exact price (said "maybe $85"), they could get to me today, appointments don't work and, if I like, I could hang around. Happy to say I decided to just hang out. After sitting down and visiting for a bit after they finished, the cash price was $50 for the work. Maybe the most satisfying part was watching two brothers, who have worked with each other for probably 55 to 60 years, working on and off the same car without speaking. One would handle a customer and the other would continue his brother's work while he was away. By the way, one fan is broken a the other started smoking so they turned it off.

[dug224]

Truck is running great and ready to go to Crusin' the Coast this week, however, it is still throwing the following codes:

- P0100 Mass Air Flow A Circuit Range/Perf
- P0171 System too lean Bank 1
- P0172 System too lean Bank 2

Initial investigation indicates it may be dirty injectors so I decided to try injector cleaner. I'm on injector cleaner bottle number 2. Not sure about this kind of stuff but for $7, it was worth a try. Replaced the Mass Air Flow sensor not long ago.

Also, got tired of having no place to put my left arm so I grabbed a pair of door mounted arm rests out of a 1992 GMC K20 van from Barry's U-Pull-It. $5 each. Hit them with some degreaser and slightly vertically elongated the screw holes and they screwed right into place. They even ended up at roughly the same height as the seat mounted arm rests. Great for grabbing and slamming the door as well. Missing door panels will be installed when I do the individual door builds.