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**Tom Vogel** · 12-29-2012, 10:03 PM

. Sunday buttoning up some stuff and installing the Bowtie Overdrives EZ TV cable system. Tomorrow, I will finish it up, cross my fingers, and hopefully go for a drive!![/QUOTE]

If that tranny doesn't shift well, get the Lokar tv cable. That will fix it.
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Trsmotrhed · 12-29-2012, 11:48 PM

Installed a new throttle assemble for the LT1 with a Lokar SS cable, layed out the new Techrods wiring harness on the engine (very well layed out), welded in the O2 bungs in my headers and finished installing the B&M Mega Shifter.

Trsmotrhed · 12-29-2012, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by PAWS 72

Went to get supper and before I got home my aunt called and said I need to get to there house quick.

My uncle has had cancer for 17 months.well the last 3 weeks it been tough on him.and me,He's a big brother I never had.He came home yesterday from the hospital and I was hoping we could get to the first of the year because of holidays but we didn.t make it as of 6:30 tonite.

REST IN PEACE UNCLE STAN. Love ya Bud.

Sorry guys I had to let some out.I'm upset tonite bad.I hope you understand..Jason

Sorry to hear about your uncle. Cancer is horrible. My wife is battling ovarian cancer stage 3C right now.

Bomp · 12-30-2012, 12:16 AM

A little cross member tweaking.

PAWS 72 · 12-30-2012, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Trsmotrhed

Sorry to hear about your uncle. Cancer is horrible. My wife is battling ovarian cancer stage 3C right now.

Thanks. He fought this since August of 2011.But the last 3 months was pure h... for him.He thought he was winning and then one day the big lump came back furiously.

Hate to hear about your wife.How is she doing and you.Pm me if you want so the thread doesn't get side tracked.

Went to the Uncles house to check on the Aunt,Sherry.In the mean while his other truck came up and I guess it WILL be home next week.I had been saying I was going to get it but he never did get title issue straight,but its going to next week.

PAWS 72 · 12-30-2012, 01:31 AM

Here it is.

OregonNed · 12-30-2012, 01:54 AM

New front park light lenses - and took it out to meet some fellow Oregon and Washington owners and their trucks.
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jc70chevy · 12-30-2012, 02:24 AM

re welded all my c notchs inside and out here a pic let me know what you think

mikey2409 · 12-30-2012, 02:34 AM

Took the truck for its daily routine of driving to work and found this bumper for sale last night and had to go pick tonight just about 2hrs ago so now it's get it prepped for installation tomorrow
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PAWS 72 · 12-30-2012, 02:37 AM

good looking bumper.

AustinScott · 12-30-2012, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisWhewell

Cool, how much $$ are those ?

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Originally Posted by 1972SUPERSB

Yeah how much are those? Where did you find it? Show us some pics when it's all put together. Like all the posts from Texas!

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I paid $2070.00.. shipped.. with a free 8 gallon oil drain

This is where I bought it GESUSA.COM

Contact info:
Sam Miller
Sales Manager
smiller@gesusa.com
Garage Equipment Supply
Office: 1(800)261-7729x113

Tease pic... see full thread for install...

Here is the thread I started about the install...
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=558299

there will be a lot more pics & info about the lift & how I am using it in the future....

Scott

mikey2409 · 12-30-2012, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by PAWS 72

good looking bumper.

yeah I was amazed how nice and taken care of the bumper is and got it for a steal when I was told the price was and offered the guy extra money for it as courtesy for the shape its in but he didn't want the extra money. For now it's a temp until I decided on if I'm wanting a roll pan or a sports or custom type bumper
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**breeh** · 12-30-2012, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jc70chevy

re welded all my c notchs inside and out here a pic let me know what you think

Nice job of stacking dimes

jc70chevy · 12-30-2012, 04:09 AM

thanks breeh i appreciate it still learning

sjarrett71 · 12-30-2012, 09:32 AM

Broke my gear shift lever at the Chinese restaurant. Got home and replaced it with a spare. I guess with the cold weather the old grease is getting real hard in the column and it makes it hard to get into park. Where exactly is this grease? How far will I have to take the column apart to clean the old out and replace it?

I also started working on my back brakes. Took the passenger side drum offf and was surprised at how dry everything is back there. I got new wheel cylinders anyway but couldn't believe there are no no leaks. I took the drums in to check them to see if they could be turned thinking I could save a little money but the old ones were well out of spec. The new ones were over a 1/4 smaller inside diameter meaning mine were really worn out! Thank goodness for parts store gift cards and employee discounts!

BarryB · 12-30-2012, 01:50 PM

Well isn't what I did today, but its part of the project I've been working on when I get time. Here is my attempt at repairing where a sunroof was installed. Sorry but didn't think to get a pic of the top before I started.

shawno72 · 12-30-2012, 07:18 PM

Painted my door panels and arm rests black to complete my black interior. I think they turned out really good but later I will buy some real black one.

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88fordf150 · 12-30-2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jc70chevy

re welded all my c notchs inside and out here a pic let me know what you think

Look's good!

VWNate1 · 12-30-2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sjarrett71

Broke my gear shift lever at the Chinese restaurant. Got home and replaced it with a spare. I guess with the cold weather the old grease is getting real hard in the column and it makes it hard to get into park. Where exactly is this grease? How far will I have to take the column apart to clean the old out and replace it?

Remove steering wheel , press out the shift lever pin , remove turn signal switch and then remove the upper mast jacket collar , clean out that old rock hard & dust filled grease then use long fiber white lithium grease to lube the various parts , re assemble and loosen the adjuster clamp under the hood , shift into park and re adjust the clamp with the shifter andtranny both in park, it should be good to go for another 40 years and work smooth as silk plus make all those wonderful GM column noises....

If the shift lever pivot pin is too loose & drifts out , get a cotter pin that fits snugly inside it and a flat washer that's snug on the cotter pin , cotter pin goes in the top , washer up from the bottom , spread the cotter pin to hold the washer in place with no free play then use dykes to trim off the excess cotter pin ends .

Works like a charm & is nearly free , no one ever notices .

VWNate1 · 12-30-2012, 08:07 PM

It was pi$$ing down rain so I went to Long Beach where there are many good Pick-A-Part Junkyards , wandered around and found a '53 DeSoto Taxi that had a Chevy 250 L6 in it that had the hard to find late model rocker box with the raised " CHEVROLET" letters and the correct later model smog hose connections , grabbed that and discovered they'd give me a 25 % discount for being stupid enough to be swimming in the oily water so I went back to the Hearse & grabbed my tool box and coveralls , spent the next 4 hours in the mud grabbing unobtanium suspension parts from Metropolitans and such.....

By the time I left , the sun was out , I was soaked head to toe but very happy indeed .

There's a K5 (?) Blazer (square body , looks like my old '75) in there (Ecology Yard on West Lomita Blvd. Long Beach) with a very nice complete rear seat and other bits & bobs too in case there's any Blazer lovers here .

ScottG · 12-30-2012, 08:48 PM

I completed the TH400 to 700R4 conversion. Everything works!! All shift points are good. Need to re-bleed the brakes, a little spongy, but the Dana 60 I put in works great with that tranny!! Now, to see how much the gas mileage improves.

71K20chevy · 12-30-2012, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by shawno72

Painted my door panels and arm rests black to complete my black interior. I think they turned out really good but later I will buy some real black one.

That turned out great! I have the same color truck and I'm doing almost the exact same with my interior. What paint did you use on the panels?

On another note, we got the rear brakes done today.

shawno72 · 12-30-2012, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 71K20chevy

That turned out great! I have the same color truck and I'm doing almost the exact same with my interior. What paint did you use on the panels?
.

Thank you. I used Dupli-color vinyl and fabrics gloss black. It covered well, just do it in about three costs and it will turn out nice.
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fatgump · 12-30-2012, 09:46 PM

Washed the truck today

Survivalist45 · 12-30-2012, 09:54 PM

Bit of waxing, my girlfriend got me a bunch of stuff from LMC that I will be posting in the future.

I also have a bucket seat/ megashifter conversion coming!

Oh, does anyone know what it would take to convert my marker lights to the ones on the red C10 above me?

12-29-2012, 10:03 PM	#5651
Tom Vogel 2WD Jimmy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davis County, Utah Posts: 2,563	Re: What did you do to your truck today! . Sunday buttoning up some stuff and installing the Bowtie Overdrives EZ TV cable system. Tomorrow, I will finish it up, cross my fingers, and hopefully go for a drive!![/QUOTE] If that tranny doesn't shift well, get the Lokar tv cable. That will fix it. Posted via Mobile Device

12-29-2012, 11:48 PM	#5652
Trsmotrhed Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pueblo West, Colorado Posts: 430	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Installed a new throttle assemble for the LT1 with a Lokar SS cable, layed out the new Techrods wiring harness on the engine (very well layed out), welded in the O2 bungs in my headers and finished installing the B&M Mega Shifter. Attached Images __________________ Sold the 63 and have a 68 now. 63 SWB C10 LT1/4L60E, PS, PB, Disk Brakes, CPP 4" drop coil rear, 2.5" drop spindle w/ 1" drop coil. slotted rotors, front and rear sway bars. 18"x8" Cragar SS w/ 245/45R18 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=544174

12-30-2012, 12:16 AM	#5654
Bomp Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: . Posts: 3,104	Re: What did you do to your truck today! A little cross member tweaking.

12-30-2012, 01:31 AM	#5656
PAWS 72 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sheffield, ALA Posts: 2,471	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Here it is. Attached Images

12-30-2012, 01:54 AM	#5657
OregonNed Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Vancouver, Washington Posts: 1,644	Re: What did you do to your truck today! New front park light lenses - and took it out to meet some fellow Oregon and Washington owners and their trucks. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1968 Chevrolet C/10 LWB - 327, TH350 - 4/5 Drop

12-30-2012, 02:24 AM	#5658
jc70chevy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: vallejo,ca Posts: 176	Re: What did you do to your truck today! re welded all my c notchs inside and out here a pic let me know what you think Attached Images

12-30-2012, 02:34 AM	#5659
mikey2409 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Bell Gardens Ca Posts: 151	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Took the truck for its daily routine of driving to work and found this bumper for sale last night and had to go pick tonight just about 2hrs ago so now it's get it prepped for installation tomorrow Posted via Mobile Device Attached Images

12-30-2012, 02:37 AM	#5660
PAWS 72 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Sheffield, ALA Posts: 2,471	Re: What did you do to your truck today! good looking bumper.

12-30-2012, 04:09 AM	#5664
jc70chevy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: vallejo,ca Posts: 176	Re: What did you do to your truck today! thanks breeh i appreciate it still learning

12-30-2012, 09:32 AM	#5665
sjarrett71 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rolla, MO Posts: 2,463	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Broke my gear shift lever at the Chinese restaurant. Got home and replaced it with a spare. I guess with the cold weather the old grease is getting real hard in the column and it makes it hard to get into park. Where exactly is this grease? How far will I have to take the column apart to clean the old out and replace it? I also started working on my back brakes. Took the passenger side drum offf and was surprised at how dry everything is back there. I got new wheel cylinders anyway but couldn't believe there are no no leaks. I took the drums in to check them to see if they could be turned thinking I could save a little money but the old ones were well out of spec. The new ones were over a 1/4 smaller inside diameter meaning mine were really worn out! Thank goodness for parts store gift cards and employee discounts! __________________ -Scott-

12-30-2012, 01:50 PM	#5666
BarryB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blountville, Tn. Posts: 3,904	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Well isn't what I did today, but its part of the project I've been working on when I get time. Here is my attempt at repairing where a sunroof was installed. Sorry but didn't think to get a pic of the top before I started. Attached Images __________________ We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp; some are pretty;and some are dull. Some have weird names; and all are different colours;but they all have to live in the same box. You may be only one person in the world, But you may also be the world to one person. * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. Two rules in life. 1. Never sweat the small stuff! 2. Everything is small stuff!

12-30-2012, 07:18 PM	#5667
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Painted my door panels and arm rests black to complete my black interior. I think they turned out really good but later I will buy some real black one. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

12-30-2012, 08:07 PM	#5670
VWNate1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: So. Cali. Posts: 2,619	Re: What did you do to your truck today! It was pi$$ing down rain so I went to Long Beach where there are many good Pick-A-Part Junkyards , wandered around and found a '53 DeSoto Taxi that had a Chevy 250 L6 in it that had the hard to find late model rocker box with the raised " CHEVROLET" letters and the correct later model smog hose connections , grabbed that and discovered they'd give me a 25 % discount for being stupid enough to be swimming in the oily water so I went back to the Hearse & grabbed my tool box and coveralls , spent the next 4 hours in the mud grabbing unobtanium suspension parts from Metropolitans and such..... By the time I left , the sun was out , I was soaked head to toe but very happy indeed . There's a K5 (?) Blazer (square body , looks like my old '75) in there (Ecology Yard on West Lomita Blvd. Long Beach) with a very nice complete rear seat and other bits & bobs too in case there's any Blazer lovers here . __________________ -Nate Geezer '49 3100 235 W/ Muncie SM420 SOLD '69 C/10 shortbed sidemount survivor 250 L6 W/ 350TH

12-30-2012, 08:48 PM	#5671
ScottG Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ventura,Ca Posts: 745	Re: What did you do to your truck today! I completed the TH400 to 700R4 conversion. Everything works!! All shift points are good. Need to re-bleed the brakes, a little spongy, but the Dana 60 I put in works great with that tranny!! Now, to see how much the gas mileage improves. __________________ '67 C20 LBW

12-30-2012, 09:46 PM	#5674
fatgump Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 249	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Washed the truck today Attached Images



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