Re: Bringing my Grandfather's 1972 Longbed Stepside C10 back to life
Well done, I almost ordered a kit from LMC, I'm getting my exhaust done locally next week.
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Put new front wheel bearings, front rotors and pads. Much easier to stop and much quieter! Also was able to finish up the exhaust install as I got the muffler delivered Friday that was missing in the kit's box. Has a good sound and it is also pretty quiet which I am happy with. Only difficult part of finishing the install was there was an exhaust leak where the pipe meets up to the exhaust manifold. Had to straighten out the angle of the pipe as it straightens out to run under the truck. All good now!
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Well done on the exhaust,
if you can bleed the brakes to get new fluid in there that would be good, all that grease on the upper arm kept it from rusting huh :) |
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Dropping it off at the trans shop tomorrow for them to replace all the leaky seals, replace carrier bearing and a rear diff service!
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It will be nice to get that done, I hope they're price is fair.
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Shift shaft seal Rear seal Carrier Bearing All 3 U Joints Rear Diff Fluid Service I'll get the final list tomorrow when I pick it up. |
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I guess they'll replace the trans filter while they have the pan off ....... and fresh trans fluid too.
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That's right, sounds good
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what a deal! and now you know how fresh everything back there is
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Yes, what Kev said, the speedo seals are an easy fix .......
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I bought one of the DA short throws from Harbor Freight to help me get the grime off the paint that wouldn't power wash off. Some black stuff on the hood would not budge with a mild abrasive and pad. I didn't want to mess the paint up so I looked for other ways to help "clay" the paint without actually having to clay bar everything as that would take forever! Well I came across the suggestion of using comet to wash the truck. Man what a difference! Cleaned a ton of old oxidized paint off and got all of the hard to remove black stuff off without too much effort. I used the bug removal sponges with the white netting on them with comet and water. As you can see in the pictures what a huge difference. The front bumper looks way better too! Tomorrow I plan on washing the rest of the truck with comet, then I will apply the Meguires #7 to rehydrate the paint while maintaining the patina look! I only had time to do the front bumper, hood, cowl and both front fenders today. In the last pic it's pretty obvious the difference between the hood and front fenders compared to the door that hasn't been washed with the comet yet.
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I’d drive it!!
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Wow what a difference. Looks great!!
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Great job!
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Finished cleaning the truck with comet and then used the harbor freight DA to put Meguires #7 all over. Worked really nicely to deepen the color!
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The truck really turned out nice, your Grandfather would be proud.
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Getting the Oak bed wood ready to put in this week!
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The wood looks great, nice choice in stain.
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Im amazed at how good that paint looks.
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Got pretty much finished installing the new bed wood. It is very tedious hand tightening 92 bolt/nut combos lol! Have 6 more to go as they are in very tough spots to get and will have to think it through getting to them. I am very happy with how it turned out!
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very nice!
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