1973 Chevy Parts Hauler
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It's not sticky...it's OEM traction compound...
Nice work. It's nice that you don't need to do a lot of mud work to rehab your beast. I have a K30 that needs this amount/kind of love. My 10 year-old son wants it, so I told spouse, gotta keep it...
Nice work. It's nice that you don't need to do a lot of mud work to rehab your beast. I have a K30 that needs this amount/kind of love. My 10 year-old son wants it, so I told spouse, gotta keep it...
Moved it into the garage today, gonna be a chilly week for Texas
Wish I had a garage lolMoved it into the garage today, gonna be a chilly week for Texas
You got it made in the shade down there.
I don't miss my younger days of no garages and changing starters using a bumper jack in a Target parking lot. LOL
Actually we have rain coming in tomorrow and I want to get some stuff done so the behemoth had to come inside so I stay motivated. I PLAN to get it running and driving this week and that will be a tall order as it will involve exhaust work to get the headers attached.
Actually we have rain coming in tomorrow and I want to get some stuff done so the behemoth had to come inside so I stay motivated. I PLAN to get it running and driving this week and that will be a tall order as it will involve exhaust work to get the headers attached.
Shame there's no holy sh*t reaction...Happy father's day for me!
Now on to find why it won't rotate when torqued.
And I found the "rod knock" they were looking for.
Today on this old truck we solve the case of no brakes. While pushing it in we had no brakes BUT I had swapped the front brake lines and never bled them so no big surprise. What was a surprise was this:
That was the brake fluid pulled out of the master cylinder. And the brakes were more of the same.
Then I pulled the steering column apart AGAIN. When we hooked it up to push it in it seemed too short but we got it to work. When I got to the garage today the top seal on the steering box had leaked on the floor, so it all had to come apart.
Once I got it out I remembered while assembling it I had dropped it on the end of the shaft which collapsed it by about an inch or so which I promptly remedied with a crescent wrench and a dead blow. Back to good! Two wheels dropped off to get mounted and balanced and now I'm waiting for the steering box rebuild kit.
That was the brake fluid pulled out of the master cylinder. And the brakes were more of the same.
Then I pulled the steering column apart AGAIN. When we hooked it up to push it in it seemed too short but we got it to work. When I got to the garage today the top seal on the steering box had leaked on the floor, so it all had to come apart.
Once I got it out I remembered while assembling it I had dropped it on the end of the shaft which collapsed it by about an inch or so which I promptly remedied with a crescent wrench and a dead blow. Back to good! Two wheels dropped off to get mounted and balanced and now I'm waiting for the steering box rebuild kit.
Today I finished a job I had been dreading, actually two jobs. First was replacing the aging body bushings with new polyurethane bushings, I think the originals had been used up.
Next up was more of brown fluid removal in the version of what was once gasoline. This is how much was in the primary tank.
On this truck it has a dealer installed fiberglass tank on the driver's side with a filler in the rear wheel well, then a manual changeover valve in the cab. At this point I'm not trusting it so I chopped the fuel lines and plumbed the stock tank into the pump feed then looped the other lines together until i assess the spare tank later.
Next up was more of brown fluid removal in the version of what was once gasoline. This is how much was in the primary tank.
On this truck it has a dealer installed fiberglass tank on the driver's side with a filler in the rear wheel well, then a manual changeover valve in the cab. At this point I'm not trusting it so I chopped the fuel lines and plumbed the stock tank into the pump feed then looped the other lines together until i assess the spare tank later.
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