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| Yesterday 05:29 PM | ||
| 1971BB427 |
I wrestled the one piece fiberglass frontend into the shop today by climbing under it and just standing up with my back bent over to walk it inside. Then once I got it over the front tires I used ratchet straps to pull it back against the cowl and a jack stand under the nose to hold it up at that end. But it was discouraging to say the least. I can see the fiberglass is not a very good fit, and since it's street weight it has lots of heavy bracing inside. I think the cross brace just in front of the firewall on the backside of the hood is a major problem. The frontend sits against the cowl at center rear, but both hood sides are a full inch or so high to the adjacent body lines. That will likely mean I'll have to work on the backside brace by cutting it in the middle in a wedge cut, and hope it relaxes and allows the fenders and sides to align. For now I left it sitting on the car and put a bunch of weight on each fender to see if it will relax with time and maybe get closer. Probably wont though, so looks like a lot of work ahead to make it look acceptable. |
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| Yesterday 04:45 PM | ||
| cerial |
Pulled the orgional blower out of the 94 1500 and cleaned out the derbies. When putting things back together I found that I have a faulty dimmer switch that causes the front markers to come on when the brakes are pushed. Just a short in the switch itself. I ordered another one and will snap it in later. I figured why I had the electrical out I would play with the grounds so I pulled all the grounds for the taillights and reinstalled them with new ring terminals. Played around in the barn with 6 wooden lockers that the previous homeowner left. I had 13 12x12" wire shelf things that I got at an auction for $1 that could be tied together to make a box shape. I tore that apart and then took my grinder cutting one side down so the wire will fit inside the locker. I still need to buy some wood to put under the shelves but it should give me 4 shelves. Got on craigslist because hey there is free wood on there all the time. Then I found this;  I figured why not so I drove down there loaded it up and have me a 12 bolt now. The axle shafts moved when I turned the pinion. At the very least it will be a nice addition to my collection of paperweights made from diff parts.  
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| Yesterday 04:30 PM | ||
| 123pugsy |
Brought home a few chunks of 11 ga. Got one ready to bend. |
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| Yesterday 01:00 PM | ||
| idrivejunk |
Junior Mints for me. Steer Clear is a name kind of like HACK Shack, ain't it? (implied alternate negative meaning)Heres a classic IDJ: After years of fuss the shop got a wifi extender. I beat myself over the head for several months trying to connect to it. Tried every number on the thing as a password, no luck. Gave up. New phone today, and after not even being able to upload pics on the same connection... it occurred to me to try the old password on the extender. Duh.   Blazin now. Making a post here reminds me to see if the noisy pulley on the 'P is good on the spare L67. |
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| Yesterday 04:42 AM | ||
| 123pugsy |
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I have no idea whatsoever. I'll just get some popcorn and watch.... |
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| 01-19-2020 07:19 PM | ||
| idrivejunk |
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While we are scribbling, I have some indecision to resolve. I submit this at face value and as a test of new phone. Gosh I haven't checked the resolution setting.  I went with half of max before. Here goes-
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| 01-19-2020 07:15 PM | ||
| 1971BB427 |
Weather warmed up to mid 50's today, so I got busy finish sanding my '39 Chevy grille. Then shot it with high build primer and shot it with VHT graphite color wheel paint. A budget solution to rehabilitating the grille without spending the whole budget on chrome work.  Getting the six little 10-32 screws, washers and nuts to hold the two halves together was tougher than I thought. It's very tight quarters in the internal V of the grille, and my big meat hooks dropped the parts too many times to count! |
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| 01-19-2020 06:30 PM | ||
| 123pugsy |
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You could probably bolt it to 18 ga though. You could try it, hook up the steering and dry run to see if it flexes. I'm using the 11 ga channel as that will bring it a hair higher than the recess from the bead rolling. That's a full size template I'm holding. Bolt pattern is written on it. The position of the bolts is not so ideal IMHO. Not spread out. |
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| 01-19-2020 05:16 PM | ||
| idrivejunk |
Thats looking great, Pugsy. Is there any guidelines from SteerClear about sturdiness of mounting? Or can you put one on 18 gauge with holes and be done? Asking for the A and you're easier than finding the instructions for em.
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| 01-19-2020 03:56 PM | ||
| 123pugsy |
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Thanks. I was being sarcastic on that post. I got a Steer Clear box to offset it back where it belongs. |
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| 01-19-2020 03:47 PM | ||
| 496CHEVY3100 |
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| 01-19-2020 03:37 PM | ||
| 496CHEVY3100 |
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Will 6in wheels clear your disc brakes they wont clear on mine,but will clear on Kellys Nova I have aftermarket disc brakes and dont know what size rhey are |
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| 01-19-2020 03:27 PM | ||
| 496CHEVY3100 |
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I hope to be able to talk good enough to make a call in a few days ,all those tubes messed with my vocal cords |
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| 01-19-2020 03:20 PM | ||
| 496CHEVY3100 |
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| 01-19-2020 02:38 PM | ||
| 496CHEVY3100 |
[QUOTE=cozwurth;4715683]One crusty, dirty ventilated float bowl... This is why you don't use a palm nailer to shake loose a stuck float. Lesson learned.  Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk[/QUOT P[ick up a Sonic cleaner from Wal mart ..add some purple stuff cleaner let it run oven ight cleans great and dont leave any scratches. |
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