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[smallfoot]

Purty close...[P

 

[maverickmk]

Purty close...[P

Close enough

 

[Bonehead]

Nice truck, I have always liked a stepside.

 

[maverickmk]

Nice truck, I have always liked a stepside.

I agree. A coworker keeps telling me to get a fleet side box. I have always liked a step side and it's not a fleet side like everyone else has. Plus, the whole idea is to keep it cheap. I don't want to dump a bunch of money into it - at least not right now
I bought an entire exhaust system from LMC for under $200.00. I'm hoping it's so quiet it will sound like a sewing machine and am in search of parts to swap it to disc brakes.

 

[maverickmk]

Scored a cross member from an '84 for $150.00 yesterday. Now comes the fun part.
Installed the exhaust and the exhaust manifold is leaking
Ordering a gasket.

 

[Burgerman]

That cross member is gonna be a nice upgrade. [cl

 

[maverickmk]

I finally got the sewer rat to a point where I felt it was mechanically sound enough to take it out for a drive yesterday and immediately discovered that the clutch is shot.
Oh, she's a beauty

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

When you kill 'em, you kill 'em good!

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[Old Iron]

I'd say it's shot.

 

[maverickmk]

So, yesterday I figured out why it wasn't stopping as good as I thought it should after rebuilding the front brakes.

Rear shoes:

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

I've spun bearings before, but never a brake lining.

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[Old Iron]

Riveted on brake linings were prone to do that if you wore them out to the rivets [ddd

 

[maverickmk]

So far, just about everything has been used up. Someone got their moneys worth

 

[maverickmk]

After having a personal "reset" over the last 2 years, I'm finally in a new house and have some time & space to get some things done.
Over the last weekend I put a new bed in the sewer ratt.

 

[dutch]

slick...

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Looks good. [cl

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[forbigpicture]

Great job on the bed Mav !!!!

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[smallfoot]

That's looking good!

 

[bob w]

Very nice.

 

[kenny c]

I like it![cl[cl