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1983 K10, Shannons truck. ***UPDATE POST #418***
- Thread starter Deuling
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You should see the bathing suit underneath
No one wants to see you in your speedo Adam. Cepts maybe Shannon I spose.
Man 40 posts and no work done
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Hey we went to dunes today
Actually. Sunday's project is to get her headlights working so she can drive up to campground the Thursday of Labor Day weekend after she gets out of work.
So we will do that and I'll start on anything else I have time to fix
You should see the bathing suit underneath
Hey we went to dunes today
Actually. Sunday's project is to get her headlights working...
Moving this thread to the Pig Pen are we?
Very good idea
Just do the relay mod right away. You will be way happier.
They probably didn't take the tires because they wouldn't fit in their Honda Civic.
This is even funnier.
This is a good idea. The Ranger tranny is happy and smooth. Switching from that to the 3.5-speed dump-truck tranny would be downright irritating to a lot of folks.
Better to figure out ahead of time what her reaction's gonna be. If it's anything like mine, you may find yourself ripping it out later...
Today was a great day of just fixing alot of bad little things.
The thing was vapor locking like crazy and literally blowing flames out the exhaust when it would backfire.... Shannon was very down this morning after the drive to Bretts because it literally was running terrible, and it was raining and wipers wouldn't work, and it kept dying etc... Just no good lol.
For some reason people really love to remove return fuel lines from these old rigs. Im not really sure why, or how they ever run correctly without one.... But this is the 3rd vehicle I have installed a mopar fuel filter on with the return barb on the side and ran a return line.... Guess what, no more vapor lock.
It had wires everywhere just laying on the headers too... So i spent alot of time fixing wires, and removing crappy normal crimp connections and using the heat shrink style weatherproof crimp connectors. I freaking love these things. They like melt to the wire after you hit them with the torch.
This is how the fuel line was run... Ugh just rubber line laying on everything, nothing really holding it, just sitting on tcase...
Then I added new return line, all metal from tank to fuel filter before carb besides the 2 rubber line connections. Also i tied everything to the frame with cushion clamps and bolts with nylock nuts. I know people know me for being zip tie loving deuling, but when it comes to fuel lines next to exhaust and headers, that **** needs to be done right.
The thing was vapor locking like crazy and literally blowing flames out the exhaust when it would backfire.... Shannon was very down this morning after the drive to Bretts because it literally was running terrible, and it was raining and wipers wouldn't work, and it kept dying etc... Just no good lol.
For some reason people really love to remove return fuel lines from these old rigs. Im not really sure why, or how they ever run correctly without one.... But this is the 3rd vehicle I have installed a mopar fuel filter on with the return barb on the side and ran a return line.... Guess what, no more vapor lock.
It had wires everywhere just laying on the headers too... So i spent alot of time fixing wires, and removing crappy normal crimp connections and using the heat shrink style weatherproof crimp connectors. I freaking love these things. They like melt to the wire after you hit them with the torch.
This is how the fuel line was run... Ugh just rubber line laying on everything, nothing really holding it, just sitting on tcase...
Then I added new return line, all metal from tank to fuel filter before carb besides the 2 rubber line connections. Also i tied everything to the frame with cushion clamps and bolts with nylock nuts. I know people know me for being zip tie loving deuling, but when it comes to fuel lines next to exhaust and headers, that **** needs to be done right.
Good work. Thats a lot of half ass there by the PO.
Whats with you Michigan guys and running exhaust under the frame? lol
Whats with you Michigan guys and running exhaust under the frame? lol
Much better, and the metal line looks really nice in person, I was actually super proud of how clean it turned out, with nice 90* bends with the little bender tool I have.
Also the electrical was all janky and lights and wipers werent working, I found that the bolt to tension the alternator had stripped the threads out of the alternator, so I drilled and tapped it for 3/8-16 and now the belt actually stays tight...
While I was doing all of this other junk shannon was ripping every ground wire she could find off and sanding down all the connections and coating everything with wd-40.
I really liked watching her do that, im not sure why.....
But now the lights work, it isnt blowing fire out of the exhaust, and the wipers and turn signals work too
Went for a drive and got chinese food. And she had a grin from ear to ear the whole time. She acted like it was a new truck....
Solid day. Gotta address getting a new fan in it with a clutch and a fan shroud, and mounting the radiator. PO had it just sitting on the frame and tied up top with a few zip ties... Ugh its gross lol.
But end of the day, lady can drive in the rain and at night, and that makes me feel much better.
Also the electrical was all janky and lights and wipers werent working, I found that the bolt to tension the alternator had stripped the threads out of the alternator, so I drilled and tapped it for 3/8-16 and now the belt actually stays tight...
While I was doing all of this other junk shannon was ripping every ground wire she could find off and sanding down all the connections and coating everything with wd-40.
I really liked watching her do that, im not sure why.....
But now the lights work, it isnt blowing fire out of the exhaust, and the wipers and turn signals work too
Went for a drive and got chinese food. And she had a grin from ear to ear the whole time. She acted like it was a new truck....
Solid day. Gotta address getting a new fan in it with a clutch and a fan shroud, and mounting the radiator. PO had it just sitting on the frame and tied up top with a few zip ties... Ugh its gross lol.
But end of the day, lady can drive in the rain and at night, and that makes me feel much better.
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Hey mines all tucked up above the cross member except for the supertrapps.
But yah Id like to tuck hers up as well. It sounds decent but looks like ass.
Her dad likes to inspect all of the things she fixes on the truck. So im excited to see his comments on all my little fixes of the jankyness. And that return line looks sexy in person haha.
And I guess she likes taking pictures of me working on her truck too
Awesome work man
Again, it's super cool to see her diving in with you on n this stuff.
Again, it's super cool to see her diving in with you on n this stuff.
Awesome work man
Again, it's super cool to see her diving in with you on n this stuff.
Yes, it was super awesome. She helped me guide the fuel line all the way back through the frame and crossmembers etc. Really hard to do that $hit by yourself without exact measuring and cutting the roll off....
Good work.
Sounds like Shannon's a potential customer for my PO Seeking Missile.
Dude, Idk wtf they were thinking. Ill half ass stuff to get the rig out for the weekend, and usually fix it later (except for a few of my
fixes that I like to troll with) . But so much stuff on this thing was just so tossed together and I think it had to take extra time to do ****ty jobs on some of it 
This reminds me,I have to ditch the 12 feet of rubber fuel line the previous owner used on my diesel Suburban from the tank to the fuel filter on the firewall..
Like the one on this truck,they just laid the hose everywhere with no zip ties or duct tape,and I found it 1" away from one of the mufflers the first time I crawled under it when I got it home..the idiots also mounted an electric fuel pump right behind the rear spring shackle on the outside of the frame--when I got the truck it was completely encrusted in clay,I'm surprised it worked at all!.
I am planning to run a copper fuel line all the way to the engine---after I replace the rear brake line that popped--I suppose ALL the brake lines will end up having to be replaced,I am pretty sure they are 1985 originals..
I would check her brake lines GOOD too,living in MI I am sure they rot like they do here...one pinhole is all it takes to make stopping in time life threatening..hate to see that pretty girl get hurt or worse!..glad your helping her make it safer for her..
Looks like it has a 1 ton tailgate,with the 3 lights on it?...that truck's name should be Tweety !..
Like the one on this truck,they just laid the hose everywhere with no zip ties or duct tape,and I found it 1" away from one of the mufflers the first time I crawled under it when I got it home..the idiots also mounted an electric fuel pump right behind the rear spring shackle on the outside of the frame--when I got the truck it was completely encrusted in clay,I'm surprised it worked at all!.
I am planning to run a copper fuel line all the way to the engine---after I replace the rear brake line that popped--I suppose ALL the brake lines will end up having to be replaced,I am pretty sure they are 1985 originals..
I would check her brake lines GOOD too,living in MI I am sure they rot like they do here...one pinhole is all it takes to make stopping in time life threatening..hate to see that pretty girl get hurt or worse!..glad your helping her make it safer for her..
Looks like it has a 1 ton tailgate,with the 3 lights on it?...that truck's name should be Tweety !..
Actually the truck was from somewhere down south before it was brought here, so the undercarriage and lines all look pretty good actually.
And I totally dig tweety!!! haha
