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Black and Blue '71 build

first is my frame plate to help with the frame flex at my clutch z--bar mount
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conquered the stair case
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My favorite from today
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truck performed great today.
Had a little carb troubles but nothing major.
did the obstacle staircase, but idk if anyone from our group got pics:dunno:

all in all a good day of wheelin:woot:
 
Build some bumpers and sliders to protect that perty sheet metal would ya?? :popcorn:
 
Deuling said:
Build some bumpers and sliders to protect that perty sheet metal would ya?? :popcorn:
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trust me its on the list:deal:
gotta get my new rockers in then I wanna build some round/rect/ tube slider protecting-maggiger :haha:
I have material for rect. bumpers (2"x5"x.25") but I dont wanna start cutting yet since Im in the middle of moving to a larger house(if the mgt. companies would hurry the hell up :doah:)

NorCal_Chris said:
update your old ass thread.
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all in due time :whistle:
ill post pics and vids as soon as i can fix the videos... apparently my background music is "too" loud...so Ill have to see how to fix that on youtube.

TheBeast_88K5 said:
For real...
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hey...atleast mine turns on when I want it too:haha:

But on a serious note, Ive been driving the hell out of it(60miles round trip,5 days a week)since my 2wd DD s10's trans took a poop. waiting to be done with the move to swap in a 5-speed(nv3500/231)...so a sas on that is in the near future(either d30/stock rear on 31s or D44s and 31's or 3/4's and 37's...but whatever i choose needs to be dd worthy).
its been doing great apart from I think the pressure plates going out and I have an exhaust donut that's bad...and my gas gauge doesnt work...nor does my heater...or my driverside front headlight...as a matter of fact my power steering pump leaks...I have no form of radio...but other than that, its doing great:haha::haha::haha:
 
1970worthog said:
But on a serious note, Ive been driving the hell out of it...its doing great
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JINXED!!!
Damn thing broke down last night on my way home from work.
Called about a million places to get it towed but no one could do it right away or it was too big for thier truck (I didnt think it was that big:dunno:)
Finally found a guy that towed it home for $85...gave him $100 since he was saving my ass.

The problem...well its complicated.
Now Im no cooling system wizard so if I explain something wrong, please tell me:waytogo:

So after my lunch I heard a sizzling sound...like liquid hitting a hot surface. I went to inspect what it was and opened the hood to a engine bay covered in coolent. Upon inspection I found that the upper hose was fine, there was no visible cracks on the thermostat housing, but the coolant seemed to be coming out between the tstat housing and intake...my guess was a bad tstat housing gasket. Had my work order me a new one from the parts store, got it swapped out. Started it up afterwards, seemed to run fine. Proceeded to drive to a gas stating to fill up and check just incase(gas station was about a mile away from my work.) Went to open the hood and noticed it was doing it again:eek1:
So now I'm pissed and confused...pulled it off to the side, and tore it down. Now heres where I get confused. Right before taking the tstat housing off I noticed that it was filled with coolant, and decided to try and lift an edge of the tsta to help drain the coolant into the intake so I didn't make a mess everywhere. After doing so, I noticed that it didn't drain it all and that there was still coolant in there. so I said screw it, took off the housing and pulled the tsta to find the coolant was just sitting in the tstat opening of the intake.

Now the questions...
1.) Is the coolant sitting in the tstat opening normal behavior with the truck off? or is there something blocking the coolant and preventing it from enter any further
2.) Does this sound like a tstat problem? It would explain why the fluid was being fordced out between the tstat housing and intake through the gasket.

I took the day off to try and fix it since its my only vehicle at the moment:doah:
 
I'd guess maybe the thermostat is stuck shut. Put a new one in there and see what happens.
 
so after a lot of trial and error along with multiple head scratching, found out it was the thermostat housing that was the problem.
the housing was warped AND twisted in 2 different directions so that why it was failing.

went to O'rielys and got a cast iron one, put a lil rtv for safe measures along with a new gasket, torqued it down and it didn't leak so mission accomplished:waytogo:
 
TheBeast_88K5 said:
I'm sure my benchseat in yer truck, will definitely help yer luck out... :haha:
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Hahaha on second thought.... :haha:
Jk. I can pick it up tm if that works for you. Just let me know what time.
Only time I cant is around 2-230 cuz I've got a showing of a house so Ill be busy.
 
1970worthog said:
Hahaha on second thought.... :haha:
Jk. I can pick it up tm if that works for you. Just let me know what time.
Only time I cant is around 2-230 cuz I've got a showing of a house so Ill be busy.
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I'll be helping people move all day....

Maybe tonight, or tomoro? :dunno:

Either way, it's covered in the backyard, under the patio thing.
So, it's all good! :D
 
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