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Deuling's 1985 K5. "Restart thread on post #8415"
- Thread starter Deuling
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I wanted to get a full day in the shop today. But ended up going to work for 7
hours
But I got out to the shop about 7. And got a good chunk done. Holes in floor, bolts in holes, tubes tacked in. Figured out a way to get the top off by myself too. so thats cool.
I got to the shop super pissed of and aggrivated. I left with a grin from ear to ear
hours
But I got out to the shop about 7. And got a good chunk done. Holes in floor, bolts in holes, tubes tacked in. Figured out a way to get the top off by myself too. so thats cool.
I got to the shop super pissed of and aggrivated. I left with a grin from ear to ear
Great start dude
Looks good
What lug nuts are you using in the rear? (I'm looking at the second-to-last picture)
Red Sharpie FTW 
y5mgisi
1 ton status
That's so awesome!
Looks great dude
They look like the special 7/16" externally-threaded lug nuts that I use to keep the newer hub caps on my wheels without switching to newer metric lug nuts. I believe they were Dorman part #611-179. I ask because they were a slight pain to get my hands on last summer (not stocked at the parts stores near me), and I would think that you have no use for external threads. But I can't really see whether they have external threads in your picture. Which is why I asked.
Cage looks nice.
They look like the special 7/16" externally-threaded lug nuts that I use to keep the newer hub caps on my wheels without switching to newer metric lug nuts. I believe they were Dorman part #611-179. I ask because they were a slight pain to get my hands on last summer (not stocked at the parts stores near me), and I would think that you have no use for external threads. But I can't really see whether they have external threads in your picture. Which is why I asked.
Cage looks nice.
Thanks. They do have external threads.
I forgot to ask if you ended up with metric lugnuts after your axle swap.
The threads are metric I believe.
14 mm seems to come to mind.... It was the bigger of the 2 they offered.
Ah. Ok, those aren't rare at all (not sure why I didn't ask about that first
). I'm running external threads from a metric lug nut set with my original 7/16" threads. Finding the external (metric?) threads on a standard lugnut was the difficult part. You convert the front lugs to metric studs or leave them original?
Ah. Ok, those aren't rare at all (not sure why I didn't ask about that first
The rears are metric, fronts are stock. I didn't see a point in swapping stuff and making it complicated. When i remove a tire, I put the lug nuts in a pile by the tire. So not like there is a purpose for having the front and rear match.
Why are we talkimg about droolings nuts? Lets get back to the skinny tubing.
LOL.
I hope to get out most everyday after work this week. Depends on how swamped we are though. I had to do 7 hours on saturday just to try and kind of catch up.....
But if I can leave at 4, ill be at the shop at 5. I want this thing at the dunes may 9th for the prerunner invasion.
