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The Green Grendel

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I decided to get a picture immediately after my cold start this afternoon. I can see why the military wanted the diesel truck, the smokescreen feature may well come in handy on the battlefield. :crazy: :haha:

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This is ~10 seconds after it fired off. Morning temp was -2*, afternoon temp was somewhere around 10*. Ran a 40-second GP cycle prior to cranking, and it fired up fairly well. The -2* morning start with block heater fired right off. I ran a 15-second cycle time and could have run less. The block heater does make quite a difference.
 
I also bought a thing. Thanks for @82355 to posting up the link to cheap double-threaded standard lug nuts. Made life much easier, and now I finally have 8 lug nuts per wheel instead of 4. :wink1:

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These also allow me to run my center caps. Alas, I can only find 2 of them. :screwy: I did sell some off, but I was thinking that I still had a full set of bowtie caps. Maybe they'll turn up in spring cleaning. Until then, I will continue to annoy @max 02 and @The Griff. :crazy:

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I bought the same lug nuts for the front axle, now I have 16 extra ones for the front axle. :haha:
 
Tony Vickers said:
I'd be interested in if you connected your parking brake, and what cables you ended up using.
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For his rig or mine? I used a 1997 G3500 10.5" axle with removable drums. Stock G3500 cables had the correct endings, but were too long. I looped them around to make them shorter and it was mostly a bolt-on affair.
 
Springtime maintenance should include:

Fixing blower switch
Re-attaching the rearview mirror (didn't stick at 40*, I need some warmer weather)
Redoing my pinion yoke shim (I did it hastily and incorrectly, and it fell out). Or maybe replacing the worn yoke?
Replacing my leaky fuel return line.
Finishing up my shifter/boot installation.

And prolly not much else. Aside from the basic fundamentals of being a tin box with no insulation, dome light, or stereo system, I have had no complaints thus far.

Anyone wanna trade for a Sierra Classic rig with identical drivetrain? ;)
 
A gallon or more of thick applied bed liner does wonders. I just dumped the whole gallon onto my floors and spread it around with a hotdog roller brush and a BBQ brush. I ran open headers on the road and can carry a conversation inside it decently enough.
 
454Sub said:
A gallon or more of thick applied bed liner does wonders. I just dumped the whole gallon onto my floors and spread it around with a hotdog roller brush and a BBQ brush. I ran open headers on the road and can carry a conversation inside it decently enough.
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Noted. Not sure what lies ahead for this rust bucket, but quieting it down would greatly increase driving happiness (and good mufflers will hafta be part of that).
 
454Sub said:
A gallon or more of thick applied bed liner does wonders. I just dumped the whole gallon onto my floors and spread it around with a hotdog roller brush and a BBQ brush. I ran open headers on the road and can carry a conversation inside it decently enough.
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What brand of bed liner did you use? :thinking:
 
I've found with my 78 that driving happiness is the key thing. I used to love driving it just for the sake of driving it when I first got it. No gauges or interior lighting of any kind, no window seals, no radio, and other creature comforts it was lacking.

The little comfort things are actually what I enjoy more than any of the mechanical work I've done to the truck. Sure the hydro boost and rear disk brakes are nice but so is enjoying driving something that isn't a complete rattle trap (at least by my rust belt induced standards).
 
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