Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! lol congrats.

 

washed, waxed and photoshoot!!

 

Washed/waxed yesterday. In the shop for new tires and alignment today! Cooper Discoverer AT3's!!! Getting state and emissions done later this week. Hopefully doing shocks soon too.

 

LOVE this truck, but I dont understand how the hell yours is so tall with just a spindle lift/block lift.... that is unless it has T-bar's and I missed something.

 

2 rocker switches installed: 2 for LED bar and pair of D2's:








Have since added a 3rd for my onboard air compressor....

 

Tinted back glass with 5% and bought toolbox off Craigslist without getting killed.

 

cleaned her up and installed the new tails!!

 

oil changed & new front shocks. had lower stud brak on me taking the nut off on the right side. drilled & tapped it for a 8mm bolt, put it back together & put in my 8mm bolt with nut & a fender washer, tightend the nut down then cut off the excess bolt. did the blazer rear shocks yesterday and had a similar issue. rust can be such a bitch to deal with, but these were the original front shocks, 19 years old!

 

Had a dream some friends of mine tried to work on my truck and change the front end. They ended up breaking a bunch of stuff and didnt realize they needed to pop the hood to take the lights out???? wtf. Random. haha

 

Had it smogged, so i can get the tags, and installed a new gas cap.

 

Got my drivers and passengers windows tinted to match the back glass.

 

tried my "front mounted spare mod" just wanted to see what it looked like, i recall full-size trucks in the 70's running a front-mounted spare. lol. i dont think i'll keep it there!

 

Test fitted my new sub/box and amps.Had to do a little trimming to get the sub where I wanted.I made the cut perfect but got some black marker showing.Gonna cover it with light gray carpet dye when I get to work tomorrow.When I get a day off I'm gonna pull the seats out and wire everything up.
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Got my tags and picked it up from the trans shop!! Hope it is ready to run seems so. Brought it home and washed and waxed, Lookng Good!

 

I test-fit the modded PowerDome for the first time when i got home from work. Still needs some work around the grill opening, pics in Modded PowerDome thread.

 

Very Mystery Machine-ish.

 

Put strobes in fog lights and re wired my P.A system. Next up, 5% tints all the way around and taking off my muffler for that straight pipe sound. :)

 

replaced all 3 u-joints on my rear driveshaft, knocked one of the balance weights off & had to tackweld it back on. was a long tough job, they were the original u-joints and even though i soaked everytning in pb blaster overnight, it just didnt want to come apart. even the retaining clips were tough to get out. i drove it afterwards and was glad to see i dont have any vibration.

 

wired my OHC, ran my sat radio antenna, sprayed the rad support for rust, washed and vaccumed, played around with the truck a bit.

 

Took a load of brush to the compost site outside of town.

 

Painted hood and rims

 

Went from this:

To this:


Added the SOHC to the tailgate--preview of PowerDome graphics:

Now we'll surely get 2 feet of snow!
MikeR

 

I cleaned up my engine compartment with some Simple Green and paper towels. I sprayed down everything and wiped it all off and it makes the whole compartment look like new. Filled up the windshield washer fluid with Rain-X.

Tomorrow I make payment number 59 on it. One more payment after that and I'm done...yippee !!

 

Oil change with 5 quarts of Mobil 1 5W30 and a new Fram Tough Guard filter, then I re-flashed the computer for the 265s. I also put the finishing touches on the new storage box; should be going in the truck this weekend (it still smells like spray adhesive, so that's gotta dissipate first).
MikeR

 

Wash detail and waxed the crud off! Cleaned and ploished the rims shined the tires! Needs a second coat of wax tho still too grimey!