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I got the motor done and then my life went a little crazy!!!
Lost my job of 23 years
Got new job
Lost my home which was provided by employer.
Bought 2 houses on the lake!!!
New place doesn't really have a place to work on the truck and winter has set in so holding off till spring
Sorry to hear bout your run of bad luck but congratulations on how you seem to keep coming out on top. The way you turned some bad situations around I know the motor aught to be worth the wait till the spring when you can get back to it.
Gonna show your truck to my 5 y.o. daughter and have a feeling we'll be painting "HER" '92 on an '85 frame that color being as her favorite color is green. Which I'll be all for, it's like a high visibility safety color too! LOL
Good luck man and keep up the good work.
Sorry to hear bout your run of bad luck but congratulations on how you seem to keep coming out on top. The way you turned some bad situations around I know the motor aught to be worth the wait till the spring when you can get back to it.
Gonna show your truck to my 5 y.o. daughter and have a feeling we'll be painting "HER" '92 on an '85 frame that color being as her favorite color is green. Which I'll be all for, it's like a high visibility safety color too! LOL
Good luck man and keep up the good work.
Thanks!! The weather here in Texas has been really nice for winter. It's actually going to be 72 today on Christmas !! Crazy!! I just brought the motor to the new house yesterday!! After the cold front we are fixing to get hit with if it warms back up I might just go ahead and put the motor back in. Still need to replace shocks brakes do a little front end work and install bumpers and sliders and she will be just about ready to go!! Can't wait for that first trip thru town
The flood happened on Memorial Day, since then I finally got new tires and wheels and the water has went down enough to get truck out. Luckily I hadn't put the motor in yet.
Wow, you've really been through the wringer. I'm sure most of us have been through some trials and tribulations during our projects, but you take the cake. Good work, and impressive that you keep moving the truck ahead through all that. I would have called in quits long ago. Truck looks awesome, look forward to more updates!
put the new motor in today with new flywheel pressure plate clutch throw out bearing and pilot bearing. Then autozone motor mounts won't bolt to chassis. Damn it!!! Drilling new holes in mounts tomorrow. Also ordered shocks today and lime green seat belts will be here Monday.
She's finally running!!!!! Still need to fine tune timing and adjust valves. I installed all new brakes, drums, rotors, shocks and today I will be working on bumpers and putting dash back together. Amazingly my new stereo system that was completely submerged by the flood for a week still works!!!!
She's finally running!!!!! Still need to fine tune timing and adjust valves. I installed all new brakes, drums, rotors, shocks and today I will be working on bumpers and putting dash back together. Amazingly my new stereo system that was completely submerged by the flood for a week still works!!!!
got her legal and finally driving!!! It's like being in a parade everyday. No matter where I go I get questions comments thumbs up. I've even had people taking pics as I drive by!!!
06-05-2015, 07:14 AM
