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  1. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    O'l Yeller's got new shoes.
  2. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    O'l Yeller is back on the road, and that passenger rear spring is really sacked out. I talked to a shop, and they said $150 to add a leaf to that side in order to level it out.
  3. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yea, the iconic thing is that my buddy who works at walmart swears that he was the one who mounted those tires not 3 months ago on the wrecked Ford F150 they cam off of.
  4. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I called around for a while and couldn't find a tire for a reasonable price. Walmart (where my buddy works) was cheapest with a General Grabber 265 75 r15 for $130 installed. Then I stopped by my local Upull and found these. Literially identical! I was just looking for one, but I got all 4...
  5. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Just breaking in those new bearings with about 225 gallons (1700 lbs) of water. It's a nifty way to slam you're half ton truck. And sometimes it can get even lower depending of road conditions. And if you're really lucky, you may even keep a crappy scissor jack thats not up to the task...
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    Show your daily driver

    I actually gave it to my brother, after a tree fell on his BMW, and totalled it, he has needed something to drive. I gave him to pontiac and told him to save his insurance money from the BMW.
  7. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I might have screwed something up, but I got the engine running and not knocking. There seems to be a sort of oil channel hole thingy at the edge of the bearing. My new bearing didn't come with one, the bearings on the 250 that was originally in there didn't have one either, and I couldn't...
  8. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I'm going to be able to put the 292 until probably spring, but I still need O'l Yeller on the road, so I am fixing this catastrophically worn out engine again. It's two main issues were the fact that it leaks oil like a mother, and that it has a slight knock when warmed up. Before I even put...
  9. jjester6000

    Turn signal won't blink with headlights on

    I have literially the exact same issue on my '98 Suburban. I found there to be some crossover with the marker lights circuit and brights circuit. With the regular lights on it would blink slow since the Brights on this particular truck are dimly powered when the headlights or on. When I have...
  10. jjester6000

    4.1L 250 cid L6 w/ integrated head -- Need Help w/ Rebuild or Upgrade

    If you need a non integrated head/manifold, I have one laying around. You can have them for the cost of shipping. It's a 1 barrel manifold, but with no EGR, so it isn't too bad. When it comes to a head, there are two to choose from, both identical, but both could use a valve job.
  11. jjester6000

    Hello from Indiana

    Okay, that sounds like a good plan. There's no way that truck is originally from indiana (no rust) so where did your uncle have it?
  12. jjester6000

    Hello from Indiana

    What do you mean by restore? It looks too nice to me to do a full restoration, but I'd at least buff out all the paint, fix that big dent in the bedside, and shine up all the chrome.
  13. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yea, for upwards of $500 where I live.
  14. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yea it is, and I am planning on doing that. I just have to decide if I want to beeline it or not. I like the yellow wheel tubs/inner'bedsides, but berliner would protect it so well. I might just beeline the floor itself and repaint the wheel wells.
  15. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I cleaned out the bed of O'l Yeller before work today since I'm doing a scrap run this weekend. Hopefully this wont be the last hurrah of this motor pulling a trailer and being filled up with junk. Hopefully it makes it the 20 miles to the scrap yard without throwing a rod. I am hoping to get...
  16. jjester6000

    Do I need a block heater?

    The current engine in my truck has a freeze plug style block heater, but it doesn't really need it despite running 20w50 since the clearances are so large that it will start anyways. This engine ir run to fail before I drop the new one I'm currently putting together into it.
  17. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I got bored so I pulled the oil pan/sump off of my trucks original blown up motor. While I was at it, I knocked out the melted piston and found the bore to be untouched, and the rod bearing even looked almost brand new. One piston, a ring set for it, and a rod bearing ought to fix it right...
  18. jjester6000

    78 K20 Doors

    Oh, my bad, I've never messed with power windows before. I should also mention that the window crank shaft is longer on later doors than earlier, but they still will bolt in the same.
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    78 K20 Doors

    They are all interchangeable, when it comes to glass, window tracks, hinges, handles, and latches. It's just that 73-76 door panels will look goofy on newer doors, but you can retrofit newer ones on older doors with no problem.
  20. jjester6000

    My truck runs! Stopping? Eh not so good

    You should prim the new master cylinder, but the clogged line issue sounds like some collapsed brake hoses, so now hoses should fix that. While you're at it, I'd put wheel cylinders on it since they might start leaking after 41 years (Though my '74 is still running it's original wheel cylinders...
  21. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Illusion, they all look fine to me.
  22. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Just pulled the pan off the 292, and as I suspected, it is basically brand new. I'm going to do the rear main seal, pan gasket, paint it, and drop it in.
  23. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Amazingly, my '74 (which spent its whole life in Illinois) is still on its original lines, and they still look fine. The original owner undecorated it with used motor oil, which pretty much saved the whole frame/underside of the truck. Every other truck I've owned, though, needed brake lines.
  24. jjester6000

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I finally got the 292 out of the back of my Burb, and I am going to start tearing it down to reseal it.
  25. jjester6000

    Show your daily driver

    I hate to say it, but this might become my new daily driver. It's a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GT that I got for free from a family member. It has a pretty good body, and just needs a wash after sitting for 3 years. After 3 years I threw a battery into it and it cranked right up and that 3800...

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