What have you done to your square lately??

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Mr Clean

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I got the brake pedal bracket, and E brake assembly powder coated today.
 

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My Bride had hers done 3 weeks ago tomorrow.
Probably get mine next year...

Hello Big Ray. I hope all is well.

I am sure All the GMSB Buddies are hoping for a full and speedy recovery Big Ray!

Prayers for her, you, and all of your loved ones always!

Be well and stay safe out there.

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Fast Times At Ridgemont High was the flip side on the 45 of Never Give Up....one of the first Sammy Hagar songs I paid attention to. Loved both songs so much I bought the album, then 2 more.....loved all of them. Became one of my favorite rockers.

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Adjusted the rocker arms and carb, 350 vortec purrs like a lion, amazing how much quieter the valve train improved, and idle. Bent these grade 5, 3/8x4-32 bolts rotating the engine 4 complete revolutions. Also tightened the header bolts but still have a slight leak on passenger side, probably should replace the gasket. I now need to figure out a better fuel pump and delivery plan, that Holley red is way too noisy.
Try the mr gasket crushable aluminum header gasket! Never had a leak after switching to those!
 

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Isn't Squarebody restoration fun? I swear I spend more time cleaning and sandblasting getting parts ready for powder coating than anything else. I will say rust repair is coming in at a close second.

I'm trying to talk my wife into letting me buy a bigger oven for powder coating. So I can do big parts. So far not to successful. I'm thinking the 3300.00 dollar price tag is a big issue with her. I told her if we skipped one of our vacations, I could have it. Yeah that didn't help the Cause at all.

Great job so far. Just take your time, and don't over do it. When I had my back surgery, I overdid it a couple of times before I was completely healed, and paid the price.

I can make one suggestion. Get some of those heating pads you can warm up in the microwave. Warm one up and put on a back brace for lifting. It keeps your back nice a warm when it's cold outside, and gives your back a little support.
Used pottery kiln?
 

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New seatbelts from Wesco. https://www.wescoperformance.com/
Ordered the GM logo and they fit the new bucket seats ok.
The receiver is about perfect length and the stock seat belt fits into the new receiver should I ever decide to get them fixed and color change.


The hardware kit they sell is needed for the 4 L brackets mounted with original bolts to floor and pillar but used their hardware to attach the rest.
I installed driver's and these are passenger.
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Isn't Squarebody restoration fun? I swear I spend more time cleaning and sandblasting getting parts ready for powder coating than anything else. I will say rust repair is coming in at a close second.

I'm trying to talk my wife into letting me buy a bigger oven for powder coating. So I can do big parts. So far not to successful. I'm thinking the 3300.00 dollar price tag is a big issue with her. I told her if we skipped one of our vacations, I could have it. Yeah that didn't help the Cause at all.

Great job so far. Just take your time, and don't over do it. When I had my back surgery, I overdid it a couple of times before I was completely healed, and paid the price.

I can make one suggestion. Get some of those heating pads you can warm up in the microwave. Warm one up and put on a back brace for lifting. It keeps your back nice a warm when it's cold outside, and gives your back a little support.
How big do you need, I was going to just build an oven using temperature controls,and heating elements from used household ovens and cinder block or 55 gallon drum depending on what I was doing. Something like this with a grate an oven element and wires to hang the parts.
 

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Pinching pennies here. I’m working on 79-80 door panels and the dash pad from a 91 Sub. Maybe they’ll be worth putting into the 82 K1500 when I’m done.
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How did you get my door panel off my truck without me knowing it? Seriously, though, mine looks just like that, chalky, crumbly, faded, and in need of tlc.
 

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Adjusted the rocker arms and carb, 350 vortec purrs like a lion, amazing how much quieter the valve train improved, and idle. Bent these grade 5, 3/8x4-32 bolts rotating the engine 4 complete revolutions. Also tightened the header bolts but still have a slight leak on passenger side, probably should replace the gasket. I now need to figure out a better fuel pump and delivery plan, that Holley red is way too noisy.
Why didn't you pull the plugs?
 

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