What have you done to your square lately??

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thebeast73

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custom deluxe 10
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I got new doors off an old suburban for my 73, along with some other spare parts.
 

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I got new doors off an old suburban for my 73, along with some other spare parts.

Welcome to GMSB Taylor. :wave: When you get a minute, fire up a new build thread for your 73 in the Under Construction section and post up some pics. :waytogo:
 

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Whoa, looks great. I just had my intake manifold off of the 350 tbi in the wagon. I cleaned it up and was pleased that it just looked clean again. This puts my work to shame. Really nice stuff there.


Lol the holly 750 is getting a makeover too
So far I'm liking it
Hopefully it'll be done soon for you to see them together
 

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Bought an in/lb torque wrench and a timing light. Retorqued the intake manifold to 11 ft/lb or 132 in/lb, and glad I did, it was loose. Torqued the valve covers to 20 in/lb. That was a guess but is also the lowest setting on the torque wrench. That took 4 times on each side to get them even, the intake took 3 passes. Then timed it and routed some spark plug wires and vacuum & egr lines better, since my friend that helped me swap in the vortec heads last November didn't route things very well.

Took it for a test drive and I am thinking my suspected rear main seal failure was just the loose intake and valve covers. No fresh oil smell, no drips, and it ran nice and smooth and very strong.
 
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Oh yeah. I put on a rear view mirror that Retro sent me. Now I can use my sun visor the way it was intended, and can see behind the truck a whole lot better than before.
 

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finished up the body work on dads 84 yesterday, laid some primer on it, and then did the tailgate, didn't get any pics though I forgot.
 

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I found the braided fuel return line had a rub hole in the braid. Rather than replace the length of hard line I ordered up a 37 degree flaring tool and some AN fittings to repair it. I'm re-plumbing for a different fuel injection system anyway so it isn't a big deal.
 

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I found the braided fuel return line had a rub hole in the braid. Rather than replace the length of hard line I ordered up a 37 degree flaring tool and some AN fittings to repair it. I'm re-plumbing for a different fuel injection system anyway so it isn't a big deal.

Cool, sounds like more of a permanent fix too.
 
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After months of being inactive i have finally finished my truck (for now). Over the course of several months my dad and I have done everything from replace all the rust replace all the damaged body panels even cut a long box into a short box. I personally primed painted and did the body work. This has truly been an amazing experience between my dad and I.
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Looks great, :waytogo:
 

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