What have you done to your square lately??

[78C10BigTen]

Lol, on my last day of school I put down some nice long black stripes in the parking lot, along with a lot of smoke. I had to show up in court a few weeks later because of it.

On my graduation day i rode away from the school with my dad on his harley. Dont sound as cool but i wasnt driving yet and i enjoyed it. Miss my dad.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Made her earn her keep today. She hauled her new heart home

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[jjester6000]

Lol, on my last day of school I put down some nice long black stripes in the parking lot, along with a lot of smoke. I had to show up in court a few weeks later because of it.

The cop at my school is usually pretty cool about it, he'd lut us do burnouts all the time back when I ran car club.

 

[Camar068]

Been working on the used dashpad I've been working on. Wasn't sure if I should start another dash repair thread or throw it into the one that's already started. Admins please advise.

Anyway, pic heavy. I started with loc-tite's version of great stuff. As a final coat I decided to go with Total Boats Flex Epoxy. Seems to work very well and has a consistency of molasses. I almost wish I didn't use the "great stuff" at all. You can see the sink on the drivers side. I'll fill that in as well. I plan to put something in where the speakers were and fill it in. The pain in the ass is the transition from drivers side to passenger side.

This stuff takes about 24 hours to dry, so if you use it, cover as much as you can so the project doesn't drag out longer than needed. The kit was ~$60 on amazon. I'm currently just below the top of the label....so I've got plenty still.

I did take some of it that drained/pooled onto the work bench and tested it. Pretty firm but still a little flexible. I put the heat gun to it and it softened up really well. I could fold the 3" diameter piece back on itself without cracking. After cooling off it was again more rigid.

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[Camar068]

Also, don't go too far away from the repairs like I did in picture # 5.....your wasting product, unless you need to level out waves

 

[bucket]

The cop at my school is usually pretty cool about it, he'd lut us do burnouts all the time back when I ran car club.

He was a pretty nice guy, but it was the first year they ever had anyone watching over the lot, so he wasn't lenient at all. But he was in the school when I was walking out so I thought I'd be ok. I didn't figure on him walking out the door to see it in process, lol.

I always left mid-day and drove to the tech school that I also went to. The sheriff that watched the lot there, she would let just about anything slide. Even racing in the parking lot when it wasn't busy.

 

[78C10BigTen]

Nothin on the square but for the square. Spent the morning with the "mothers", looks pretty good.

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[HotRodPC]

Been working on the used dashpad I've been working on. Wasn't sure if I should start another dash repair thread or throw it into the one that's already started. Admins please advise.

Anyway, pic heavy. I started with loc-tite's version of great stuff. As a final coat I decided to go with Total Boats Flex Epoxy. Seems to work very well and has a consistency of molasses. I almost wish I didn't use the "great stuff" at all. You can see the sink on the drivers side. I'll fill that in as well. I plan to put something in where the speakers were and fill it in. The pain in the ass is the transition from drivers side to passenger side.

This stuff takes about 24 hours to dry, so if you use it, cover as much as you can so the project doesn't drag out longer than needed. The kit was ~$60 on amazon. I'm currently just below the top of the label....so I've got plenty still.

I did take some of it that drained/pooled onto the work bench and tested it. Pretty firm but still a little flexible. I put the heat gun to it and it softened up really well. I could fold the 3" diameter piece back on itself without cracking. After cooling off it was again more rigid.

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Somewhere around here, I'm pretty sure we have a similar write up about epoxy on dash pads or maybe it's bondo. But , we need to add these pics to that thread for comparison and other ideas. These will get lost in this thread.

 

[HotRodPC]

I found that thread. Just copied the pics to the end of that one. If you want to finish off @Camar068, the thread should be on top in the interior section.

 

[WebMonkey]

don't talk about car club!

 

[Itali83]

I took the control arms off to replace the upper and lower control arm bushings. Only took 2.5 hours to get both sides apart and off the truck. Now I realize why the previous owner did everything BUT these bushings. They’re about impossible to replace and install without the proper tooling. I fiddled around for a few hours only to get one set of lower bushings out and no way to put them back in without ruining the arms. I’m going to have to make some tooling or just try and buy the factory gm tooling. Maybe my local gm dealership still has the tool kit and possibly has someone there that knows how to use it and I can just drop my arms off and have them press out and in the new bushings. Was kind of a big bummer as everything was going so well getting the truck apart. 33 years old and every bolt, nut, and cotter pin just came right out with no struggle.

Oh well, I’ll get it, just more of a pain than I was hoping for.

Also hand polished the factory aluminum wheels. Came out ok but much better than they were. Thankfully there have NEVER been clamp on wheel weights on these wheels so the lip isn’t scarred up at all.
Ben

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[WebMonkey]

The cop at my school is usually pretty cool about it, he'd lut us do burnouts all the time back when I ran car club.

don't talk about car club!

 

[WebMonkey]

i put the historic vehicle plates on 'skidmark' and took a trip over to the unmanned state shooting range to pick up brass.
(about a 10 mile round trip and the first with the newly issued plates)

the new/reman/refurb/whatever carb 'tuned' for vacuum really woke that truck up on the highway.
with the aftermarket tach in the dash, i was more confident letting her eat without exploding.

those too tall/too wide tires have got to go though.
funny they got me out of a jam in a sand/silt creek bed.

 

[idahovette]

Ben, @Itali83 If you cut some small straps and weld them to the open side of the bushing area, it will keep it from collapsing when you press in the bushing

 

[AuroraGirl]

Made her earn her keep today. She hauled her new heart home

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I feel like thats a lot of squat for a half ton. I even had 1000 pounds of sand bags in my 96 f150 at the end of hte bed and it only evened out the truck.