What have you done to your square lately??

[TotalyHucked]

That card trick works great, used it on my Jeep wheels and will probably do same on my C15 wheels.

It sure does! I've done it several times over the years. I've learned that with heavy metallic paint like this one, throwing the wheel/tire in a trash bag and cutting a hole works well for keeping the metallic off the sidewall. Otherwise it's hell to get off

 

[WFarm]

Dear Diary: Today I learned what a deck of cards was really made for. Not sure what other people use them for though.

 

[Redfish]

Boiled Linseed oil or Tung Oil work really nice as a preservative. Roll on a coat once/twice year. Mix with a little linseed based stain if you want a little color. These boards get a little drink on Tung Oil yearly.

Those boards were milled on a circle saw mill. Extremely cool.

And I Love that Truck.

 

[ChuckN]

Got a load of garden boxes from Lowe’s to build for the wife. Took her around town for a cruise. Then back to the garage while I work in the yard.

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[1STLS1]

The floors in my truck had deeply pitted surface rust from sitting with moisture under the carpet for a long time. I had tried wire brushes in a drill, various angle grinder discs and none really did a great job . All made a huge mess and required wearing a dust mask and washing up when done. Cruising the internet, I was looking at Evaporust and other similar items but some suggested using vinegar and leaving it soak. I didn't really believe this but had about a gallon of 30% vinegar left from trying to clean the windows so figured I would give it a try.

I covered the area with a thick shop paper towels, soaked the area with the vinegar and covered it with a plastic bag then went to bed for the night. This morning, I was really surprised at how well it worked. I did not take a before pictures but this should give you an idea of how large the area was.

I am doing a second soaking now to try and get the rest of the rust removed. I am calling this a win


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This is after I cleaned up the towels and rinsed the area, washed and wiped it with a cloth towel. Didn't try using a wire brush or anything to clean it better. The one video I watched showed using various vinegar strengths and showed plain household distilled white vinegar works about the same and is much more cost effective.

 

[brooksman9]

I think I used some POR-15 patch for a floor one time. Worked well but was a little expensive as are all their products. Fills in areas like that well.

 

[WFarm]

Shows and Cruise-Ins are starting up here. Went to a local Cruise-In this afternoon. Beautiful evening, temps in the 80s with a breeze.

The blue GTO belongs to a neighbor down the road. I saw him leave today and just knew where he was headin! That 57 Chevy was one of the nicest I’ve seen in a while.

All in all some nice cars and fine folks tonight.

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[WFarm]

Oh yeah. This guy too.

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[Turbo4whl]

Drove Hillbilly Deluxe home from school today & I'm more than satisfied with the ride from the 35 Patagonia & Rough Country 6" lift. Those came from a parts '91 Sub that I bought almost 2 years ago. Still have many things to finish but the project is coming together nicely.

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Do I see a '63 Galaxy behind that lifted 4x4?

I finally killed the TH350 last week. Time to upgrade so I picked a TH400 up this weekend to have built by a local guy. I only want to do this once so I'm trying to get rid of all the weak links in 1 shot. New driveshaft to be made with 1350 joints and maybe a new converter.

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Started today dropping the exhaust and pulling 1 of the headers. Hoping i can slide the trans out without pulling the other. I'm not looking forward to fighting the top 2 bellhousing bolts

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You "can not" get rid of weak links, only move them up or down on the food chain. There is always one weaker link. The correct way to control weak links is with your right foot, and your left foot if you drive a stick.

 

[JamesSam]

The floors in my truck had deeply pitted surface rust from sitting with moisture under the carpet for a long time. I had tried wire brushes in a drill, various angle grinder discs and none really did a great job . All made a huge mess and required wearing a dust mask and washing up when done. Cruising the internet, I was looking at Evaporust and other similar items but some suggested using vinegar and leaving it soak. I didn't really believe this but had about a gallon of 30% vinegar left from trying to clean the windows so figured I would give it a try.

I covered the area with a thick shop paper towels, soaked the area with the vinegar and covered it with a plastic bag then went to bed for the night. This morning, I was really surprised at how well it worked. I did not take a before pictures but this should give you an idea of how large the area was.

I am doing a second soaking now to try and get the rest of the rust removed. I am calling this a win


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With the plastic bag covering the area

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With the bag removed

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This is after I cleaned up the towels and rinsed the area, washed and wiped it with a cloth towel. Didn't try using a wire brush or anything to clean it better. The one video I watched showed using various vinegar strengths and showed plain household distilled white vinegar works about the same and is much more cost effective.

Awesome!

 

[Rustisbest]

You "can not" get rid of weak links, only move them up or down on the food chain. There is always one weaker link. The correct way to control weak links is with your right foot, and your left foot if you drive a stick.

If you say so lol. Nothing else is being done to the engine so the rest of the drivetrain will be more than enough for how I drive it.
I mean I guess i could've left a turd 305 in it and pu$$yfoot around worrying about mpg but that isn't any fun in my book

 

[Sgt Gus]

Put new interstate battery in her truck. She mentioned multiple times she doesn't like the green.
Installed new plug wires. Blue as requested.

 

[hoagster]

The floors in my truck had deeply pitted surface rust from sitting with moisture under the carpet for a long time. I had tried wire brushes in a drill, various angle grinder discs and none really did a great job . All made a huge mess and required wearing a dust mask and washing up when done. Cruising the internet, I was looking at Evaporust and other similar items but some suggested using vinegar and leaving it soak. I didn't really believe this but had about a gallon of 30% vinegar left from trying to clean the windows so figured I would give it a try.

I covered the area with a thick shop paper towels, soaked the area with the vinegar and covered it with a plastic bag then went to bed for the night. This morning, I was really surprised at how well it worked. I did not take a before pictures but this should give you an idea of how large the area was.

I am doing a second soaking now to try and get the rest of the rust removed. I am calling this a win


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With the plastic bag covering the area

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With the bag removed

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This is after I cleaned up the towels and rinsed the area, washed and wiped it with a cloth towel. Didn't try using a wire brush or anything to clean it better. The one video I watched showed using various vinegar strengths and showed plain household distilled white vinegar works about the same and is much more cost effective.

Mine was a little worse than that, once I got it cleaned up I used and 3m sandable, paintable sealer to smooth it all up. It wasn't perfect but look a lot better. Wish I knew about the vinergar thing would have saved a lot of wire wheel time.

 

[Sgt Gus]

Also, new pigtail on gauge temp sensor, with my fancy loom and heat shrink.
Truck gets average 235°. So got a temp gun to ck and going through all that. Topped off overflow tank, so sucking in a little more coolant yet.

 

[1STLS1]

Mine was a little worse than that, once I got it cleaned up I used and 3m sandable, paintable sealer to smooth it all up. It wasn't perfect but look a lot better. Wish I knew about the vinergar thing would have saved a lot of wire wheel time.

It was a first time for me, in the past I did it the same as you did but knew there had to be a better way. After the second soaking for about 3 hours, cleaned them up, wiped them down with metal prep which I believe turned anything left in to iron phosphate and used etching primer. I will paint them when I do the dash in the next week or so.

How have you been? How's the truck coming?