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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    No work done on the truck. But I did decide to look and see if there was still paint under all the mud today.
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    The old girl started running like a hammered dog turd yesterday, and I didn't think it was going to get back home. It finally did. No check engine light so I figured it had to be fuel, I pulled the filter off. I am pretty sure that it was the factory filter.
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    If you give a gorilla crayons and tell him to draw a schematic. Now I just need a dry place to work. And if you need professional drawings done....
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    No work on the truck, because the truck has had to work.
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    Paused for a glamor shot in front of Mt. Asphalt. And brought home 10,000 pounds of old roads.
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    BettyBlue

    So One final update. I have a badly trashed back. And while I love driving a 5 speed, it doesn't love me. Lifting my left foot over and over kills my back. I pretty much stopped driving BB about a year or so ago. I kept it around because I loved the old truck so much. However, a neighbor loved...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    Yesterday morning we headed down to the scrap yard. I had a full day booked and no time for nonsense. Of course, the truck had other plans. The drivers front brake started grinding. It was just going to have to grind. I had brand new rotors on the parts truck so I could replace them when I got...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    And from today. And now on IT'S A WORK TRUCK NOT A SHOW TRUCK, the epic saga of one man's demented determination to beat a truck into submission. This morning, Heath and I went to the scrap yard. On the way back the dash nearly fell out of #7. These GMT400 trucks had a major flaw in the dash...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    Yesterday ( about a week after the last post) we went out to put the steering box on #7. Since the tie tie rod ends on Moby were brand new we stole those and put them on. While I was under the truck I saw the water pump was leaking, so I sent Steph to get one while Heath and I put the steering...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    Got the roof rack put on. Mostly because we needed somewhere to put the wagon to go to the airshow tomorrow.
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    We got all the tune up parts for #7, so we went out to tune it up. To prove how well these old TBI engines run, this engine has not been tuned up ever. The parts I took off today were all factory installed as far as I can tell. 133.000 miles on factory ignition parts. When we pulled off...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    So I can't resist even with a mangled finger. After ruining the lexan, I had to find another material. While I was poking around I found an old license plate sticking out of the mud, joys of having a 7 year old mechanic. After cutting teh size I needed, I realized that my buddy has not...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    Repeat my mantra with me. It is a work truck, not a show truck. It is a work truck, not a show truck. It is a work truck, not a show truck.... So I said we would be taking some time off, but I got bored. So we didn't The wife went out and pulled the emergency lights out of the old truck. I...
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    Old #7 - OR -Building a work truck

    EDIT: Since I am copying this from another website ( yes I forgot to put it on here) I will include the other things too. This was an unusual day. No work on the work truck, but the work truck had to work. We got the F250 back from the shop Friday where it got a new fuel pump. Saturday we...

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