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  1. Grit dog

    Hood

    Nope
  2. Grit dog

    Enumclaw

    learned a new word….thanks! Haha Enumclaw is a town here that has a cruise once a month. And no, didn’t go. But we do sometimes. Only 20 min from the house on farm roads.
  3. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    That’s the best idea/hack I’ve seen in a while! I always struggle to get a consistent line around a rim with a tire on it.
  4. Grit dog

    Wheel almost fell off while driving…help

    How many miles on that setup before the last 2 times it was worked on? And there would be no need to remove the front wheels for an alignment and no need to remove the rear wheels for either repair, so if 3 wheels were loose, at least 1 was rear tire. If the truck is new to you, could be wrong...
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    Just want to make shure im reinstalling new control arms correctly.

    Ha! While most of us are just wasting company time, you can totally justify your on the clock participation as Marketing/business development!
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    Just want to make shure im reinstalling new control arms correctly.

    Get back to work! Lol
  7. Grit dog

    Painting rally wheel rim

    Absolutely. I’ve only done black on a past truck, but color matched wheels can look super cool.
  8. Grit dog

    Fusible link burned.

    Could be. You melted something together in the headlight circuit that is causing a bit of a live short. Headlight switches are cheap if that’s it. Or maybe cheap Chinese relay in the headlight relay kit. The cheap kit I bought is junk. I could see melting a relay over time.
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    Painting rally wheel rim

    Even if he was painting 5 wheels he wouldn’t need more than a pint at most of etching/epoxy/dtm primer. It’s 1 dusting and 1 light to med coat, just enough to cover. For comparison, I only used slightly more than a gallon (maybe 5-6 qts sprayable) of filler primer also thinned for sealer on an...
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    Painting rally wheel rim

    You can use spray bomb etching or dtm primer and paint. It will be fine. Not as good as good paint or powder coat. Yes of course you want to put “something” on the inside of the rim. Would be silly to just let it rust instantly and perpetually. I’d just order a can or 2 of what you need off...
  11. Grit dog

    Oil sending unit hole issue

    Male Allen socket back to square drive from the socket on the pipe plug is a solid reverse engineer to get it back to something you can us an impact on if it’s stuck stuck.
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    Engine Stalling - Bad EVAP/Charcoal Canister?

    Well if the accelerator pump wasn’t working and now it is and it cured the repeatable issue, that was likely the issue. Not sure how to address your other concern about the venting and how your fuel system is setup as per your descriptions there now aren’t issues there. I don’t think you...
  13. Grit dog

    Did they mess up belts?

    Do you mean an air pump? Have you compared to an OE belt routing diagram for your model? That’s assuming your setup is still OE configuration. Surprised shop lets you byop. (Bring your own parts)
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    My thoughts on spare alternators

    I guess, conversely, I thoroughly enjoy driving any number of “new cars” when sitting in traffic for a couple hours a day in the rain, or making that weekly road trip across state at 5am, or towing….anything, or the heated seats and wheel when it’s 0 deg outside. Have had a few infotainment...
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    Rear wheels on k20?

    Kinda looks like what @bucket said. But it is a FF axle. And it appears to be a 3/4 ton based on the springs if they are untouched. Not sure what craziness is going on exactly though. What’s the front axle/hubs/wheels look like? Bottom line, doesn’t really matter other than it may/does have...
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    My thoughts on spare alternators

    The real point is, if you’re drivin old cars or bombers like we often do, have to be prepared for some issues. Or some significant delays or tow bills That’s why the average person can’t handle an old car because any/every little issue is a significant setback to them. Thank goodness for that...
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    My thoughts on spare alternators

    Of course it’s conditionally dependent, but fun fact, a 5.3 Chevy will run on a fresh battery from Seattle and Vancouver BC and start up again to get to the alternator store. Of course all other electrical draws were turned off. Now let’s talk about parts store alternators. 1 have a 2 in 7...
  18. Grit dog

    Truck Size

    Ya presuming these are observations not complaints. The interior room and size of new trucks is great imo.
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    Please Help me save some paint. Wax coating, what to use,etc

    Brand specific isn’t really important. Especially in your case as that paint will polish very easy. Meguisrs and others make polish and compound. I use 3M because that’s what I have and a quart of each is good for multiple vehicles. You don’t need much unless you’re buying for multiple jobs. So...
  20. Grit dog

    Please Help me save some paint. Wax coating, what to use,etc

    Fwiw id test compound first. It may erase the paint too fast. Although it would do better at shining up the bare metal much quicker.
  21. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Uh oh….
  22. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Weird. The high beam indicators didn’t work on the new 77. I was like bummer not tearing the dash apart for that. Then about a week later they started working…. Perfect.
  23. Grit dog

    Please Help me save some paint. Wax coating, what to use,etc

    That’s some beautiful patina. I’d shine it up with some fine polish and a buffer and hit it with some patina stuff or linseed oil if it ain’t shiny enough!
  24. Grit dog

    Please Help me save some paint. Wax coating, what to use,etc

    If you haven’t visited the car care aisle at the Vato Zone for 30 years, it might be time! If you’re trying to keep an unprotected vehicle with old soft thin paint shiny and protected from the elements, your money is best spent on a car cover. JMO.
  25. Grit dog

    Please Help me save some paint. Wax coating, what to use,etc

    What pics? Are you parking it outdoors? Can’t fix thin paint. But I’d not use any sort of paste wax that requires polishing off. There are too many good spray n wipe waxes that work fine and don’t take any paint with them when you wipe the car down. Or just do poppy’s patina.

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