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    Anyone ever used Monstaliner on dash pad or door panels?

    I don’t have any close ups of the finish on my jeep but I did find the same Monstaliner finish I did with the leftovers on our tundras fender flares. It kinda shows the smooth roughness I’m talking about. It held up very well, no fading, and flexed on the plastic fenders for the 4 years while we...
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    Anyone ever used Monstaliner on dash pad or door panels?

    Title says it all. After seeing lots of great dash restorations here, I’m curious how well spray paint is holding up in the sun over the years? I Monstaliner’d my cj5 interior years ago and was very pleased with its look, feel, and how it was kinda smooth textured vs gritty. Made me wonder if it...
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    Leaky steering box cause hydroboost brakes to drag?

    Title mostly describes it, but I’m having trouble wrapping my head around the possible physics/mechanics of this issue. 1981 chevy k30 crew cab srw. Off-road designs rear disc conversion. Ive resealed the hydroboost unit with a seal kit, bled the brakes (mostly I hope....slight chance of bubble...
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    Best $6 I ever spent.

    Very creative, great job thinking outside the box! Make this a sticky!
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    Speedo gone wild

    Could the same problem of a gummed up cable cause the opposite symptoms? My speedo works from 0-50mph pretty well then faster than that, it’s jumping all over from 55-85.
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    Trucks with factory Blue

    Here’s the tag...also terrible shape.
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    Trucks with factory Blue

    Here’s a pic of my ‘81 k30. Sticker reads either 23L or 23V, not sure how to interpret this. Either search lists “med blue”. Even though the paint is in terrible shape, I love the color. Someday it will get repainted in the same shade.
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    Burnt valve 350...fix or swap to 383, 454, 6bt?

    As a personal note, I wanted to close up this post with what I actually ended up doing. It’s only more than a year later . My dad had a ‘97 vortec 350 that I robbed the heads off of. They cleaned up well, and I bolted them on with new gaskets and an edelbrock vortec intake. Fired it up for the...
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    First engine project...swap just vortec heads onto old block or swap entire vortec?

    hello everyone, please pardon the dumb questions for my first swap here. My 81 K30 crew has a 350 with bad valves in both heads and I have a trip coming up in about a month that I really need to be able to use my own truck instead of putting someone else out. I have a free, was running well, 97...
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    Hydroboost and right rear dragging

    I just wanted to give an update to this situation. I flushed the system and replaced the old proportioning valve. Not sure if this made a huge difference, but I had a disc/drum valve in before, then switched to a disc/disc by removing the rubber plunger from the rear line output as shown...
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    Burnt valve 350...fix or swap to 383, 454, 6bt?

    The 86 parts truck would never be registered again, unless I’m misunderstanding you, so no worries there. Back fees only apply if not renewed within 7 years. After 7, it’s s new title. At least that’s how it’s worked in the past with the motorcycles I’ve restored. I’d pull the big block and...
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    Burnt valve 350...fix or swap to 383, 454, 6bt?

    Considering your reply, I forgot to mention, this was a factory diesel, so no smog! Very thorough though, and valuable info. Thanks. My plan with the bbc would be no smog stuff, so just an intake initially, then mild cam, headers, and oval heads or other good flowing units, nothing crazy...
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    Burnt valve 350...fix or swap to 383, 454, 6bt?

    hey guys, I just gotta say first off, you all are a fantastic group of individuals. I’ve asked a few questions already to get my 81 CCLB project up to speed, and they’ve all been met with a high degree of human decency that lacks at other sites...you all know where I mean. To the question! I...
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    Hydroboost and right rear dragging

    Calipers are both napa remans, less than a month old
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    Hydroboost and right rear dragging

    Thanks for the ideas guys. It has discs in the rear, and the rear lines are brand new as well. I did NOT do a system flush and I know that’s an easy first step. I also did not double check to see if the pads are hanging up on the slides. I need to do these basic first steps, so I’ll report back...
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