What have you done to your square lately??

[TotalyHucked]

So I took the old girl in for inspection today. We have state run places you have to take your vehicle. They have long been known to hate anything not new or modified. Going every 2 years it is always a battle royal. Not today????
Did the lights horn thing and wipers and the guy says, your drivers stop light is not working, I will pass you. WTF Never in my life have I got such a break. I move on to emissions. High carbons, fail. The guy says, run it down the highway and heat it up and come back? Oh O.K., will do.
I run 15 miles down the highway and back, passing everything but the troopers, lol. Wait in line some more, pull in. He says did you run it? yes. Did you shut it off? no. He says excellent. He puts the anal probe back in the tail pipe. fail. rev it up, fail. Turn it off, repeat, fail. Supervisor comes over, what is the problem? I think here we go, I am screwed. Supervisor says, do it again and let me see you rev it up, higher, higher. Supervisor yells, I saw it go green you're good to go.
I am here to tell you that I do not believe for 1 minute that needle ever went into the green. It restored my faith in humanity for sure. Maybe it was karma for the 45 years of pain inflicted on me by those people, IDK. Anyways I got my 2 year sticker and hauled a$$ inside to pay.
Eric

Maybe I am finally getting cool old guy treatment?

That's awesome. When I had my '94 Mustang GT that had way too big a cam, longtubes with no converters and the wrong tune in it, we got lucky the same way. Didn't pass first try, dude said go fill it up with high test, run it hard for 30min and come back. Came back, he had me cut the line so the car was still good and hot and also ran it in 3rd gear instead of 4th. JUST passed. Dude chuckled and said "I've got a couple hot rods at home, I know how it goes". I gave him a nice tip once I was paid up.

 

[Fastduramax]

Kool Old Guy Treatment...

 

[gilby959798]

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I tweaked the 4wd indicator bushing with my buddy at his shop. Now it goes into the transfer case without any modifications with the factory detent spring and ball. It uses a switch like the backup light switch but requires the newer rails. I have 7 of these that I'm willing to sell. Unfortunately, they are not cheap to make with engineering, cnc set up and tooling. I have them listed at $75 per. Send me a message if you're interested. I know a couple said they were when I posted the 3d printed prototype.

 

[Ken B]

a lil blood letting lowers cholesterol and blood pressure,,,,,right? it gets replaced with new blood
hahahahaa

 

[jjester6000]

What have I done to me square lately?

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I beat the ever-living piss out of it chasing some tornadoes back on Sunday.

 

[84_c10_GMC]

Had a few minutes to burn before the wife got home and we have to head out for the New Year’s party. So out to the shop I go! Got rest of the fuel lines replaced under the truck and the lines to the tank prepped for the new liens I already have on the tank waiting to go back in. Hopefully do that this weekend.

 

[Old Guy Bill]

The Vehicle Emissions Testing requirements ended here in '03 but before that there was a lot of money made getting cars to pass the testing involved in it.

 

[KSSB]

Didn't take any pictures, but I got my headlight issue fixed today. Then like always, fixed one thing and caused more issues. My grille and headlight bezels on my 85 just started falling apart as I messed with my lights. I got those items ordered and headed this way. I also got my front shocks put on, but spun a wheel stud. So, I ordered new wheel studs as well.

I also got the lights fixed on my 85 square body pickup box trailer, and put new shocks on it, too.

 

[1STLS1]

So I finally got to drive it down the road today after starting an engine swap in May. After getting it out of the garage, it had an oil leak from what seemed like the oil cooler filter connection. Ordered a FelPro gasket set, installed, leaks worse. Take it apart, look it over carefully, reassemble with another new gasket kit, leaks. Order GM gasket kit, clean and installed, appears leak stopped but now have a new leak. It beat me for a month our so, finally felt like looking at it, could not tell where it was coming from. Bought dye and broke out the black light, the drips on the ground don't glow but the seepage near an oil cooler connection does....

It put oil in the torque converter cover from when the cooler gasket failed and when the converter would spin at higher RPMs, pull it over to the drain hole.... Some days you are just not supposed to win.

Swapping the steering box, welding the frame and the new steering shaft made an incredible difference, I had never driven a square like this one. It goes where I point it. Sometimes you don't realize how bad something is until you change it.

 

[84_c10_GMC]

So I finally got to drive it down the road today after starting an engine swap in May. After getting it out of the garage, it had an oil leak from what seemed like the oil cooler filter connection. Ordered a FelPro gasket set, installed, leaks worse. Take it apart, look it over carefully, reassemble with another new gasket kit, leaks. Order GM gasket kit, clean and installed, appears leak stopped but now have a new leak. It beat me for a month our so, finally felt like looking at it, could not tell where it was coming from. Bought dye and broke out the black light, the drips on the ground don't glow but the seepage near an oil cooler connection does....

It put oil in the torque converter cover from when the cooler gasket failed and when the converter would spin at higher RPMs, pull it over to the drain hole.... Some days you are just supposed not to win.

Swapping the steering box, welding the frame and the new steering shaft made an incredible difference, I had never driven a square like this one. It goes where I point it. Sometimes you don't realize how bad something is until you change it.

What steering box did you go with?

 

[WFarm]

Started out as a simple job: Remove front wheels and check brake pads. I’m doing the rear drum brakes so it was already on the lift so this wouldn’t take 10-15 minutes. That was the plan, until a lug nut seized and twisted the stud in two.

Everything came apart without too much fuss, and I pressed the broken stud out of the rotor with the hydraulic press. The press is one of those tools you don’t use very often but when you need it, like today, it’s great to have.

Now I’ll get a new stud, press it in, clean and paint a few things and put it back together.

Oh yeah, brake pads were fine………..

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[1STLS1]

What steering box did you go with?

Just a re man, I believe it was a AC Delco.

I forgot to add I installed a ORD steering brace too while it was apart. Again, I can't get over the difference everything made. The irony is I really didn't think the box, the coupler, or the frame was that bad.

 

[hoagster]

Just a re man, I believe it was a AC Delco.

I forgot to add I installed a ORD steering brace too while it was apart. Again, I can't get over the difference everything made. The irony is I really didn't think the box, the coupler, or the frame was that bad.

It doesn't take much just a little movement from a crack in the frame translates to a lot of movement in the steering! Throw in a couple bad bushings and death wobble rears it's ugly head.

 

[Travlr]

Just a re man, I believe it was a AC Delco.

I forgot to add I installed a ORD steering brace too while it was apart. Again, I can't get over the difference everything made. The irony is I really didn't think the box, the coupler, or the frame was that bad.

Had you (re)adjusted the old one?

 

[1STLS1]

Had you (re)adjusted the old one?

No but honestly, I didn't think it had excessive play. I had purchased the box for another truck I have and just decided to put it on since I was in there.