Recent content by volaredon

That puts me 2-1/2 years away from losing my tax bill I agree sign me up

I'll tell ya what Id so much rather my current daily driver had a 318 in it over the 4.7POS that it does have. It would definitely pull my camper better if it did

I had plenty of doggy 70s doggy 360s that couldn't get out of their own way any faster than a 318 could in the otherwise same vehicle. But I spent a lot less money on gas with the 318. Alot. And it didn't take me any longer to get where I had to go than if id had a 360. And 340s?;Those have...

don't know. Im gonna have to find out on both my 83 (which is getting a '90 cab) and my 85. I've heard they resell "some" Precision brand weatherstrip (which I've also heard that some of which they offer, really aren't "precision made") and you can get those "right from the horses mouth"...

I've ended up having to cut the gasket on them when they get that old (hard/brittle/ no longer pliable) and have to get new gasket. It's been a LONG TIME since I installed one of these though and all I'm hearing about is doom and gloom about how crappy the current replacement windshield gaskets...

About like sweating new copper pipe to old copper pipe.. I can sweat new copper all day but had problems when sectioning in new to old. I always had to go back to the last soldered joint on the system and start back from there. Until I discovered silver solder. Once I found that, new copper, old...

the farther I go, the farther behind I get.... Every time I think "I'm close, only 2 more things and its done" I uncover more crap. I had a lead on a supposedly solid rust free cab via MP only 6 hours away for a good price. I can only hope that cab would have actually turned out to be a POS...

well, gettin close to done with this cab finally. The welding is gettin easier, beads looking better, weld penetration looking more like the demo's I had to watch years ago when I took a few welding classes (never could get that right, back then) less grinding and rewelding another pass as I...

Yup. We used to have a great car quest the next town away. Then advance bought them and ruined the chain, ran them in the ground. Advance auto sucked before and they're no better now.

Be sure to use imported junk for your smashing "guinea pig". Toyota's kia's Hyundai, Nissan, honduh etc

I have. Each of the 2-3 times I've ever tried tig has been on aluminum

Had an 86 Ford 5 ton Louisville series truck that I had to make a pan for, I used a retired "road construction ahead" sign, a solid 48"x48" solid sheet of aluminum. I drilled and pop riveted that in a few years ago (I still don't know anyone who can weld steel to aluminum) I then used a couple...

On my 78 d300 dually I used to have, I cut 6 pieces of sheet metal and welded those in to make a floor pan. back then I had to bend the seat riser separate from the rest rather than hand forming it out of 1 pc like I've since learned to do. anyway, on that 78 after welding in the home made...

I wish I could Tig. Strangely I'm actually pretty good with oxyfuel setup and hand feeding rod that way but can't seem to keep the tungsten tip out of the puddle.

Id post these at the "sister" truck site but that site everyone sleeps, there's little action over there.... And what action there is, most are also members here anyway.