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Old 05-05-2014, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by WarriorAce
Today I finished my dash project. I had a wicked curling dash that had even popped the "repair kit". Thinking I couldn't make it look worse...I cut the old foam out, it mostly crumbled away and them fabbed a 1/16" Checkerplate cover for the dash. Painted it matte black and screwed it on. I'm pretty happy with it.
That actually looks pretty good! I like it!
 
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Old 05-05-2014, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by WarriorAce
Today I finished my dash project. I had a wicked curling dash that had even popped the "repair kit". Thinking I couldn't make it look worse...I cut the old foam out, it mostly crumbled away and them fabbed a 1/16" Checkerplate cover for the dash. Painted it matte black and screwed it on. I'm pretty happy with it.
Looks good, very utilitarian! I would've went with counter-sunk screws, so they'd be flush with the surface, but other than that, looks good!
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 05:31 AM
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my dash is curled pretty bad.. i just pretend it is supposed to look that way.
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 08:14 AM
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truck wouldnt turn over when i left work, first thing i checked was fuel pressure and i had none... checked the fuel pump fuse, that was good. flipped up the carpet and man-forced up the cover to the fuel pump bc i had no tools. someone had been in there before, only two screws were holding it on and the pump did not look original. unplugged and plugged back in the electrical connector for the fuel pump, BAM fuel pump works again.

i swapped out one of my rear jump seats with a buddy last night, so i got home, and mounted my CO2 tank in that spot today. also replaced one of the exhaust hangars so my magnaflow isnt floating under the center of the truck, and greased the rear driveshaft and ujoint at the tcase end.

That looks familiar. :P
How did you mount the tank bracket?
I'll be doing the same on the driver side obviously.
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 09:08 AM
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through bolted. drilled through the floor, straight through the carpet all lazy like.
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 11:36 AM
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through bolted. drilled through the floor, straight through the carpet all lazy like.
Nice! Exactly what I was thinking of doing.
Hahaha
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 11:58 AM
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The counter sunk screws would be good idea for sure. The problem I had was it was only 1/16" plate to not much to counter sink into and I needed bolts if I had any hope of getting a tool on them. I suppose if I took the windshield out....

Thanks for the kind words.
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 12:21 PM
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Plate dash looks cool, won't the black without venting cook what's under it though?
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 05:48 PM
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changed the oil in both diffs and the tcase. when i unscrewed the rear diff drain plug oil exploded out like it was under pressure.. maybe the breather is clogged? idk, i didnt check. oil came out the front diff normally. when i drained my tcase the fluid came out red, so either someone filled it with tranny fluid bc they were misinformed, or the seal between the tcase and trans is bad... i'm hoping that is not that case as i never noticed anything out of place on the dipstick.
 
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Old 05-06-2014, 11:07 PM
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Fitted a Saginaw p series pump. Need to clean up the return line a bit and figure out belt length. Pretty pleased so far.
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