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Originally Posted by DBasher
Looking good Sean! Make a mess, clean the shed, make a mess, clean the shed...before you know it you're done and enjoying what you've built.
I heard back from the guy about the thing...he said McFarland is the only person he'd ever use and that he does do small projects. With that being said, I wonder how hard it really is...I'm sure you'll look it over when the parts show up and am willing to bet a dollar you'll be doing it yourself!
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Shed is a mess most days =) Thanks for checking on the the thing with the guy....I found a local guy and might give him a shot first. I dont have covers for the seats I need a guy to sew some up for me. I want a specific color and stitching. If it were just foams and covers I would totally do it myself.
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Originally Posted by waynieZ
Nice progress. The wheels look good on there.
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Thanks a bunch..
First of all, I got the T fitting for the coolant hose today so I installed that today and got the coolant all filled up and let the truck Idle and warm up, burped the cooling system and checked for leaks. All good. Took it for the first little trip around the block and all seems alright. It has a little tick to it, it sounds like its pretty normal with these engines. Messed around with that for a bit, jacked the truck up and set the Fuel pressure to 55 lbs base.
Second trip out of the garage netted a big burnout in front of the house =) truck is going to be damn fun. The manual is where its at for sure.
Stay focused Sean...stay focused.
Back on center console build. Got the sides connected together to finish up the frame work and it fits well.
Then cut this piece out to fit and heated it up with a torch to get it warm enough to bend and held it in place till it cooled.
Trimmed the top piece to fit the ends and tried the first test fit in car to mark the shifter location.
Cut the hole for the shifter and all lined up really well. Console is turning out awesome. I am not sure what I am doing up front but its getting cup holders right behind the shifter I know that for sure. I kind of like the super clean simple look of it and dont know if I want to mess it up with stuff. Maybe just do a really cool double french stitch right up the middle of the flat panel
View from the drivers seat..
Truck has come a long way since I started it in September....
=)
Hope to pick up some steel tomorrow so I can build the seat brackets.
Sean