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New one to me;I installed the door baffles after a hood cleaning. That is another step. I have the passenger side door handle sanded and painted. Paint is drying. Take Care. View attachment 932508
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You're not kidding. I yanked my bed liner out this morning. Slower than a grinder, but just as effective.View attachment 932626 The vent is located behind these slats in each door. It allows the pressure to release when the windows are all closed and you shut the doors. It also allows air pressure in the cab to escape during running the fan when all the windows are closed. Most old Chevys dont need any help allowing the air to escape. Rust holes do that.
Will you still sell Little Red?My experience has been put nothing on the floor and just keep it painted. But I have also had great success with Line X. I had a DIY brush in liner and had terrible results. A false sense of protection that failed in a few years and took me months to clean and repair and in the end I had LineX sprayed in it. My current build I am planing on covering in a rubber mat for OEM purpose. I hope it has a dry life and I am able to keep it dry and original. I had the M1009 Mule floor painted in CARC 686 Tan and had about 5 hood coats on that floor. It held up well and it eventually rusted thru from the bottom side. Once they start rusting it is an up hill battle. Rust never sleeps. Do your best to hold it off but it eventually wind in the end.
And all this time I thought the cold air coming in around my window crank was just free CUCV air-conditioningView attachment 932626 The vent is located behind these slats in each door. It allows the pressure to release when the windows are all closed and you shut the doors. It also allows air pressure in the cab to escape during running the fan when all the windows are closed. Most old Chevys dont need any help allowing the air to escape. Rust holes do that.
Good ?Will you still sell Little Red?
I don't see any severe damage on anything. Worse case is that the freeze plugs are corroded. Nothing seen so far is shocking. Mainly I was looking to improve the cosmetics under the hood and on the engine and should have done that before painting. But I didn't and I will deal with it in my own way. As long as it is in my barn it is in the time capsule. This is an improvement nothing more. It runs perfect and the throttle response was not what I wanted but I would have run a few tanks of fuel thru it and then decided if I wanted the injection pump rebuilt. increase in RPM's was no trouble when you left off it stumbled and stalled. Expected from something that was sitting as long as this has been sitting. But there is NOT anything SEVERELY damaged. I drove up the road on a wooden stool several times over the past 25 years. It shifted and ran fine. I am not worried just doing it right so when I take it for a 100 mile run it runs perfect. Have a Great Day.Green HD Truck Coolant is the way to go.
An old vehicle needs to run and drive regularly otherwise it will get severely damaged internally by standing, dozens of cold starts and just idling. It is how it is.
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