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Offline Lookin4_67GalaxieConv

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2022, 07:59:28 PM »
Elroy always does great work.
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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2022, 06:32:22 PM »
Elroy is fortunate that the spare tire hoist was not seized.

You mean this marvel of stamped sheet steel ?

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #17 on: September 13, 2022, 06:18:18 PM »
Now's the time to spot in a few places. It really is beyond regular maintenance. You got to do that stuff every 20 years or so.

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #18 on: September 13, 2022, 06:46:03 PM »
Now's the time to spot in a few places. It really is beyond regular maintenance. You got to do that stuff every 20 years or so.
What's Elroy spotting? Previous spot welds that have come apart?

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2022, 06:50:22 PM »
There was a thin spot in the frame where the last cross member was welded in at the factory. GM burned it in real hot. It was thin and rusted through.

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2022, 07:08:43 PM »
Elroy is fortunate that the spare tire hoist was not seized.

You mean this marvel of stamped sheet steel ?
That would be it.  Cutting the metal piece that hold the tire without damaging the wheel was not fun but the only way to get the spare off and out of the way.
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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2022, 07:18:06 PM »
Had to cut one off the nephew's truck serval years ago. That was one reason this one came out for service.

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2022, 08:43:10 PM »
The saga continues

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2022, 03:06:56 PM »
sloppy spray can work is best  :-*

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2022, 03:14:59 PM »
that looks a lot better

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Re: Beyond Regular Maintenance
« Reply #25 on: September 26, 2022, 08:17:31 PM »
Nice work!

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