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Old Jun 29, 2014 | 06:35 AM
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You are peeling the layers on your onion pretty quickly! Well done.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2014 | 06:55 PM
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Scored a wiper **** off a Bronco today at the local pick a part. Was the only one I could find in the entire yard. Wiper ***** seem to be a rarity for some reason.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 03:37 PM
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Pulled the cowl panel off last night and cleaned the untold years of pine needles and dirt out of the fender wells. Didn't find any rust which is a good thing. Scored a proper grill from the local pick a part today along with a good kick panel and ignition switch too.




















 
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 03:38 PM
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Having a hard time finding a spare tire/wheel combo though that matches my existing wheels.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 04:19 PM
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Looks pretty clean. What wheels do you have?
 
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 04:37 AM
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Looks pretty clean. What wheels do you have?
Not sure. I think I saw the word Accuride on several of them after cleaning the backsides.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 07:08 AM
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I would guess that Accuride was a supplier to Ford.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2014 | 03:19 PM
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How she looks today:













Still looks almost as bad as the day I brought her home but it's what's underneath that counts.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2014 | 06:21 PM
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Yep. Rusty is, well, rusty. But he's got a heart of gold. I rebuilt the engine, the tranny is strong, the t-case is as well, all u-joints have been replaced, and the rear diff has been rebuilt. So, I really understand what you said.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2014 | 08:43 PM
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SCORE! Found an '84 tailgate today with all the hardware at the pick a part. I also found a good spare wheel which I literally stumbled over while hauling the tailgate back to the truck. Also picked up two newer gas fillers with the big tube in them to replace my old ones with the smaller tube and missing tube.






 
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Old Jul 5, 2014 | 09:11 PM
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Since I reset the timing the truck idles LOW when in drive too. I can't even hear the exhaust when I'm slowing down for a stop light or sign. I thought the truck died several times today while going to the pick a part but the idle was just way low.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2014 | 09:15 PM
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Sounds like it is running well if it'll hold a low idle. And good score on the parts.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:19 PM
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Got the filler tubes installed. The rear one fit perfectly. The front one doesn't have the right angle for the dually fender (if it were there) but works for now. Now for screw in gas caps...
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 09:21 PM
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What were those filler tubes out of?
 
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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Trackerrrr
SCORE! Found an '84 tailgate today with all the hardware at the pick a part. I also found a good spare wheel which I literally stumbled over while hauling the tailgate back to the truck. Also picked up two newer gas fillers with the big tube in them to replace my old ones with the smaller tube and missing tube.





Does anyone know where this big *** wheel is supposed to go when being stored?? Under the truck somewhere maybe??
My DRW F350 has an under bed spare carrier. I assume it is factory installed.
 
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