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Jul 23, 2007 | 05:27 PM

bigun72

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-My Weekend Project-

Well this weekend since i had money and my truck has been running hot for about 2 months , i thought well i will fix it. So i put a new thermostat in , a new water pump on , and a new water outlet thang that goes on top of the thermostat , and painted my motor Grabber Green

. It turned out pretty good , and it dont run hot anymore. When i get the truck im tryin to buy right now , im gonna pull the motor out of my 77 and rebuild it and bore it , rebuild my transmission, and put some gears in my front & rearend, and paint my truck.

Here's a pic of the freshly painted motor.

Jul 23, 2007 | 05:29 PM

highboy1975

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From: southwest pa

well, if you like it. whatever floats your boat.

Jul 23, 2007 | 05:35 PM

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From: Chico

looks good, but you shpuld have taped off a little more stuff...

Jul 23, 2007 | 06:21 PM

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Where my sunglasses ?

I didn't go to that extreme back in 1990.

I just did the valve covers & oil pan.

Jul 23, 2007 | 06:50 PM

m78

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thats one h*** of a set of horns. do they work ?

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:07 PM

bigun72

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yea they work , its a set of Dixie Horns

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:09 PM

dirtjumper01

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I don't like it at all...why would you do that?

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Jul 23, 2007 | 07:16 PM

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theres my brothers 360 thats bored .040 over in his 69 f100 , we painted it to this weekend , but it has fresh rebuild and cam and alot of other crap. It looks a whole lot better than mine i will admit that , but he aint got alot of stuff under the hood like i do , so it makes it look a little better. but when i repaint mine , its gonna be blue like his.

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:22 PM

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i dont care what colors you paint your engine since its yours but i probably wouldnt paint your coil wire, vaccum, fuel lines or carb.

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:27 PM

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well it want be long and all that mess will be new , when i rebuild it

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:31 PM

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From: hohenwald, tn

its a better paint job versus my big block oil leaker. i'm a redneck too. i also have a shot gun and a 4x4. the 83 ranger 4x4 also leaks oil.

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:32 PM

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From: Chico

are u pulling the engine to repaint it?? if not be sure to tape off everything for the nice neat look and so you dont get over-spray on the stuff you dont want to paint.

Jul 23, 2007 | 07:38 PM

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From: Jackson,Tn

im gonna paint my truck when i got the motor out , so i can paint the firewall etc. the same color has my truck , and i will tape it off also .... this is just a quick paint job , i wasnt tryin to make it look perfect. But when i paint my motor when i rebuild it , im just gonna paint the valave covers & block , everthang else will be new aluminum stuff ....