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  1. Budbeater

    Junk yard find

    My truck is an 82 GMC crew cab. I am in the process of rebuilding alot of it. What shape is the interior in? What color? I might be interested in interior parts...ods and ends because the running gear on my truck is solid.
  2. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    Well, the truck is back on the road again. I have now started on rebuilding the interior. Since the truck is over 30yrs old it has seen its better days. I replaced the drivers door 18 months ago, but barely got the new weather stripping in. I also rebuilt the door panel and replaced the...
  3. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    And finally one of a closeup of the new toy. I upgraded every fastner when possible. There is new grade 8 or stainless hardware at every point. I also added an additional bolt on each side from the bracket to the frame. I didnt think that two bolts a side was enough. They were beefy, but I...
  4. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    Here is a photo showing that I gained some interesting clearance up front.
  5. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    These photos are of the front and rear bumpers. The front one came off my 71 Chev and the back one came with this truck. Now that they are mounted and painted they match...almost like I meant to do that.
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    Back with a different truck

    Winch ON! Ok here goes. Going to see how many photos I can get up tonight. This first one is of the fire that started this whole debacle.
  7. Budbeater

    Sea Foam

    I just added it to my truck. I put it in to clean the fuel system since the truck has been sitting for a while. As I sat there and let the truck run I was amazed. The sound of the truck changed. It ran quieter and smoother the longer the treated fuel went through it. The friend that...
  8. Budbeater

    Friend had Old Toyota stolen, state wants him to pay a fine to get it back.

    About two weeks ago my friend got his toyota truck stolen. It was for sale, stored at his father's business behind a locked fence. As he had not driven it for quite a while it was not registered or insured. Someone broke in. They stole his truck. He immediately reported it as stolen. The...
  9. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    It has to be, since it is attached to a stealth invisible truck. ;) Ill get pics. It is just a pain because I cant load them direct to the site from my phone.
  10. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    I have the winch mounted! :D I will have to wait for the weekend to mount the control box since I couldn't use the supplied mounting bracket. What I did instead is modified the bracket from my old winch to give the box a different mounting position. It should turn out well. I have to drill a...
  11. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    Ill get some pics up by this weekend. I had a major setback today... I bought a new winch :D I figure that photos of a winch bumper without a winch on a 4x4 forum is almost grounds for a ban, so I will complete the install and add some photos. I did find something cool though. I found...
  12. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    I guess there isn't much love for a truck that came equipped with what other toys aspire to add. Yup, this long wheel base monster came with some of the best hardware ever put under a factory truck. First off it is a 454 bigblock. With a couple of modifications, I put out at the rear wheels...
  13. Budbeater

    Back with a different truck

    I registered here years ago under the name "Bud beater" because of my ride, a red and white 1971 long bed Chev ¾ton that had been pinstriped to look like an old school Budweiser can. Well, that truck blew a head gasket years ago, was stripped of the useable parts, and the rust was sent to...
  14. Budbeater

    Warn M8000 winch with roller fairlead.

    I am interested in the M8000 if it is clean and in good shape. How is the cable?
  15. Budbeater

    My Heros

    I want to offer a special thanks to several members here who just might have saved my life. Last week I posted up a want add for a "Steering Knuckle" for a Dana 60. Showing great restraint several members took the time to help me pull my head out of my butt and educate me as to what I was...
  16. Budbeater

    Alcohol for high altitude leanout?

    I tried the E85 last Saturday and it seemed to work well. I traveled to 9000 feet with no alsohol and then put the E85 in the tank. On the climb up you could feel the power loss and could start to see some black smoke as we got to altitude. There was hesitation at lower RPM and you had to use...
  17. Budbeater

    Alcohol for high altitude leanout?

    Greg, I went and bought the E85 today :) got to love that alcohol/race fuel smell. Thanks for the idea! It is the first time I have smelled it. I can't wait to smell it in my truck. I am working on some tuning information that I use to tune my Carter/Edelbrock carbs that hopefully can...
  18. Budbeater

    Alcohol for high altitude leanout?

    Taco: Luddite, maybe but consider... In fact it takes skill to harness the power found in a carburator. Sensors, computers, and injectors are for people with little to no mechanical skill that have no intention of doing proper maintenence on something like a mechanical carburator. In the...
  19. Budbeater

    Alcohol for high altitude leanout?

    Greg and Bobmed Thanks for the input guys. In drag racing we use teflon lined fuel lines to run race alcohol, and alcohol carbs are prepped with diferent seals that gasoline carbs, so I was aware of the need for different lines or straight alcohol or high concentrations of alcohol. I have to...
  20. Budbeater

    Alcohol for high altitude leanout?

    Greg, Thanks that is exactly the thought process I have been going through. Where do you get ethanol locally? (Ogden area or Weber/Davis Counties) As for the comments on the TB EFI swap. That is exactly the productive type of commentary I was looking for... :( Ever try to limp a EFI...
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