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I’m glad I went with your suggestion on those F150 seats that are going in next pig. They are wrapped up in shop to protect new upholstery job. Ready for install!

Comfortable the entire way!
 
riderjgs said:
Damn things wear like iron. Bought ‘em on closeout from Specter. Had the front bench cover redone to cover the F150 captains chairs when my sore A$$ finally had enough of that miserable front bench.
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I’m still rocking that front bench. Those captain seats look amazing.
 
Hank Tank said:
I’m still rocking that front bench. Those captain seats look amazing.
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Found mine cheap based on Jim’s recommendation. Have shoulder belt built it, manual recline and all.

Pleased now that we went this route now that my ass just spent many hours in them. I want to say they were 2003-2006sh F150 seats.
 
greenbeast said:
Found mine cheap based on Jim’s recommendation. Have shoulder belt built it, manual recline and all.

Pleased now that we went this route now that my ass just spent many hours in them. I want to say they were 2003-2006sh F150 seats.
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“If some is good, more is better and too much is just about right.” - Spehar Bros motto equally applicable to guns, guitars, whiskey, horsepower, rib eyes etc.

Always wished I’d found the power versions like those in the ‘04 F150 I drove for a while that inspired my choice. Wait til you check out the exotic mounting system. Oem outside Pig pedestals and 18-inches of angle iron bolted through the floor on the inside. Sometimes we overthink that kind of stuff. Kinda like automotive design engineers who’ll never have to r&r what they dream up.
 
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greenbeast said:
I’m glad I went with your suggestion on those F150 seats that are going in next pig. They are wrapped up in shop to protect new upholstery job. Ready for install!

Comfortable the entire way!
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And the right amount of room for the 60 series console in between.
 
It’s take your pig to work day! Hour commute each way all highway. Getting tagged today also.

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Small hiccup yesterday. Kim and I drove her to Stillwater for the OSU Arkansas football game. 4-5 miles away on highway she started missing some. I immediately went to Napa and she died pulling in.

I swapped fuel filter in parking lot hoping that would cure our issues. Got to game fine (only 15 away since we were early).

2 OT game and I couldn’t leave early, or I wasn’t going to. Leave and she started missing again so back to NAPA thinking it was fuel pump. No fuel pump with high enough psi in stock. Earlier they had given name of local guy to Arkansas fan whose Mercedes sprinter van broke its belt which really sucked for him and 8 guys he brought.

I didn’t know that was who was chatting with me as I was under the pig but after we chatted some and he gave me his number.

She wouldn’t restart and some friends picked us up to take us home. NAPA folks were awesome told me leave her in front where they had camera and light would be right on her.

Called fella who said he would take a look at her as soon as he got back from Tulsa. Dropped keys at his construction shop south of town. He called me later and said he drove it to shop, identified pump was fine and figured out it was ground for fuel pump which he is going to fix. He gave it good look over and said he was very impressed with the build (testament to Jim and Bonnie doing it right). Fuel flow with TBI was as it should be and he didn’t note any other issues or faults at all.

Love how it brought out the good in folks. This nice guy does mechanic stuff on weekends but apparently is super talented. He recently rebuilt some 1990 Land Rover with rare diesel engine and although I’m not a LR fan it did look pretty cool.

He is going to hold onto her until next weekend when I’ll go back up and pick her up.

I think best thing is I learned some likely valuable info on this one for if and when it happens again.
 
You’ll have receipts for fuel pumps in those build files I sent you. That’ll give you part numbers but I believe late 80s/early 90s GM TBI engines are low pressure. 9-14 lbs if my aging memory is correct. You have a used spare and new filters in the parts we loaded up. That pump was a little noisy so I swapped it.
Tell the mechanic thanks for the compliment. I’ll pass it along to my buddy Blake. I was concepts and I mostly handed him wrenches and Budweiser and followed directions. He was details.
 
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riderjgs said:
You’ll have receipts for fuel pumps in those build files I sent you. That’ll give you part numbers but I believe late 80s/early 90s GM TBI engines are low pressure. 9-14 lbs if my aging memory is correct. You have a used spare and new filters in the parts we loaded up. That pump was a little noisy so I swapped it.
Tell the mechanic thanks for the compliment. I’ll pass it along to my buddy Blake. I was concepts and I mostly handed him wrenches and Budweiser and followed directions. He was details.
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Yeah highest flow NAPA had was up to 7 so wasn’t going to work but I’m sure after ground repaired we’re good for another 50,000 miles!
 
Pigeaten said:
Budweiser? Must be related to Ron
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No accounting for taste! There are pictures of Ron walking out of a convenience store with a suitcase of Coors during the SD Pig Party. Not much of an “improvement.”
 
Nothing wrong with yellow bellies I hope??
 
J Mack said:
I'll take your aging memory as fact 100% of the time and never lose money on that bet!
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Careful, James. You’ll find out all too soon things get tricky…many crashes at the intersection of Memory and Imagination!
Hedge your bets.
 
Picking up Bonnie Friday evening. Fella went ahead and put new fuel pump on to cover all bases. Cannot wait to bring her home.
 
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