That stuff is like smelling salts… amazing polish, but don’t stick your nose near that open jar! Good God Almighty!
Painting an 85 Copper 60 (with headliner install video)
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Put the front back together. Have confirmed with Nate the great @mattressking that he will be spending the weekend of the 10th here at my place. Stoked as the smog/intake system expert is going to help me get this motor sorted.
Sick wheel/tire set up!!
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Ha...you like them. Just picked those up the other week. Got a great deal on them and could not pass it up
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I have to come clean...Those rims and tires are actually the property of @BigHighBlue
He's trialing a set of 31's that go with this copper truck. I will say if I was to keep this truck, I'd already have a set of those rims on order along with the 33 skinnies. it's a really good look IMO.
He's trialing a set of 31's that go with this copper truck. I will say if I was to keep this truck, I'd already have a set of those rims on order along with the 33 skinnies. it's a really good look IMO.
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Had some great help this last weekend from Nate @mattressking to dial in this motor. He swapped to another intake/exhaust manifold, went through the carb and then double checked it a few times. I learned a ton about the stock intake and smog system. What we found in the end is the motor runs well with the EGR blocked off. We are working on next steps. In the meantime I’m parking it as I have three other cruisers I need to get work done for other owners. Here’s a video of where things are at with it as well as Nate putting in the work. Big thank you ma man.
RevISK
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Nice.
What was wrong with the manifold? Vacuum leak?
When you blocked off the EGR did you cap the ports or do it some other way?
Ian
What was wrong with the manifold? Vacuum leak?
When you blocked off the EGR did you cap the ports or do it some other way?
Ian
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Hey Ian, so neither manifold set up leaked. We tore the first one off so we could start from the head and work our way out. Used a block off plate for the EGR port on the manifold. Will keep that on there until I come up with a solution. Working through two manifold setups we tested everything as we worked our way from the head out to a completely functioning smogged setup. Once all vac sources were 100% in place the truck would fall on its face. Then in each scenario we only blocked off the EGR and it purrs.
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I need to explore a partial desmog at a minimum. As I chase vacuum leaks my issues are getting better but still present. The AFM on the 62 is suspect and I'm not convinced the EGR is perfect either.
Also, my illusion that Nate @matressking was actually Jeff Bridges in disguise is totally shattered.
Ian
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Did not realize I never updated this thread after Nate left last year. Truck was running great. Decent punch list of small things (figure out hard brake pedal, charge the AC, paint instrument cluster, few small interior stuff, install a stock radio) and then start driving it to work out any bugs. Nate sold me a NOS EGR he’d been hoarding for a bit. Will get that installed. Parked the 60?in my garage last December. Brought it back to the barn today and dropped a few cans of 134 into the compressor. She blows cold. Had to jump the compressor tho…the wire to the compressor is not getting voltage. Will start researching at the dash switch and then work my way through the system. I do know the blue light does not click on. Could be as easy as not having it plugged in behind the dash. Also noticed the voltage gauge on the dash is low. Put the multimeter on the battery while it’s running and 12.8 is the read. Should be in the high 13 range. Weird as I had this Denso alt rebuilt years ago and pulled it off the shelf and stuck it in this truck. Worked great when I parked it last December. Connections all seemed good. Will dig deeper into this.
Pretty excited to get back on this truck. Hoping to deliver it to CO during the holidays if I can dial her in before then.
Pretty excited to get back on this truck. Hoping to deliver it to CO during the holidays if I can dial her in before then.
Jimmy, please start a YouTube channel so I can watch you work your magic. This reading stuff hurts my head.
Jasen of Boerne
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“What the hell is going on in Jimmy’s barn” would be a great YouTube overland channel.
Jimmy, just live stream from some go pro cameras set up in the barn. Don’t even need to script anything!
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I think there is something to this.
Not as much of “Overland” based show but more of a “What Not To Do On A Ladder” type of show.
Not as much of “Overland” based show but more of a “What Not To Do On A Ladder” type of show.
And what happens in a cattle water trough known as the Jimmy pool.
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Jason, so you hit on an interesting point. I’ve been asked about doing this in the past. Personally I recognize how lucky I am to have this barn and to be able to do the things I get to do, but….the limiting issue is me. I have zero filming/video skills. I could set up a camera but with my ADD I’m typically all over the place. I’d probably need someone that could follow me around continuously which might get a little overwhelming for both. Then there’s the whole “editing/production” side of doing this which I have no clue what to do there.
I think Ian hit the nail on the head with the ladder bit. Hell, I could do one show reviewing my “wall of shame”. This is where I stick parts from personal f-ups or things I find working on others trucks where I discover crazy stuff.
Always open to playing around with it. I actually have a channel or page on YouTube. You’ll see from my vids that my videography skills are low. Someone showed me how to set up this account so I could link videos of different jobs on my mud posts or to send vids to customers with updates while working on their cruisers.
The one downside for me would be summer attire which consists of a pair of old gym shorts and Birkenstocks. This is an attempt to ward off the excessive heat and my ability to drop the shorts and slip into my cistern a handful of times each day to cool off. This is the only pic I could find on my phone showing where it is in relation to my barn. In this pic I’m just outside the roll up door
I think Ian hit the nail on the head with the ladder bit. Hell, I could do one show reviewing my “wall of shame”. This is where I stick parts from personal f-ups or things I find working on others trucks where I discover crazy stuff.
Always open to playing around with it. I actually have a channel or page on YouTube. You’ll see from my vids that my videography skills are low. Someone showed me how to set up this account so I could link videos of different jobs on my mud posts or to send vids to customers with updates while working on their cruisers.
The one downside for me would be summer attire which consists of a pair of old gym shorts and Birkenstocks. This is an attempt to ward off the excessive heat and my ability to drop the shorts and slip into my cistern a handful of times each day to cool off
. This is the only pic I could find on my phone showing where it is in relation to my barn. In this pic I’m just outside the roll up door
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I just happen to know someone in the film industry…
It is nice. Jimmy did climb a ladder on his windmill for this pic
@CenTXFJ60 people love watching raw unedited videos. Sure you could do some contrived scripted show like Scotty Kilmer, but I think the cruiser crowd would love to see genuine work being done in a shop as fun as yours. It really doesn’t have to be elaborate. Hell, just put a camera on your hat and one in each corner of the shop. Then ask an AI program to make a video out of what you record. World is changing rapidly.
@CenTXFJ60 Check out Uncle Tony’s Garage on YouTube. When he started it was a camera on a tripod and him rambling about Mopars. The videos really drew you in, right past the poor production quality - all because of his personality. And you’ve got that. I could sit and watch you bounce around on esoteric cruiser topics all day.
Eventually Tony’s production got a little better - sometimes he has a second person holding the camera, and sometimes it seems like he at least jotted down a handful of points he wanted to touch on prior to hitting record. But he’s still all over the place, getting lost in tangents, running with no script. It’s just him in his shop garage.
In other words I think you being you in front of a camera is going to be to your benefit more than you think.
Eventually Tony’s production got a little better - sometimes he has a second person holding the camera, and sometimes it seems like he at least jotted down a handful of points he wanted to touch on prior to hitting record. But he’s still all over the place, getting lost in tangents, running with no script. It’s just him in his shop garage.
In other words I think you being you in front of a camera is going to be to your benefit more than you think.
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Brakes on my brothers 200 today. He left around 5:30 so I started the removal process of the leaking steering gear box. Have an 80 box I had resealed by West TX Offroad a few years back. Was going to put it on my blue 60 and give her my 60 box. Not really wanted to do two box swaps and my oldest said he’d rebuild a spare 80 box he has and put in a 105 shaft (I have to pay for it) so it was a no brainer. The copper 60 is getting an 80 box since that’s the only good one in my shop. Everything is disconnected and it’s ready to pull out, but I’ll tackle that another evening this week or possibly next weekend
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