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My '96 2500 Overhaul

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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by sanesalvation
Shes lookin purdy. came a long way fromwhere she was thats fer sure :P
Thanks. It's been a long journey which has caused a lot of stress. LOL

We towed a stealth TT the other day, and the truck drives so nice now. It feels like a damn Cadillac going over bumps. It has to be the smoothest 3/4 ton truck I have ever been in. All this work is finally being enjoyed.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2011 | 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Hans_GZP
I need to have my body guy buff the whole truck again and wax it. It's been sitting inside the garage for a while and got some over spray on it from painting other cars . The roof felt like sand paper haha.

Headlights are some Ebay specials.
I have the same ebay lights.... Did you have to swap the two wires around on yours or were they wired correctly? Everyone else I've asked had found they were wired for the wrong bulbs (set up for the sport edition bulb wiring).... The easiest was to tell is to put the hig beams on, if all 4 lights are lit with 2 of them being dim they are still wired wrong. Once corrected they are much brighter.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 01:28 PM
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My lights are wired correctly, but I believe I had to pin the plugs myself.

Finally got this truck doing the work it should be doing. No towing one at a time now

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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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that is some serious dedication!! props to you, although id be afraid to even look at my wallet and bank account after if i were to have done somethng like this!!
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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I haven't done NEAR that much....and am afraid to look at how much. Great looking truck there, Hans, and great work.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 04:51 PM
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Blew out a front wheel bearing. Just heading back to the truck with a new one. Thank god I could use one of the cars to get the parts. I also brought a ton of tools with me. Hopefully I can get this beast back on the road tonight.

This truck will earn me back all of the money I spent. Even if I have to burn it down lol.
 
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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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That truck turned out awesome! That'd be so fun to do that to a truck, especially if $$$ wasnt an issue great job!
 
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Hans_GZP
My lights are wired correctly, but I believe I had to pin the plugs myself.

Finally got this truck doing the work it should be doing. No towing one at a time now

Badass picture
 
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Old Nov 21, 2011 | 01:29 PM
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Got the wheel hub swapped out this morning in our horror flick hotel parking lot. Then got pulled over 20 minutes later for some trailer violations. This trip is getting expensive lol. Especially since I'm getting sub 10 mpg. Not exactly sure what it is since the speedo is off about 15 percent.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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Round 2 picked up in Alabama to bring back to my shop in PA for some work. The owner of them bought the car up front brand new in 93. The convertible has under 30k miles on it.

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