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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 26, 2013 12:33:22 GMT -5
Finished this up on Tuesday, I said I'd post pics to prove I wasn't fibbin'. No, it did not take 7000 hours, nor is it my new carreer, James! It just takes time to do things the right way. Each chrome rim took about three hours alone! It didn't help that the truck is huge and about 6000 square feet of surface area. It's also tall, I'm not 6'4" or whatever, so I needed to drag around a stepladder. (My old Corvair was more my size for pretty-ing up.) Dirty wheel  Cleaned wheel (No, I didn't clean the tires, it's a truck for crying out loud!)  AZ pinstripes (also available in California) - what I was dealing with  Pin stripes greatly diminshed, but not totally gone. Nice shine, you can see the trailer.  Front (and Lucy)  Rear (I am on my driveway, so yes, I have clothes on!)    The one dent I put in it in ten+ years (backed into handle of Bridgeport Mill that was on driveway at one time). Looks like a bullet hole without the hole!  HIS dent. Backed into rock cliff while traveling too fast in reverse. C'est la vie.  So now that I have subjected truck to a cleaning, multi-switch (turn signals, high beams, wiper, washer) is failing, not even 70K on the truck. I understand that this part screwing up is extremely common. Would never have happened if I hadn't washed/waxed truck, LOL! So, guess what my next job is? It's always something... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 14:49:56 GMT -5
Wow, those wheels shine like Krystee's cabs. I don't suppose you would know how to bring back rusty chrome wheels? Ok, other than having them re chromed. There isn't a place to do that within 10,000 miles if you make all the right turns.
Why is it that us men do the most damage? Well except for daughters that hit deer.
Jim
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 26, 2013 15:25:22 GMT -5
How do you bring back rusty chrome wheels? Get into your time machine, and go back and polish them up before they get rusty, LOL! @wampidy, too bad I didn't get these polished a year or two ago, they are already starting to pit a little.  They do have a Krystee shine. I've had several neighbors ask me if I would do theirs next - NOT! I've never hit a deer, or any other animal, for that matter. Oops, take that back, I ran over a chicken-eating gray squirrel once - kidding! The first crease in this truck was put in the side of the hood by the Rhino Lining guys when we left it with them overnight to spray the bed. The truck was brand new, just three days off the dealer lot. They took it to a shop down the road from them and had it buffed out, and did not mention it to us. We didn't see it until much later, and never did confront them about it. That little dent in the tailgate I did was the second dent, boy, you should have heard the screaming about that one. 'Course he might have been slightly perturbed about me hitting his mill. When he hit that rock wall, I just got a big goofy grin on my face, took out my camera and took some pics. Never said a word. I'm smiling just thinking about it... They can dish it out, but they can't take it. Different rules, I guess. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 15:42:45 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 26, 2013 16:14:41 GMT -5
Nice shine-hey those pin strips are in Oregon too,found one in my Brother In Laws trees with my trk...LOL
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2013 5:26:54 GMT -5
At one hour per square inch the wax/clean is superfluous. I can see you at the car wash....  |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2013 5:48:51 GMT -5
This stuff is great for chrome Jim. gets the rust out until it comes back  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 8:18:20 GMT -5
If I could get the rust out then maybe I could clear coat them with lacquer. If I can get rid of the wax before spraying.
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Post by bushmanbilly on Sept 27, 2013 9:08:26 GMT -5
Jim I have used Mr.Clean magic erasers with good success, does a number on the brake pad dust to.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 9:20:19 GMT -5
TKS. Ya'll give me hope but the rust is pretty bad. I will do pics and tests when it quits raining and warms up. brrr First freeze warning for tonight.
Jim
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 27, 2013 9:51:00 GMT -5
Rain? What's that? Haven't seen that animal here in a coons age.
Typical late September/early October weather here. Temps dropping to low fifties over night, even mid forties in some locales, then getting back up into the 80s during the day. Still wearing tank top and shorts. Supposed to get warmer this weekend (into the 90s), with very low humidity, and gusty Santa Ana winds out of the ENE. Oct is time of year we most worry about wildfire.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2013 10:03:20 GMT -5
a coon's age?
Glad you finished the finished on your truck. Now the multi switch! My kinda gurl, can fix a multi-switch.
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Post by bhiatt on Sept 27, 2013 10:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 27, 2013 10:08:49 GMT -5
Damn girl ! Better be careful with that term "coons age". We'll have Helen accusing you of being racist too.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 27, 2013 10:23:18 GMT -5
a coon's age? Glad you finished the finished on your truck. Now the multi switch! My kinda gurl, can fix a multi-switch. Hickbilly slang for a long period of time, i.e., "Haven't seen you in a coons age!" Some folk actually define a period of time for it. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Coons%20Age (Funny, see #4!) Took out the multiswitch yesterday, very easy to do. However, I was unable to open the (one-way) plastic clips of it to take it apart and clean the contacts inside (like someone had mentioned on a truck forum). So, for the time being, I put the bad one back in, now it is acting even worse, and I also had a direct short briefly when the key was first turned on. The gauges go haywire!! Kind of scary. I've had the short problem before, but it was caused when off-roading, think it has something to do with the wires for the trailer (hit the back end when dropping down into a wash, dang long-assed wheel-base truck!). Will go ahead and order a new part, hopefully, that will take care of the problem. Will just play it by ear. Definitely want this little wrinkle ironed out before Cadys! Thanks, Brad. I do have some Mother's and a few other types of chrome polish, but I actually used the Turtle Wax polishing compound on the wheels. It did a good job, and I think it was easy on the chrome. I was going to use a felt bob or some such on a drill/dremel, but someone never got what I needed out for me. |
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Post by panamark on Sept 27, 2013 11:37:29 GMT -5
Do you actually drive with the tow rope lashed to the front hooks? Yikes, that would certainly mean disaster for my driving places and with my luck.
Nice job on the detail. Now for the inside detail? LOL.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 27, 2013 11:52:27 GMT -5
Mark, yes the tow rope is carried there (not my idea, someone thought it looked cool!). I told him that the sun is going to destroy it, and he'll find that out when he hooks someone up to pull them out, LOL! Besides, it is not lashed to the front, it is actually looped through. Would take him about 15 minutes to get if off there. No worries about anybody taking it.
I have a smaller, lighter, nylon tow rope that is carried inside the cab.
Thanks for the compliment on the (outside) detail job. INSIDE? You've got to be kidding?! Mostly it is dirt/rocks/gravel brought in by foot traffic, but also dirt/dust from the desert all over everything. I've got dog hair down in the seats (and, I just found out, under the dash!) from dogs that are no longer around, haven't been in the truck for over five years.
Hmm, in my vocabulary, vacuum is a noun, not a verb. Same goes for dust, as in "dust the house." I do, however, clean the windows and mirrors until they are scary clean (scary that you can actually see where you are going/coming from, lol!).
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2013 12:50:36 GMT -5
Nice lynch rope. What was Don saying?
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They do have a Krystee shine. I've had several neighbors ask me if I would do theirs next - NOT!
