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What did you do to your Gen 1 today?

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Old May 13, 2018 | 07:54 AM
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Isn't yours the one with the second gen front suspension?

Should be called the 73 Frankenstein (pronounced "fra ken shh-teen") CrewCab...
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Old May 13, 2018 | 08:06 AM
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Washed the pollen accumulation machine off.... then drove it to the park.
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Old May 13, 2018 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by mknittle
Isn't yours the one with the second gen front suspension?
Sure is.
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Old May 13, 2018 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by NJTman
Should be called the 73 Frankenstein (pronounced "fra ken shh-teen") CrewCab...
It’s....ALIVE!
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Old May 13, 2018 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by NJTman
Should be called the 73 Frankenstein (pronounced "fra ken shh-teen") CrewCab...
It's pronounced Eye-gore, not E-gore.....
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Old May 13, 2018 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by thrashingcows
It's pronouns Eye-gore, not E-gore.....
lol.....
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Old May 13, 2018 | 05:16 PM
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Such a great movie! Right up there with blazing saddles!
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Old May 13, 2018 | 05:23 PM
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Starting to clean up the area where the new shop is going to go so was cleaning out the back of the 1st Gen parts truck yesterday getting it ready to move to another part of the property. The truck had years of tree debris and other junk just tossed in there from the previous owner(s) and I found a few treasures...nice pipe wrench buried in filth and a rebuild tag for a NV4500 that the truck must of had.....I noticed the hole in the floor was moved. I also drained the fuel tank which had about 10 gallons of dyed diesel in it.....dumped that in my Case Skid steer which it filled it up!
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Old May 13, 2018 | 08:09 PM
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Yesterday I did the fuel heater delete and today I finished up the wiring for the GlowShift 3in1 gauge. Now I just need to figure out where the best place to drill a hole in the firewall for the sensors is and install those. Then I need to actually get the gauge mounted.
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Old May 13, 2018 | 09:25 PM
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Yesterday I did the fuel heater delete and today I finished up the wiring for the GlowShift 3in1 gauge. Now I just need to figure out where the best place to drill a hole in the firewall for the sensors is and install those. Then I need to actually get the gauge mounted.
I passed the same wiring kit through the large rubber grommet. Easy to go through it, and,it sort of sealed around,the wires
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Old May 13, 2018 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by NJTman
I passed the same wiring kit through the large rubber grommet. Easy to go through it, and,it sort of sealed around,the wires
What large grommet are you referring to?
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Old May 13, 2018 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 1stGEN'93

What large grommet are you referring to?
Would that be the one next to Wallace?
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Old May 14, 2018 | 03:24 AM
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Right beside the Wensleydale...

It's a big one that the wire loom passes through near the brake booster, if Tman is referring to the same one I used for most of my wire add-ons.

No pics from me though.
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Old May 14, 2018 | 05:25 AM
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I didn't know there was a grommet next to Wallace. I have been going all the way to Rudiforkle.
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Old May 14, 2018 | 06:54 AM
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1stGEN''93-
The problem with running all your wires through that nice big grommet in the firewall will come if you ever do go through with swapping it over to a manual. That grommet is there to cover up the hole that you will need for the clutch hydraulics to go through.
Every auto to manual conversion I do, I have to re-route a bunch of stuff from that grommet hole.
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