Swap Meet Slam

[WILWAXU]

My plastic bits were all missing, and then I discovered you can buy 50 of 'em for $10 on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040CZ16W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That was my plan, until I noticed the metal ones. Plastic has a hard time around me... I tend to over tighten things..

 

[TexasRebel]

Not sure if they were factory, but the inserts that held the grille in place on my truck were plastic, and the screws kept loosening up, or wouldn't tighten at all. While at the junkyard last weekend, I noticed the “newer” OBS trucks used metal inserts. I grabbed a set to try out, they are MUCH better.

I also found this near perfect ‘94 & up grille. Doesn’t look too bad.. but think I'll stick with the early design for now

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I'm usually more biased towards the 94+ grille, but I have to say your truck looks better with the early grille.

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[drewcrew]

That was my plan, until I noticed the metal ones. Plastic has a hard time around me... I tend to over tighten things..

I know what you mean. I strip the threads on a Mason jar lid.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Learn to feel when something snugs, and teach yourself to trust that it's tight enough. It seems that everything I run across that won't tighten up any more is because some insecure gorilla over-tightened it. This weekend I sorted scrap metal with a fellow sergeant. I had a pile of about a hundred battery terminals that were mashed from over-tightening. That's your tax dollars being wasted by young AF mechanics. I'm trying to teach them better.

 

[df2x4]

Someone here (I think it was @shovelbill) once called me "Captain Torque-Wrist" because I stripped an ATV oil drain plug tightening it by hand with a 3/8" drive ratchet. I've annihilated two sets of parking lights for these trucks over-tightening the screws in the corners. (There is a torque spec for those by the way, and it's single digit inch pounds.) I'm very skilled at breaking things. Getting better about being careful the older I get though.

 

[WILWAXU]

The joys of living in California... SMOG check done for another two years

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[Supercharged111]

The joys of living in California...

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That's a choice you know. . .

 

[WILWAXU]

That's a choice you know. . .

Ohh.. I know, all too well. Life long Florida resident up until 4 years ago.

 

[WILWAXU]

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[HotWheelsBurban]

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Very handsome truck you got there!