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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Sorry for taking so long to get back to you - I haven't logged in in a while. I see Rob already answered and yeah, it's still at the shop and there are a number of issues that will have to be dealt with. Rob has been busy - as he said - but I've assured him that I'm in no rush at all. Rob has...
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    Spray vs Plastic Bedliner

    That’s not a bad idea, and I’ll give that some thought.
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    Spray vs Plastic Bedliner

    Thanks to everybody so far - you've been a lot of help. Aside from resolving any safety issues my first priority is to get the bed figured out so i can start using it for spring projects.
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    Spray vs Plastic Bedliner

    Thanks. I'm leaning towards Line-X with the UV protection.
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    Spray vs Plastic Bedliner

    Thanks for that. I was specifically wondering about how the bed would weather under a plastic liner if moisture got in there.
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Quick follow-up: I made it to the shop, but just barely. I did a couple of short test drives and my temporary fix held just fine but when I set out on the actual trip to the shop it dropped the belt in the first couple of miles. I didn't notice anything much with the gauges until I was on the...
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    Greetings from Seattle

    A quick follow-up - I ended up taking it to Rob over at Luke's in Redmond and he's been giving it a look. So far he's been able to tell me that it's a keeper so I've got a service manual on order and here we go...
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    New here from the Wet Coast of Canada

    Welcome from Seattle. I'm new too and just bought an '81 C10. You've got me re-thinking going with a stock grille - that looks great.
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    Spray vs Plastic Bedliner

    I have a 1981 long bed fleetside C10. The prior owner had an OK paint job done on the exterior but seems to have applied some sort of bed liner material himself and because of poor material and/or workmanship it didn't last hardly at all. So there's original paint showing through in many places...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    And here I was thinking that I was just going to enjoy many years of mostly bolting new aftermarket parts on. I'm almost glad the truck decided to remind me that stuff like this happens. And that was the last time I go anywhere in this truck without a good selection of tools.
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Let's hope that is the case. If I hadn't been able to come up with a temporary solution the next thing I would have tried was some more penetrating oil and a screw extractor before giving up, but the way bolts tend to seize up in heated applications made me doubtful that anything other than...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    It is really hard to see, but mine looks more similar to hers. I don't know the names of things so have to make stuff up as I go, so what I'm going to call the 'tensioner' bracket is fixed to the head and then a bolt attaches the bracket to the alternator with a bolt that allows it to slide and...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Yeah, what you said earlier gave me the impression that you understood what I did from the get-go and after a few more short test drives nothing has loosed up. Thanks also for confirming my suspicions that this isn't something I want to leave this way for too long. I'm also with you on the...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Thanks for all the great responses! Here's what I did (pics attached). You can see the new bolt, washers and nuts I installed in the wide and close-up shots at the bottom of the alternator to the right of that interestingly-placed (at least to me) gas filter. So I had pulled off the bracket and...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    I’ll take some pics tomorrow. Thanks.
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