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    Free- 1987 C20 parts truck. Near Fort Worth Tx

    Corners are in easily fixable condition, drivers floor is pretty much flintstone level. I’ll snap photos tomorrow. Frame is straight- no issues that I’ve noticed. Wiring harness is in place and I haven’t noticed anything cut vs unplugged.
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    Free- 1987 C20 parts truck. Near Fort Worth Tx

    ETA- this isn’t a part out. You have to take it all or nothing. I picked this up for parts here and the and nuts/bolts. It was a brown truck but was painted white at some point but overall that doesn’t really matter. Basically I’m done with it and my wife is on me about getting it out of...
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    Dakota Digital install with American Autowire harness- ETA adding TCI 4L60E control to the install

    Major milestone- the smoke test…
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    1983 K10 saddle tank replacement with in frame tank

    I get it, we all have different ways of going about it and the results are generally the same. The current problem with your tank is it’s a fixed turned neck tank forcing you to go to the passenger side with a possible ability to flip it around and go drivers. There is a thread/ vid here...
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    Adding 4WD, where does the shifter go?

    If it has a high himp already you should see an indentation. If you have a low hump you will need to get hands on a high hump and go for it. There is an aftermarket unit on fleabay but you can probably junkyard one also. The standard trucks had high humps in 2WD also
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    1983 K10 saddle tank replacement with in frame tank

    Quality cost money…. The blazer tank I’m using from TanksInc has a price tag around the 7’s. Luckily I got it for a smoking deal in the summit outlet. I think I’m in it 2 or less and it came with the fuel pump. If I was in the market at this moment I would go with the Boyd’s. If I had to...
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    1983 K10 saddle tank replacement with in frame tank

    My suggestion would be through the bed floor on a stepside. You may be able to run a hose all the way up to the filler though. On my project I brought in a LS Fab tail light filler setup but I am using a fleetside bed.
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    1983 K10 saddle tank replacement with in frame tank

    There are a few options. Blazer tank, suburban tank, or a Boyds unit which is a very nice unit and doesn't need a bunch of messing about to install where the first two options will need some crossmembers pulled/moved.
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    Dakota Digital install with American Autowire harness- ETA adding TCI 4L60E control to the install

    I have a folder going for this one the same as my other 86 I’ve done this to. Make notes on each drawing and have them all in a folder.
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    Dakota Digital install with American Autowire harness- ETA adding TCI 4L60E control to the install

    Update on the Vintage Air side of things: I am using a painless AC/Fan relay setup. It has 3 relays to work through the operation. I think 2 turn on a fan each off the thermal connection and the third turns on a single fan when the AC is activated. I ran and connected the wires from...
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    Dakota Digital install with American Autowire harness- ETA adding TCI 4L60E control to the install

    LOL yeah. I was trying to simply pull a smidge more of the harness from under the dash into the engine bay and its tight. even in place I am not sure I could get a wrench on the nuts. Either way its a very cool product for the purpose.
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    Dakota Digital install with American Autowire harness- ETA adding TCI 4L60E control to the install

    Progress today- a little electrical, a little mechanical, and some body to frame grounding. Working on the electrical under the hood. Just getting stuff where it goes etc. Ran the power cable from the alternator to the battery mega fuse setup. It shows it a bit different on the diagram...
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    factory bumper carriage bolts?

    +1 on 1/2x13. Even the 87 I have here for parts is that where a LOT of the bolts are metric on that year truck.
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    Dakota Digital install with American Autowire harness- ETA adding TCI 4L60E control to the install

    A smidge of an update before moving from inside the cab to outside. The TCI unit needs power “directly from battery”. I get why they do this but no way I’m having #18 wires running un fused. It has a fuse on the harness but it’s at the Tci controller connector. So on the AA harness it has a...
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    Door Hinges for 87

    Rebuilds never seem to last no matter how much care I put into doing it. On my current project I had a choice of several to pull/rebuild or go new. I went new and so far its been a good decision but we are still in the building process.
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