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    Rack and pinion?

    I'll give em a call tomorrow and see if they have any details.
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    Rack and pinion?

    The ones Napa sells are made by the same company that makes the ones from O'Reilly as far as I know. And I have had rebuilt gearboxes from ACDelco, Napa, O'Reilly... all have had slop in them. Even after adjustment. In my Crown Vic I can easily turn the shaft from under the hood or reach through...
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    Rack and pinion?

    Hey all, so the other big complaint I've had with my older vehicles is steering slop. I've owned two vehicles with rack and pinion and the rest with traditional gearboxes. In literally every gearbox vehicle I've had to repalce the gearbox, and in the case of my Crown Vic the one I labored over...
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    fitech install om 77 c10

    I believe the expensive versions do. Not the cheaper ones.
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    new to the forum, shop recs for SF Bay Area?

    Ha good luck finding a good shop around here. I grew up and have yet to find a fantastic one. But here are my thoughts on some of them. At work we deliver to red hill auto in San Anselmo, Tim over there is knowledgeable and they are often working on older domestics. I have never been a...
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    FiTech EFI?

    Anybody tried this on a square body? I got rid of my 77 burb due to repeated carburetor issues that had me really f***ing frustrated but I really miss it, so I am thinking to be on the lookout for a pre-smog (so, pre-75 gasser or a diesel converted to a gas engine) square and stick this...
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    Truck isn't starting after a new starter

    my 77 suburban was doing that intermittently - it was a bad starter. i put a remanufactured one from o'reilly in and now it's fine!
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    rear window 77 suburban off track or something

    Maybe tonight I'll take a look at it then as it's going to rain again next week. I don't have power windows so unsure about the regulator you are referring to, but I will pull it apart and take a look. Could it have fallen off the track even if the track is intact and I slammed the tailgate...
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    Convenional vs Synthetic

    Some people swear by certain brands of oil... Pennzoil, Valvoline, Castrol, whatever... However, keep in mind that there are only a few companies that actually make the base oils, and while there are different additive packages on different oils, they all meet the requirements, specifications...
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    C10 lift options?

    what?
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    rear window 77 suburban off track or something

    any ideas? thnx
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    Convenional vs Synthetic

    Unless you live in a super cold place then a conventional oil should be just fine for one of these old trucks that was designed for conventional oil. Newer cars that require synthetic oil? You should use that!
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    rear window 77 suburban off track or something

    it was fine when i got it so i don't know what happened but now it doesn't go up properly :/ as if it's off the track on the right side. how easy is it for me to fix this? right now it's just sort of closed and i taped off the other areas since it's finally raining here but it looks really...
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    frustrated - quadrajet issues

    Thank you everybody for your input. The shop "adjusted the floater inside the carburetor to lower the amount of fuel that goes in" and so far so good. it does run-on/diesel a little bit once in a while and cold starts still aren't as good as it used to be when i got it but it's definitely...
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    Light Bar + Switch Panel

    hmm... those flush mount led pods look very interesting. i might put something like that in the back bumper to assist with tailgaters and as better reverse lights too because the stock ones are useless! on the front i rather like the look of a "real" lightbar. i think i'm going to get a...
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