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    Headlights quit working

    Working a "the headlights just quit working" issue. JUST AFTER cleaning up battery connectors. That was the first place I looked. No satisfaction there. The headlamp bulb checked good. Pulled the switch and checked for voltage. Nadda. Went to the [floor] dimmer and pulled it. A minor...
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    1987 Chevy V10 steering wander

    Straight axles still use shims to adjust alignment.
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    Finally got a running 65 C10

    SIDE NOTE: My old 69 step side ran a 250 six with a 413 rear-end. I dropped a GTO 4 speed in it and first was way too tall. Swapped it for a 4 speed from a Lemans and it was perfect. I wanted even better mileage, so bit the bullet and swapped the Lemans transmission for a 3 speed with overdrive...
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    LED exterior light conversion! not going well :(

    Gotta love electricity. Go from household wiring to automotive and you have to turn some of it backwards (i.e., black goes from ground to hot). Then there is the nature of electricity and components, which is, weird things happen. For example: (1) By the markers running through the other bulbs...
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    LED exterior light conversion! not going well :(

    If my truck wasn't my daily, I'd trash about 99.9999% of the wiring (leaving only a thought) and wire the thing up from scratch. From first hand experience, it's safe to say I'd have a pile of wire for the salvage yard. From there, it'd be simplistic wiring. Maybe a diode or two so I could...
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    Reverse light options

    SNORT I'd forgotten this was a three speed manual conversion question.
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    Reverse light options

    I'm thinking of the standard shift moves: 1st. 2nd, 3rd, neutral, reverse, then park. All in line. That aside, attaching it to the revers shift LINKAGE would seem to make sense, aside that I don't know the movements of said linkage. Said another way, I had not focused on the linkage, versus...
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    Reverse light options

    Rick, I'm not following on how the push-pull switch would not activate in both park and reverse, UNLESS it was mounted 90 degrees to the shifter so the shift arm only activated it while in reverse. Initially, because of space constraints, my mind went to the switch being on the park end, rather...
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    Reverse light options

    The advantage of the micro switch is, the lights would ONLY come on in reverse and not in reverse and park. It's akin to the cam idea I mentioned, but the work is already done and one would just need to install the switch on a bracket. If shorts were a worry, it could open and close the ground...
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    Reverse light options

    This just came up, as I went down a rabbit trail (micro switch with activator): https://www.holley.com/products/drivetrain/shifters_components_and_accessories/shifter_accessories/megashifter/parts/80629
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    3 minute battery life…?

    Like Turbo pointed to, a bad connection acts like what we could call a dropping resistor. All the voltage and amperage would be seen across it, producing that effect. If you put a volt meter on the battery post and at various positions as far back on the bare copper of the cable as you can, you...
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    Reverse light options

    Like Rick suggested, I was going to suggest a "mometary on switch," like can be seen at https://www.partdeal.com/cole-hersee-momentary-pull-switch-10a-12v-normally-off-bulk-pkg-m-486.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqDkvsx3c1hAciC8GmDsOBSPtF8_Nim7LVG_2eyRcRA1r7my-ls You could mount the switch, then run a...
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    1978 C15 Short Bed Step Side Leaf Spring Question

    Just picked this critter up a few weeks back. Looking around under it, I noticed the thing had 7 leaf springs plus the mounting bar on each side. Curious as to if this is the norm? Anyone got one or other wise know what theirs is, such as number of leafs? I note there is new iron under there...
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    battery junction Block issue ( see photos)

    And, on that fuse link thing, if it were a hot wire, I'd give serious consideration to installing one, if there wasn't one already. Decades back, I experienced a shorted wire that all the insulation melted off of. Had the truck had a fuse link, that wouldn't have happened.
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    Side marker led lights dim when marker lights on

    Like I mentioned in my post, I get a megohm reading on from the bulb socket ground to the negative lead on the battery. Too, the ONLY problems appear at the left front marker and turn-park lamp. Based on the above, my first place to look is ground, starting with a temp ground circuit, to...
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