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    Battery to body ground

    The positive cable runs direct to the starter yes, but on these trucks the entire electrical system runs off that wire. It runs from the battery to the starter post and from the starter post to the junction block and then to the big firewall connector. So while there is some merit to the...
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    Battery to body ground

    While this is largely true, most people don't have the abilty nor desire to put the time into calculating all the various loads to determine the perfectly sized wire gauge for the shared ground path. The oem can do that. They are incentivised to do so for weight and cost savings. But for all us...
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    Battery to body ground

    I've taken the approach of can't have too many ground on my k10. O'Reillys sells black battery cable with an eyelet on both ends for a good price. My setup is one of those under one of the nuts for the park brake cable running to the chassis on the driver side. Then another one running from the...
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    Custom Fender Badges

    Do you know the font used for this? Would be fun to do some tool box labels in this.
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    Save my sanity: where is the shift gate on my 85 column?

    This may help. Some misinformation around this topic for sure. Be sure to share your findings!
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    Power steps

    Someone shared this place a while ago on a different thread. Doesn't really fit your price limit, but it's a plug and play kit from the looks of it. https://www.davisoffroad.com/item/product/987674112
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    RFC - Custom SM465 Shift Knob

    Make sure you choose your filament wisely. PLA is a favorite of newbies because it prints pretty nicely and is easy to setup. But it doesn't do temp changes well and gets sloppy under constant use. Saw a video several years ago of someone making a shift knob and the PLA one didn't hold up. Cool...
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    Wanted: Speedometer Gear

    If this is a 4x4 the speedo gear should be in the transfer case. Check out https://speedometergear.store/speedometer-gears I've bought a couple gears from them and they've been great. They are also on Amazon for easy shipping.
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    Stock 1980 K10 wheel options

    Any pictures on your k5? Would love to see these installed
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    Tire Recommendations

    I have a set of Cooper Discoverer Road + Trail on my daily driver pickup that I really like. Tons of siping for wet/snow traction and it's pretty quiet. Tread rating is excellent at 65k miles. I've been impressed with it so far, but I'm also a Cooper Tires fan in general. Only hiccup with them...
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    Wiring gremlin - Nothing works unless trans is in reverse

    I'd check your grounds. Things get wonky when there isn't enough ground to go around for the desired current load. If you have wire hanging around run a jumper wire from the ground block under the dash direct to the negative battery terminal. The ground block under the dash is usually up on the...
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    4wd indicator light wiring

    Diagrams would be nice, but even without them this isn't too difficult. Bust out your multimeter and start probing. You only want power when the light switch is pulled. Start checking for voltage in slots that fit the connector under that condition. If you can't find one consider if switched...
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    Hard Line from fuel pump to carb

    I made one out of nickel-copper line and it's been great. Can bend it by hand to whereever you need it without being gentle like you need to with aluminum.
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    Is There a 700R4 / 350 Transmission Flexplate / Inspection Cover That Fits?

    It's interesting to see the difference in markets from midwest to the west coast. In my area you find people selling engine, trans, and tcase all still together in a line because the body got scrapped and they kept the powertrain. You can often pick up all 3 for $500 if you get lucky. Then turn...
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    Seat swap to rears from a 2014-2018 Silverado...

    Did you find a way to make the backs fold forward? On the stock truck those seats lift up and fold from the bottom. Part of that mechanism is that the seat back kinda slides upwards to accommodate. There is a mod to cut the guide mounted on the back of the cab so that when it slides up it pops...
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