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New tires and painted rims!
Gotta start somewhere right? Since the tires were from the 90s and about to explode at any moment, I thought that was a good place to start. hoping to get started on the body soon. The tranny could use a rebuild too, so maybe do those at the same time? Itll be sad to have it out of commission...- Grandpas_Truck
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- Forum: Wheels and Tires
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New tires and painted rims!
$875 for 5 wheels. For the sand blast and powder coat. You could save quite a bit if you find someone with a sandblaster and do it yourself.- Grandpas_Truck
- Post #7
- Forum: Wheels and Tires
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K2500 Lug nut torque
this manual is for an 86, but I got this manual from a forum on here somewhere. It had quite a few years. I'll try and find the post- Grandpas_Truck
- Post #12
- Forum: Wheels and Tires
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New tires and painted rims!
Got my old steel wheels powder coated and some new rubbers on. 235/85/R16 Good Year Wrangler Workhorse. Can't really tell from the picture, but I really like the tread on these tires. Just a good goin ta town tire but still got a little meat on em. Amazing what a little powder coat will do to a...- Grandpas_Truck
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- Forum: Wheels and Tires
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K2500 Lug nut torque
Was browsing the old shop manual this morning and I found it! Just incase anybody else needs it, here's a screen shot.- Grandpas_Truck
- Post #9
- Forum: Wheels and Tires
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K2500 Lug nut torque
Anybody know what the torque is for a 86' K2500 8 lug? Found 140 ft lbs on the interwebs but wanted to check here. Thanks y'all.- Grandpas_Truck
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- Forum: Wheels and Tires
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Running cold and rich. Idle mixture screws all the way in!
Update. So I let the engine get up as hot as it'll go. (Around 150) and the choke was only at about 45 degrees. Measured 14 volts at the choke. I adjusted the choke and now it is fully open. There was a loud hissing and sure enough, when I sprayed starter fluid near the primary throttle blades...- Grandpas_Truck
- Post #8
- Forum: Carb Fuel Systems
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Running cold and rich. Idle mixture screws all the way in!
What temp thermostat would you recommend? 195 F?- Grandpas_Truck
- Post #4
- Forum: Carb Fuel Systems
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Running cold and rich. Idle mixture screws all the way in!
Hello All! I have recently acquired a 1986 GMC 2500 with the 350 and a Quadrejet carb from my grandfather which he purchased new in '87. Only modification he had done to it was an emissions delete. (Which was done close to when the vehicle was new). First thing I noticed when I got the truck is...- Grandpas_Truck
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- Forum: Carb Fuel Systems
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Headlights and blinker problems. Again!!
I had a very similar problem on my 86. Turn signals would work, but when I turned the headlights on, the turn signal indicators on the dash would light up, and the running/turn signal lights would be very dim, could hardly tell that they were on. It ended up being both turn signal sockets were...- Grandpas_Truck
- Post #18
- Forum: Electrical & Audio
