Recent content by Keith Seymore
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1976 GMC STEPSIDE ON BAT
Build sheet (which is cool) shows chrome front bumper and delete spare tire. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #4
- Forum: Introduction
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1981-87 Chrome body side molding
87-88 was adhesive from the factory (not mechanically attached). K- Keith Seymore
- Post #16
- Forum: Exterior
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Manual Transmission Swap Options
It also has a granny gear, so not very sporty. A four speed Saginaw should hold up to a mild 350 and can be had with varying different first gear ratios. Three speed Saginaws came in these trucks and are the same external dimensions. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #3
- Forum: Manual Transmission & Clutch
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Lowering Shackles on a C10 Stepside
I'd undo the 8 bolts holding the bed down and pop it up before doing any cutting or loosening the fenders from the bed. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #3
- Forum: Lowered & Street Systems
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Master cylinder ID help needed
Well done - For 1984 the base manual system is JB1 and the master cylinder is part number 18008064 broadcast code CV. I want to go back and correct my post #2: upon further review it looks like the '83 part number is the same 18008064. There was sort of a smudge there on the chart, but in...- Keith Seymore
- Post #7
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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Can you dig it.
We (ie GM Truck) have that, too. We call it a "Muffin tin" ash tray. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #12
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Master cylinder ID help needed
Tell me more about your truck and I'll tell you which master it should have. Model, series and GVW rating, please, and manual vs power brakes. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #5
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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Need a hood measurement please.
That's way tighter than we built them. I would have said our fixture was about a quarter inch. I watched my guys put on about 1.8 million fenders (900,000 trucks x 2 per truck) with that setup. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #6
- Forum: Paint and Body
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Factory Underside paint?
One other thought about ELPO: the body sheet metal is electrically charged, which opens the pores to the metal. The body is dipped and the charge cut off so the paint is trapped. The excess is then immediately rinsed off with water and the body sent into the ovens for drying. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #25
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Factory Underside paint?
Which assembly plant? I know Flint was using the ELPO dip by 1979, which is black. That's the only time I ever fell asleep at work. I was a student and we were monitoring the chemical composition of the ELPO dip tank. It's about as exciting as - well - watching paint not dry. I woke up...- Keith Seymore
- Post #24
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Dropping my Stock '74 Stepper - Need Advice
In the biz we call that "friendly contact". K- Keith Seymore
- Post #23
- Forum: Lowered & Street Systems
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Dropping my Stock '74 Stepper - Need Advice
Yes. RPO E62 (step side) & RPO P13 (side mount spare). K- Keith Seymore
- Post #21
- Forum: Lowered & Street Systems
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Factory Underside paint?
Yes - rear wheel wells and along the body side. Not front wheel inners. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #20
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Factory Underside paint?
We did occasionally lose a truck or two back in the yard. Sometimes we wouldn't find it until the end of the model year (or Christmas break) when production was stopped and the repair backlog was worked down to nothing. By then we had already built and shipped an identical truck to replace it...- Keith Seymore
- Post #18
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Dropping my Stock '74 Stepper - Need Advice
Cut 2 coils in front for 4" drop; relocated spring hangers in rear and removed a leaf for about 6" in rear. Total cost was about $1.38 for grade 8 bolts and nuts plus front end alignment. Factory tire/wheel setup is LR60-15 Goodyears on the 15x7 aluminum wheel. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #6
- Forum: Lowered & Street Systems
