Recent content by Oldbear42
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Trailer Wiring Adapter
I run 7-pin RV-style connections on all my vehicles and I have adaptors to go to the four-pin for when I help move someone else's trailer (two friends' boat trailers are 4-pin and I often haul them to the lake as payment for staying at their cabins for the weekend). I ran a junction box at the...- Oldbear42
- Post #9
- Forum: Retro-Fit & Aftermarket Accessories
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Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
I see lights. Do you do enduro racing? -
Lowering coils and ball joint replacement
My vote is to replace the ball joints while you have it apart. Mine are all still solid, and original, but the rubber boots are starting or have been leaking grease for a while. I have it on my list to purchase the Moog Problem Solvers when I order the lowering kit. I like to be prepared when...- Oldbear42
- Post #5
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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Trash my dash? And interior panel take offs?
I have a small bin or two on my shelves in the shop to collect used but okay parts for each of my projects. I also have a 5 x 7 garden shed near my shop that the bigger stuff goes into. I might need it or someone else might. The times that my collection of "stuff" has saved us a trip to a... -
Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
Reminds me of the one I included in our County newsletter a few years back -
Unable to bleed rear brakes
Older thread but thank you all. This one helped diagnose our brake bleed issues. On to the next problem. -
Remove accessories from this old truck?
Those pictures and those of my Datsun King cab with a home-built interior roll cage are sadly lost. Trust me I've looked cause they were both awesome vessels of teenage/young adult debauchery- Oldbear42
- Post #17
- Forum: Aftermarket Accessories
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'74 C10 Step Side - New Guy
Welcome to the group - there are a lot of people here with a lot of knowledge. I'm soaking it all in too as I'm on week 3-ish of my mid-life crisis. I'm switching from two wheels to four as my body is falling apart and riding has become painful if not also dangerous (bad knees, wrists and...- Oldbear42
- Post #5
- Forum: Introduction
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Remove accessories from this old truck?
A lot of that style of running board had frame-mounted brackets, or at least the trucks (and one four-door Pontiac Pariesine) I have owned did.- Oldbear42
- Post #12
- Forum: Aftermarket Accessories
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Remove accessories from this old truck?
If mine came with both running boards ( and the one board was held on by more than 3 1/4" bolts) I would have kept them on. I'm looking for the old-school bug shields and a few other accessories. I'm keeping the tripod camper mirrors (or installing the mini-west coasts mirrors I still have...- Oldbear42
- Post #11
- Forum: Aftermarket Accessories
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Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
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Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
Swap the rear drive pulley - going from 10 or 11 " to 2-3" means we get up to around 30-40 kmph. Our local peace officers came out for a race and sat at the end of the straightway - 41 kmph was the highest speed that race. -
Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
We started a racing league for our local sports day a few years back and are slowly growing interest in it. My team has four members and three mowers. Two father and son groups (including me and my son). We are Bremsspur Racing which translates to Skid Mark Racing - the poop emojis are the... -
1981? 350 in a C20 - Vacuum/sensor questions
We have a large assortment at my work's shop that we can pick through as needed. It's the same stack of parts bins my new door hinge pins and bushing came from. But I might have to grab a kit to keep some in my home stock. Partsman habits die hard.- Oldbear42
- Post #22
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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1981? 350 in a C20 - Vacuum/sensor questions
I have a big stack of Equipco parts bins in my shop - three of the drawers have my machine screw collection (imperial, metric, etc). This screw has most likely held for a decade so it should be fine - I'll just keep a few vacuum caps/plugs in the glove box so that Murpgey's Law doesn't strike...- Oldbear42
- Post #21
- Forum: Engine & Performance
