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    Craziest antitheft idea yet.

    I had someone trying to buy a custom front bumper from me while I was working at a bar. I refused and they thought they would just disable my truck by removing a couple of plug wires so they could steal it later when I left it. These old trucks will still run on 5 or 6 cylinders. As for...
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    Rear wheels are sucked in way more than front. K10. Adapters? BAD IDEA? pics inside

    The problem with this logic is that the 2wd also has a narrower rear track width than the front. If they had used wider rear axles to match the front on 2wd it would have matched the front axle on 4wd. I have read all I could find discussing this and unless they were using axles from cars (they...
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    POR 15 Hi Temp coating....Fail!

    I feel the issue is that you didn't first burn off the original coating on the exhaust pipe before you applied the POR so once that heated up and off gassed it just flaked off the POR. Just my opinion but now i want to science it and find out.
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    How can I shield these electrical connections?

    I have the exact same relay/fuse box and they are pretty weather proof. if you are worried about the attached terminal blocks you can just apply dielectric grease as others suggested but you will need to inspect regularly as some of it will dry out with high temps.
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    Steering Column Interchange

    I am doing the reverse swap, putting a 86 column in a 81. Need to figure out the wiring to move the wiper controls and dimmer to the column
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    Scrapping Truck -- Parts To Keep?

    Really? I have one of those with all the hardware (those 1 inch spacers) that I couldn't give away here in Houston/Austin.
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    Scrapping Truck -- Parts To Keep?

    If it happened to have the rear speaker factory mounts, keep them. those have a market.
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    Wanna slam that 63-98 C10/C1500? Lets talk about it!

    I would add that a K5 requires a notch with a axle flip. I had less than 2" clearance from the frame after removing the bump stops.
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    AVAILABLE: Pre-'81 Factory Tach complete cluster

    Thought I would share what the final product was. I still have the older model cluster with the mechanical oil gauge if anyone is interested. Also have the large fuel gauge from this cluster.
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    AVAILABLE: Pre-'81 Factory Tach complete cluster

    I should have a stock one w/o tach from a 81 with a working clock in the bottom left position.
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    AVAILABLE: Pre-'81 Factory Tach complete cluster

    :banana-mario::pepper::big_banana_Dance:Thank you for getting this and it was awesome that you thought of the forum and shared.
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    AVAILABLE: Pre-'81 Factory Tach complete cluster

    There shouldn't be anything else needed just the cluster. and I am not sure why but i am not getting notifications when this thread is updated
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    AVAILABLE: Pre-'81 Factory Tach complete cluster

    If you haven't already please grab it. I am interested.
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    What is this wire for?

    Do you happen to have the new links for the 81/82 models. The ones in hatzie's sig no longer work
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    Headliner from RockAuto?

    Also look into the other vendors. I found at least 2 that were offering free shipping and only 280 to 305 for the headliner.

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