Colby83
Junior Member
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2024
- Posts
- 17
- Reaction score
- 34
- Location
- Bay Area, CA
- First Name
- Colby
- Truck Year
- 1983
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 6.2
As the title states (and as some of you know), I'm swapping my 700R4 for a Saginaw 3-speed, not vice versa. I'll also let this post double as an introduction.
Hi, I'm Colby, and I'm a college student. I got my truck from my dad last April, nearly 21 years after he first bought it. He mainly used it to haul furniture and junk, which we didn't have to do very often, and I learned to drive in it. I loved riding in it as a kid. Last April, the real estate agent trying to sell the house across the street wanted the truck off the street cause it was registered non-op. Naturally, I parked it in the front yard instead. Bet that wasn't the outcome she wanted. My mom was actually going to make my dad get rid of the truck until I insisted that I wanted to keep it. Fast forward to today, and I've replaced all the broken gauge sending units, pulled the radiator and got it washed and sealed, flushed the rest of the cooling system, replaced/upgraded the entire fuel system between the tank and IP, hooked up a switch for full manual glow plug control (not just an override switch, the glow plug controller has been relocated into the garbage can), 3D-printed an intake hat for a cone filter, and installed a bed stack, among many other minor fixes and mods. Glad to be a part of this forum.
So, I spent all afternoon pulling the column and brake pedal and getting the manual pedals in. My truck's original brake pedal bracket had two studs and two holes for mounting. The hydroboost mounting bracket has two corresponding sets of holes and studs. The manual pedal set I got had four studs. I'm assuming this is just a hydroboost vs. vacuum booster difference. I ground, drilled, and hammered out the top two studs from the manual pedal bracket. The pedal bracket still wouldn't mount. I realized the holes weren't big enough, so I ground them out further. They're now about the same size as the holes on the original brake pedal bracket. They finally fit. I stopped here for today as it started pouring the second I got the pedals bolted in.
I'm going to reuse my auto column. I've seen a few people mention a blank shift bowl, GM 7812754. I tried looking it up and didn't get any hits. Does anyone have one of these floating around by any chance? If not, maybe I'll scan the current shift bowl, erase the nub, and 3D print it.
Merry Christmas,
Colby
Hi, I'm Colby, and I'm a college student. I got my truck from my dad last April, nearly 21 years after he first bought it. He mainly used it to haul furniture and junk, which we didn't have to do very often, and I learned to drive in it. I loved riding in it as a kid. Last April, the real estate agent trying to sell the house across the street wanted the truck off the street cause it was registered non-op. Naturally, I parked it in the front yard instead. Bet that wasn't the outcome she wanted. My mom was actually going to make my dad get rid of the truck until I insisted that I wanted to keep it. Fast forward to today, and I've replaced all the broken gauge sending units, pulled the radiator and got it washed and sealed, flushed the rest of the cooling system, replaced/upgraded the entire fuel system between the tank and IP, hooked up a switch for full manual glow plug control (not just an override switch, the glow plug controller has been relocated into the garbage can), 3D-printed an intake hat for a cone filter, and installed a bed stack, among many other minor fixes and mods. Glad to be a part of this forum.
So, I spent all afternoon pulling the column and brake pedal and getting the manual pedals in. My truck's original brake pedal bracket had two studs and two holes for mounting. The hydroboost mounting bracket has two corresponding sets of holes and studs. The manual pedal set I got had four studs. I'm assuming this is just a hydroboost vs. vacuum booster difference. I ground, drilled, and hammered out the top two studs from the manual pedal bracket. The pedal bracket still wouldn't mount. I realized the holes weren't big enough, so I ground them out further. They're now about the same size as the holes on the original brake pedal bracket. They finally fit. I stopped here for today as it started pouring the second I got the pedals bolted in.
I'm going to reuse my auto column. I've seen a few people mention a blank shift bowl, GM 7812754. I tried looking it up and didn't get any hits. Does anyone have one of these floating around by any chance? If not, maybe I'll scan the current shift bowl, erase the nub, and 3D print it.
Merry Christmas,
Colby
It takes a certain level of eccentricity (and stupidity) to put a 3-speed behind a diesel. I'm that stupid eccentric.
