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    Modify your wiper arms…

    gmt400 fits driver side, not passenger side on my 85. So… trim off the pin box… wipers blades come with a multifit end…
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    Reusing gears, swapping housings

    Truck shipped as a 4.3/Th400/open 2.73 rear gears with 205/75r15 tires. Getting 350 swapped, staying Th400, going with 285/70r15 rears. GPS speedometer, so no concerns in that department. My engine donor is a 4wd with 3.42 gears. Are the splines likely the same 85 2wd vs 92 4wd? The 92 has...
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    Tube grille for 85, quad headlight type

    Looking for an “old skool” stainless or chrome tube grill. Round tube, square tube, don’t care. Can’t stand the modern “billet look” grilles. Stock style is, um, “too stock” if that makes sense… Crusty is fine, as long as it isn’t bent up. Thanks
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    Flipped axle Caltracs?

    Anyone running them? If so, do they actually do anything productive, or just add weight and “look cool”? Back when I was building Danger Rangers, a Bronco 2 trac bar set was basically mandatory, but, completely different mounting system. Hooks to the front hanger and rear axle plates, NOT in...
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    Th400 deep pan and refresh?

    Truck made it 40 years without a transmission service that I know of. And after sitting/being lowered, now has no fluid showing on the stick. I know, truck abuse, we inherited it when my 92 year old father in law died in 2018. Was mothballed to backup status with a permanent plate. Plan to...
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    Power to manual door conversion?

    My wife’s 85 C10 Silverado has had a clear garbage bag “window” since 2022. Power doors, of course, with the fugly switches/panels. Time to fix it for good… My 85 C60 Custom Deluxe has crank windows and decent door panels. The C60 is a parts roach. How do I swap power door guts out for manual...
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    Starting custom dash build.

    Figured what the heck, if I screw it up too badly, can order a sweatshop Chinesium replacement. The foam was separating in sheets all over the base. So, the standard cut back, blow foam and polar fleece method is a no go. No problem, I hope… Foam peels off relatively cleanly with a putty knife...
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    S-10 4.3 headers fit 85/86?

    As asked, will the shorty headers for an S10 4wd work on a 2wd full size? The units come with O2 sensor block off plates and easy to cap egr fittings. I’d rather not chop up the stock stuff in case somebody in an emissions test area needs them. Trying to get the engine bay as bare bones as...
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    Cheapy Super Beetle for the wife

    She chose the color scheme, will be matte black and satin eggplant with lime green welting. Rattle canned the color test, zero prep, she loves it.
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    3 minute battery life…?

    Tried to crank my truck today. 625a marine battery, fully charged. Truck will turn over, very slowly. Cable end at the battery was branding iron hot… Truck has sat up for a year. Oil is at the right level. ATF may have leaked out. New distributor and eelated including sparkplugs. Tilt column...
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    Transmission identification help?

    1987 C60 with a governed 2bbl Zenith equipped 350. 4spd manual with pto and tailshaft parking drum. Cab is junk, would like to repurpose the engine/transmission in a different truck. Already going to swap the Custom Deluxe manual door guts/panels onto my 85 C10, tired of pw/pl failures...
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    Adding a swaybar? 85 Silverado swb

    Truck did not come with a swaybar. I have a 92 K1500 that is getting a lift and a swaybar delete. Can the 92 bar be retrofit to the 85? Note, the 85 has -0- factory provisions for mounting a swaybar… Could buy an aftermarket, probably “should” just buy an aftermarket kit, but on a leo salary...
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    Early 4.3 upgrade?

    The original issue 4.3 in my 85 swb is tired. Smokes like a 2 stroke tired. IF there is enough wall thickness left, going to rebuild it. RV cam? Retrofit roller cam? Thermostat temperature? Exhaust w/o egr or smog pump provisions? Already installed a non-ESC distributor (Jegs with 4 pin icm)...
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    Qjet to 2bbl swap?

    The factory installed Qjet on my truck is at paperweight status. It basically sweats gas. Ordered the adapter to run a 2bbl on the stock high rise iron intake. Pulled the original issue 40 years old distributor yesterday. New distributor, plugs and wires going in today. Truck has a Th400...
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    Hello from SW TN

    New here, moved over from the GMT400 group. Have an 85 C10 swb “odd ball”; shipped with a Qjet equipped 4.3L V6, Th400, 2.73 gears, van 15x6 rally wheels, P205/75r15s, 1.25” rotors, heavy duty cooling package, lightest spring rating (919#). Full Silverado trim less stick on side chrome, less cab...

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