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  1. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    i hosed everything down 3 times with penetrating oil tht i got from work. when teh fittings started to move i started to work the fitting (loose, tighten, repeat) until the fittings came out. having a rotted wood bed floor did make it easy to get to the main fitting on the line that you are...
  2. mikeoverland

    1? 2? 4?

    Yep, it's me again. Still working on the basket case (1981 250 I6) and for the life of me i can't figure out what carb should be on this thing. RIGHT NOW it has a 2 bbl varijet 2 that doesn't look like it belongs on the intake since it seems that someone made an adaptor out of sheet metal to...
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    ok, i'll bite. where is the reverse light switch

    While i was working on the basket case today (1981 c10 250 I6 3 speed saginaw on the tree) i decided to fix the reverse lights. I pulled the bulbs and tested them and they are good but there is no electricity getting to the bulb sockets. normally there is a switch on the side of the...
  4. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    WOW! i' glad that i decided to replace all of the soft brake lines! When I got the basket case i noticed that the passenger's side front brake line was in two pieces so I replaced it. Today I finally replaced the driver's side line and the back lines. When I pulled the line from the driver's...
  5. mikeoverland

    Thanks from San Antonio

    this isn't a post for an event but i figured that i would post this here. I wanted to say Happy New Yeras to everyone here and Iwant to say thanks for all of the great advice i've received from this group. thanks a bunch Mike Overland owner of the basket case
  6. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    the one brake line that i replced was an original from 1981. i think somone got their money out of those lines..... I should have the other ones replaced tomorrow then i can see if the master is worth anything (right now i'm thinking no but with shot lines...)
  7. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I was up late last night and the basket case (1981 C10) now has a new fuel pump and the broken front brake line is now brand new. I hope to have all of the soft brake lines replaced by the end of the weekend. Next up is to rebuild the 2bbl carb. I think that it is full of junk and the...
  8. mikeoverland

    Catalytic converters: does your square have them?

    I once wondered about the lack of an air pump and a cat on the basket case and i found out something interesting. My particular 1981 square was built in Canada (vin starts 2g) and for some reason was exempt from all of that crap. i do kind of have an egr (it's fried) and an evap canister and...
  9. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    LOL! i'll have to agree with that...
  10. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    well i figured out why that fitting was fighting me. the nut was originally cross threaded onto the fitting. this extraction involved the use of: a crow bar a screw driver a hammer a cordless drill a crap load of swearing I WIN! (and i didn't even come close to damaging the steel fuel lines...
  11. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    I did try vice grips but i couldn't get a good grip on the stupid nut.....
  12. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    life is too short to beat around the bush
  13. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    I agrre with you 100% fter reading some of the threads on this site I think that some of the people ln this list are geniuses!
  14. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    i didn't think that there were any squares left in the yards down here. i normally go to pick and pull so i'll have to check out roosevelt parts
  15. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    that is a hell of an idea! time to pull the grinder out...
  16. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    yes. yes I am
  17. mikeoverland

    it's stupid question time

    yes it's stupid question time and i'm yur host Mike in San Antonio. I am currently working on the brakes of the basket cse (81 c 10 with disk brakes up front) and i can not figure out the size of the nut holding the bulkhead fitting that holds the front flex brake line to the steel hard line...
  18. mikeoverland

    lock plate retaining ring

    lets see.... i have one house that is mobile but only one vehicle that isn't........nope, not a redneck..... (although a buddy of mine said to forget putting the steering wheel back on and drive around with a pair of vice grips on the steering shaft...) mike
  19. mikeoverland

    lock plate retaining ring

    things you find in the driveway when you STOP looking for them. I went outside with my calaper to get measurements for a new ring and what do i find next to the rear tire??????? i looked at that same spot 5 times without seeing the ring. I stop looking for the ring and i wound up stepping on...
  20. mikeoverland

    lock plate retaining ring

    (picture stolen from aurora girl) the missing piece in question is the nasty little silver ring that can be seen sitting right under the green center section of the lock plate tool. it is the ring that holds the lock plate down and the spring compressed mike
  21. mikeoverland

    lock plate retaining ring

    guilty as charged! i was in a hurry and it was late at night when i decided to put the ignition switch in. i've got enough strenght in my hands to hold the lock plate down so i figured that i didn't need the above pictured tool...... right up to the point that the retaining ring shot off of...
  22. mikeoverland

    lock plate retaining ring

    Well I put my foot into it this time. I was replacing the ignition switch in the basket case last night so I could strt the vehicle with a key verses a flat blade screwdriver. When i finally got the lock plate retainer off it SHOT off of the steering shaft and laneded somewhere in South Texas...
  23. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    that grill is bad ass!!!!!!!!
  24. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    that looks like a bunch of very hard, very hot and sweaty work. when i get to the body work on the basket case i'm going to pressure wash it and then clear it mike
  25. mikeoverland

    What have you done to your square lately??

    i took the basket case on a shakedown cruise Saturday night. i found out that the manual transmission needs more oil, the brakes aren't there at all and the tires suck. it was the best 30 minute "keep the battery charged" ride of my life!

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