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  1. MikeB

    Tailgate pivot hinge

    Found the problem. The slotted cup on passenger side of my tailgate must have rotated. It should be oriented like in the picture below. So, like someone above said, it should lift up and off the oval shaped bed cup when the tailgate is dropped 30-45 degrees from vertical.
  2. MikeB

    Tailgate pivot hinge

    I'd sure like to see a picture of the side with the slot in the cup. Do you pull the tailgate up and out when it's at 45 degrees? Here's what mine looks like. As you can see, it has to move down another 30 degrees or more before it will drop out. Maybe the cup or trunnion has rotated...
  3. MikeB

    Min Starters not all created equal

    I've had the same mid-90s 5.7L permanent magnet starter on 3 different vehicles now. (Removed it from the first two when I went with 168-tooth flexplate and flywheel.) Bought it on eBay for $40-something around 12-15 years ago. Still works great, which surprises the heck out of me since it was...
  4. MikeB

    Tailgate pivot hinge

    On my 82, quick removal only works if you don't have a bumper installed. :( That's because the tailgate must drop around 30-45 degrees below level before the slot in the "cup" will slide out of the body-mounted trunnion on the passenger side. Here's a parts diagram...
  5. MikeB

    Razor blade and paint thinner to remove sticker

  6. MikeB

    New engine quirks

    I can tell you that zero degrees advance was a band-aid to reduce emissions, just like using "ported" vacuum for spark advance. Coupling those band-aids with a super lean fuel mixture typically meant stumbling on acceleration, detonation (from the lean mixture), and poor fuel economy. As...
  7. MikeB

    Headlights quit

    This is an oldie but a goodie post about an 86 GMC Caballero with column-mounted headlight and dimmer switches: A dimmer switch on a GM product is a switch that switches your headlights from lo to hi. It is near the ign sw. on the column. The power goes from that to the headlights either hi or...
  8. MikeB

    Rebuild and sell or part out?

    I don't think you'll find much interest in a 305, so I wouldn't spend any money on it. If you can honestly tell a buyer that it ran OK, then you might get $150 for it, and that's a big maybe. I've seen guys give them away just to get them out of the garage! You might also consider selling the...
  9. MikeB

    Adhesives

    No surprise that JB Weld won the contest. I had a buddy use it in an emergency to patch a broken cast metal A/C compressor bracket. He had planned to buy a new bracket, but never got around to it. After a few years, he traded in the car with the patched bracket still intact! On another note...
  10. MikeB

    Adding convertor (s). Yes, I said adding.

    I'm no emissions expert here, but will cats have a shorter life if the A/F ratio is overly rich due to not having feedback from an O2 sensor? Then again, I don't think the auto manufacturers had any feedback when they started using cats back in the mid-1970s. The idea was to convert as much...
  11. MikeB

    Second PCV with carb "T" or to intake manifold?

    No, no no! The PCV valve is only partially open under low vacuum, high load conditions. it's only fully open (in the middle of its travel range) under moderate vacuum, medium load conditions. With no valve, what you have is a constant large vacuum leak!
  12. MikeB

    Dipstick tube installation tricks

    I recently installed a new ProForm dipstick housing (with locking dipstick) on my 82 C10's TH350 without removing anything. All I had to do was hold a 2x4 edgewise on top of the tube and tap it with a hammer. Mine came with a rubber bushing, unlike factory models that were metal on metal and...
  13. MikeB

    2001 YZ 250

    I used to ride motocross and cross country back in the 70s-90s. We always said, "There is nothing more used than a used dirt bike." And we were talking about 2-3 year old bikes! That said, a buddy of mine has a 96 WR250 (cross county version of YZ) that's in pristine condition. But I doubt...
  14. MikeB

    Bulkhead / Firewall Connector

    Good luck finding new connector halves. After looking for a while, I gave up and bought an aftermarket harness. One of the benefits was larger gauge wires for just about every circuit.
  15. MikeB

    First Ever K-10 Build, What’s It Worth??

    Probably won't be worth as much as you put into it, unless you do all the work yourself. Body, paint, and interior can get expensive in a hurry when you're paying pros to do it. I'd guess that I have $9K total in mine, and did all the work myself except for front end alignment and machining...
  16. MikeB

    Th350 MPG question

    I had a TH350C in an 81 C10 back in the late 1980s. It tended to lock-up too soon under steady throttle (as low as 35-40 mph) which caused the little 305 to literally shudder. It was especially bad with the 2.56 axle. I learned to drive around in 2nd gear until I hit the highway, but even...
  17. MikeB

    Leaf Spring

    If you ever need new springs, these guys have good prices and service: https://www.truckspring.com/Search.aspx?p=Make:Chevrolet/Year:1982/Model:C10/Suspension-Parts/Leaf-Springs
  18. MikeB

    15 inches of vacuum

    That's a good idea. So many of the vacuum cans have 20" or more, which is "clatter" waiting to happen as you lightly roll on the throttle. Most guys will simply back off initial timing a bit to get rid of the clatter, but that is NOT the answer because it hurts performance. I found a...
  19. MikeB

    15 inches of vacuum

    Yes. That's because engine vacuum is relative to atmospheric pressure. So, the lower the atmospheric pressure, the smaller the difference between that and engine vacuum. Engine vacuum decreases about 1" hg for every 1,000 ft above sea level. So, a 350 that makes 20" hg in Houston would make...
  20. MikeB

    Heavier Duty Coils on 2wd. Any issues?

    I guess it depends on which springs your truck has now. If it has the basic C10 suspension, Moog #6452 would be the OE replacements, but they have a little higher spring rate (843 lbs/in) than OE. Moog's spring chart shows the #6454 spring rate is 1060 lbs/in (25% stiffer than #6452), which...
  21. MikeB

    1980 z28 rescue

    T10 behind a 454? Be careful! Can't believe you got so much done in 5-6 weeks. Great job!
  22. MikeB

    Hi from TX

    I was just looking on the Internet and found that descriptions of clamp-on multi-meters are fuzzy at best. Many of the so called AC/DC clamp-on meters measure only AC current with the clamp, so make sure you know what you're getting. Also, you want one that measures as little as .01 amps. I've...
  23. MikeB

    BEFORE AND AFTER UPDATE

    That looks very nice! Funny but I just finished machine-polishing my 82's original almond paint (light tan) with a random orbital polisher. I'm in the process of waxing it now. Poor thing spends most of its time outside, but we're building a house with a 32' x 25' garage!
  24. MikeB

    Under hood wiring - Part 1

    This might help a little. Not OE, but I think the colors are the same. https://www.americanautowire.com/pub/media/productattachments/files/downloads/92970190 510348 IN 2.0.pdf
  25. MikeB

    Did I get the right jack stands?

    I wouldn't worry about shape, but the height of 3-ton stands is too low for a pickup, IMO. I have 2 pairs of 6-ton stands and one pair of 12-ton. Can't beat those 12-ton models under the axle tubes for getting the truck up in the air! I think you'll find the 3-ton models will need to be...

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