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  1. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Thanks!
  2. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    They replaced the clutch with the same type they pulled out (the odd “heavy duty” one with the coil springs around the outside and the three levers, rather than the typical diaphragm type). I would assume they measured the flywheel and ordered the correct replacement as well… I’m having a...
  3. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    That could be… I was wondering about the speed. And valvetrain noise would be even slower, yes? Half the speed of crank speed? I’ll ask them tomorrow. Thinking about it, it does make the sound - quieter, but it’s there - when it’s cranking. If it were a knock, I don’t know that it would do that…
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    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Ugh. Car forums… I have never replaced a flywheel or clutch in a V8. The only experience I have in that area is from 20 years ago with a 73 VW Bug which has an engine small enough you don’t need a hoist; you can pull it out by hand. It weighs 80 lbs. I wasn’t about to learn how to change a...
  5. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Ok. Thanks, y’all. I’ll have it towed and see what’s what. Hopefully it’s not too expensive and it’s something I can do. A camshaft, for instance, is outside of my capability. I don’t have an engine hoist and cannot afford one.
  6. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    A worn out cam would cause a knock? I would figure a bad cam would result in a no start condition. Is that not the case? Is this even a knock I’m hearing?
  7. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Yes, she has oil. It’s old oil, but it’s there and it’s full.
  8. Disco

    Ruh roh Raggy! I hear you knocking…

    Ugh. This hurts. So I bought my C10 2 years ago. She had spent 15-20 years sitting in a neighbor’s backyard, slowly sinking into the dirt. The engine rotated over by hand with good compression, so when I bought her, I pulled the plugs and filled the cylinders with a mix of ATF and MMO, then I...
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    Paint name & code

    @Termite_Delight we thought about exchanging the lite blue for white. It’s a tough choice because on one hand, the factory color combo wasn’t bad, but on the other, blue and white is iconic.
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    Paint name & code

    Lol. Regardless, this is to OE color scheme for my Big 10, and I plan to return her one day to her original beauty.
  11. Disco

    Paint name & code

    Sweet. I’ve seen build sheets like that before, but this is the first one that has Hawaiian blue labeled medium in parenthesis. I’ve only seen one or the other. The sample is supposed to be a 75 according to the sales listing, but the target truck (mine) is a 78. These are the colors mine came...
  12. Disco

    Paint name & code

    Does anyone know what colors these are? The darker one I have seen called Hawaiian Blue and Medium Blue. I believe the lighter color is simply Light Blue.
  13. Disco

    What is you headlight setup

    I dunno. A proper LED headlight setup should not dazzle. LEDs that use the same light pattern as halogens and that are aimed correctly should not have much more effect on opposing travel than halogens. Most of the issues with LED lights are units aimed too far up or too far into traffic, or they...
  14. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    I’ve been told my truck is a bit of an odd, rare bird. I don’t know how accurate that is, but I haven’t seen many like it.
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    What did you pay for a square

    @mtbadbob I chuckled at the polar differences in our tastes. You went through the work of drilling holes to put the tailgate band back on. My first mod to my truck was to remove it and put it in my shed. I might consider one of those narrow filler bands with “Chevrolet” stamped in the center...
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    What did you pay for a square

    Great story! Glad you were able to save it!
  17. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    Same model years, even! Mine’s a 78 Silverado (sans a/c) short bed with dual tanks, a 350, and a Muncie 4 speed. Yours?
  18. Disco

    What is you headlight setup

    I have the 9003 sealed-beam replacements as well - the type with the crystal-clear lens (no fluting) and the facetted reflector, but I have not installed them yet. I honestly have not gotten to drive the truck yet. Soon, hopefully. I have driven enough older vehicles with sealed-beam lights...
  19. Disco

    Show your daily driver

    Recently picked up this gem as our daily. 1995 Volkswagen Cabrio GLX. Nice, solid car. Easy on gas and a blast to drive. New canvas top. I just need to put the side trim back on. It's hard to believe she's 30!
  20. Disco

    What did you pay for a square

    I paid $2400 for my Big 10. Now ask me how much I've paid since then. Lol
  21. Disco

    Which clutch!?

    ???
  22. Disco

    Which clutch!?

    I'm not putting anything in front of it. It has something like 75k original miles on it, and the engine runs great, aside from the old, blown Qjet accelerator pump (I have a brand-new Holley 4175 Qjet replacement for it), so it will have the factory 4-bolt main 350 in it until that engine dies...
  23. Disco

    Which clutch!?

    Ok. So, from what I'm gathering from all this info, if I'm not willing to do the job (in this case, anyway), I should let the shop do what they need to and just deal with the associated markup on O'Reilly parts. This shop does allow owner-purchased parts. They just don't warranty them and it's a...
  24. Disco

    Which clutch!?

    This is my first vintage American vehicle, if you can’t tell. I’m pretty clueless.
  25. Disco

    Which clutch!?

    Ok, so the clutch is either/or? I assume the 168 tooth flywheel is larger in diameter than the 153. So wouldn’t I want the larger clutch in that case?

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