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    1991 suburban sunvisors in 1987 pickup? Will they fit?

    Thanks all! Had to postpone until this weekend due to rain but as soon as ai pick this stuff up and get to work putting it in I’ll post pics and probably have more questions!
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    1991 suburban sunvisors in 1987 pickup? Will they fit?

    A great idea! If it’s got one I’ll grab it too. I’ve already got suburban door pockets with the Velcro flap but if I didn’t already have them I’d be grabbing them. I already planned on getting as much of the wiring with the visor as I can get. Trying to think of anything else to grab while...
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    1991 suburban sunvisors in 1987 pickup? Will they fit?

    I don’t believe they’re aftermarket. I’ve seen these before in 1990-1991 Suburbans and not conversion suburbans either. It’s just that I haven’t found a set until now that’s in good enough condition to just swap in without having to figure out how to recover them in headliner material. I...
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    1991 suburban sunvisors in 1987 pickup? Will they fit?

    @HotWheelsBurban Not pics of the 91 suburban I’m getting the visors off of, Im an hour away and the guy that has it isn’t home either but here’s a couple pics of a 1991 interior I found online. The second shot is a closeup of the clip area. Also including a eBay link to a set of these late...
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    1991 suburban sunvisors in 1987 pickup? Will they fit?

    Not of this particular one but let me see if I can find pics online of the setup
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    1991 suburban sunvisors in 1987 pickup? Will they fit?

    So here’s my question. I’ve got a 1987 V10 Silverado. It’s got the vinyl covered sunvisors with the passenger vanity mirror. I know someone who’s parting out a 1991 Suburban with the same color interior, the sunvisors are the same material as the headliner, and they have a lighted vanity...
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    Widest tire using stock 15x8 rallies

    You know, I’ve never understood why the stamped steel rally wheels are 15x8 but the optional aluminum Budd looking wheels are only 15x7. Anyone know what the logic was behind that decision? I love the fact my truck has the optional aluminum rims but it came with 31” inch tires from the factory...
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    NP241 TRANSFER CASE SUPPORT ROD

    When I first got my truck I found that the transfer case had broken at one of the bolt holes on the case for that brace. Upon further inspection I found that a previous owner had removed the motor mount to trans inspection cover braces, had left the transmission mount unbolted, and had...
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    torque converter lock up

    I went round and round with this very same issue on my 1987 V10 when I first got it. From the look of the remains of the TCC plug dangling next to the trans and the plug socket filled with 40 years worth of dirt the original owner unplugged TCC the day he drove the truck off the lot. Might...
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    Fuel gauge to tachometer, clock to fuel gauge

    Built this last winter. Used factory gauges and as much factory parts as possible.
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    Tachometer 6 cylinder

    Agreed. I wish I’d have taken a pic of the 1985 cluster I bought for parts just to have it up there because there were slight differences. The redline marker on my 1985 tach is white, the 1980 Canadian cluster pictured on that site is yellow/red. I’ve never seen a 1980&up repro tach with a...
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    Tachometer 6 cylinder

    A lot of that info is good but some of it is bad. It states in there that you can’t run a factory tach ‘87-‘91 because of the VSS/ECM/etc on TBI trucks and that’s just not true. The white wire running off the coil on the TBI trucks is a tach signal wire and it works just fine with the GM tach...
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    Tachometer 6 cylinder

    There’s a guy in Louisiana that makes repro boards to repair the factory tachs in 80s Camaros/Firebirds/Trucks/Vettes/etc. I used his board to fix the factory tach in the cluster I built for my truck. It was around $60. He includes a potentiometer soldered to the board so you can dial in the...
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    Anyone know how to disassemble this fender antenna?

    Yes, the goal is to mount a CB antenna to the bezel. I need to get it apart so I can measure and make absolutely sure that what I order for it will fit. I guess I don’t even need to worry about the mast, just the hex nut to get the current antenna off the bezel. Now I just need to figure out...
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    Anyone know how to disassemble this fender antenna?

    OK. Just wanted to know before I started turning on things too hard. There’s that large chrome hex and then further up just below the mast that little piece has 2 flats on it for a wrench. I tried turning both and neither moved at all. I’ll soak that large hex in penetrant and see if it...
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    Anyone know how to disassemble this fender antenna?

    I’d like to put this mount to use as a CB antenna but can’t figure out a way to disassemble it. I can see a couple spots on it where I could put a wrench but when I tried it seemed solid and I don’t want to break anything. My understanding is that this is a GM accessory and was most likely...
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    TBI/center bolt valve cover options

    One thing I’m wondering about the center-bolt valve covers. The drivers side cover I’ve got doesn’t seem to be threaded for a screw-on cap and doesn’t have the cutouts for a bayonet-style cap. When I got the truck it just had a generic press-on rubber cap which was of course all dried out and...
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    Wiper Control Module

    Hate to resurrect an old thread but thought I’d answer this question with a couple of pics for anyone working on these old pulse wiper modules. The module on my ‘87 didn’t have the chip with GM’s proprietary number, and the one bought to replace it off eBay supposedly working didn’t have it...
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    Latest thinking on replacement gauges

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    Latest thinking on replacement gauges

    Built this cluster using the stock cluster from my 1987 V10, a factory tach cluster from a 1985 C20, and a couple 88-89 cluster parts plus a few other things. Wasn’t easy but the result speaks for itself.
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    Dash pictures of ‘77 K5 Blazet w/tach

    Just thought I’d share this link. It’s got a LOT of info on here about the factory tachs in squarebody trucks. Not all this info is accurate, though. Specifically, the part where they say that a factory tach won’t work on the TBI trucks. That is absolutely not true and my truck is proof of...
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    Dash pictures of ‘77 K5 Blazet w/tach

    This is who I used for the replacement board on the factory tach I used. Completely satisfied and it’s held up just fine. I WILL say, though, that even with him adjusting it prior to shipping it out, when you get it and install it you’ll need to dial it in to get the tach to read right...
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    Dash pictures of ‘77 K5 Blazet w/tach

    It’s hard work gathering the parts and building a factory tach cluster, but it’s totally worth it. One tip, an easy way to tell the 80&up factory tachs from the repro tachs is that factory tachs have the telltale/redline. It’s yellow/red in the earlier 80&up tachs and white in the later tachs...
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    Need bolts for exhaust manifold heat shields on 1987 350TBI

    So I own a 1987 V10 with a 350TBI. One thing that it’s missing are the spark plug heat shields though it does still have the heat shield that’s attached to the manifold for the stovepipe to the aircleaner. It’s missing the other 3 heat shields. This doesn’t use the later TBI heat shields...
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    New Badges for Military Service Members, LEO, FireFighters and EMT

    Go ahead and give me the Army badge. Here’s a pic of my truck with veteran plates as proof of service.

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