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    Master cylinder lid leaking

    One of my favorite things to use for cleaning up gasket mating surfaces are the little Dremel tool shanks with various agressiveness Scotch-Brite type pads on the ends. They are pretty cheap (I got someone who has Amazon to order me a 100 pack for around $20.00) and because they are brilliant...
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    Master cylinder lid leaking

    I had trouble with mine leaking like that when I first got the truck. I replaced the lid gasket/insert thing and it helped but didn't 100% solve it - check for some fine corrosion or any kind of contamination along the top surface of the MC itself. Is the spring loaded clip that holds it down...
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    Oil pressure gauge not working

    You could also just for a test clamp a negative jumper cable onto the metal part of the sender and ground the other negative clamp anywhere you know is good as a test - if it works than go through the effort of making up your ground wire as described. A quick zero-cost test and if it doesn't...
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    Oil pressure gauge not working

    OK I misread - I thought you had the 3 prong sender. I have no idea what 3 prong gauge wiring would look like, usually there is just 1 wire from the sender and a ground.
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    Oil pressure gauge not working

    If you have a sender with a 3 prong connector, two of those 3 prongs are for a fuel pump relay backup (they are effectively a switch that closes when there is more than around 5 PSI, originally intended to provide a secondary power feed to the fuel pump if the relay were to fail). Only 1 of...
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    Reinforced hood

    The 81 and up hoods also feel lighter (maybe just the way the springs are set up) than the 70's version - my 89 Suburban's hood has no buckling even though the dimples are there - it also has the catch hook things at the cowl to stop it from coming thru the glass. But comparing it to my friend...
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    Tailgate hinge/trunnion rot

    My welds are never "pretty" either so the grinder is my best friend - but if its welded solid thats what counts and with the tailgate on no one is going to be seeing/inspecting that area anyway. And if they do, hand them the tools and tell them let me see you do better.
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    Hard Line from fuel pump to carb

    Using the nickel-copper line is real easy to make all sorts of complex shapes from. Since you have an engine sitting out and accessible, it shouldn't be fairly simple to replicate since you have an example to work from. Just make sure you put the ends on before you start bending (I've ruined a...
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    305 serious sludge

    Don't know how relevant this is because it comes to me very much second hand, but my father used to always go on about how he killed a 1956 Chevy by cleaning up the whole top side of the engine - he claims the dirt and sludge were the only thing helping it maintain oil pressure and once it was...
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    305 serious sludge

    I think there WAS some truth to the "Pennzoil gums up" thing years ago - likewise for Quaker State. I remember reading about it (in magazines and printed articles! - that long ago) being a result of a quirk in the chemical composition of oil from Pennsylvania. I don't think it matters anymore...
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    454 running hot

    I have to admit the harbor freight (and even the slightly "better" one from Lowes) laser thermometer devices don't tend to be overly accurate either - they are very good at finding things like a non-firing cylinder by comparing the temp of the spark plugs or exhaust tubes to each other, but the...
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    K5 frame crack

    Since this seems to be an ongoing problem, it is probably something else I need to be worried about. I assume the Suburban frames and the truck frames are essentially the same, so I probably have cracks as well. How can one inspect for them without removing the steering box?
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    Show off your non-square project cars.

    If anyone is still reading along on this (if not tell me to shut up): This is what I had to work with at the beginning of the year with professionally zip-tied instrument mounts..... By June I got to this point...sourcing lamp holders for the hi-beam indicator and alternator warning bulbs...
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    Hot, hot won't start..

    I have had this issue on both Ford and Chevy trucks - really good cables can help overcome the extra drag from the heat soak but even with brand new everything there is still that moment of anxiety after stopping for gas or something that only takes a short while. My Ford was a manual so I just...
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    Oil pressure sender stuck.

    There might be a little bit come out, but when the engine is off all but a tiny amount of oil is collected down in the pan (and about a quart or so stilll in the filter) so worst case is you'll get a few drips or a dribble.
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    Can rear A/C simply be bypassed?

    A threaded cap may be all you need, with appropriate o-ring or gasket to hold the prerssure. I have the opposite problem - my rear AC gets cold but the front is barely below ambient air temp. Unfortunately all the plastic baffles inside the rear unit had cracked and broken away so although the...
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    Spare tire mounted under the front bumper?

    I think it would be possible to make a hitch mount that flips down out of the way when you need to open the back (dunno if you have tailgate or barn doors). And if you are towing a trailer, stick the spare somewhere in/on the trailer. Anything hitch mounted tends to rattle around though...
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    Hot, hot won't start..

    Thanks for all the tips! I tend to forget WalMart sometimes has handy automotive stuff. I'll pop thru there this weekend and see if they have any at my local one.
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    Hot, hot won't start..

    I like those terminals - I wouldn't mind finding a set of those for my British car project. At the moment I'm using the marine-style ones with the threaded stud pointing up, but that gets pretty close to the battery compartment cover. Having a side attachment would be safer I think but I've...
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    New impact: air vs battery powered?

    Well I already have a 3 or 4 Makita batteries as well since I got one of their smaller drill/driver tools before inheriting all the DeWalt stuff. So I can go either way in terms of batteries. The main objective was to point out that Makita has a viable electric impact option more so than...
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    New impact: air vs battery powered?

    I inherited a good size collection of older DeWalt tools that used the NiMH batteries which slid up into the handle, and no usable batteries. DeWalt themselves and a couple 3rd party knockoffs make an adaptor that slides in like the old battery and then you clip on one of the current generation...
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    454 freeze plug replacement.

    I like the technique employed - use a threaded rod, socket and nuts to press it in instead of trying to pound away with a hammer in there....
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    Anyone ever seen a sun roof in a Square body

    A previous owner had one put in my 1985 Jeep - it is the reason I need to completely replace the floors on both sides now. My preference would be to just weld in a panel (pretty much a flat section) and do away with it. Unfortunately theres also roof rails up there and I'm betting every one of...
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    Body and frame welding needed

    If your new frame section is actually a peice of real frame from another truck, you might be able to box in the open side with a plate in addition to using the fish plates. That would let you go forward over the spring mount rivets without disturbing them since you'd be turning the spliced...
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    Oil pressure sender stuck.

    True mechanicals are certainly the best - as long as you don't use that flimsy plastic tubing they come with - I like to see it plumbed with real copper tubing. My friend Dave bought a SWB square that previous owners had plumbed in a mechanical gauge with the plactic tubing from the kit - he...

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