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New to the forum, but not to Squarebodies...
Generic info packet from the GM Heritage Center for a '78 pickup: www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet-trucks/1978-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf K- Keith Seymore
- Post #15
- Forum: Introduction
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New to the forum, but not to Squarebodies...
Welcome from the Motor City. At your leisure could you please post up a pic of the build sheet? K- Keith Seymore
- Post #14
- Forum: Introduction
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Column Gear Shift Detent
That's my recollection, too. The column has Park and Neutral, and then any forward drive gear. All the drive gears are differentiated by the rooster comb in the transmission. In the assembly plant we would set the column and trans in N and then tighten down the "barrel" on the shift rod...- Keith Seymore
- Post #14
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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To remove or not to paint frame?
There are three horizontal bolts and three vertical bolts per side. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #4
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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Mystery Tachometer
This is basically what my '87 came with (no trip odo). Clock was in the radio. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #20
- Forum: Interior
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Hello from Flint
Excellent. Stay close. These guys have a ton of VIN related questions (location, format, etc). K- Keith Seymore
- Post #22
- Forum: Introduction
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Hello from Flint
Where did you work? I was the supervisor for the Line 1 Fender Set area, second shift, for a while. Just remembered I had two cousins and a brother-in-law that worked there, too. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #18
- Forum: Introduction
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Hello from Flint
My uncle loaned Mr Boutell the money to start his business. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #9
- Forum: Introduction
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Hello from Flint
Welcome! I started at Flint Assembly in 1979! Retired in 2019 from Engineering. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #8
- Forum: Introduction
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Interior colors
Dash and steering wheel are usually darker colors so they don't reflect into the windshield. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #3
- Forum: Interior
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Step Side Bed Wiring
Akkshully - I went one step farther on my 80' stepper. I had grounding issues which prevented the brake lights and turn signals from working properly. The original ground is via star washers which breaks the paint between the taillamp bracket and box, and again between the taillamp attaching...- Keith Seymore
- Post #3
- Forum: Electrical & Audio
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Loose steering,is this normal
They wander around a little bit. Make sure your gear is adjusted. Should be 12 in lb preload, and 20 in lbs overcenter. The procedure is shown in the Unit Repair Manual. Make sure the ball joints are good and not sticky. That can result in dartiness. Run as much caster as you can tolerate...- Keith Seymore
- Post #3
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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A833 transmission
I drove my A833 equipped square daily for 30 years. Commuting, trailering and light hauling. It would have been nice to have a little steeper first gear. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #8
- Forum: Transmission & Transfer Case
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Body to frame webbing??
Not factory. Body sat on the body mounts; bed sat directly on the frame rails. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #2
- Forum: Paint and Body
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What are these for?
Nothing. The are little reinforcements for the fender attachment. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #3
- Forum: Introduction
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Show your sick toy !!!
Forgive me this indulgence: This guy in the Mopar ran pretty good - he went 10.59 but he was late late on the tree so I got there first by over a second. I bet he was surprised. Then I started to notice a theme..... ;)- Keith Seymore
- Post #102
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Show your sick toy !!!
New personal best: 9.56 @ 139 mph, in the cool fall air. I've been running a 10 flat index for these past several years so I didn't really know what it would run all out. I was hoping 9.60's maybe? It went 9.63 off the trailer. It launched so hard I forgot to push the throttle the rest of...- Keith Seymore
- Post #101
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Let’s see your memorabilia?!
..... I've got the original Chevelle steel bumper mounted to a shelf. I'm going to put some parking lights in it and wire them so they light up. ;)- Keith Seymore
- Post #214
- Forum: Garage
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Let’s see your memorabilia?!
We moved in May of this year and so I am slowing putting my shop together. This is the first time in the last couple moves that I have the wall space to hang some automobilia. K- Keith Seymore
- Post #213
- Forum: Garage
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Square-body?
Second story: There are some "architectural" things we did, too, that you might not notice. These were required to even give us a shot at getting in the game. The '96 and beyond GMT400 models had the round (Donaldson) element air cleaner on top of the fender, with the battery in the RF corner...- Keith Seymore
- Post #20
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Square-body?
Thank you for that. A couple stories of how the system came to be: The system was capacitized for the "big engines" of the day: the L18 8.1L large block and the 6.2L diesel. Flow restriction specification (from GM Powertrain) was a ridiculous 1" Hg restriction at "max flow", from the ambient...- Keith Seymore
- Post #19
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Square-body?
So - I was thinking about this further - One of this things I've been accused of is claiming to be "everywhere" "all at once" back in the day. Obviously that's not the case, but I thought capturing a summary somewhere of all the stuff I worked on might be appropriate. Here goes: C/K: Vehicle...- Keith Seymore
- Post #17
- Forum: Tech Discussion
