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  1. Raider L

    installing the gear indicator

    Pic's.Here is the thing the cable needs to go into. You can see that the cable has to make a "v" shaped bend to get into this "cable guide". And there are two cables. I've done this a few times and have found it easier to work one cable into the guide and then the next.One cable goes in with...
  2. Raider L

    installing the gear indicator

    I just grabbed the thing (gear indicator) and went on out there and put the thing in. I got tired of worrying about how hard it was going to be since I couldn't get the inst. panel out as far as it needed to be. But I managed to get the panel out pretty far since I don't have my fuel pressure...
  3. Raider L

    Mini bayonet, bayonet g3 g4 g6 53 57 bulb ??

    @squarelyfe, The reason why I was so hot on this is because I just bought a pk. of those 1445's for my truck gauges and had them hanging in front of me.
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    Mini bayonet, bayonet g3 g4 g6 53 57 bulb ??

    @squarelyfe, I found a site you can go to that had a better shaped LED bulb to replace your 1445. The site is (superbrightleds.com). Sorry I couldn't show you the picture, I don't know how to do that, in this case I wish I did because others would like to see this shape as well. I'll try to...
  5. Raider L

    Need a lamp?

    @SirRobyn0, I used to repair computer mother boards and monitor mother boards and other tiny electronics, and had to make a tip that would resolder the solder that was left behind when I would remove a small component. So I learned how to carry just enough solder or use the solder that was...
  6. Raider L

    Sub box behind seat(length)

    @PunH20, What did you do about that panel in that corner? Did you just put the speaker up against it? Did you attach it somehow? The factory AM/FM radio I bought for my truck on line is set up for 4 speakers. That would be great to put a couple of those new thin 6x9's in those corners.
  7. Raider L

    I cannot figure out these two wires!!! 76 GMC

    @OldBlueDually, Take that wire with the rubber boot on it and cut it off just past that splice on it in the pic. That wire you can use with a oil pressure gauge you could pick up at most any auto parts place. Put that wire on one post on the back, and I think the other post may be the ground...
  8. Raider L

    I cannot figure out these two wires!!! 76 GMC

    @OldBlueDually, That was the only thing I could think it went to was either a TH400 or a 200-700R4. You know the 700R4 has got the TV cable with electrics for the trans and all that so I figured it had to have been for one of those two. So what does the the switch do to your 400? Yeah, there...
  9. Raider L

    Need a lamp?

    This needed to have been first, but anyway you get it.The standard printed circuit lamp. The tabs on the side is what you're going to solder to.I've filed my soldering iron down to a needle point so that if I have to make repairs to a tiny place as small as that size tip, I can. This bulb will...
  10. Raider L

    Need a lamp?

    I need a lamp for my new gear indicator. But I only have the big lamp holders that came in my metal housed Autometer gauges. They are to big. It dawned on me last night that I still had all the lamp sockets that went to my original printed circuit. I looked to see if maybe I could make one...
  11. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @Goldie Driver, Cool! I think I like the "L1", "L2". I still say GM should have made a true four speed trans that had the P R N D 3 2 1. Wouldn't that have been cool?! Man that car would have hauled A*s! And gear it just like a stick 4 speed. But you would have had the speed of the...
  12. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @AuroraGirl, I'm going to make the obvious joke here, what does the "S" mean..."slow"? lol Seriously, what does the "S" mean?
  13. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @AuroraGirl, Thanks. I don't know anything about the later model trucks, so much changed from '85 on I don't even recognize those parts. When someone has a problem with one of those years trucks I just watch and learn, unless it's something common. I thought it was cool that it went 123D...
  14. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @Doug Long, Well, Doug since I've given the essy on the one I got from Classic Parts, and @Goldie Driver says his one from LMC may be better, I'd say LMC. If you spring for it when it comes in please show it so we can compare notes on how it's made, for all our benefit. It's hard to find good...
  15. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @Goldie Driver, I found another source for indicators on Ebay. Their name is "West Coast Autoparts.com" The Ebay picture shows the 4 sp. indicator has written above the gear lettering "automatic overdrive". That's pretty cool. I just went on that site and I can tell that their's is much...
  16. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @Goldie Driver, The indicator's for overdrive I think are P R N D D 2 1. They are also for four speed trans. but does that mean 200, 700R4's? There isn't a such a thing as a four speed auto trans (like a TH350) that's not a R4 is there? That would be cool as heck wouldn't it? "trolley"? Are...
  17. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @AuroraGirl, Yeah, I got so tired of feeling for a gear, remember I had put in a bolt as a shifter, I was seriously thinking about putting in a floor shift and not go back to column when I was doing all that recently. I had already checked out all I would need to convert to floor in my truck...
  18. Raider L

    84 c10 dual headlights retrofit?

    @Taylorb27, I know this is an old thread, but did you ever get these lights put in? Let's see them!
  19. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @77K20, Ha, ha, ha! That's exactly what I did with my son! Mine was missing the cable for years and didn't show the gear he was in. My son was so paranoid or something about getting it in the right gear after that he refused to drive my truck anymore. That's exactly what I told him, "You...
  20. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @Turbo4whl, Well, that early of a Pro Mod would have been when it was really happening. See, what started the fad was guys wanting to make theirs "look" like a real drag car. That's what started it all. As early as you started would have been the real thing. Looks good. Yeah, that $34.95...
  21. Raider L

    I cannot figure out these two wires!!! 76 GMC

    That was what I was wondering about, what is the TCS? Temp control Switch? The schematic has that in several places, like "TCS Trans Kickdown Switch". What the heck is that? And there are other "TCS trans" something or other. I figure those designations are for maybe TH400 or 700R4...
  22. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    @Turbo4whl, I did try to slip a tiny bit of lube onto the track while the indicator was still in the truck. It didn't help at all and it hung up anyway. Had I left it I felt over time, dust and dirt and whatever would stick to that grease and god knows what would have happened. And I didn't...
  23. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    Further details.In this close up you can see the difference between the width of the slots in the aftermarket one on the left and the factory one on the right. The piece on the right, that rides on top of the slot, overhangs the track edges of the slot better. Whereas the piece on the left is...
  24. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    More pics and explination.Here's how my pointer was hanging. @Goldie Driver since yours was made by LMC it may have been better made but I'll show you where all these aftermarket ones may have a problem. Since I've determined that they made the slot the needle tracks in wider, thus allowing...
  25. Raider L

    Aftermarket gear indicator fit

    And here are the pics.Here's what you get from "Classic Parts", p/n 91-450 for '73 - '79 @ $34.95. It's fairly well made. The paint is correct although it's not painted blue on the back, it's not painted at all. The needle is a rubber plastic, and it's got a good spring. All the holes are in...

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