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  1. Dejure

    3 minute battery life…?

    Like Turbo pointed to, a bad connection acts like what we could call a dropping resistor. All the voltage and amperage would be seen across it, producing that effect. If you put a volt meter on the battery post and at various positions as far back on the bare copper of the cable as you can, you...
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    Reverse light options

    Like Rick suggested, I was going to suggest a "mometary on switch," like can be seen at https://www.partdeal.com/cole-hersee-momentary-pull-switch-10a-12v-normally-off-bulk-pkg-m-486.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqDkvsx3c1hAciC8GmDsOBSPtF8_Nim7LVG_2eyRcRA1r7my-ls You could mount the switch, then run a...
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    1978 C15 Short Bed Step Side Leaf Spring Question

    Just picked this critter up a few weeks back. Looking around under it, I noticed the thing had 7 leaf springs plus the mounting bar on each side. Curious as to if this is the norm? Anyone got one or other wise know what theirs is, such as number of leafs? I note there is new iron under there...
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    battery junction Block issue ( see photos)

    And, on that fuse link thing, if it were a hot wire, I'd give serious consideration to installing one, if there wasn't one already. Decades back, I experienced a shorted wire that all the insulation melted off of. Had the truck had a fuse link, that wouldn't have happened.
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    Side marker led lights dim when marker lights on

    Like I mentioned in my post, I get a megohm reading on from the bulb socket ground to the negative lead on the battery. Too, the ONLY problems appear at the left front marker and turn-park lamp. Based on the above, my first place to look is ground, starting with a temp ground circuit, to...
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    Instrument cluster questions on new build

    Goldiolocks, I have a feeling it's all about rabbit trails. On the upside, the Net gives us rabbit trails that, eventually, can get us where we need to be [on the matter of relative information]. ONE of the search means I've found worth its bits and bites weight is, PERPLEXITY. I qualify...
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    Accel HEI Super Coil (140003) Magic or Trash

    Good to know, Mr Nardulli.
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    Accel HEI Super Coil (140003) Magic or Trash

    A point on the "a coil will only fire at a higher voltage. . . " thing. In all my years of being around electronics, the coils and transformers I worked with were designed for a set voltage. Though that could vary under certain conditions, if a coil was firing at a higher/lower voltage than the...
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    Accel HEI Super Coil (140003) Magic or Trash

    On passing out on a 12 pack, so a case is a waste, yep, BUT, on the other hand, life is full of examples and proofs what many consider overkill, such as by buying better quality than you need, can be the smart move. For example: (1) Putting more expensive, 12 gauge outlets in your house and...
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    Accel HEI Super Coil (140003) Magic or Trash

    Snoots, it's about maintenance. Sooner or later, the rotor and cap are going to need replacement.
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    battery junction Block issue ( see photos)

    Electronically, there is zero need for the junction. To a meter, whether reading volts, amps or ohms, you're going to see the same thing with or without it. That is, straight wiring to the power or via a junction point. That said, it MAY exist for no other purpose than to provide a solution to...
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    Instrument cluster questions on new build

    YEARS ago, I moved all my gauges into an overhead display. I ran the wires up the window post (had to drill two holes) and go from pressure line to electronic. I don't remember all the details on how I picked gauges out, but I remember I didn't have to swap senders on other than the oil...
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    Side marker led lights dim when marker lights on

    SNORT I had to check to see if I wrote this a couple days ago. (0) All LED's, except the front parking lights. (1) Park and marker lights come on when I pull on the light switch. (2) With the headlight switch off and the turns on, the turns work AND the front markers indicate I'm turning...
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    Daughters ‘87 needs to ride smooth.

    Yep. Can that instinct to slow down. Years ago (I was 40 or so years younger and crazier then), I was coming home from work in a snow storm. OUR usual route took us down a STEEP hill, with a 90 at the bottom. I stopped at the top and noted the Jeep and the station wagon in the field straight...
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    Daughters ‘87 needs to ride smooth.

    So called experts and the issue of tires and tire pressure drive me nuts. For example: (1) I've had cars that ran the exact same tire sizes a van or pickup ran. Without even having a load in them, there will be nearly a half ton difference in the weight of the two rigs. Regardless, so called...
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    HEI module dwell time.

    Back in the day, about forty or so years ago, when my 69 step side was my other baby, I installed capacitive discharge to solve the point burn issue. Doing so dropped the point amperage from about 7 amps down to 200 milliamps, or about 2/10th of an amp. Since the amperage was so greatly...
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    Accel HEI Super Coil (140003) Magic or Trash

    My new 78 is running an Accel HEI Super Coil, number 140003. Just looking at the plug wires, all except one are yellow, matching the truck paint (eat your hearts out), suggesting they should all be replaced, along with plugs, rotor and distributor cap. The Accel HEI looks like a sleek solution...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    SNORT. I used to live in Naches, back in the fifties. My parents owned Whistling Jack Lodge, but my mom couldn't deal with the seclusion the winter brought, so we moved to Naches and my dad stayed with his state highway job [eventually taking charge of the east side of the Northcross, when it...
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    Rag joint question

    Add to the matter of slop from deterioration of the flexible rubber portion, the possible issue of wear on the splines. That can create play between the joint and the steering gear. In the end, it will require a new rag joint too.
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Hmmm
  21. Dejure

    Exterior Door Handle Linkage Connection Solution

    78 Door Linkage A follow-up on the “Locked Out, And The Truck Is Running” saga I posted elsewhere: Getting to the linkage tying the exterior door latch to the door latch mechanism was, initially, other than fun. A bit of head scratching later, and I went and looked at my rod and tube...
  22. Dejure

    Smoking Ground Wire

    My FIRST suspect would be, the ground connections (both ends) of the burned wire. Bad connections act like resistors that, if you put a volt meter across them (power applied), show voltage of any significance. Even on the ground side. Next, the main ground cable connection to ground. That is...
  23. Dejure

    heater fan - always on?

    Groan. Fortunately, if you own a drill, some bits and a saber saw/jig saw, you could make your own plate to replace the damaged one. A good sabersaw (bayonet blade types) will cut nice, straight lines, with practice, for, say, a square rocker switch hole in a piece of 1/8" aluminum. Since...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Funny. I used to work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard [PSNS], then Bangor Sub Base, before ending up at Keyport Torpedo Station (Now Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station [NUWES], back in the day. As such, I worked with the engineers there, a lot. Lot of interesting stories that only folks...
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    A Technical Comedy [Only After the Fact]

    Hmm. I'll have to see how that works. The heavy, high tensile wire used around here to hold up apple tree limbs just might make one.

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