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    New Tires, What should I do for wheels?

    WOW The price of wagon wheels must have gone up a lot in the last 20 years. The last set I bought cost about that much new. But ya, powder coating would sure be the way to go! Gotta share pics once they are done.
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    New Tires, What should I do for wheels?

    My truck was missing three of the caps when I got it. I bought a set of 4 well used caps from someone on the forum in 2020 I think and they were cheap and tarnished. All I did was popped the worst of the dents out and polished them up. They now look work truck quality, as in good but not new.
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    New Tires, What should I do for wheels?

    I like both the stock and the wagon wheel. Those are actually my 2 favorite wheels for these trucks. What I don't like is when someone sticks some modern looking wheel or an aluminum on, those wheels just look out of place to me, and they don't look like good work wheels. If you go with the...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Long drive for you in the square, I'd do it though I like being in the cab of my truck, a lot more than a lot of these modern cars and trucks for sure! For anyone interested the "basic forum discount" is 10% off parts and labor, but I ALWAYS work in more, shave a bit off the labor or do...
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    Busted Alternator Bolt

    Not to speak for Rob, but the quick answer is it's still at my shop and we haven't gotten to it yet. We've been super backed up and I've been out a lot with some personal life stuff going on. Oh and BTW @RustyPile We do a special discount for forum members.
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    Charcoal / vapor / evap canister, how it should be set up and other information

    @mjck5 I agree with Wayne, when you get the chance you should start a thread in the new members introduction area and post truck pic over there for us to look at! We like them in all conditions!
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    Charcoal / vapor / evap canister, how it should be set up and other information

    @mjck5 I'm glad you found this useful and it's why I started it, there is about zip for info out there it seems. So that was one way the factory set them up was to split the purge line right before the canister to provide the canister with the manifold vacuum signal, and yes that's fine. That...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    Yep, it's the extended version 15 passenger 4 rows of benches. The back two are out and if I can find them in his mess I can have them, but I'll pull one more row out and see how that works out. It's just the two of us and the dogs, so that leaves room for a friend or two, or maybe I'll end up...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    I agree with your thoughts exactly. I have the 3.9 v-6 in my Dakota which is basically a 318 minus 2 cylinders. 450K on that motor I've done valve cover gaskets on it once. 96' Grand Cherokee has 375K on it's clock that the 318, both are the injected magnums. Dakota had it's tranny rebuilt...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    Oh I know it will be. I've had two in the past, I think the last one finished it's service around 99' or so. The first one was a 1977 Dodge Tradesman, a shorty panel van with the 318 that looked like the 70's inside. Honestly it was fun to bomb around in but I wanted something bigger, and...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    I keep saying I'll clear out some of the ccrap in my own pole building barn, so I can have an indoor space to work on my vehicles at, but it never happens, primarily because there's a lot of farm stuff that needs to be in there. In my case at least I can what's in my pole building is equipment...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    Well I didn't make any head way with his stuff today. IF I get lucky I might have a little time this afternoon, but I did do some work to the van. I drained the fuel tank, by pulling the shrader valve out of the pressure port, attaching a 5/16" fuel line to it and jumping across the relay...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    Thanks, I kind of hate showing pictures of her dirty and full of junk, it's actually a really nice van. But at least showing pics like this ya'll can see before and after shots.
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    Ok I've got some crappy photos of the van still in his building. I've cleared a path to the exit door and backed the rear end up to that door and let it run for a while to warm up, and then dumped the oil and installed a new filter. Looks like it leaked a bunch of tranny fluid out of the...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    @Grit dog that's my thinking. According to enginefacts.com a 1984 Chevrolet 305 LG4, which is the engine in my truck, produced: Horsepower: 170 @ 4200 rpm Torque: 250 @ 3200 rpm It's actually pretty impressive that 170 HP engine coupled to 3.41 gears can haul a 7,000LBS worth of loaded trailer...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    After a conversation with my friend it appears I was the last person to drive the van was me, but it was in 2011. I had forgotten that trip. I had about a little time after I'd done my farm work, since his place is only about 1/2 a mile away I figured I'd see what I could even though it was...
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    Help with Windshield Wiper Blades

    I cheat and get them from a wholesale supplier. As I wrote that I wasn't sure if they were available retail, but at least anyone can get them online.
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    Help with Windshield Wiper Blades

    If you want an all metal traditional frame style look for Bosch direct connect. All metal frame and has the pin style hook up built in. That little connector is plastic but I've never had one fail. If you want a beam blade style then look for Bosch Clear advantage, which also has the pin...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    @bucket I thought you might be into it, since your a van guy even if it's Dodge. I've been a van guy since I was young, but the vans slowly gave out to pickups in my life. So it will be really fun for me to have a van back in my life. I previously owned a 73' Dodge sportsman, and before that...
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    1994 Dodge Ram Van 350

    Well I was just gifted with another vehicle! However this one has been sitting. Let me tell you about it. It was owned by a friend of mine. He bought it used in the late 90's and used it regularly about once a week for a few years, and then tapered off. I have driven this van personally and...
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    Carburetor on my 82' C20

    It's always preferred that the existing carburetor be rebuilt vs replaced, as there were a lot of variations. The best case I think, if you still have your old carburetor is to have it rebuilt, and remove the one you installed. With that said it is totally possible that the one you installed...
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    Random Service Engine Soon light

    I agree with what others have said, knock sensor is the likely culprit. I disagree with that entirely. If the knock sensor has to be disconnected for the truck to run properly something is wrong. See my response to GM below. That's exactly right, and on the highway at decent RPM even with a...
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    Carb Swap?

    National is good stuff. There are no carb shops left in my area, I'm good at doing them and know the Q-jet pretty well but if a carb has bad throttle plate bushings, I have no way to fix that, so that is when we call National Carburetor. Or sometimes O'Reilly's as O'Reilly's is a distributor...
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    Code thrown but not for my year/MAP issue

    Yes that's right. Excuse my rubbernecking!
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    1982 GMC - What do I have? What can I tow?

    Yes, if you want to be sure it's a one ton this would be an easy way to verify. You never know what might have gone on in the past. If it's got a 3/4 ton frame and someone swapped that axle in I personally do not think that would prevent it from being able to tow, 10K but it certainly would be...

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