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  1. Hunter79764

    Wanting Led upgrade throughout while keeping stock look... Recommendations?

    A general note, LED bulbs in a reflector will never have the right pattern, same for HID bulbs in reflectors. Those will only have the right pattern in a projector style lens (and even then, it needs to be made for HID/LED, some of the older ones are dialed in for incandescent bulbs). That's not...
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    PVC and PEX for Compressed Air

    Just a note, the condensation doesn't necessarily go anywhere, so if it doesn't sweat out in the lines, it is making it to the end use point/tool. But having your setup right after the compressor should get the bulk of it out, and anything critical needs a dedicated dryer anyway. Just mentioning...
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    PVC and PEX for Compressed Air

    Thats the stuff we have used in compressor rooms lately, it is MUCH easier than the 4 and 6" welded pipe we typically would do otherwise. We have run a fair amount of groovelock piping lately, which is probably a good midpoint between the aluminum pipe and welded/threaded steel. Aluminum is...
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    Daughters ‘87 needs to ride smooth.

    I'm a visual guy, here's a graph to illustrate the load rating and pressure relationship, and the idea of load range E or other higher load tires as well. The OE design is to take the loaded max axle weights, determine the corresponding pressure, then apply factors to account for how low tires...
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    Daughters ‘87 needs to ride smooth.

    Start with 25 psi all around and see what that does, I bet you'll be amazed. Then dig in on bushings and springs, or maybe go shocks first. No experience on brands for smooth ride, but if you REALLY want the 77 Caddy ride, I'm sure someone has a set of blown out stock shocks they could send :)...
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    Daughters ‘87 needs to ride smooth.

    A good resource for tire inflation is here. Good general info, possible you might find the chart specific for your tires but the general is close enough. Advice on control arm bushings is good too, and I'll add that some soft rear springs with some helper airbags might be a good combo. If...
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    PVC and PEX for Compressed Air

    Is it RapidAir stuff? I've looked into it before, and we used it for a small area of our plant construction a few years back. Material cost is higher, but I think I've seen where overall install costs (when done 3rd party by professional pipefitters) end up being similar since the labor is so...
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    PVC and PEX for Compressed Air

    Just a note that might be helpful info for folks wanting to run compressed air as cost-effective as they can... I've heard good advice about PVC pipe not for use in compressed air systems, being that if/when it fails, PVC shards can be sent at high velocity through the neck of whoever happens to...
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    Help finding a short, Who's good at ELECTRICAL???

    My thoughts went to the alternator as well, try disconnecting it and see if you have an issue that night. I also wonder if your multimeter fuse could be blown? With it connected on the 10A scale and connected the way you showed, open a door and see what you read. It should give a noticeable...
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    Scores from DIY Parts Yards, Pull A Part, U Pull It etc

    Couldn't find my old fan, but RockAuto to the rescue for info if anyone is interested. '93 Buick Park Avenue fan drawing here, I know it was on a lot of similar era stuff too. There was a secondary smaller fan on a spider style mount, usually installed with it that was a little harder to...
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    Scores from DIY Parts Yards, Pull A Part, U Pull It etc

    I want to get into the PWM stuff too, but so far I'm still using the older tech... Late 90's FWD Buicks and Caddy's had a fairly simple tall/skinny/large diameter fan that was set up as a 2 speed with a resistor to basically drop the voltage to the fan at low speed that might work with your '54...
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    700r4/NP208 wont shift into 4lo or out of neutral

    When you do it engine off, trans in neutral, I know mine will grind if I have trans in neutral, t case in neutral for a while, then try to shift to 4 lo. If I'm quick, there's no real movement, but if it idles a bit, some of the drag gets the trans output spinning, it seems like. I have a TH400...
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    Best way to run power from truck battery to trailer winch. Quick disconnect ends.

    https://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-solar-battery-maintainer-64251.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18341479574&campaignid=18341479574&utm_content=162040927123&adsetid=162040927123&product=64251&store=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxsm3BhDrARIsAMtVz6MeYidHwamCxZ7uviyG2xQ3JKHxUx_n...
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    Best way to transport 19 55 gallon barrels?

    I'd guess that the car trailer with them all standing up, staggered to nest if possible. Wrap a rope with a ratchet strap as a "belt" around them all (duplicate if you feel the need), then a couple tie downs across from side to side to keep the pack from taking flight should work, if your...
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    Vintage Air Gen V (5) or replace existing compressor, etc., for 1987 R20 Suburban?

    There's enough gunk, I'd probably recommend swapping the Condenser if you aren't in a particular financial bind. If you open the system up again and want to play with orifice tubes, I don't have any experience with the variable orifice, you can also go with a blue or red orifice to get the...
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    Vintage Air Gen V (5) or replace existing compressor, etc., for 1987 R20 Suburban?

    Another vote for stock. It looks like you already have some replaced components (i.e. hoses look newer, as does the filter/drier canister). Obviously you have found issues on the compressor, I'd check the lines going to the rear unit as well, and just generally do an assessment on what you have...
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    1992 RS Camaro. First car for Der Burger.

    Just read through this one, man, looks like a ton of fun with the kids getting it built up! We had a few F body's in the family for my sisters. My favorite was an 88 Formula 350 Firebird, with the 5.7 TBI. It was a great highway machine, could barely spin the tires but would absolutely rocket...
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    Aftermarket EFI and dual internal pump tanks

    Stole this from another post, but according to this, the 87+ selector controls the TBI in tank pumps, you could easily have it trigger a couple of relays to keep the current out of the factory selector but still maintain just the factory switch. 920 - Tan would give a 12v signal to your supplied...
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    Aftermarket EFI and dual internal pump tanks

    I'd think you would be in good shape using the factory switch to trigger a 30A relay for the pump, so that the switch is only handling the relay trigger current, which is what SquareRoot was showing on his diagram if I'm not mistaken.
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    Running Hot at Highway Speeds with A/C On

    I'm mostly on track with this, but I'll add that with AC on, it's more than just the HP load, as the heat from the system is all rejected in front of the radiator. Basically it's like driving on a 5° warmer day. That said, if the system is that borderline, something is wrong and the clutch is...
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    Aftermarket EFI and dual internal pump tanks

    I've got no input on the tank selector valve, but x2 on the info about regulators controlling the system pressure, not just what comes after, as long as we are talking about bypass regulators with a return line (which is about all you will find for this application). Technically speaking, the...
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    Fluid Changes

    Makes sense, come to think of it, we were challenged/instructed to switch to an oil that was less flammable after that incident. Pretty sure we switched everything over, and as soon as any machine needed service, they probably just went back to regular straight hydraulic fluid... But we weren't...
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    Fluid Changes

    If you get it hot enough, it will burn... We had a pretty big fire at one of our locations, a hydraulic press that was for hot forming steel burst a hose and caught fire when it hit the red hot steel. Brand new machine, I think it was a 2000 ton press? Some quick thinking shut it down, and the...
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    Ferd for my Granddaughter

    I saw a meme once, it said "My biggest fear is that when I die my wife will sell all my gun/car parts for what I TOLD her I paid for them". Right about the same time, I was helping a widow clear out her hoarder husband's tool collection. It made me think a bit, I talked to a gun buddy and told...
  25. Hunter79764

    Hello from SE Texas

    Welcome from DFW! If you make it up this way very often, I've seen a suburban parts truck recently on FB Marketplace with damaged barn doors for something cheap, $25 maybe. That should have all of your hardware needed?

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