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    Headlights quit working

    Working a "the headlights just quit working" issue. JUST AFTER cleaning up battery connectors. That was the first place I looked. No satisfaction there. The headlamp bulb checked good. Pulled the switch and checked for voltage. Nadda. Went to the [floor] dimmer and pulled it. A minor...
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    1987 Chevy V10 steering wander

    Straight axles still use shims to adjust alignment.
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    Finally got a running 65 C10

    SIDE NOTE: My old 69 step side ran a 250 six with a 413 rear-end. I dropped a GTO 4 speed in it and first was way too tall. Swapped it for a 4 speed from a Lemans and it was perfect. I wanted even better mileage, so bit the bullet and swapped the Lemans transmission for a 3 speed with overdrive...
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    LED exterior light conversion! not going well :(

    Gotta love electricity. Go from household wiring to automotive and you have to turn some of it backwards (i.e., black goes from ground to hot). Then there is the nature of electricity and components, which is, weird things happen. For example: (1) By the markers running through the other bulbs...
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    LED exterior light conversion! not going well :(

    If my truck wasn't my daily, I'd trash about 99.9999% of the wiring (leaving only a thought) and wire the thing up from scratch. From first hand experience, it's safe to say I'd have a pile of wire for the salvage yard. From there, it'd be simplistic wiring. Maybe a diode or two so I could...
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    Reverse light options

    SNORT I'd forgotten this was a three speed manual conversion question.
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    Reverse light options

    I'm thinking of the standard shift moves: 1st. 2nd, 3rd, neutral, reverse, then park. All in line. That aside, attaching it to the revers shift LINKAGE would seem to make sense, aside that I don't know the movements of said linkage. Said another way, I had not focused on the linkage, versus...
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    Reverse light options

    Rick, I'm not following on how the push-pull switch would not activate in both park and reverse, UNLESS it was mounted 90 degrees to the shifter so the shift arm only activated it while in reverse. Initially, because of space constraints, my mind went to the switch being on the park end, rather...
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    Reverse light options

    The advantage of the micro switch is, the lights would ONLY come on in reverse and not in reverse and park. It's akin to the cam idea I mentioned, but the work is already done and one would just need to install the switch on a bracket. If shorts were a worry, it could open and close the ground...
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    Reverse light options

    This just came up, as I went down a rabbit trail (micro switch with activator): https://www.holley.com/products/drivetrain/shifters_components_and_accessories/shifter_accessories/megashifter/parts/80629
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    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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