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  1. 83Stepper

    Gas spilling when filling up

    Any chance at all that the return line and vapor/vent line on the sending unit have been mixed up? This could explain why it's only happening when it's being filled up. Maybe the return line on the sending unit is filling with fuel and dumping out the vent line. This would only happen when it's...
  2. 83Stepper

    Rear Brakes Locking Up

    Before getting all crazy and reconfiguring things and cutting into stuff, have you tried jacking up the front end and with the help of an enlisted friend, try and spin the front wheels while they hold the brakes? This will tell you if you're building any pressure in the front brakes. Also are...
  3. 83Stepper

    Rear Brakes Locking Up

    That's right, rear of the master feeds the front brakes and front of the master feeds the rears. Check to make sure your proportioning valve is centered.
  4. 83Stepper

    Rear Brakes Locking Up

    Sounds like either the proportioning valve, or you got your lines crossed somewhere between the master cylinder and proportioning valve. Most of your stopping power comes from the front brakes. With the rears locking up and the fronts not engaging makes me think that's your problem.
  5. 83Stepper

    Wheel center caps for 3.75" bore

    So I installed the Turbines but absolutely not a fan of the rather large center bore in these babies. Mic'd them out to a 3.75" center bore and now I'm looking at center caps to make it a bit more appealing. Found a set on the Lug Nut Guys website here that will fit, but have a chrome finish...
  6. 83Stepper

    Saginaw shifter ID?

    Nice little 4 spd Saginaw there. Not sure how well it would fit, I've got a 3 spd Saginaw that the PO moved the 3 on the tree to a floor shifter using a vintage Daytona shifter. They removed the bench and put some older buckets out of God only knows what into it. I've since gotten another bench...
  7. 83Stepper

    Lost Two Gen 3 LS Engines in my 1986 C10 2WD

    Don't think DOD/AFM/VVT was available on the gen IV's until 05 iirc on the 5.3, 6.0 or 6.2L. By 07 think they were pretty much in everything, cars and trucks. Buddy of mine is rebuilding an 03 LS 4.8L for his track car and pulled the motor apart first before dropping in into his car. Save...
  8. 83Stepper

    Body repair panels

    Premium with some sites are a heavier gauge, close to what was offered in an OEM application. I've gotten some aftermarket repops and some oem sheet metal, both of which had to be worked into the vehicle. The right way of doing it is loosening all the bolts as mentioned previously. To get all...
  9. 83Stepper

    Old school Pioneer head unit, should I or should I not???

    Unfortunately dash was already cut by one of the previous owners. So I've got a full face unit there already that has bluetooth capability. Just not old school am/fm/cassette cool.
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    Old school Pioneer head unit, should I or should I not???

    Already tested all 4 channels, LF/LR RF/RR and they all work connected individually and tested with the fader and balance controls. Didn't have them all connected at once, just had the one speaker. All for speakers use a common ground, no RCA connectors and worse part of it all, no battery lead...
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    Old school Pioneer head unit, should I or should I not???

    Ok so rummaging through the stuff I've got downstairs I ended up finding a Pioneer head unit from the years before I met my wife as well as some of my old cassettes. Wasn't fully sure if it worked like it did at one time. So me being me, I hooked it up to a spare battery I had floating around...
  12. 83Stepper

    Kick panel Speaker Mounts

    Speaker quality does have an impact on audio quality, just sayin... Do you have other speakers wired in for your fronts as well as the kick panels or just those? Also be sure to check the positive and negatives are wired correctly, you'd be shocked how many people do this thinking one side was...
  13. 83Stepper

    speaker placement 6x9z rear cab corners ?

    The panels that fit in the corners work like garbage. First make sure your belt retractors aren't bolted to the area. If they're low at the sides of the seats then you'll be good. My '77 had the retractors higher up and I had to custom make mine. They were good for a while until the bass started...
  14. 83Stepper

    HIT THE IGN. KEY AND NOTHING

    Like fast 99 mentioned, enlist the help of a friend and do some diagnostic work beginning with the starter. Have somebody bump the key and make sure you're getting signal at the start signal on the solenoid. No light = bad remote signal, good light = starter issue. If you have a remote start...
  15. 83Stepper

    Thornbird or Super Swampers?

    My 91 K5 Blazer with a 4" suspension had some 37" TSL Radials on them. Was a daily driver and got decent life out of them before going to a set of 36" Dick Cepek Fun Country II's (FC-II) after having the original Fun Country tires with a much more aggressive tread pattern. Yeah the TSL's were...
  16. 83Stepper

    Issue resolved - New parts on the way -- Key will not insert into the ignition switch

    Love those old Grant steering wheels. Have had many of the GT spokes in pretty much all of my squares except my last two.
  17. 83Stepper

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Pulled the rear tires and cleaned up the rims a bit and shot some Winter Gray on them. Tossed the polished up centers on them. Now just have to find some beauty rings...
  18. 83Stepper

    Who sells the best replacement gas tank

    Pretty sure I've got an GM11B in mine from Spectre. Seams were a little on the elongated side when putting my new tank straps across it. But nothing a rubber mallet and a deadblow couldn't handle. Bought it off Amazon for a better price than I could find anywhere else.
  19. 83Stepper

    Finally found some 5x5 Turbines!!!

    Appreciate the heads up, ran a mic through at least two rims for the shanks now and haven't seen any out of round just yet. There's only one with a washer that's a bit deeper than the others, but haven't measured it yet. Definitely going to need new rubber on them first and foremost. Date code...
  20. 83Stepper

    Issue resolved - New parts on the way -- Key will not insert into the ignition switch

    Sounds like the ignition switch has potentially failed. If you can't get the key to wiggle into the lock cylinder, sounds like the tumblers inside have failed or are stuck. Wouldn't have anything to do with the steering wheel being locked. Unless it was cranked hard all the way to the left or...
  21. 83Stepper

    Hello from Vancouver, WA / Portland, OR

    Welcome, and yeah that's a nice truck for sure! Love the contrast in the engine bay with the black and inner wheel wells being same color as the body.
  22. 83Stepper

    Vintage mag question

    I'll be going through this myself at some point. Bought a vintage set of turbines as well here just recently and they didn't come with the lug nuts either. Didn't give this much thought until now, thanks! And yeah the lug nuts are there for centering the rim and the washers spread the load of...
  23. 83Stepper

    Fender adjustment

    Paint stirrer sticks have always been my best friend when adjusting gaps. UBG is a great source for info as well, good looking out on that one!
  24. 83Stepper

    whats every body using.. looking for a new stereo head unit

    Wow, blast from the past lol. One of the best that Radio Shack had to offer! I could go on for days and days about stuff like Kraco, Jensen, Realistic, Audiovox, etc. Honestly love my Kenwood head units, best that I've had and never had an issue with any of them eating my tapes or CD's...
  25. 83Stepper

    Questions for expierienced ultrasonic cleaner users

    Everything we've used in the ultrasonic cleaners at my last place, semi-conductor company where I was the lead senior maintenance tech, were all at room temp and not suspended in the cleansing solution. Our tolerances and cross contamination issues were very very minute. Tolerances of less than...

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