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  1. Lugnut

    GM blue engine paint

    I used DE 1608 on mine looks like a pretty close match.
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    Engine threaded bosses

    The factory spot is behind the intake next to distributor. I pretty sure it’s a 1/8” pipe thread.
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    Engine threaded bosses

    Yes the rear is that deep. It’s actually behind the engine.
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    Engine threaded bosses

    Make sure you get a pass side dipstick tube. The left hand ones are different length and dia. FYI, Here is a pic of the heat shields I was talking about.
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    Engine threaded bosses

    The small threaded hole is left over from the older ram horn style exhaust manifold set-up, it’s where the spark plug heat shields bolted on.
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    Engine threaded bosses

    No o-ring that I have ever seen, I usually just put a little RTV around the dipstick tube where it bottoms out in the block and never had any problems.
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    Lowered questions

    Looks stock, someone may have removed a leaf to lower it a little, but looking at the condition of the threads on the u-bolts and shackles it doesn’t look like it’s been messed with.
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    Lowered questions

    I have 2 stock ride height C10's in the shop one of them measures from center of front hub to fender lip 18.5" drivers and 19" pass., can't measure the rear bed is off. The other one measures 20" all the way around, but remember these are 40 year old springs. That being said most of these truck...
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    CPP Lowered Spindles

    Truck looks great, I'm glad everything worked out. I know it can be a pain to get everything to work together sometimes, but it sure makes it worth it in the end. Post a pic of the slosh tubz.
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    Timing on GM GoodWrench Crate Engine?

    Pics of a factory 12 o’clock timing tab. It’s on a stand, cleaned and painted so it’s easier to see.
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    Finally driving again. I took a week of vacation off during Christmas so I could get it all done before I had to go back to work. Last pic is a recent one. Sorry for the long story that you never asked for. lol
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    Getting a little bit of help
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    Some progress
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    The day we started tearing it down Donor truck
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    Yes, My grandfather bought it new in '76, and it's one of the trucks I learned to drive in. No one else in the family ever cared for it so he gave it to me a few years before he passed. It was his work/farm truck and he never really took care of it that much. By the time I got it it was in...
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    OPINION: Favorite Two-Tone Paint Schemes...

    But I also like these
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    OPINION: Favorite Two-Tone Paint Schemes...

    This is my favorite
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    1979 350 carb into r10 tbi 305 truck

    The 87 TBI should have centerbolt valve covers, they weren't vortex heads but have that style valve cover. So yes the TBI intake center holes will be on the wrong angle. Also that will be a 1 piece rear main seal engine, so the flex plate will not swap to the '79 350, external balanced vs...
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    Welded a bracket to the frame and run it toward the rear tire. You can still get to it with the bed down.
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    Yes it was a kit, He told me that he got a big break on the price of the kit if he bought 3 kits. I remember him telling me that he went to Atlanta to pick them up and a couple of his buddies wanted one also. I just barely remember 3 trucks with their beds off in his yard one weekend putting...
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    Dumping Pickup Bed

    My grandpa put this on his truck about 1978, I was about five when he did it. I can’t tell you the times it has been used over the years. A real back saver for sure. This is after I re-bodied it due to an extreme amount of rust.
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    1985 Long bed to short bed. Whats really needed. Just brake lines?

    Depending on what fuel tank (16 vs 20 gal) your truck has you may need a 16 gal fuel tank or 2 if it is double tanked.
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    CPP Lowered Spindles

    Nice looking truck. When I first got my truck years ago I had a similar issue. The p.o. had lowered the truck poorly and it rubbed every time I hit a decent size bump. I installed the CPP modular spindles when they came out. I also at the same time installed their upper and lower tubular...
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    Replacing window trim

    Yes that’s what I have used several times. It may take a little practice the first time, but it works great.
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    Corner/Marker Light Behavior

    With the headlights off this is correct. The blinker and corner marker will blink on and off together. With the headlights on the parking light and corner marker light will be steady on, With the headlights on and the blinker on, the blinker and corner marker will blink opposite of each other...

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