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  1. AustinDube

    Turn Signal Linkage

    Is there any way to tighten up the linkage for my blinker lever? if i hit a bump it just goes left and it doesnt even click in its really sloppy
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    Wiring (Headlights) HIGH BEAMS WACKY!!

    Got some new bulbs for my lights and got a new headlight and did the trick :D my wiring job done the job good but now i got the job of doing the rear end lighting now and the toplights, bed is a wood flatbed of a 92 f150 and has the old harness off it. my truck has 4 wires and the bed has 5...
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    Wiring (Headlights) HIGH BEAMS WACKY!!

    Gonna check that in a bit I'll just swap the lights real quick. and LOL MOST LIKELY CAUSE I DROPPED IT
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    Wiring (Headlights) HIGH BEAMS WACKY!!

    My wiring was tapped into a long time ago to power the plow lights on my old mount. When i got the truck the high beams didnt work. Now i have the lmc truck wiring harness for the headlights and I noticed the light green wire connecting to the left headlight was disconected and I spliced the...
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    Top Speed Roughly??

    I believe I'd cruise pretty good too for highway speeds. I have new 29" michalen street tires for er
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    Top Speed Roughly??

    What do you guys roughly think my top speed would be and i doubt it but it prob wont be able to make up highway speeds steady without raising the rpms through the roof. I got a 1976 Chevy K10 sm465 np205 12 bolt gm rear with 3.31:1 Rear ratio. 350 is a 4 bolt main with a edelbrock performer...
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    Welding Rear 12 bolt GM axle

    I am considering a detroit locker after a bit of research. Are they really any better for the quality and price or? cause I found one for my axle at a hefty $550 but ill pay that price for the quality. People's reviews said that it was better than the spartan locker and lockrite but theyll all...
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    Welding Rear 12 bolt GM axle

    Lockers are sooo expensive though. But anyways would i be better off with a spartan locker or a lock right locker? Also I dont really know much about axles but what kind of lockers do what and are there pros and cons of certain lockers than others or?
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    Welding Rear 12 bolt GM axle

    is it really a good idea to weld the spider gears on my chevy k10? it will be a street and mud vehicle but im only thinking of doing the rear. I have a 12 bolt gm axle. Im wondering if a good weld is still dangerous to dump the clutch or anything? should I weld in a plate too or? but will it be...
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    Rockers and floors

    I have a little mig 195a 220v welder and theres settings high-low and 1-2 for heat and the wire feed 1-10. I dont want to melt through so low and 1 and 5-6 for the wire feed or?
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    Vacuum Advance

    Okay, but in a couple vids i heard that they had used the manifold vacuum for automatics, mine is a sm465. and it is a 76 k10 mostly offroading. will I have to retime it once i plug up the advance or?
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    350 Turns over but does not start

    Runs great now wow very impressed she doesnt skip a beat! worth it all. and the distributor gear at the bottom that meshes with the oil pump driveshaft had a lot of wobble (play) in it and that was the chattering noise i had heard
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    Dash lights

    yes only turns the interior light on and off
  14. AustinDube

    Dash lights

    Dash lights are not working properly. Cant see anything at night at all. just 2 little dim lights up at the top of the speedo gauge. Do i need one of those laminated wiring boards on the back or? maybe new bulbs? im thinking green.
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    help with an oil leak

    Check the valve cover gasket and if its not that how about the distributor holddown gasket
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    Oil pressure issue

    I have a 76 k10 and I had the same issue. Mine had 30,000 miles but sat a long time. I had to do the rms anyways so I threw a high volume oil pump and now I get about 45-50 on startup-warmup and 25-35 when idling
  17. AustinDube

    Vacuum Advance

    So when I changed my distributor and carburetor I had no issues at all, I went with the $90 blueprinted distributors from summit racing and got a edelbrock 1405 carburetor. I was told to just put a screw in the vacuum advance hose, the hose plugged up on the side port of the old quadrajet but...
  18. AustinDube

    High beams not working

    Just swapped my bad floor switch, the green high beam cables on my truck are cut, is that what is wrong? and where would I wire these up?.
  19. AustinDube

    Battery terminals are hot!!! Almost burned my truck down

    Yes it is a pile remanufacured one and its the oem full sized style, and would a mini high torque starter be better or? and I also found out that my chassis to motor ground is half torn so i'll replace that
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    Battery terminals are hot!!! Almost burned my truck down

    Yes its a new battery and starter, and also i will need to clean that ground on the firewall but mine goes to my cyl 8 manifold bolt is it supposed to be there?
  21. AustinDube

    Battery terminals are hot!!! Almost burned my truck down

    So i almost burned my truck down, my battery cables are corroded and old, hoping if I throw in new wires this will not happen. Its a tight clean connection on the frame n starter but when I went to start it the wire melted and started smoking from the positive wire on the back of the starter...
  22. AustinDube

    350 Turns over but does not start

    I have a dead battery and a busted fuel line so I'll change that and borrow my sister's battery and time it
  23. AustinDube

    350 Turns over but does not start

    Just installed a black cap summit racing distributor. Looks great and wired er up no problem. If you do it like me I just take all the wires up and i know the firing order already is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 Would post pics but my phone is dead
  24. AustinDube

    350 Turns over but does not start

    The truck has been a plow for 41 years so I definately want to change all to new. I already ordered it and i just prefer to have new for $90
  25. AustinDube

    350 Turns over but does not start

    So I fould another problem, the 6 and 8 wires were switched up

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