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    Rustiest Radiator Thick Slimy RUST... How To Clean???

    The 2 rad shops around here are long gone, thx to cheap Chinese junk radiators. I bot 3 more cleaning treatments, I'll keep filling flushing, rinse & repeat... The rad isn't blocked as it flows well due to no tstat, so I can see the water-rust coming thru the tubes without waiting for it to heat up
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    Rustiest Radiator Thick Slimy RUST... How To Clean???

    I installed a later model inner fender-top overflow bottle, and I'll keep running water thru the system. The rad hoses aren't that old, but are crispy crunchy when you squeeze them. I have new ones, and I'll install new heater hoses as well.
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    Rustiest Radiator Thick Slimy RUST... How To Clean???

    Three weeks ago I purchased a 2 owner 1984 K5 Blazer with a crate 350. The second owner did nothing except drive it for years and years, never changed the oil, never even put antifreeze in the cooling system. So I changed the oil, and the engine consumes a bit, but I just put four thousand miles...
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    Prepping for 700r4 goodness

    Nice read...
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    "Rebuilt" 700r4 issues

    I'm going to babble on for a few minutes here regarding my 700. I bought a 1984 6.2 diesel Suburban in California over 10 years ago, with a rebuilt but weak shifting 700. On a trip back from Michigan a few years ago it randomly stopped shifting, long story short, I looked on eBay and I wasn't...
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    Power Window Motor Repair

    I still didn't have a chance to look at my K5 Blazer window issue
  7. CORVAIRWILD

    Dana 44 front wheel bearings need tightening?

    I've been reading a variety of forums for years, and I've worked on a bunch of Corvairs, and I've never read anywhere from anybody, except Bruce, the above poster, about how NOT to adjust your steering box. He is correct, and I've had arguments with people, like banging my head against the wall...
  8. CORVAIRWILD

    WTB-Suburban RR 1/4 Panel...

    This isn't looking good, I just called two suppliers in Canada which is an hour away, and they've got nothing. I just called car and truck in Orange California, and theirs is on backorder. And too bad because I'm going to be there in 2 weeks and I've got room to bring one back, if they had one.
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    WTB-Suburban RR 1/4 Panel...

    The price is 449 then if you add it to your cart, it's 569. And if you checkout, it asks for CC info, but no info on freight. I'll call them, and the bodyshop guy said he'd pass by before I leave it at his shop bcause the windshield has been removed to repair rust damage in the channel. That way...
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    WTB-Suburban RR 1/4 Panel...

    I backed up my truck a few years ago, and I forgot my trailer was there because I was worried about going over the grass. So I hit the quarter panel so hard I almost popped out the side window. So when I had the truck painted a little while later, The body shop guy pulled the panel out...
  11. CORVAIRWILD

    Dana 44 front wheel bearings need tightening?

    I'll write later about the underengineered lock nuts, I'm heading to work now
  12. CORVAIRWILD

    WTB-Suburban RR 1/4 Panel...

    I've filed a claim with Geico for damage I did to my pass side 1/4 by backing into my trailer. I will try get Geico to agree to pay for a new 1/4 panel, and I have a reputable bodyshop lined up to do the job. But I havn't been able to find a panel. LMC doesn't carry one, I have a few more...
  13. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    I have a tach-fool gauge from a '77 C60 8.2 diesel I scrapped. I'll post an image of I remeber to go look at it
  14. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    Interesting...
  15. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    So the Sub had a tach??? Wow, rare
  16. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    Hmmmmmm... I don't recall ever seeing the sensor. Nor did I know to look. So this would have come on a 6.2 w a tach? And the 90's non turbo or turbo?
  17. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    Vacuum pump on the 6.2? Pix?
  18. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    Do I have to select more options? To get subscribed and notifyed?
  19. CORVAIRWILD

    TACH ON DIESEL MODEL TRUCK

    Tach is rare, gas or diesel. I've only seen a couple in all the years, prolly not in a diesel, but seen so few... I wonder what the date code is on the back??? And the fuel gauge ends up hidden where the next to invisible clock was.
  20. CORVAIRWILD

    Taillights quality

    I have a variety on the shelf... Pix soon
  21. CORVAIRWILD

    Convert 1983 dash w-wiper-floor dimmer to turn signal stalk?

    Good call Honky Kong, the spare I purchased from the junkyard was indeed broken inside, thus my reluctance to tinker with the assemblys on the car. It seems that the headlamps shine at the tree tops on hi beam. I must admit I haven't watched a ytube video in an attempt to figure out how to...
  22. CORVAIRWILD

    Convert 1983 dash w-wiper-floor dimmer to turn signal stalk?

    Interesting... I have an '88 or so parts Jimmy, and maybe 2 or 3 Suburban actually...
  23. CORVAIRWILD

    Convert 1983 dash w-wiper-floor dimmer to turn signal stalk?

    I'm a high-beam maniac, and my girlfriend's 2001 Mercedes ML has the most nothing high beams, I'm not sure if they're miss-aimed, because the plastic isn't too yellowed. I'm reluctant to adjust them, because everything is crappy plastic. I got a spare assembly from the junkyard, it's really...
  24. CORVAIRWILD

    Convert 1983 dash w-wiper-floor dimmer to turn signal stalk?

    I renovated apartments for a living, it cracks me up when people say, "just do some demolition and install new insulation, sheet rock and you'll be all set. Except it takes me months to do what takes them 3 seconds to say. I was wondering if anybody had ever done this update, and if it's a...
  25. CORVAIRWILD

    Convert 1983 dash w-wiper-floor dimmer to turn signal stalk?

    I can't do it, I'm no 12 volt electrical genius, just household Electric. I just bought a commercial building with 550 volts, too many wires, and everything is in really bad delapidated condition, the bottom of the boxes are all rusty, but I bought it, it's mine

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