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    Dual Battery

    Is the effort worth it? Just make sure your alternator is big enough and the alternator and battery cables can handle the loads.
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    My 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix had an R4 compressor. GM was using them at that time, at least in the A bodies.
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Please post some pictures. I am interested in this topic. Did you buy the Jeep shaft or the GM version?
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    If not tongue in cheek, then it is sarcasm. :p
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    I wish you guys would hit the breaks on speling eras. This is about truks not gramer.
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    That would be an expensive and time consuming proposition. I might consider this if I were building a daily driver but I am building an occasional use truck. My 1987 GMC is at the body shop and that A/C hasn't worked in a long time. The truck was not really used much for the last 20 years. Now...
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Axel Rose, Axel Foley?
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    Cracked TH350 case

    TH350s are pretty common. Why screw around with trying to get it fixed? Just buy a rebuilt unit or a used one that needs a rebuild and use the case. I saw Edelbrock's post about $50. I doubt in my area I could find anyone to weld that for under $250. Then you have to make sure the seal surface...
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    Dual Battery

    You can wire them in parallel. Hook the two positives together and the two negatives together. You could also use a battery isolator to keep them separated nd prevent a dead battery from draining the other one.
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    Pretty sure I blew a head gasket this morning....

    Do you have a cooling system pressure tester?
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    It is all just nuts and bolts......
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    It is fun to read these kind of threads. Seeing you go from "what is this?" to a major rebuild is fun.
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    Body repair panels

    My NOS rocker and door needed the same amount of massaging that the repro rocker for the other side needed. These are mass produce vehicles and not precision built. The bodyman said to me, "I probably shouldn't have had you buy this NOS door. You should have bought a used one. It probably...
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Working on old vehicles from the rust belt is no cake walk. Torches, big hammers, chisels and a lot of swearing are all tools you will use daily.
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    1987 Chevy V10 steering wander

    In my experience, I found that about 15-20% of techs are excellent at their jobs. The rest fall somewhere in the realm of mediocre to lousy. I have work in, managed, owned and provided technical support to service departments since the mid 80s. The diagnostic abilities of techs is getting worse...
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    Starter won't dis-engage when key is turned off.

    Yes, you are correct, it is Watts law. To get the same Power(Watts), if the voltage drops you need to increase the Amps. I was not trying to puff my chest out or make you look dumb. I just want OP to get his truck fixed. If I am not mistaken, the OP had a clicking, no crank issue he tried...
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    Replacement mirror heads and elbows?

    That mirror "elbow" might be an aftermarket or from a painted mirror. The GM ones were stainless. Just twist that bolt head off and replace the mirror head. You can find those heads used or aftermarket. Just search GM Camper style mirror head. Many choices pop up.
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    Starter won't dis-engage when key is turned off.

    You said you replaced the lock cylinder. I would look at your ignition switch adjustment before I did anything else. The switch is at the base of the column. If it cranks with the lock cylinder in the off position you either have power engaging the solenoid or the contacts in the solenoid are...
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    1987 Chevy V10 steering wander

    Don't even get me started with "It's in the green". I don't know how many times I have had to get involved with a case where the alignment is the issue but it is in the green. When I ask what are the angles, I get a blank stare and the tech repeats, "it is in the green". Most guys in the car...
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    New Guy

    I forgot to say welcome to the forum.
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    1987 Chevy V10 steering wander

    Any good alignment will include a print of before and after. If you went to a tire store you probably only got the toe set/checked. Is your steering box centered? I have seen so called alignments done by removing the steering wheel and put back on so it looks straight.
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    New Guy

    Why take a nice original truck and make an abomination out of it? Flip that truck and buy one of the CUCVs that are all over the place. Then you can add a vintage air system if you need A/C. That will be WAY less work.
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Yep, a 12 point head bolt. Snap-On sockets are thin enough. Or just take a bench grinder to a junk socket like a Craftsman or Husky.
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    If the hack method works for you, keep doing it. It is totally wrong and half assed but it is your vehicle not mine. You are not vacuuming oil, you are boiling water out of the system and pulling air out of the system. When I learned A/C in the mid-80s we were taught to drain the system by...
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    Industry standard is 90% but since GM says additional .25 lb. then follow that. I can tell you from personal experience that 90% works and no components replaced. I covered hundreds of cars at my shop throughout the 90s. People did not want to pay to replace hoses, or hard parts. We replaced...

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