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  1. BRetty

    New to me wheels and tires

    Very nice. Love that color too. Standard ride height? The bigger tires suit her. The navy blue on the longbed is really elegant. What so people with shortbeds do? For that matter, What do people with big new grey plastic crew-cab-5-foot-bed decal-plastered bluetooth speakers on wheels...
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    Where to buy a new relay??

    Guys, Parts Express sells there relays and sockets, and they are about $5 apiece.: https://www.parts-express.com/car-audio/car-audio-installation-accessories/12v-relays-sockets
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    Drink holder question?

    This is what I use. These boots are reaching End-of-Service or Mandatory Retirement. I may have a Right ready to become your new drink cozy.
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    Under hood paint suggestion

    Just an FYI for everybody correctly advising against "flat" sheen paint: All paints are, by their nature, glossy. Anything less shiny than gloss has has flatteners added to it (things like talc, although there are better flattening agents now). One practical consequence of this is when using...
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    FNG from Denton TX

    Great truck, great colors! I like blue trucks and I cannot lie! "...cubic dollars..." made me spit out my morning cornflakes and beer LOL. hey, were you ever in a death-metal band?
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    Hey y'all. I'm a little new.

    She's a beauty! I EFFING LOVE that two-tone red/white. Looks to have only a little rust I can see. Hey, I gotta ask a personal, political question. Answer me straight-up. SE Iowa: Are you a Cardinals fan or a Cubs fan? If you're a Cardinals fan, hellz yes! paint a "circle-bird" on that...
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    New here from Texas

    Welcome from So Cal, once the center of car culture, alas no more. Yeah, other sites also have sepia-tinged photos, conservative political opinions, and invaluable advice on keeping my 49-year-old truck on the road, but here you can cuss. (If needed, within reason, of course, but still, I cuss...
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    Drilling Holes in a Plastic Gauge Cluster Crystal?

    I don't understand what "crystal" means here. Do you mean the clear plastic in front of all the gages? That is generally called the "lens", IIRC. I cut a lot of acrylic at work, so here is my main advice: get some other thin acrylic fom like HDepot, cut it into two pieces and sandwich the...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I wasn't aware that Cajuns were all that big on parliamentary procedure or Robert's Rules of Order....LOL
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    New guy Ky

    With the subject line, "New Guy KY" I was expecting a joke about the French Foreign Legion. instead we have pics of a very sweet pewter-toned GMC just being FLAUNTED on a lift that I covet so much. Are you actually Sturgill Simpson? BR ps -- the punch line is, "NO NO NO!!! The camels take...
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    Can it be saved

    You do the old-school blue flames?
  12. BRetty

    Harbor Freight Tool/Product Review

    I agree with you on th brake bleeder pump -- the fittings for the bleeder valves won't stay on when opening/closing the valves. I now have far more air in my brake lines than before. In fact it's foam now. BR
  13. BRetty

    Aux Battery Tray

    Others have found an odd dearth of parts sepcifically for 73-81 trucks. Both LMC and Classic industries seem to have big caps in their catalogs. Not sure why. Regarding batteries, my tray is mounted sideways with mystery brackets and I can't figure out where it came from. I keep meaning to...
  14. BRetty

    Rear brake hose replacement, 1973 C10

    Thanks for the advice, @fast68chevy The rain has stopped and my replacement hose is coming in tomorrow, so I will take the lines apart after work and hope the "replacement" hose actually has the proper fittings to mate with the existing lines. BRetty
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    Rear brake hose replacement, 1973 C10

    All, I am replacing a ruptured hose on my '73 C10, and I have a few questions about the process. My square: '73 C10, 350 smb, longbed, lowered 4.5/6, dashboard and steering column (and other parts?) from '81 Suburban, many things not done, or done poorly, or never finished, by PO. ______ THE...
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    New Guy From La.

    All I know about differentials is that dropping one on my tailgate will dent it BADLY. But, Welcome! Glad to see more Chevy folks, I feel outcast amongst all the Fords and Toyotas at my work... ! BRetty
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    Powersteering pump trouble

    I guess I've been hanging out here at GMSB a while now. Was scrolling through this thread and saw pictures of what looked like random piles of rusty-but-useable Chevy parts, and just naturally thought, "Oh, looks like an AuroraGirl post!" Scrolled back and --> Lo! and Behold! Never change...
  18. BRetty

    Under dash light

    @My78, Glad you got your lights working again...now does anybody know where that particular light/socket is supposed to mount? Mine was dangling when I got my '73 (as was a lot of the underdash wiring) and I still can't figure out wherethe thing is supposed to go. Thanks is anvance, BRetty
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    DIY Junkyard Wiper Motor and Intermittent Module Retrofit/Upgrade

    Rusty, What is your plan to make the round hole that you have drilled,where it attaches to the motor shaft, into a "slot" with flat sides and a rounded end? Here's a crude drawing of what I mean -- top is with a round hole, bottom is how it needs to be shaped to seat on the shoulder of the...
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    Headers? worth the effort & cost?

    Acrtually, Sanderson does have overall dimensions at their own web site.
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    Headers? worth the effort & cost?

    So, for the "Chevelle" headers, am I looking for "full-length" headers that tuck close to the engine b/c they were for a car, or do I want mid/shorty/hugger? My '73 C10 is dropped 4.5/6, and has a column-shift automatic transmission. I would simplu measure in my engine compartment, but nobody...
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    Headers? worth the effort & cost?

    All, Love this discussion, multiple view points and experience are what people need to sort out what is right for them. [Same with politics, multiple voices and perspective helpful, that's real "diversity" not the modern racism dressed up as virtue.] Following this convo b/c my PO put 305...
  23. BRetty

    Lower Steering Column Loose

    KingKlung -- Sorry I missed this when you posted it -- this is exactly the info I was lookingfor! Yes, it seems pulling out the column is the only real way to do this. I'm gonna act on this As soon as I can get a garage space for a few days so I don't have to do this in the bed of my truck...
  24. BRetty

    hose, wire suppots and fastening

    McMaster-Carr is my resource for things like industrial Adel clamps and machine parts like standoffs. If there is a sign or plexiglass shop near you, standoffs are used in the sign and display industry to mount like placards on a wall etc. In a pinch they might have some. mcmaster.com
  25. BRetty

    1985 Monte Carlo SS

    About 20 years ago, hospitals started printing bar-codes on every single thing ever used in surgery, due to the alarming numbner of sponges and sutures and debris that got accidentally sewn up inside surgical patients. Everything had to be scanned-in and then scanned-out at the end, and if...

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