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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Thanks guys glad to know that will work. I think I've got a solid plan then to get it in my truck thanks!
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Open field unfortunately. The trees you Maybe able to see in the pictures are not on the property. I have had pretty good luck dragging things into the bed by tilting the dump bed and working whatever it is up there. I might swing by harbor frieght and pick up two of their cheap furniture...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    I will have to figure out how to get it up and into the bed of my pickup. I'm sure that will be interesting. My plan is to tilt the dump bed and pull it up and into the bed of the truck.
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    That's a good idea. But I'll be moving into my new place middle of next month so there won't likely be any or at least any regular working on vehicles in a field with no running water or power. I did drag out my generator so I could run my air compressor and use my air gun. I realize there...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Ok the shoes are adjusted. The housing has been cleaned as best I can under the conditions, which basically are no running water. So luckily it wasn't that gunky on the outside and the areas that were I wire brushed off the excess, hit it with engine degreaser, then brake clean. Let it dry...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Ok thanks. But again for now I'm keeping the 3.73's for now because I'm moving into a new house in the middle of next month and don't want to spend the money right now. Maybe this winter we will see. A 350 might be more important though. Again we'll see. No pictures from this morning...
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    LE9 305 ESC backfires through exhaust on deceleration

    Dual cats. You can get high flow cats if your concerned about the added restriction. Having a working air pump will help the cats to "light up" aka start working quicker and keep them from dropping out during long periods of idling. It's all up to you but I can tell you that my 84' 305 with...
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    LE9 305 ESC backfires through exhaust on deceleration

    I quite agree. My 305 has done everything I've ever asked it to, I think and this is just my personal opinion but I think that the 305 gets a bad rap because people try to treat it like a 350 and it's not. And what I mean by that is like tuning wise trying to treat them the same and that...
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    LE9 305 ESC backfires through exhaust on deceleration

    You still get benefits from the air pump. Replacing the diverter valve so it functions correctly would be what I would do. And honestly I don't know how you can stand that vintage of engine (80's ESC 305) without a cat. It's probably because your air pump functions, and that does do some...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    I'm coming from 3.41's so maybe I'll notice some improvement from where I was. And if it ain't enough for me when I'm settled in my new house I can always do the regear this winter. I'm also thinking that going from 3.41s to 3.73 I'll know what one "step" of change is like so to speak. So...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    For parts, I managed to find ACDelco wheel cylinders. And ACDelco axle seals. The shoes are DEF brand which i don't think is available retail, but I've used then and bunch and they are pretty good. So tomorrow it'll be doing the otherside. Then cleaning up the actual axle housing and...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Also took quite a bit of time to get backing plate cleaned up. I brought home 4 cans of brake clean and im down to just one left. I guess i didn't take a picture of the backing plate when it was nasty but here it is all cleaned up with a new wheel cylinder installed. And a little antiseize...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Took almost an entire can of brake clean to get the drum cleaned up. Bearing still looked really good so I reused those and installed a new seal. Im doing this at home so I'm not turning the drums, which should be just fine as long as that aren't warped. The edges on the drum weren't to bad...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Ok progress. I've got one the drivers side brake done. As it turns out that side had a pretty good amount of 80w90 slung around inside the brakes, so getting that apart and cleaned up was a pretty nasty job.
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    @Ricko1966. I've already closed her up and I'm not planning to pop the cover again, but if do I look. Otherwise I guess I'll know when I drive it.
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Afternoon break time. Its gone well so far. I got the cover off and cleaned everything up inside. There was some build up but not to bad. A little bit if fine metal on the magnet but nothing unexpected. I believe it's and open carrier as in not a gov loc. Which is fine with me. I...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    That sounds about right Mike Lol. It's clear and sunny, I'm in the foot hills on the wet side so we get penty of rain. My plan was and still is if it gets rainy call off the work. Well I haven't made much progress. It took me me bloody forever to get the differential out of my little...
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    Well i brought everything home with me to tear into the differential hopefully tomorrow. I don't have a covered area to work at until I move into the new place next month so this is weather dependant. But I'm going to drag it out of my small utility trailer and set it up on the back of my flat...
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    Starter Solenoid Sticking

    I completely agree and was going to say something similar. I actually just had a vehicle in the shop that went though something similar with a battery that just wasn't up to the task anymore.
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    LED exterior light conversion! not going well :(

    Yes, please go back to incandescent. I work at a shop and we do a lot of work on older rigs and classic. LEDs are in my opinion a nightmare to get and keep working correctly on our older rigs if your ever even able to get them to work correctly. If a vehicle like ours comes in LEDs and there...
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    Intake Manifold RTV Dry Times

    I would not try to reuse, simply because I think it's good self insurance that they won't leak by replacing them. I wouldn't want to do the job twice if it leaks, would you?
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    Gas spilling out filler neck while driving! 1977 C-10

    I'd say both of those things. Both check the fuel cap and the charcoal canister for correct operation.
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    Differential swap / bought it, work and install now

    I think I've pretty much made the decision to do just that. I'm going to bring brake shoes, hardware, wheel cylinders, axle bearings and seals home with me this weekend. So I'll pull the axle shafts out and check the brakes over. If it all looks good I'll just bring the parts back to the shop...
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    Intake Manifold RTV Dry Times

    No, makes sure the parts are clean and assemble immediately. As far as I know the only seals with tack up times left are going to be the like the old blue stuff and honestly there is no reason to be using that anymore. Regular black, gray and right stuff is just light years ahead. Won't make...
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    Intake Manifold RTV Dry Times

    The biggest downfall is it's expensive. At the shop we have regular black and gray. That's our go to one or the other of those. And we also have gray right stuff. The biggest difference between the gray and the black is gray has more adhesive in it. So gray right stuff is what we use on...

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