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    Fresh oil

    I use to work at a shop that EVERY vehicle that came into the shop got it's front windshield washed, and at least the front carpet vacuumed and dash board wiped down. No matter how bad it was inside. The company called it "clean & vac service N/C" Anyhow a couple of times a year at least we'd...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    Yea, that's how I always felt. I wanted to put one on my prior truck but the basic ones at the time (early 2000's) were around $1K that plus the time involved kept me from ever doing it. My square you may have read the story before, the PO was a friend of mine, we drifted apart, I learn he...
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    Why is my fresh rebuild smoking

    Well if it's coming out the tailpipe like that I'd pull the spark plugs out. I'd probably run the truck for 5 mins or so, then shut it off and pull the plugs. If it's oil the cylinder with the problem will have oil all over the plug and likely be black. If it's coolant then, the plug will...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    Ya, I thought about doing the rear tank thing before I installed the second saddle. I thought it would have been cool to mount tool boxes to the frame, cut the bed so you'd have access to the boxes even with the bed closed, but I'd never be able to do the cut the bed part and make it look good...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    Then I had to go and put dual exhaust on the truck. As you'll see in a moment the passenger side muffler is just a few inches below the tank and pump assembly, so I had to put a heat shield in there. As a side benefit exhaust differential and fuel tank work is super easy. I can pop a my...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    Hinge / Ram top mount to bed. Notice how it mounts to a box frame which puts the upward pressure on two of the beds cross members. Bed hinge LR Bed hinge RR Pump and tank unit. This unit started out on the outside of the frame. When I got the truck and started running it around doing...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    @Camar068 & the other folk interested here are the pics of the dump bed. This is going to take multiple posts, While I doubt this is a modernization modification it is certainly the best modification on the truck. Ok so lets start with just looking at the truck. Looks pretty normal no? BTW...
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    700R4 Information Thread

    Thank you for the explanation. Whilst I'm a mechanic I'm not a transmission guy at all. I've always known someone that did them so I never learned.
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    700R4 Information Thread

    I know, it's been a year and 4 months. That's one of the reasons I decided to keep the MDX that was given to me. I'd love to continue to drive the square to work everyday, but I'm got to cut down on the mileage. I still spend plenty of time behind the wheel of the square, just not on my...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    Ok I'll get some for you pretty quick tomorrow morning or the next
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    Connect phone to factory AM radio

    My ash tray is no longer an ash tray. The factory outlet / lighter is power all the time, and is the factory wiring. Then I added two power outlets where the ash tray use to be, that is wired to key on source. I use a standalone (garmin) GPS and having a power source that turns on and off...
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    Keep getting bad alternators??? On #4

    @fast 99 & @Radiohead I agree bosch electrical parts are good for sure, even though I didn't think of them when I made recommendations. Believe it or not we've have been using a lot of masterpro fuel pumps. We can get them for less $$ at O'reilly's, and get this, masterpro the O'reilly's...
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    Keep getting bad alternators??? On #4

    Gee that's just terrible, I'd be super frustrated.
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    700R4 Information Thread

    Thank you. But could you elaborate on the "feel as though you're in neutral" thing. Thanks.
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    Connect phone to factory AM radio

    Ya, but Mike those aren't road directions she's spewing....
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    Connect phone to factory AM radio

    I very much agree. I remember being able to get aftermarket delay wiper boxes, you probably remember them JC Whitney and a few others use to carry them. Yea, mounted it under the dash, wired it in and just turned the knob for the amount of delay desired. Last time I looked for one for a...
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    Connect phone to factory AM radio

    I have a deal in my 77 Cadillac that plugs in between the radio and antenna cable, and then there is a box under the dash. You can select AM or FM and the station. Has a 3/8" cord off of it. Came from Radioishack years ago when they still had brick and mortor stores. You might be able to do...
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    700R4 Information Thread

    @NickTransmissions I've got a 700R4 question for you. If it matters the truck in question is a 1984 C20 305 - 700R4 - 3.41 rear end, that one day I'll change to a 4.10 or 4.56. Transmission was rebuilt around 20K ago, it is an original 1984 unit it got the standard heavy duty rebuild, I can...
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    Fresh oil

    What no Whiskey?
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    Keep getting bad alternators??? On #4

    I drive my truck to much to put up with a clicking starter! That's really to bad! Yea, there used to be a guy in my area. When I first met him he had a shop and 4 employees. Eventually it was just him, then he closed his store front and worked out of his garage. I asked him when he closed...
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    Keep getting bad alternators??? On #4

    @pbrstreetgang AC Delco would have been on the top my list, new AC Delco first, reman second. I'd suggest that you pull the alternator and have it tested. It's certainly possible that there is nothing wrong with the truck, and you have just had a series of bad units. But given the number of...
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    Keep getting bad alternators??? On #4

    That's pretty much what I was going to say @pbrstreetgang Get a quality NEW alternator, try really hard to avoid remans if at all possible. These trucks have a super simple charging system, and most of it is inside the alternator case. I'm headed out the door of the shop right now, but I or...
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    @Camar068 These are the existing pictures I have. If I think of it and get a chance I'll grab some better ones that show the workings of it better. In the below picture you can kind of see the hinge and the ram under there. And here you can see the bottom part of the hinge and the ram...
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    What a mess Edelbrock cleaning

    X2 on that, but it wouldn't matter since my wife would kill me.
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    The wisest way to modernize a C20

    LOL. And Neither one of us mention the homemade grab bars on the A-pillars we both have.

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