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  1. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    got my wiring issue figured out from last night. hooked up the wires Saturday and Sunday attempted to connect the battery. to no avail nothing but a small click happened in the starter. turns out there was a bad connection at the battery with a small amount of corrosion. heres the video of...
  2. RangRayy

    Not getting enough power?

    Just checked the voltage on the battery out of the truck and it's reading 12.65 volts so maybe the amperage is too low. I'm going to attempt to jump and see what happens. See if the headlights will come on and crank.
  3. RangRayy

    Not getting enough power?

    Strike that I have an aftermarket volt gauge I can just hook into key on power and it should read the voltage the battery is putting out or drops for any reason.
  4. RangRayy

    Not getting enough power?

    The thought crossed my mind to just use jumper cables off my car parked in front of it but thought nah probably won't work. Maybe I'll try that when I get home. if all is copacetic the lights should come on, horn should work and for the life of me cannot remember if there's a chime when the keys...
  5. RangRayy

    Not getting enough power?

    I thought that and went back through everything just to be sure and everything seems to be good, minus that one set of cables coming out by the ECM plug. Then I got to thinking, if there was a bad ground or connection there wouldnt be anything happening when turning the key. right? the...
  6. RangRayy

    Not getting enough power?

    I am at the end of my carb swap from tbi... I eliminated all of the original harness minus the main battery cable down to the big(middle post) of the starter, the purple ignition wire to the small post nearest the block on the starter, red wire coming off the junction box on the firewall down to...
  7. RangRayy

    86 350 cam question

    Comp cams 12-300-4
  8. RangRayy

    Convenional vs Synthetic

    Havoline Conventional 10w30 is all I run in mine. Being that the Midwest can't get Chevron Delo except in 5w40 synthetic and 15w40 weights. My dad retired with Chevron and was a chemical/oil engineer for them and helped with the buying of Texaco's oil division. So it's been our families opinion...
  9. RangRayy

    Engine keeps dying at random

    Well since you just touched the ignition stuff it's still possible to be the culprit. What happens when it does does your dash and lights still work when it dies? Do you get a strong smell of gas after it happens? If not then i doubt it's flooding. Possibly vaporlocking.
  10. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I installed the flexible transmission dipstick into the TH350. cleaned the port as best I could and after reading the reviews online everyone keeps saying put silicone on before installation yada yada yada....well if they would have read the instructions it clearly states to do so before hand...
  11. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    I believe the spindles are different. The rotors are 1.25". Reckon only thing that's the same is the pads. I had a helluva time finding the inner bearing, cross referenced to a 70s vega.
  12. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Lucky my '87 calipers were $23 ea. Might be the fact it is equipped with HD brakes. ''Twas an expensive brake overhaul I did two year ago.
  13. RangRayy

    350 tbi to 350 vortec

    I am currently in the middle of a carb swap on my TBI '87. I opted to keep the swirl port heads that came on the motor for budget reasons and I will upgrade heads when I fully rebuild the motor. I am sitting at 129k miles and I too was thinking of the 12-300-4 cam and from what I have read and...
  14. RangRayy

    wiring question

    How does the rest of our trucks/burbs get power from the battery? When there are only 2 wires coming off the positive post on the battery and 2/3 coming off the negative post to grounds. I have a 1 wire alternator so that accounts for one of the two and the other is going straight down to the...
  15. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    thats exactly what I did. my only issue was trying to correct the twist the transmission did while the motor was out. I ended up getting the top, not the center because theres no hole there, on the drivers side to act as a pivot. What ended up happening is the passenger side was about 1" to 1...
  16. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    spent most of the afternoon fighting the TH350 to get back in line with the back of the motor. Suppose all that while being out it shifted even though it was supported. After a million trips back and forth from above the engine to under the truck while fiddling with a jack on the motor and a...
  17. RangRayy

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Put the motor back in Finally after a year the motor went back in. Those motor mount ls are a real PITA!!! I fought one side for a half hour....
  18. RangRayy

    fuel cell with or without foam?

    yessir it does. i was debating between a 15 gal or 20 gal tank. what brand cell is yours?
  19. RangRayy

    fuel cell with or without foam?

    searched and searched but cannot find a valid answer. i know the foam is for safety and i thought mainly for strip use and a requirement for drag cars. i however am running a street only truck. for street do i need the foam? looking at an aluminum cell with probably a sending unit. stupid...
  20. RangRayy

    Fuel pump placement.

    Anyone have an idea if this will work for a temporary till I get the rear tank figured out? 12 gal metal cell in the bed that just has an outlet and a vent hookup on it. Run a single line fuel sytem until I get a better cell with a return on it. Line from the outlet to an electric pump with...
  21. RangRayy

    Valve seal replacement

    should be a 5/8 bolt. i replaced my seals when my heads were off, i know ideal situation, but even with the tool i could barely push the spring down. figured it was because in 29 years of never being undone before kinda made them freeze and lock the retainers in. i had to tap on the top of the...
  22. RangRayy

    1987 c-10

    Gotcha I wasn't sure how far into the 90s they ran dual lights side by side. My '95 Silverado has the side by side but looks nothing like my square obviously lol.
  23. RangRayy

    1987 c-10

    My '87 has the dual lights on top of each other and the grill is like the second picture. I always thought the side by side lights were years '88-95. ??
  24. RangRayy

    3.08 to 4.10 first time swap

    28 spline is the axles into the carrier. People tend to beef up while they're there so adding 30 spline axles and matching carrier. Which I would suggest getting a nice posi to throw in with new axles and seals whole changing out the ring and pinion.
  25. RangRayy

    Did GM use unpainted blocks?

    When I degreased my '87 it was bare iron and like yours it was covered in oil and dirt probably 20 years worth.

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