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    3 minute battery life…?

    Tried to crank my truck today. 625a marine battery, fully charged. Truck will turn over, very slowly. Cable end at the battery was branding iron hot… Truck has sat up for a year. Oil is at the right level. ATF may have leaked out. New distributor and eelated including sparkplugs. Tilt column...
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    Transmission identification help?

    1987 C60 with a governed 2bbl Zenith equipped 350. 4spd manual with pto and tailshaft parking drum. Cab is junk, would like to repurpose the engine/transmission in a different truck. Already going to swap the Custom Deluxe manual door guts/panels onto my 85 C10, tired of pw/pl failures...
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    Adding a swaybar? 85 Silverado swb

    Truck did not come with a swaybar. I have a 92 K1500 that is getting a lift and a swaybar delete. Can the 92 bar be retrofit to the 85? Note, the 85 has -0- factory provisions for mounting a swaybar… Could buy an aftermarket, probably “should” just buy an aftermarket kit, but on a leo salary...
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    Early 4.3 upgrade?

    The original issue 4.3 in my 85 swb is tired. Smokes like a 2 stroke tired. IF there is enough wall thickness left, going to rebuild it. RV cam? Retrofit roller cam? Thermostat temperature? Exhaust w/o egr or smog pump provisions? Already installed a non-ESC distributor (Jegs with 4 pin icm)...
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    Qjet to 2bbl swap?

    The factory installed Qjet on my truck is at paperweight status. It basically sweats gas. Ordered the adapter to run a 2bbl on the stock high rise iron intake. Pulled the original issue 40 years old distributor yesterday. New distributor, plugs and wires going in today. Truck has a Th400...
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    Hello from SW TN

    New here, moved over from the GMT400 group. Have an 85 C10 swb “odd ball”; shipped with a Qjet equipped 4.3L V6, Th400, 2.73 gears, van 15x6 rally wheels, P205/75r15s, 1.25” rotors, heavy duty cooling package, lightest spring rating (919#). Full Silverado trim less stick on side chrome, less cab...

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