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  1. WutupYo

    Brake booster on my 86 K30

    The plot thickens... I bought this truck through a guys Dad who was handling it. His son was deployed. He called it a K30. I just checked the sticker in the glove box. Picture below. After some googling, I think I have a K20, and not a K30. C6P code though... I looked up the K20 brake booster...
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    Brake booster on my 86 K30

    90% sure my vacuum booster is bad. Wooshing noise inside the cab, very hard to push the brake pedal. Truck originally had a 350, has a 454 in it no (bought it this way). I'm trying to find the correct brake booster. A lot of the ones I've found say on rock auto, do not have the bracket on the...
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    PNW Overland suburban WA

    I like that paint! Nice progress. Keep it up.
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    Kingpin bushings

    Back from a week of vacation. Swapped my front tires Sunday and it still pulls to the right.
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    AC help

    This was a Nevada truck, and the 454 was swapped in so theres a good chance all of the components could be from a pre 85 to make it all work.
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    AC help

    Great info, and exactly what I was thinking. Thank you. Is there a "better" compressor than the A-6 I have on there? Is the shorter compressor (the R-4?) any better or offer any benefits other than size? Also, If I were to change it out, then it is going to alter the alignment of my belts...
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    LED lighting

    Just thought I'd offer up this info for anyone in the future. I have an 87 K30 (V30). I just replaced all my lights with LED replacements. Most notable are the cargo light and reverse lights, huge improvement. I used superbrightleds.com The way their website is laid out REALLY makes it easy to...
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    AC help

    Thats a bummer. Thanks for the info though. I'll start hunting around for someone to repair it. Maybe I'll get lucky. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as long as the length is there, all the fittings should be the same size, its just the shape that might be different? In theory, I could get a...
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    AC help

    In the first picture, the top line coming from the compressor, once the hard line meets the "soft" line over the compressor, right there. If you look closely you can just notice where it leaked onto the top of the compressor, in between the green wire and the line on top.
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    AC help

    Excellent info. Thank you. I'm sure it had R12 originally, has the sticker, but wasn't sure if it was converted or not. Is there a reason i should go to R134, or try and stick with R12? @Snoots the Sanden compressor, that is compatible with R12 and R134 (maybe all of them are, I don't know if...
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    AC help

    I have an 87 V30. originally a 350 but now a 454. While working on it, I leaned across the engine bay, and subsequently put a crack in one of my AC lines. Now of course I have no refrigerant left and no AC. I'm trying to look for new lines, but can't quite find what I think looks like an exact...
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    Kingpin bushings

    I haven't. I'll do that before anything else. Good call.
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    Kingpin bushings

    Replaced the bushing and used the solid urethane replacement. Still pulls to the right slightly. Still feels like there is some small amount of play with the right front wheel. I wonder if the wheel bearing may be bad? I also think that since it was identified my camber/caster is slightly off on...
  14. WutupYo

    Kingpin bushings

    The steering wheel is just BARELY off. The guy who did my alignment did mention that the caster (I think) on the right side was slightly off. Through my research on here, I've read that a bad kingpin can cause this. Also, having the lift spring and ORD shackles I have could also cause it, and I...
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    Kingpin bushings

    I THINK what you're referring to is the setup that replaces the factory cap, with a cap that has a bolt going through the top to adjust the amount of pressure being applied. The system I'm looking at removes the spring and replaces it with a eurethane unit, but keeps the factory cap. In theory...
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    Kingpin bushings

    Chasing down some wobble in my front end. I have an ORD steering setup. I've replaced all the tie rods and put a new steering stabilizer in. I haven't experienced the wobble again, but it is pulling to one side. I've already had an alignment done. I plan on replacing the kinpin pushings. On to...
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    Vent window rebuild

    I read through this and the linked thread from a few years back. My seals seem to be doing OK (knock on wood) but the little circular gasket that goes on the handle just recently started to crumble apart on me, on both sides. Anyone have a good link to this part? I see in the linked walkthrough...
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    Courtesy light inconsistent

    87 K30. courtesy light and all other lights come on with the passenger door no problem. On the driver door, if I mess with the door switch, it will sometimes work. I took it out today to try and clean it up, and I noticed that when I pull it out of the hole, no matter what it doesn't work. In...
  19. WutupYo

    Gear selector adjustment

    Got under there and adjusted the slide/swivel whatever you'd like to call it. stupid easy. Thanks.
  20. WutupYo

    Gear selector adjustment

    I have an 87 K30 with a 700r4. When I put it in reverse, it seems to go slightly past the reverse indicator on the column, almost to where neutral is. This mean my reverse lights come on but won't stay on since its not where "reverse" is on the column, killing power to the lights. How can I...
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    New guy. 86 K30 in VA

    Thank everyone. Sorting out issues, The damn plug for the blower fan was unplugged. Thats my kind of fix! Me and a buddy messed with timing and the carb a little bit, still backfired up top occasionally, but at least it will get up there now. It was also dieseling when turning it off, and it...
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    New guy. 86 K30 in VA

    Hey everyone. New to the site, and square bodies in general. Bought my first one this past weekend. Here are a couple pictures. I'm sure I'm going to be doing lots of searching in the near future for fixes to small issues I have. Here is some info, pictures, and some of the issues I'm trying to...

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