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  1. Raider L

    '73-'76 turn signal switch not universal

    I finally got around to taking a more detailed look for my turn signal switch after I found out the other new one I bought was not going to work. It looked different when I first took it out of the package and when I put it up to the one in my truck, '74 C10 with tilt, yep for sure it was for...
  2. Raider L

    trouble dimming LED panel lights?

    For your information I have found out that "Classic Instruments", which is a custom gauge supplier just as good as Autometer or the others, i.e. Stewart Warner, etc., and they have other kinds of wiring and whatnot. They have a LED dimmer device under sku# LEDDIM. Go to classicinstruments.com...
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    Steering column parts I'm replacing.

    I had problems with a worn out turn signal switch but in the process of replacing it I had removed the old locking plate off and on a dozen times over the years to the point where I had to straighten it out so many times from putting that locking plate removal tool on it, it got bent every which...
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    Do you need a new windshield washer motor

    Here are some sources of new wiper motors that I've found. Of course these aren't in any way all there are, there are motors from other after market sources but these will get you started. Also, check with these sites for current prices. Eckler's '73-'78 wiper motor/pump p/n 61-285655 $67.00...
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    Tired of that worn out windshield washer?

    After looking at the insides of the factory washer I thought I had a better idea. I took the factory pump out, it's easy and comes right out off the motor assembly. Take the cover off and disengage the pump assembly. I cut a piece of thin aluminum sheet and cut it out the shape of the cover...
  6. Raider L

    turn signal only on one side

    Well, this sounds so much like some of the rest but it is different. Today I was going to the grocery store and turned my right turn signal on and I had no turn signal light in my dash. So I tried the left and it worked fine. I got to the store and left the engine running, turned the right...
  7. Raider L

    How to prepare a new Autometer gauge for install

    Today i am going to install the last of three new type Autometer Sport Comp gauges in my truck instrument panel so they will match all the rest of the Autometer Sport Comp gauges that are already in the panel. Below is how the back of the gauge looks. It has screws and spade tabs for whatever...
  8. Raider L

    replacement of Autometer gauges

    I'm replacing my old Autometer gauges with new Sport Comp style ones to match all the other Sport Comp gauges I already have in the instrument panel. Back in 1995 when I restored/customized my '74 C10 I had bought one of those three gauge clusters you could get to just give me something to keep...
  9. Raider L

    10SI Alternator rebuild

    @SirRobyn0, and anyone else interested. Remove neg. battery cable from battery. Remove alternator from vehicle. The first step is to mark the three sections so that you can keep the "clock", which is the way your alternator is turned on your engine, i.e. how your alt. wires come up. is the...
  10. Raider L

    Alt. signal wire

    Last night I posted a problem I had with the alternator signal wire up on the ignition switch frying, like it must have caught fire because it was melted to a bunch of other wires it was touching in the bundle. Well, they are mostly all okay after I had a chance to unstick them yesterday and...
  11. Raider L

    mystery short

    I put in a new cigarette lighter recently and it worked fine for the first few times then it didn't work one day. So I did the first thing you do and that was I checked the fuses. I found one blown, no big deal, and I put in a new one. Then the next time I used it, it didn't work. So the first...
  12. Raider L

    Camero parts

    I just found a great site for Camero's if anyone has one. The site is called "Heartbeat City" or heartbeatcity.com . I came across something I'd like to look into putting into my truck and that is what it's calling, " front fender to radiator support bars". they keep the front sheet metal...
  13. Raider L

    Finished broke out piece

    I let the glued in piece dry for an extra day. Yesterday I went out there and pushed my thumb nail into the glue and it was still a little soft so I knew to let it dry for another day. So today I went out to the truck and the glue was hard so I went ahead and sanded it down flush with the...
  14. Raider L

    Gluing in the broke out piece

    pics.Well, this is what happens when you don't finish the fit up. You find out that when the lower trim is put in my little sculpted piece is off by a quarter inch. Oh well, time to get the Dremel tool out again. I was going on the straight line at the opening for the edge of the trim piece...
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    Finished sculpted broken out piece

    I finished shaping the broken out piece today. Now I'm ready to glue it in.The above piece is what I started out with. This roughed out cut was carefully shaped and after repeated fitting I ended up with the piece I needed to put into the instrument panel.This above pic is the final shape that...
  16. Raider L

    Another year and our Squares are worth more than they were last year!!!

    H-A-P-P-Y N-E-W Y-E-A-R EVERYBODY!!
  17. Raider L

    making the broken out piece

    The first thing I had to do was to determine what the shape of the curve is. I tried to take some measurements but it was not possible to transfer numbers to something I could work with. I don't design by math and seldom have. So I needed to find a shape of something I could use to actually...
  18. Raider L

    repairing instrument panel

    Some years ago people tried to steal my truck by bashing the steering column apart (see steering column rebuild Raider L). There were pieces of metal all over the floor. In those pieces was a piece of the instrument panel, on the left side, near where the column passes through it. I was so...
  19. Raider L

    lamp sockets factory instrument panel

    @AuroraGirl, You are the first person I though of to ask this question. Do you have the white, or duck egg green, plastic box that is what the printed circuit lays onto. What I need to see are the bulb holes, up close, so I can see how the bulb is installed into the hole. And a up close pic...
  20. Raider L

    What is the sticker in the glove compartment?

    I thought I'd move this over to "Interior" in hopes of drawing more responses.What is this called? Somekind of "Plate"? Mine has always looked like this. I can't remember it looking better than this. I probably would have kept better care of it if it had been in better shape. But you can...
  21. Raider L

    Studying the schematic

    Since I've been messing with the wiring for various and sundri electrical jobs on my truck, I've had to do a lot of studying of the schematic on the truck, a lot. I was studying the schematic tonight and I made a startling discovery. I've got something very wrong with my primary wiring in the...
  22. Raider L

    After the indicator install

    So, as soon as I put the new indicator in my truck, even after all I did to it to hopefully make it work better, and smoother, the dang thing hung up anyway!!! I had mentioned in another post that I was holding out on just putting in one of my old ones just in case, well this is the "just in...
  23. Raider L

    wiring to glove compartment

    Bring your lunch and a pillow to, this is long. Sorry. I had put a mini LED in my glove comp't because my truck didn't come with one, and I got tired of having to find my flashlight to look for something in my glove comp't at night. I found these mini LED lights years ago wandering around in...
  24. Raider L

    full tank of gas

    I hear a lot about how much fuel tanks for C10's are but I've never heard anyone say they had a tank the size I have in my '74 C10. I hear 16 gal., and 20 gal. but my tank is 18.5 gals. I know for a fact it is because I've filled it up from bone dry. What other trucks have tanks that big? Do...
  25. Raider L

    gear indicator lamp install

    I thought I would start a new thread for this so it wouldn't get lost in the other discussion.In the above pic you can see how I soldered the lamp wires along side the connector. I looked and looked for a place to put the wires for this light. I knew it had to be as close to the gear indicator...

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