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    Help: 85 305 Suddenly Stalling in Gear

    Ok, here's the deal: 1985 C10 with a 305. No air pump or EFE, but all other vac lines are updated and intact. Truck has run like a champ for more than a year after a light restoration (thread elsewhere). I'm having trouble suddenly and wanted any quick ideas. The story: The truck had to be...
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    Just for fun: Read my plugs

    Just finished valve seals and hadn’t had the plugs out for more than a year. I will post the pics. Tell me how my truck is doing. This is an 85 305 (named rusty) that I drive in the weekends after finishing a light restoration about a year ago. The engine is stock with a quad Rajeev ( I’m...
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    Ball Joints and Lowering Springs Today

    So if you have read my “Nemo” thread you know that I had to move out of my shop in July. That leaves me in a state of flux without shop air or the tools that go with it. So, because I was bored, I decided to tackle my truck Rusty’s ball joints today, with only an electric grinder and hand...
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    80 C10 "Nemo" Build - Started as: Front frame buckled…

    Here’s a fun one. I picked this truck up earlier this year. It’s an 80 c10. Drives straight. Had many more things to fix than this, so I’m just getting to tearing it down. It was in the grass and I crawled under a bit when I bought it, but probably got myself in a hurry, so yeah yeah yeah...
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    Hood adjuster pins on the cowl???

    Can somebody name this part for me and tell me what it’s supposed to do? Mine are catching on the back side of a cowl hood and causing some damage when opening the hood. (This is not my truck, I scavenged the photo from the inter webs).
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    Favorite Project Truck Sales Pitches

    I’m just looking for a little bit of levity on this one. We have probably all come across funny sales pitches in project truck listings, so I figured I would try to see what others have found funny. I was looking at a listing today of a truck that has been taken down to the frame with metal...
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    Windshield antenna connection

    I had a new windshield installed this week and the plug for the antenna is too close to the gasket to get the snap fitting of the antenna wire into the button on the windshield. I’m thinking this is a job for an exacto knife. I’m going to cut a bit of relief in the gasket. Anybody every run...
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    Help me ID these seats

    Hey guys. I have these bucket seats for an older c10 (66) build I’m contemplating, and am wondering if ya’ll could help me identify what they are off of. I figure the track type might ring a bell for someone. They look pretty distinct with the rolled edges of the tracks and mounts. Any help...
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    ID this rocker step hole for me

    So I have been working on my 85 c10. One of the weird things about the truck is it is basically rust free on the cab and bed…EXCEPT it had a (bad) rust hole on the top of the driver side rocker. The rocker panel itself is solid but it had this relatively ragged hold in the top. I figured...
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    Some vent window lessons learned

    So I finally got to my vent windows. While I’m not going to post a thread on the finished product, or even post this like I’m an expert, I thought I might post a couple tips and lessons learned. First, there are a lot of decent videos on this and some that are not so decent. My take is that a...
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    Spring Lowering Bracket Oddity Question

    Hey everyone. I’m getting deeper into my ‘85 C10, doing a general cleanup and repaint. I have the bed off. And I noticed something today. The truck has lowering brackets on with the HD springs. But, it looks like one side is in the upper position of the lowering bracket, and the other side...
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    '85 C10 Door Removal

    Ok, I thought this would be an easy search but I'm not seeing it. Truck is an '85 C10, with power windows and locks. The doors have the rubber "hose" wiring conduit from door to body. It looks like it's pop riveted in. The doors sag a little. I need to rebuild the door hinges, and would...
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    '85 Scottsdale

    Hi everyone. I'm based in South Carolina and recently picked up a rusty, crusty, but generally solid '85 C10 longbed (Scottsdale edition). The truck has a 305 with a 700r4 behind it. It's my first squarebody, but not my first older chevy. My son and I have rebuilt a '67 impala with a small...

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