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  1. CheemsK1500

    Repopped Fender Badges-where to buy quality badges?

    Any hope for a 83-84 GMC grille?
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    Does dash pad go under windshield weatherstripping?

    OE dashes can warp and aftermarket ones tend to need a lot of adjusting/trimming to fit correctly. It’s also easy to drop or misalign retainer clips during installation, so double check that too.
  3. CheemsK1500

    Power steering fluid .. what type ?

    I’ve been dumping cheap generic Oriely ATF fluid in Saginaw pumps for years, I even dumped Mopar ATF-4 in one once, because I had some left over from another job. The old Saginaw systems do not seem to care what you dump in them. I’m not even sure why generic dedicated power steering fluid even...
  4. CheemsK1500

    Replace Steel Dash

    LMC actually sells complete new ones now in three styles. I’m not really sure what difference between the styles is, other than the location of the winshield wiper switch and slight changes to the shape of the bezel and pad.
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    Replace Steel Dash

    Just curious, what kind of damage does your dash have? Is it rusted, wrecked, or did someone botch a radio install horribly?
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    Only Speedometer and voltage meter working

    Lots of things that could go wrong with fuel gauge. If your grounds on the frame and wiring/circuit board leading to the gauge, check the resistor on the back of the gauge itself. If it has the right amount of resistance, it’s probably a bad guage or a bad in-tank sending unit.
  7. CheemsK1500

    Crewcab body swap on Regular Cab C&C 159.5" WB?

    If you cut the back out and weld the bed to the cab, you could make your own Avalanche.
  8. CheemsK1500

    Swapping from dual to single headlights 1984 Dually

    73-80 front clip swaps are not worthwhile, unless you have complete donor truck to get all of the parts from. For 81+, single headlight, dual headlight and the wacky looking post '89 stacked headlights that many people are obsessed with swapping onto older trucks for some odd reason are all a...
  9. CheemsK1500

    Adding keyless entry/alarm to factory power lock questions.

    After doing some probing I have found that the black wire with a white stripe going behind the driver side kick panel and into the door unlocks the doors, and the light blue wire in the same place locks it. They only get hot for an about a second or less when the switch is applied in the...
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    Adding keyless entry/alarm to factory power lock questions.

    I have a Viper 3100 kit on my 85 C10 Silverado with factory power locks and noticed the instructions call for a negative input and output to operate the door locks and to purchase an additional relay if the circuit is positive. Is the factory system already a negative feed? If so what wires do...
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    Craziest antitheft idea yet.

    Many manual transmission Ford Super Duty and other easy-theft truck owners wish you were right. Anyone mechanically competent enough to start a vehicle without a key is not going to be deterred by a third pedal. Though, for the run of the mill ghetto goblin trying to jack idling cars at red...
  12. CheemsK1500

    Bought an '87 long bed on Bring a Trailer a few days ago

    Absolutely beautiful. A manual Silverado trim trim is uncommon, any square in that condition is very uncommon.
  13. CheemsK1500

    Diagnose 1st Replace parts second

    The internet is a curse and a blessing for mechanic advice. For example, anytime a Q jet related question arises, some will respond in a helpful manner, but many self-proclaimed "geniuses" will tell you to throw it in the trash and a get a Holley because they refuse to believe a Q jet is a...
  14. CheemsK1500

    305 SBC vs 6.2 Detroit: Which would you rather?

    A common recurring theme I have noticed, is that the 305 SBC and 6.2 Detroit seem to be hated, even though general consensus deems them both reliable options. Assuming you are given a choice between two trucks that are identical in every regard except for the engine (One has a 6.2 Detroit and...
  15. CheemsK1500

    Which Mirrors are BEST quality?

    It is possible that they have been listed as chrome, even though they may actually be stainless. Chromed plastic and polished stainless look nearly the same at quick glance.
  16. CheemsK1500

    M1009 Engine Swap ID

    If thats the original engine in that truck, its a 6.2 Detroit diesel (Not to be confused with the 5.7 Oldsmobile diesel). If its has been swapped with a gas engine or a different diesel, someone here can probably tell you what it is, if we get a picture of the whole engine bay.
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    Headlights quit working

    In the case of pre-1984 squares, I have found a faulty floor-mounted high/low beam switch to often be the cause of sudden headlight failure or inconsistently functioning headlights. If it is not that, it is either going to be ground issue, or a continuity issue.
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    Which Mirrors are BEST quality?

    OEM take offs are arguably the best, even if you have to do a little bit of refurbishing to them. If you cant find clean ones, the new stainless ones are good too. The good thing about this style of mirror is that rights and lefts are the exact same.
  19. CheemsK1500

    SPID Placement in glove box

    My '84 has it on the driver side wheel well. Unfortunately many SPIDs get peeled off, along with every other decal under the hood. I am yet to encounter an intact glovebox SPID on a square.
  20. CheemsK1500

    I finally realized why I like working on my '81 C10 so much

    Enhanced Aftermarket wiper systems exist, though they seem to be set up for the dash mounted pre-84 wiper switch. You can put them on the post '84 trucks too, but you will end up with two wiper switches in two different places. With that said, the OE system has worked good enough for me so far.
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    I finally realized why I like working on my '81 C10 so much

    Squares are actually pretty advanced for what they are. They had HEI, ESC, and even TBI in the later years. The earlier 67-72 trucks have them beat in the "simplicity" department. With that said, the fact the square has several modern creature comforts and technologies and is still simple to...
  22. CheemsK1500

    May have found my Titan replacement

    It is hard to go wrong with a gmt400, even the worst ones are still often good trucks in their own right. a short bed 4x4 WT is not too common in my experience. Most I see are typically long bed 2wds. It sounds like you got a good starting point for a 4x4 build and maybe even a future daily.
  23. CheemsK1500

    Round eye (73-80) grille/radiator on slope nose front clip (81+)

    I saw this interesting truck posted on the squarebody Japan page. At first I thought it was photoshop, but it appears the owner somehow grafted a round eye front hood edge onto to a slope nose hood and made the round eye radiator support mount between the slope nose fenders. Obviously Front clip...
  24. CheemsK1500

    Ac conversation with factory AC

    As long as there is enough vacuum to run the blend doors, I don't see why you couldn't. Worst case scenario, you will have to set up a 12 volt vacuum pump to run the trucks vacuum actuated features. There were a lot of diesel trucks set up this way from the factory, before the industry started...
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    Ac conversation with factory AC

    Later r4s made for GMT400 trucks are actually optimized for r134 (as much as an R4 can be, anyway.) I personally prefer to just modify lines to work with a modern compressor rather than make an R4 work though. Either route works in the end though.

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