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    Brake Fluid Flush GMT800

    I am with @Ricko1966 on this. I have never seen a swelling brake hose in my 40 years in the service business. Plenty of internal issue causing a blockage and brakes to drag. I have seen brakes that got so hot that the fluid boiled. This made air bubbles in the fluid that had to be bled out...
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    Brake Fluid Flush GMT800

    suck the master and refill that with clean fluid then just bleed old school. You should do this at minimum every two years. Brake fluid is hygroscopic. Beside the obvious damage water does it significantly lowers the boiling point of the brake fluid. So when you need your brakes the most the...
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    Alternator amps

    As Rick says if you know the right combo you can get what you want. The issue with parts stores now-a-days is they rely solely on the computer. So when you come at them with something not stock their heads explode. If you have an old school store around they typically can deal with requests like...
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    Have a great Snap On dealer finally

    That is good news. Tool dealers are hit or miss. All my hand tools are Snap On. After 6 or 8 years I stopped needing to buy stuff and occasionally needed something. The Snap On dealers would stop showing up and then give me crap about replacing a broken tool. I used to have to do what you did...
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    New to gmsquarebody

    Welcome!
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    Alternator amps

    My '87 GMC has the same alternator. The model is a 12Si. They came in a few amp ratings but all were physically the same size. So go with a 94amp unit. I recommend Bosch AL559N. It is new and carries a lifetime warranty. You will have to swap the pulley. CS130 alternators are great but they are...
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    Wobbly power steering pump pulley

    You will also need an installer to put the pulley back on. They are also cheap.I could not find my installer. I have/had a Snap-On one I bought in the 80s and haven't needed it in 25 years so god only knows what happened to it. I just picked up a brand new unit off eBay. Military surplus brand...
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    That speedo gear is not what I am used to seeing but I never played with trucks much in the old days, only cars. A little searching and it appears that is the driven gear and the drive gear is plastic. My truck has an NP208 transfer case and uses the little plastic gear. Turns out the NP203 and...
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    Old school garage door opener remote

    The remote openers installed in most OEMs are Homelink. Click here to see options.
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    Interior Journal

    Practice welding a lot before you try welding on your truck. Go buy some 19 ga metal and get good at welding it. Vertical, upside down and on the flat. It take a ton of practice. If you are welding outside consider using flux core. Yes, you will have to chip slag but a little breeze won't mess...
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Thanks, I have bookmarked the site. I have been giving serious consideration to this "upgrade".
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    I thought G bodies were 1982-1987 and A bodies were 1978-1981? Not that it matters. I may be wrong. I was a Ford/Volvo tech in the mid80s.
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    Dual Battery

    Is the effort worth it? Just make sure your alternator is big enough and the alternator and battery cables can handle the loads.
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    My 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix had an R4 compressor. GM was using them at that time, at least in the A bodies.
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Please post some pictures. I am interested in this topic. Did you buy the Jeep shaft or the GM version?
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    If not tongue in cheek, then it is sarcasm. :p
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    I wish you guys would hit the breaks on speling eras. This is about truks not gramer.
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    Do I restore my AC or?

    That would be an expensive and time consuming proposition. I might consider this if I were building a daily driver but I am building an occasional use truck. My 1987 GMC is at the body shop and that A/C hasn't worked in a long time. The truck was not really used much for the last 20 years. Now...
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    Axel Rose, Axel Foley?
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    Cracked TH350 case

    TH350s are pretty common. Why screw around with trying to get it fixed? Just buy a rebuilt unit or a used one that needs a rebuild and use the case. I saw Edelbrock's post about $50. I doubt in my area I could find anyone to weld that for under $250. Then you have to make sure the seal surface...
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    Dual Battery

    You can wire them in parallel. Hook the two positives together and the two negatives together. You could also use a battery isolator to keep them separated nd prevent a dead battery from draining the other one.
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    Pretty sure I blew a head gasket this morning....

    Do you have a cooling system pressure tester?
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    It is all just nuts and bolts......
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    Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

    It is fun to read these kind of threads. Seeing you go from "what is this?" to a major rebuild is fun.
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    Body repair panels

    My NOS rocker and door needed the same amount of massaging that the repro rocker for the other side needed. These are mass produce vehicles and not precision built. The bodyman said to me, "I probably shouldn't have had you buy this NOS door. You should have bought a used one. It probably...

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