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    Bracing Seats with attached Seat Belts

    I picked up some seats from a 1998 Dodge 1500 that have built in seat belts. I have the seats mostly in but I am not sure how to stiffen up the mounting points to ensure the seat does not move in a collision. I made the brackets attach to the rear mounting points of the original bench seat but...
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    Replacing Fuel Tank Straps

    Do not forget to add the anti-squeak straps back in between the brackets and the tank. Look around online, you can buy the original material from different places or there are plenty of other materials people have had great luck using. I forgot to order anything when I did mine and ended up...
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    Temperature Gauge Reporting Wrong Temp?

    I will look at the gauge the next time I get a chance. I wish I would have picked up an IR Temp gauge and payed attention to the temps of different points of the block before starting the project, rather than after. Live and learn, hopefully next time I will remember. I picked up a different...
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    Temperature Gauge Reporting Wrong Temp?

    Yes, what I am calling the water neck is what you are calling the thermostat housing. I could not think of the name when I started writing the post, so I looked up the name on rockauto.com and that is what I found. Regardless, thanks for the info. It is appreciated.
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    Temperature Gauge Reporting Wrong Temp?

    I started my truck tonight and let it run through a few cycles of the fan turning on and off. While it was running I recorded the temperatures of a few spots on the engine. The problem is I have no previous experience to go by. I am hoping someone with more experience that me can look at the...
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    Temperature Gauge Reporting Wrong Temp?

    Thanks for the infrared temp gauge idea, that will be easier than anything I would have dreamed up. I no longer have all of the TBI stuff installed on my pickup, currently it is in a box hidden away just in case I decided I want to dive into tuning and rewiring everything. For now I am running...
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    Temperature Gauge Reporting Wrong Temp?

    In an effort to help clarify what I was trying to explain in the first post. Here are a couple photos showing the temp when the fan turns on and when the fan turns off. Until I installed the electric fan the truck always ran below 210. Fan turns on: Fan turns off:
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    Temperature Gauge Reporting Wrong Temp?

    I installed a two speed electric fan using relays and a BMW temperature sensor following directions I found on multiple websites. I bought most everything from the local pull apart except for the BMW Temp Sensor. I bought a new 91c/99c (195f/210f) temp sensor from RockAuto (link). The fan...
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    power window relay mod

    I had the slow window problems on both sides awhile back. My driver's side window motor completely quit working and now that I have replaced it, cleaned, and lubed all of the tacks the window roles up almost as fast as my newer vehicles. All this to say, the problem I had was more a 30 year...
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    350 tbi engine removal swap 350 carb crate engine in

    How are you planning to get fuel to your new carb? If you plan to use the stock fuel pump then you will have to use a regulator as indicated above, however if you are using a block mounted pump there is no need to pull the fuel pump out of the tank. You can suck right through it with no...
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    Cam and Vortec Head swap

    If it was completely up to me I would do a 383, I have wanted to build one ever since I realized I could actually do it. Since my son wants this truck as his first vehicle, I have to keep that in mind as I add parts. There is no way a teenager working part time is always going to put premium...
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    Cam and Vortec Head swap

    Yep I am sure, I bought a cheap little endoscope off of eBay and stuck it down on of the plug holes. They are flat top piston with 4 valve reliefs. I was not able to scope all 8 cylinders, I am hoping I can do the rest and read a few numbers off the top of the piston so I can find more...
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    Cam and Vortec Head swap

    Thanks for all of the help gentlemen, I appreciate it. I have been looking up the different head and cam options everyone mentioned as well as trying to learn more about what and how to measure once I start taking things apart. I still do not fully understand what octane fuel I will need to...
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    Cam and Vortec Head swap

    To be honest I picked vortec heads because many people say they are a great upgrade from older castings, plus I can get the brackets and upgrade to a serpentine belt system with a new style A/C compressor relatively easy. I really do not have my heart set on any specific head or cam combo. The...
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    Cam and Vortec Head swap

    Sorry, I should have said axles rather than gears, I was trying to make a long post as short as possible and missed that. Different axles are on my list, just further down for right now. The original block was swapped out for an older 4 bolt main block circa 1978. like a fool I did not write...
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    Cam and Vortec Head swap

    Sorry this is going to be long, I have read a ton of these threads and the first complaint from people who respond is they need more information, so I will just try to give it all in one shot. I own a 1987 4x4 that I plan to use as a daily driver until I give it to my son for his first vehicle...
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    tbi to carb

    Why not put a fuel pump on the side of the block that was intended for a carb in the first place and eliminate all the need for the wiring, regulators, and return lines, it worked great on my 350 and many others? The electric fuel pump is still in the tank and plumbed in I just pull the fuel...
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    Gas tank replacement

    I used a couple pieces of old tie down strap that truck drivers use. Worked perfect.

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