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    Ford infotainment into 79 c10

    You'll find it easier, quicker, and most likely far less costly to get one of the aftermarket 7" 2DIN size units running Android with GPS and a backup camera than rolling your own system. Everything is in the one box, with connectors for power, speakers/amp, radio and GPS antennas. Many also...
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    Adding new gauges to your square body?

    You still have to know the pinout for the specific original gauge cluster because GM put different signals in different places despite there really being no need to do so. I upgraded an 82 with nothing but the speedo and fuel gauge to one with oil, temp, and voltmeter. Had to move several pins...
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    79’ round eye to 80’ square eye

    In one episode of The Fall Guy there was a chase with a matte red pickup with white wheels. But it must have been a *magic truck* because it kept switching between a Ford and a Chevy, one with plain wheels, one with spoked wheels. IIRC the one with spoked wheels ended up jumping off a parking...
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    Got a weird idea for a truck bed

    With enough rust you could make the truck bed equivalent of these "pants". https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2018/may/04/invisible-jeans-kendall-jenner Or use the back flatbed section for a side loaded ATV or dirt bikes and convert the forward part into an enclosed storage box for...
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    350 TBI needs starting fluid

    One problem the GM TBI has is the fuel pressure regulator spring breaking. TBI rebuild kits usually don't include that spring. It's not difficult to check. Take the top off the TBI and the regulator is on the underside at the back. There's a hole in the bottom of the regulator where moisture...
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    350 TBI in California

    If you don't want to have to do anything with emissions on a truck in CA, find a one ton that was never required to have emissions controls. Those got a pass until sometime in the 1980's because due to being sold as cab and chassis or rolling chassis it wasn't feasible to test every...
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    TBI I need help

    A common issue with these TBIs is a broken spring in the fuel pressure regulator under the back of the throttle body.
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    Tilt steering column?

    Tilt is nice but good luck finding one for a 4 speed auto. No company will get off their butt and make shift conversion kits for the later 3 speed columns, tilt or straight. 4 speed auto shift kits are made for the early columns.
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    Replace idiot lights with gauges.

    I upgraded a 1982 from the idiot lights to the one with gauges. The connectors were the same but I had to get the diagrams for both clusters and move a bunch of wires around in the plugs to make things line up. There are little tabs on the contacts or in the plastic connectors that have to...
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    Can you run a 700r4 WITHOUT electrical connection?

    You also need a switch on the brake pedal to cut power to the TCC solenoid so the clutch will release when stopping. Otherwise it's just like trying to stop with a manual transmission without pushing the clutch pedal. 1980's GM transverse front drives had a problem with fine debris getting into...
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    Can you run a 700r4 WITHOUT electrical connection?

    BOP = Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac GM's lineup went from least $ to most $ Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Cadillac. At some point they began using a lot of common parts in the BOP models with Chevy and Cadillac on their own. By the 1980's GM had stopped making the different BOP and...
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    Piece of _____ Liars on Craigslist!

    I've had a bunch of those "interested" in my 1982 GMC 3500 flatbed, into which I've put at least $7K. Rebuilt 1991 350 with TPI, 700R4, urethane cab mounts, billet aluminum distributor, King racing bearings, Eagle cast steel crank, new flat top pistons replacing the dish top originals, replaced...
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    Fuel in intake but not getting into cylinders

    A used engine you say? Small block Chevy engines are notorious for getting their lifters stuck where they won't rotate. What soon follows is wiping out the camshaft. They'll keep running until there's not enough valve lift happening. Had a 1978 Chevy van that ran well but also ran coolant out...
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    Fuel in intake but not getting into cylinders

    Oh good grief. Why don't people READ every word? He said "However, when I pull some of the spark plugs they are dry."
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    Fuel in intake but not getting into cylinders

    It helps if you actually read the OP before you reply. "Pulled the valve cover and cranked it over to ensure the timing chain wasn't broken or that something else wasn't blocking the valves from opening."
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    700R4 nightmares

    What did you do for the shifter to have it work right with the extra positions? I have a 700-R4 in an 82 GMC and swapped in a tilt column that was supposed to be from a Suburban with a 700-R4. Hah. Probably was one that had been swapped in place of a TH350. I can get its notches to align with...
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    Looking for no bs, tested, quality vacuum caps..

    Dorman makes a lot of crappy rubber parts that go to pieces in a hurry, and they refuse to replace them. But why would you want to replace crap with more of the same crap?
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    Can't figure out how to build new wood bed floor

    Are you using painted, chromed, or polished stainless steel strips? I put polished stainless with maple boards in the bed of a 1941 Hudson pickup. All the bolts were also polished stainless. Looked really nice. Had to send the strip maker measurements for the length and holes because they'd...
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    Another episode of whats this connector?

    #4 could be the kick off switch for the torque converter lockup on a 700-R4. Is there a non-electronic rear drive 3 speed GM automatic with TCC?
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    350 TBI runs rough if at all

    It could be the fuel pressure regulator. It's underneath the back side of the throttle body. A problem with these is the spring getting rusty then breaking into two or more pieces. Get a rebuild kit for the throttle body. That will come with new gaskets and some other parts but NOT the fuel...
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    700R4 TV Cable Issue

    It's for an auto. Supposedly pulled from a 1987 Blazer with 700-R4. But it doesn't have the range of motion to go all the way down to 1st. I think the hole in the side of the tube where the lever comes out needs cut a bit to allow more motion. I got a new 4 speed indicator for the dash. See...
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    California Square Body fans - Proposal to extend smog exemption model years

    I've searched but can't find when the federal rule changed on one ton trucks not being required to have emissions controls. IIRC it was for pickups in any configuration and vans sold as bare chassis or cab and chassis. The reasoning was due to the aftermarket using the vehicles to build RVs, box...
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    California Square Body fans - Proposal to extend smog exemption model years

    It shouldn't matter because it's a 3500. "One Ton" trucks weren't required to have emissions controls anywhere in the USA back then. That's how Dodge got away with the Warlock and Lil' Red Express pickups having hotted up engines.
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    700R4 TV Cable Issue

    What did you do for the shifter? I have a 700-R4 in a 1982 with a tilt column that was supposed to have come from a Blazer with 700-R4 but no matter what I adjust with the linkage the shifter gate in the column will only align with one position. So I adjust it for Park to lock in and everything...
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    California Square Body fans - Proposal to extend smog exemption model years

    Would be nice if California could be forced in this to respect federal law and regulations, which has a 25 year old or more exemption. Meanwhile, California persists in making it illegal to make old vehicles less polluting through improvements to their emissions equipment and engines. I've...

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