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    Front disc dragging

    Has anyone here had trouble with one of the front disc brakes dragging? It seems that the left front has enough extra drag on it that it doesn't quite spin freely. Hub heats a little bit. I took it apart, repacked the outside wheel bearing, cleaned up the two pins the caliper rides on, and...
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    Napa doesn't understand spark plugs.

    I've been ordering spark plugs by application, and it occurred to me that might not be correct for two reasons: One, I have an engine that has had all of the superfluous hardware removed. Without emissions the mixture is slightly different than an engine with both PCV and EGR. Two, In 1970...
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    Quadrajet for Holley swap

    I am currently running a quadrajet, and am having some issues. My mileage varies wildly on the same trip, by as much as 5 MPG. My secondaries take ridiculously long to active (not at all in second, 40mph in third, 55 or more in fourth). It's had a very bad manual choke conversion done, but I...
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    no off position on fan control?

    How is it that the blower fan switch has no 'off' position? It will run at all three speeds listed on the plate, but there is no 'off'. Why is there no way to shut off the fan?
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    aftermarket sway bar mounts

    Does anyone know of a ready made full box sway bar bushing mount for the front end? It turns.out the left one is bent to crap on my pickup, and has pulled the sway bar out of its bushing on the control arm. I'm thinking about replacing them both with something heavier.
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    I just want it gone....

    So, I worked over my power steering pump, because I was having issues. Apparently it has some sort of unlocatable leak because it is still losing fluid. The flare fitting is also some kind of BS that is neither 5/8 and 11/16, and being a 1979 it's too old to be metric. I am sick of power...
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    odd size saddle tank filler neck hoses

    I have a '79 3/4 ton pickup with dual saddle tanks. The filler neck includes a section of hose about a foot long with a 90° that attaches to the opening on the tank. Some idiot slit the end to get it to come off the tank so they could siphon fuel. I went out to the local junkyard and grabbed...
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    brake booster component interchange

    What I have is a '79 3/4 ton 2wd pickup. The previous owner states that the brakes have always been very hard. You pretty well have to stand on them. I am pretty sure it's the vacuum booster. I don't have $116 to replace it. Enter the late model parts truck. My employer just bought a 1994 K1500...
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    Saginaw pump question.

    So, I have been stuck with a 1979 GMC. Among its foibles is a screwy power steering pump. It whines, it leaks, when you take a turn it feels like you are driving over sagebrush, and the inside of the reservoir is rusty. obviously the solution to this is to replace it, but what I don't have is...

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