texasmike
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- Joined
- Sep 18, 2018
- Posts
- 232
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- 145
- Location
- Conroe Texas
- First Name
- Mike
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 305
Hey everybody.
About 3-1/2 years ago, I decided to rescue a C10 which had been sitting outside on the dirt, unattended and not even any shade around, for thirteen years. It took about sixty days to get it road worthy and when I checked the cruise to see if it worked, it engaged but did not appear to be working properly. I most likely wasn't driving much more than 45 mph and decided I wasn't going to worry too much about it and save that problem for later. Fast forward to about a year ago when I finally got it out of the body shop, I noticed that one of the rubber hose connections (larger one) on the servo was broken off. I tried to source the part and Rock Auto was the only place who listed the servo but it was out of stock. Almost a year later, they finally got some in stock and I received my re-manufactured servo, by Blue Streak Electronics, yesterday. It looks like the original one and I plan to swap it out this weekend.
Does anyone have any helpful tips I should know? It looks like it will be a challenge to get that bracket off the manifold. Was this a pretty good and reliable system when it was new? I have my doubts that when the body shop did the cab swap, they put everything back in the exact same place and configuration. Are there any adjustments that will need to be made? As always, thanks ahead for any ideas and advice.
About 3-1/2 years ago, I decided to rescue a C10 which had been sitting outside on the dirt, unattended and not even any shade around, for thirteen years. It took about sixty days to get it road worthy and when I checked the cruise to see if it worked, it engaged but did not appear to be working properly. I most likely wasn't driving much more than 45 mph and decided I wasn't going to worry too much about it and save that problem for later. Fast forward to about a year ago when I finally got it out of the body shop, I noticed that one of the rubber hose connections (larger one) on the servo was broken off. I tried to source the part and Rock Auto was the only place who listed the servo but it was out of stock. Almost a year later, they finally got some in stock and I received my re-manufactured servo, by Blue Streak Electronics, yesterday. It looks like the original one and I plan to swap it out this weekend.
Does anyone have any helpful tips I should know? It looks like it will be a challenge to get that bracket off the manifold. Was this a pretty good and reliable system when it was new? I have my doubts that when the body shop did the cab swap, they put everything back in the exact same place and configuration. Are there any adjustments that will need to be made? As always, thanks ahead for any ideas and advice.