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My son got out of the Army recently and bought a 87 square body, he knows how to take apart a Black hawk helicopter, service all the components with the exception of the jet motor and put it all back together again, but he has yet to understand that his helicopter mechanic skills are usable when working on his truck. I am helping him understand that it really doesn't matter where the assembly came from, the same rules apply. You use tools to take apart the assembly, you inspect everything for wear and breakage, replace bad parts, put assembly back together.

I am really enjoying being a Dad and teaching him all the life skills I have available while I still can. He is starting to get more comfortable working on the truck. It took him a while to realize I actually know a bit. I had to wait for him to go through the agony of having a professional mechanic do chit work for crazy prices and still not fix the problem, then wait until he came to me for help to be able to show him how to trouble shoot the issues the truck was having.

I will be here from time to time for research, but would be happy to share any knowledge I have acquired over the years from working on 3rd generation Chargers and a few Chevy products. I'm in the home electronics business and have a few clients that have me work on odd projects, like installing new dash electrical and adding turn signals on a 41 Ford pick up and a Jeep rock crawler with a Corvette crate motor and transmission, had to trouble shoot electrical issues with on the jeep after he paid big bucks for the Corvette conversion, the motor & trans needed its factory computer but the jeep needed to retain it's computer to control everything inside the cab as well as the dash. They gave him no map of the electrical changes they made to the jeep wiring loom when they cut sensors from one computer and moved it to the new computer.
 

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There is some excellent mechanics on this forum who do the work as a professional everyday and are more than willing to share their knowledge. So ask away and show pictures, we love pictures on this forum. The more the better! So what's the first thing that ya'll need help with?
 

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As long as it belongs to someone else @Goldie Driver ...........lol

Are you telling me you would not rock a 69 Charger, a 73 Challenger, or a 70s Dodge Ramcharger?

I would.

They aren't much different to work on than the Generals stuff.

More electrical issues, though, I will give you that.
 

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Nope, Chevy all the way. In all the cars I have owned only 2 out of more than 30 or so have NOT been Chevy. One was a 66 GTO(bad mistake for selling) and the other was a 2003 GMC Yukon. Early mopars were a bitch to keep straight on the road and not because of power, never was a fan of torsion bar suspension. Hard to drive even with radial tires. Just my experience and my opinion...........IF, and this is NOT possible, I had to have one it would be either a 70 Cuda or a 69 GTX, but at this stage of MY game, this ain't gonna happen
 

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There is some excellent mechanics on this forum who do the work as a professional everyday and are more than willing to share their knowledge. So ask away and show pictures, we love pictures on this forum. The more the better! So what's the first thing that ya'll need help with?
I mostly needed wiring diagrams and some past posts to fill in the blanks. I have plenty of experience with Mopar and 70's GM. Just not recently. My son needed his truck to be dependable so he could get a better job. I helped him with his electrical, TBI, starter issues first so it would start every time and idle nice with out stalling. Helped him out with his leaking cooling system issues early this week.

I do appreciate the offer and will definitely ask at some point. I'm just gathering info so I can figure out what I don't know. LOL
 

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