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ljames86350

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Michigan
First Name
James
Truck Year
1986
Truck Model
Gmc k1500
Engine Size
350 3970010
Hey all,
Names James I’m from Michigan.
New to the site, new to the square body world. As soon as I seen the info available on here it was a no brainer to be a member. Thank you all already for the info you’ve provided. First square body I’ve owned. First carbureted vehicle I’ve owned. Pretty excited that my lawn mower and pickup are now the same age. I’ve had my truck for 4 months and all heck’s already broke loose. In the middle of major surgery on it now. Trucks a 1986 gmc k1500 with old 350 and a 700r4. Had 3.08 gears with an open diff when I bought it with 35” tires. Rear end was worn out. Torque converter burned up after 2 months. Vac switch on the firewall didn’t help with that. Soo while trans and tcase were away being rebuilt I swapped the rear end with 4:10 gears with posi and put new a 4” lift on with lift springs to get rid of the blocks. All new stainless brake lines and hoses. Had issues with the drums locking up in the rear the 1st month I had it. New rear ends been converted to disc (awesome kit). Working on wiring tcc lockup for the rebuild trans I just put back in it to make sure it’s gonna work. Wiring is a lil sketchy. Glad to be on this site!

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Shorty81

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Darren
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86
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
496
Welcome from the state below you, nice GMC.
 

78C10BigTen

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Ted
Truck Year
1978
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C10 BIG TEN
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Welcome aboard and nice truck!
 

Old77

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C10 longbed/R1500 Burb/R3500 Dually
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350/350/454
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animal

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Lee
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c10 silverado
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350ish
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WFO

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Texas Panhandle
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Dan
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1986
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K20
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350
Welcome from the Texas Panhandle.
 

86 SCOTTSDALE

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Oakham MA
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Armand
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1986
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K10
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305
Welcome from New England.
 

RoryH19

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Rory
Truck Year
1987
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R10 Silverado SWB
Engine Size
350 TBI
Welcome from TX.
Good looking truck, the blue is sharp.

Do you still have a parking brake after the disk brake upgrade?
 

TubeTruck

I'm from Boston. Deal with it.
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Denis
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1978
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Suburban K10
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LQ9
:welcome: from northern IL!
 

82Diesel

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.
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1982
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K10
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Welcome Really pretty truck! where from in mi?
 

ljames86350

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Location
Michigan
First Name
James
Truck Year
1986
Truck Model
Gmc k1500
Engine Size
350 3970010
Thanks everybody! No more parking brake. Never really used the parking brake a whole lot on my last pickup plus I didn’t want to mess with the ratcheting style parking brake calipers. The old parking brake cable wasn’t in the best of shape either, was way easier to cut it! Kit was from little shop mfg, never been so happy with an after market part.

I’m from Ionia.
 
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FireTruck1984

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Michigan
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Ted
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1984 and 1984
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High Sierra K1500 350. Sierra Classic C1500 305.
Engine Size
350, 305
Welcome, is that Chevy Trim and Badges on a GMC ?
 

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