Stripping a 88 C1500 2wd full size truck

[davbell22602]

The truck is home now. So what parts should keep?

Here's my keep list:

Engine, trany, radiator, radiator support, fenders, hood, tailgate, bumpers, doors, steering column, radio unit, ac/heat controls, breather, parking lights, headlights, and wiring harnesses.


Here's list of uncertain parts to keep:

washer bottle, wiper motor, wiper arms, gas tank, driveshaft, coolant bottle, ac condensor, other ac parts, computer, 30 gallons of 5 year old for daily driver and heater core.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

If the wiper motor is a pulse motor, and it works, keep it. The pulse module likes to quit on those trucks and you have no wipers at an inopportune time. My minivan takes the same module and it quit at inspection time and was failed.

 

[davbell22602]

If the wiper motor is a pulse motor, and it works, keep it. The pulse module likes to quit on those trucks and you have no wipers at an inopportune time. My minivan takes the same module and it quit at inspection time and was failed.

You mean a intermentate wipers?

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Yep.

Intermittent, pulse, delay, you say tomato......

 

[Swims350]

agrred, the bottles are cheap and should be changed for better looks, but who knows when yours might crack or something.

a/c condersor, somebody might want it keep it with the a/c stuff, if not ditch it.

gas that's 5 years old NO!!!!!!!!!!!! not even for a lawn mower, maybe to burn trash with but I wouldn't run it thru anything unless you like poor running stuff or cleaning carbs.

computer YES ppl want or need them all the time or might want it.

gas tank, if it doesn't leak YES, yours might rust and leak or somebody else's, should be at least $20-50 or so for it.

driveshaft yep, somebody might need it for another project. We paid $65 for one from a junkyard for dad's.

 

[davbell22602]

I dont know if the instrument cluster is worth keeping or not. Someone had external temperature gauge hooked at one time. This is the moonie gauge setup not needle.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

They're not very desirable... Most upgrade to later clusters. Not sure if that's electric or cable driven speedometer though.

 

[davbell22602]

They're not very desirable... Most upgrade to later clusters. Not sure if that's electric or cable driven speedometer though.

Electric and last I heard you couldnt upgrade to needle.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

No one has let me near their '88 to find out if that is true or not!

 

[Swims350]

I see guys all the time go to needles on other forums, not sure of what years or whatever you are limited to or by though.

 

[davbell22602]

I was told from the chevytalk forum that you couldnt upgrade to needle from moonie style gauges.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Whomever told you that Dave, is full of it. It's just a matter of repinning the connector and adding a few wires.

 

[Swims350]

I too would not trust chevytalk, not just because I am trying to say they are dumb, because I'm not, it's just this...

a more gmt400 dedicated forum, where guys only work on or have these trucks, or whatever like 67=-72chevytrucks 88-98 section or gmt400.com they would know and could be trusted more then chevytalk which covers, basically anything chevy. Then as retro said maybe they are talking direct swap bolt in deal, and don't want to change a plug and etc.

 

[davbell22602]

Whomever told you that Dave, is full of it. It's just a matter of repinning the connector and adding a few wires.

How about I pull this one and take pics for you. Then you tell me if it can be done or not.

 

[davbell22602]

I too would not trust chevytalk, not just because I am trying to say they are dumb, because I'm not, it's just this...

a more gmt400 dedicated forum, where guys only work on or have these trucks, or whatever like 67=-72chevytrucks 88-98 section or gmt400.com they would know and could be trusted more then chevytalk which covers, basically anything chevy. Then as retro said maybe they are talking direct swap bolt in deal, and don't want to change a plug and etc.

That could be true on the direct bolt in swap deal.