Super Noob.....Bay Area Cali...

[Powder96ss]

Hello all, new to this forum and also to the squares. I picked myself up a 74 c10 stepside and have a few plans for it, as far as, lowering, front end rebuild, a/c install, etc, etc. Search button has helped out greatly but there are still some unanswered items I'd like to pinpoint in the near future. Truck currently has a 307 supposedly with a 327 crank(previous owner wanted a gas saver that could do some light towing), head work mated to a th350. I don't have any pics yet but will get some up when I get a chance.

 

[MrMarty51]

Hi Ed, welcome.

 

[Old77]

 

[whit3tatt3dn3rd]

welcome

 

[Irishman999]

Welcome from Az! Saw bay area and thought of this.

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[whit3tatt3dn3rd]

Welcome from Az! Saw bay area and thought of this.

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thats too funny man

 

[Jims86]

Welcome!
I am a W COCO native myself, moved out to Patterson about 4 years ago.

 

[HotRodPC]

Weclome to GMSB Ed. Yep. Pics when you can find the time. It's required here or we get nasty !!!

Sounds like a good project you're starting on.

If you might want a 4x4 Burb Project , since you can't have to many squares, that needs a 700r4 rebuilt, replaced or converted to Th350 which is what I'd do... I might know someone in far Northern Cali that has one for sale. (See Jims86) Hopefully he's talked wifey into keeping it, or I end up with it somehow. So far it's just to damn far for me to get to OK.

 

[Powder96ss]

Thanks all for the greetings!

@irishman999 nothin like Cali breh!

Welcome!
I am a W COCO native myself, moved out to Patterson about 4 years ago.

Yeah, I moved out here almost three years ago from Mt. House. I'm originally from the bay though. It sure gets HOT out here!

 

[Jims86]

Thanks all for the greetings!

@irishman999 nothin like Cali breh!





Yeah, I moved out here almost three years ago from Mt. House. I'm originally from the bay though. It sure gets HOT out here!

You must be in East county...Byron area. Summers in West County are nice, especially when the fog rolls in.
BTW, HR...yep, Still have it. Have not heard a single peep about it since I made the decision to keep it.

 

[bucket]

Howdy!

 

[Powder96ss]

Here it is..............

Yes, that's power steering fluid leaking on the driveway. I did a little reading and I guess it's a pretty common problem that my local parts store should have the replacement seal for. We'll see..........

 

[Old77]

That is a cool truck! Are those corvette rallies??

 

[HotRodPC]

That's a nice Green Truck. Gotta few other GM Retros on it I see. Like the wheels and Camaro Steering wheel.

 

[bucket]

Your leaking fluid reminds me of my '79 not long after I got it. I had just worked out most of the bugs and fixed a lot of things, and the truck didn't leak anything at all. We took the truck to see family about 45 minutes away, for the trucks maiden voyage I guess you would call it. We arrived without issue, and knowing the truck didn't leak, I parked on my family member's nice concrete driveway... then a few minutes later, the seal in the power steering pump failed and fluid started running all over the place

I later bought a seal kit for the PS pump, but when I went to fix it, things went wrong in a hurry. I ended up getting mad and beating the snot out of the power steering pump with a hammer until the hammer broke. That little experience ended up costing me a seal kit, a rebuilt pump with reservoir, a core charge, and a hammer. Moral of the story, I recommend just getting a rebuilt pump from the start