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Lazy or not, they look good!

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Fashioned together a wiring harness for my tach this morning

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Well Tested out an the power and ground to the tach...Just need to go get the Distributor Wiring from the store and then it shall work!!


Looks good though

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That looks like it fit PERFECTLY!

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Well got the tach all hooked up.....She fires up at 1600RPM when cold....Once she calms down idles about 1050RPPM...Is that high for my engine? Turned the idle screw a bit but it wouldnt go lower

Also the Radiator hose wasnt extremely tight on the block so it squirted out a bit on the block and valve covers...BOOO! Lol

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Seems a bit high, but not too bad. Does it sound like its idling high? It also might idle slightly higher till it warms up, then will drop to like 8-900. I don't know though. The rest of your guages look like everything's good. I think idle is a little bit a matter of opinion, as far as how low to go.

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I heard its suppose idle around 700 but i dont know for sure on an 82 305....It was warm when idling warm....It idles much higher when cold almost 2000RPM

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New CD Player means more adjusting....Had to trim the bezel some more and then trim the CD player ring to get it to fit better with out trimming the red border on the bezel

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Hmmm. I remember it was idling high when we were up there, but then after your test drive it sounded pretty good. Does it sound high now? I've always adjusted idle by hearing, so Idk much about the range. You might just need to drive it awhile and see if it settles down.

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Yeah it sounds fine to me except when cold...Then it sounds high and i have to let it warm up and rev it a few times to get it to idle down.....Im clueless haha

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They are supposed to idle high for a few mins. Idk about 2000, though.
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LOL im wondering if my choke needs to be turned back a little gotta look at it...Rus was talking about checking something but i forgot what he said...lol

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Haha you're too young to be having memory problems, you better be using head gear practicing for your fight! lol

I'll help you with it when I get back. I think your idle is normal, it could be a fuzz high.

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Ok im thinking it has something to do with a fast idle screw that i cant find to save my life...So basically its something to do with the choke

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I think i have it starting better be turn back the choke thing a bit...Will have to try again in the morning to know for sure....lol

Just cant find "Said" screw you mentioned

Yes I wear head gear...But its my sparring partner that need to make sure they wear head gear baha

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haha yeah!:metal: Yours may not have the screw I was referring to.

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OK finally i found the fast idle screw...I have the fast idle down to 1750 or so...And ive gotten the idle down to high 800s....May need a better spring as it was 900 and i pulled the throttle back so not sure it will last with my spring in place

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Ordered dual throttle return springs from Advanced for store pickup tomorrow...Gotta love 20% discount lol

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yeah one on each side but that doesnt really change my idle at all

Just curb idle and fast idle screws

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I bet if you keep foolin with it you'll figure it out.
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Thats what she said.
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Eventually.....Im starting to catch on a bit

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looking good jeff. i like your panel idea. will you update the rest of the dash also? i was also curious. what the heck you skipped out on the bumper? lol :smoke:

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Yeah, Ive been thinking up a fiberglass design for the dash actually...I have most of the stuff ready but the cold weather wont work until i get my workshop done...

The bumper....yeah ill be getting a new one of those lol

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why change it? white and orange rust design looks sick jeff :lol:

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lol its also dented up so chrome it is :)

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Tach looks good, fits right in
my 79 305 stock should be Auto500rpm (D) ,Man600rpm (N)
fast idle Auto1600rpm(P)(N),Man1300rpm

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Interesting...So its really weird...When frozen cold it idles at 500, fast idle at 1000 but when slightly warmer it idles at 900 and fast idle is at 1300.....IM going to raise it to 1600 and call it a day as i have no clue whats going on but it doesnt seem like it will go futher...Someone mentioned something about some arm i can adjust on the passenger side but im not sure

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Ok with the bed off i finally put the rear poly urethane body mounts on.... have had the front ones on but i couldnt get the rears cut out...So with the bed off i took my Reciprocating Saw and hacked them out...

Also someone tell me where the remaining ones go??? Im clueless

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I think those might go under the radiator core support.
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Those go under the bottom
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Under the bottom of what? The Cab mounts already have the Cone shaped bottom connectors

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Just bought some Modular connectors to use to re-wire the cluster all together...Tired of this copper piece moving and touching each other....Im going to solder wires directly to the copper ends and then hot glue it all in place to hold it solid....Then take the other end and wire it into the male connector :)

Should be what im up to next weekend if they arrive
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Nice man sounds awesome, gimme an hour or so you'll see the goodies I got today I actually decided to put my big bit pants on bundle up and work on the beast today
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^^ I'm pretty sure, especially if you bought the whole body kit, and not just the cab bushings.

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I believe your right :) Cuz you da MAN!

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305! 305! 305!
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lol......Too bad the 305 is SLOW!!! I wonder what gears I have...hmmmmm

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Well got to work on the truck real quick and have it starting up much better...The choke was opening up to quickly so i turned it back a notch and it started after 2 tries...Im pretty sure it would of been 1 try but i was trying to hit the gas and caused it to stall now im just working on the high idle rpm and i think it will be as good as gold

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Your ability to figure out how something works and then repair it is really impressive, and thats no BS.
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