Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

Tac removed thought it helped,nope gona ground the cluster.
Dual exhaust new
350 block number,not sure 2 or 4 bolt
I thought the box sides were replaced,

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

the side looks cut?like the sides were replaced but my old 78 suburban had some dried up putty issues too

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both side are the same .....solid steel tho

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WOW Rust bucket hope it gets better and not rotted out

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

well it's got some floor rot but it's fixable,prob spend more time undoing some one elses fixes,and no emmissions to worry bout with this one.not a stock 305 it's a camed 350/bored about 10,000 on the block .up here there are not many of these,I wanted to get one a long time ago.ended up with a 79 Bronco was great off road,that was a rust bucket lol

Now thats a rust bucket

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

took out the cluster.had to change most bulbs to light it up.the oil worked before,had no starting gen light,(now works) no temp light tho and i can't remember if the temp lights up too before starting.Changed valve cover gaskets,leaking



So does the temp light glow before starting?

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

I hear you they are everywhere in Cail. and Arizona tucked away not to many on the road but not hard to find. Glad we dont have that rust problem :smoke:

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Ha i wish i could workoutside all year,must be nice in the south for that.We painted my 92 sunbird car a few years back in Jan -40C,ice building up on the garage concret block wall.Had to have sheets of plywood across the back of the big door on the floor,to keep the heat in ,two salamader heaters just keeping it warm enough.

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

Found parts for 450.i think it's a good deal.he said if i'm doing the floor these are the pieces.Not sure if they are all here

looking back i didn't get these they were sold

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

Well these rear sides are still like new and quite thick,thicker than some fenders and other panels i've seen,would that be sort of a date code?


Workin out some lighting details lol it was suggested put all six on the roof middle two backwards, four forward.Duno but i do have 78 roof marker lights to use from my sub anybody open the steel roof over the driver,i was thinking to cut/drill use grommets/plugs from under to seal it...........

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

Got the pass side vent and crank window changed from the 89 to the 78,no probs,quite thinner gass and newer seals ,less scratches,gona try a combo of my three years for the door panels,89 seats look like fun to fit........too bad the subs big back windows don't fit the jimmys,would be nice for factory tint not a wrinkled purple lol,are some years factory tinted?.are all years the same size glass?

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

gotta do the flywheel today,seems the 32 year old one is done. go figure

Re: Jim Bob a build thread
 

got it out ,no housing bolt was over finger tight.
All the rest were not torqued either wonder if the flywheel wearing out wasn't helped
by not tightening it properly
decided to run a tac and electric choke wire threw the harness
i'll pick wires from my 87 harness

Re: looking at a 78 jimmy
 

where did you get the bulbs for the guages? what size are they? most of mine are out too.

Re: Jim Bob a build thread
 

in my burb it has rear lights,the peanut bulbs.(my local parts guy doubt i can say his name)I ordered a bunch for colour a few years bak,besides that i've stripped out quite a few clear,since i've seen the newer style soldered in bulb,but the old style fits
i used a visual look(check filament and wire goes under base straight),then meter,then meter with socket(run sand paper in socket a bit push each contact towards center after,for better bulb tension) ,then meter socket in board.watch with the common ground as the ohms will run back when testing
used a little fine sand paper to clean up the contact spots

and the first way i did the colour was with the little boots only one left in the bottom of pic.....autometer i think

Re: Jim Bob a build thread
 

between the rains i got the flywheel done thursday,
and cleaned out the metal filings,
added a couple of extra (purple)wires(from my 87 harness)
to have the electric choke and tac go threw the harness,
gona finish up things Sat when i put the starter back in

Re: Jim Bob a build thread
 

got it all hooked up ,running only to have the heater core blow after it warmed up,leakin inside n under hood...........

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found a 77 for parts ,checkin it out wensday

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got the 89 burb seats installed to the 78 jimmy

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finished up with the drivers seat,
changed the mirror to burbs
my 87 and 89 were the same colour but 87 just power locks and the 89 had both power,so the 87 panel was used with the 89 inserts,had to drill some holes to match up
gona try the 89 burb dash,on the weekend

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out to the parts dept.....
89 dash pad
96 cd olds cd
some blown front speakers in left and right front ac vents
nice sounds in the back
and soon the new fronts ,metal dash has no holes for the new ones so hack it is!

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Wensday 2am knock on the door .It's the POLICE
Sir your truck has been involved in a collision
apparently an impared driver drove into your truck parked on the street
hearing the crash witnesses called police found him passed out over the wheel ,air bags deployed
when i got down there he was just gettin the cuffs on

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You can see how far he rolled to a stop after the hit
truck wasn't steering right had to be towed
told today it's a write off
tommorrow a rental

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Gone Huntin back soon

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Posting some reading