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Added as much audio as I could with the tank still there. Got it back together and sounds good. Made the double speaker mount for the original speaker area.
PS the dash was already hacked for a single din...I just filled the hole.
Tom

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Thank you for the kind words. I am certainly no expert and all the help I got here and from friends is what allowed me to rebuild it. It was the first time for me so yes, you can teach and old dog new tricks. I don't really watch mileage but it was not great before and I can almost watch the gauge drop as I drive. LOL

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I didn't even know what a "DIN" meant, no wonder my new stereo fit like a glove. :o

I see you put your manual choke knob in the same location as mine...well close.

Did you add a screw to your temp. control unit?

I'm thinking I did the same thing to mine years ago as it wasn't there from the factory, but I could be wrong.

I filled in my cigarette lighter hole cheaply with a complete O'Riley's cigarette lighter assembly.

I unscrewed the knob, JB-welded the ring, and screwed the factory knob onto the new element.

looks authentic. :)

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I'm preparing to install a '93 700R4 I rebuilt recently. Pulled the TH400 on Saturday, and now I'm working on the wiring while I wait for a new torque converter to arrive.

I added a cruise control style brake switch that has a second set of normally closed contacts that will unlock the torque converter clutch when the brake pedal is pressed. Got fused power from the orange wire on the original brake switch connector and ran it to the new brake switch connector. Then I ran a pink wire from the other pin of the new connector to an empty slot on the firewall bulkhead. Added another pink wire on the engine bay side of the bulkhead that will run to a PSF101 vacuum switch, and then from there to the transmission connector.

I'm planning on connecting the vacuum switch to the timed vacuum port on my Edelbrock carb so the torque converter clutch will disengage when coasting. I also have a stock delay valve to put in the vacuum hose.

I will be hanging onto the TH400 in case I end up regretting switching to the 700R4. I had a 700R4 in my '72 and I really liked it, but there is an abundance of horror stories on this forum about the 700R4.

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I got to meet a forum member in my area, Bones72Super. Actually, it was more than just meeting him, he popped over and mig welded my lower glass channel thingy that decided to fall off when I was working on the door seals this last weekend. Apparently this channel had been repaired before, as Bones72Super pointed out non-factory mig welds! I am telling you, his weld job isn't coming undone. I am pretty sure that weld would survive me being T-Boned at 50 MPH (let's hope that never happens, knock on wood).

Now my Driver's door is all together, with all the seals!

Passenger's door Anti-Rattle belts are next (a re-do). I got the Precision Replacement Parts seal kit (from GMCPauls). The quality is really top notch but I had problems with the length. I ended up reaching out to Precision and they are REALLY stand up guys, I spoke in length with Jeff via email and on the phone. He totally gave me the benefit of the doubt and is sending me a new Anti-Rattle kit (free). I would not think twice recommend them. Though don't do like me and start plugging these belts in door clasp slots without measure for fit first. Once you get a few snaps into the door, good luck getting them out so you can reuse them (or rather NOT reuse them)! Anyways, I say I am 90% at fault. Ignorance isn't an excuse.

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Installed a dual USB port, re-using the cigarette chrome bezel. Had to wallow out the chrome bezel and hole in the dash slightly. Slid in and applied the retaining ring on the backside. Ran a wire to fuse panel, plugging into an available "key on" location. Installed a 5amp in line fuse. Confirmed it works.

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I bought this C20 maybe five years ago. Thoughts of parting it out at first, but changed my mind and forgot about spark plugs;) Normally I'd swap out strange, never did. This truck doesn't see much attention less it's my favorite driver. I figured the engine was just mostly tired, and prolonged this thing until couldn't ignore a spark issue.

End of day I should have replaced them day one, you think these were a problem;) I've probably put 4Kish on her, no heat, wipers, bad grounds for the headlights and that:smoke:

It's never run better for me by a long shot, I don't know to feel guilty or happy. Gave her the wires off my project truck:lol: I love throwing away boxes.

Project just getting fun really, hard to believe I haven't touched what's being assembled in 4 years. Stacked the cab & bed the other day. Not reflected by this picture the bed is currently 1/32" shorter than the cab line, I want to see what some weight does on the cab. To me shims for the bed are a bonus, cab ever sinks can always remove a shim;):chevy: She'll finish somewhere around 1/8" shims, on the front of the bed at least. The rest already has a 1/32" rubber pad. Cab seems high to me, assuming factory work was perfect;). Could be the cushions, but I prefer to lean the lower spec torque on the cab bushings. Unless something unforeseen, I finished at 35 lbs. at the rear and 70 lbs. in front.

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Took out the dash gauge cluster and fixed the left blinker light bleed through that annoyed the hell out of me at night. I bought some rubber stock off Amazon (about the thickness of a bike tube) and used two sockets sizes and a BFH to stamp out circles that would fit under the cardboard blinker tubes (did both sides). Tested with the garage door closed - it's sealed perfectly!

During that repair, replaced the column's blinker/hazard mech (again). The last one I got the taillights wouldn't hazard, so that is fixed now!

While I had the dash out, I wrapped up my stereo wires with a fabric like black tape, the kind you would use in the engine bay. So that is all high and tight too!

During the week, got my replacement Precision Anti-rattle kit from Jeff @Precision (free). After cutting both sides of the outer rubber flap back to 1 inch (supposed to be 9/16) the belts fit more or less perfectly! This rubber flap is cut back to so the outer belt can get between the door and the vent divider.

I also got in this week and installed two new front '72 parking light sockets from anew4961. I was able to just buy the sockets from him, since I didn't need the lens. Last summer I installed LEDs replacements. I was missing a screw because one was frozen on and during disassembly for the LEDs and it broke. Plus that socket was a bit out of whack. With the reburbs I got new gaskets, which were sorely needed too. Very much overkill getting these socket replacements but I don't really care, it made it easier to just replace them.

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Had my driveshaft rebalanced and the worn front yoke replaced. In a couple of weeks, the rearend is getting completely rebuilt.

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Got the 68 out of the barn . Finished the metal work on the drivers floor and rocker. The rocker was in great shape other than where it met the floor I was cutting to rocker to fit the repair piece as I welded. So it’s a complete butt weld not overlappedEverything went back together easily with good gaps . So now it’s time for the finish bodywork all the rust work is done . She’s starting to look like a truck again

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I rebuilt this '93 700R4 a few months ago and had to set it aside while I worked on other projects. Last week I finally got to start installing it in my truck. Got the shortened driveshaft back from the shop yesterday, so today I got to drive it for the first time. I was stressed out wondering if it would work, but it did great. What a relief. I wired up the torque converter clutch this evening, and that's working, although I need a vacuum delay valve to keep it from hunting. I will go with a time delay relay if I can't find a suitable vacuum delay valve. I thought I had one, but what I have is just a check valve.

The truck is so much more pleasant to drive on the freeway now.

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Soooo jealous pjmoreland .... you are doing much more complex things and having success!

I have installed and uninstall my new carb that was from a 72 C10 truck and rebuilt by QuadraJet Power down the road a bit from me here in Texas. Either its a bad rebuild or it hates my truck. Either way, the old one is back in and working as it always has (which is pretty good but from a 78 truck).

I also got my Vent windows from RogerKoop a few days ago and got them installed. Though I think I have a problem with one of the windows. The safety silk screen on the passenger side is on the outside. So when you are looking at it from outside the truck, the words are backwards. I am pretty sure this is wrong. Kind of screwed as I did not notice this until I was windexing the glass. Assuming I am right (and its wrong) I can't win anything this week!

For the record, the originals both sides are in the inside and you can read them both from the outside. The driver side is also silkscreened from the inside, readable from the outside.

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I feel your pain with that carburetor. You should not be dealing with these issues. I sure hope the place that rebuilt it for you makes it right!

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Oh I forgot, USPS totally destroyed my anti-rattle belts and vent divider fuzzies. I didn’t need the latter (assumed I needed to supply them). The rubber belts were bowed and the fuzzy belts were usable. So I had to be careful to only remove the fuzzies from the door and leaving the rubber ones in. That was a challenge but it worked.

These photos are how postal person left the box at my door today.

So it has been a bad few days. I guess I really pissed of the gods somehow!

PS: yes I have installed new door belts a few times, bad planning but after I got my last set of seals in I decided I did really need new vents from RogerKoop

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I put down the tailgate, sat on it and had a couple of beers.

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you my friend had the better idea for your truck!

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The writing on my original vent windows is on the inside on one and outside on the other. I'm assuming this is because the two windows are identical to each other as opposed to being mirror images.

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Nothing major just installed a new gas hardline from the pump. Think the first attempt I screwed up the measurements 😀

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Yesterday, pulled the front clip from my newly painted ‘71 and almost dropped it! All in the rain.

Then pulled the old tired 350 in preparation for an LS swap.

Anyone want to come get the 350/700R4?

Today, firewall and frame clean-up. If only it would stop,raining

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temping... for a 700R4 - if I didn't need a lower rear end too! Plus I have enough problems but I'm likely to regret not coming to visit you (me being in Kyle and all) LOL

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Well, both of mine originals are readable from the outside. Though I think one is silk screened from the outside... which is why one is darker and the other isn't?

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Interesting. I didn't pay attention to whether mine are readable or not, but they are probably the same as yours.

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I brought this ambulance home. Looks like it will be good for parts.

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ah, that is cool! I say dress up as Ghost Busters!

... flipped and cropped while I was add it.

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Sprayed some SPI epoxy on my new bed front, tailgate, and rear sill. Much time spent scuffing and cleaning these parts. Went well but I got a small run on the tailgate as I didn't have my new gun set just right at the outset. My fault for being impatient.

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I only see plastic on the floor. Did you use some of that stealth paint? ;)

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I got one of those new laser paint guns. ;) The exhaust fan does a pretty good job in my shop but there was still noticeable overspray outside my magic plastic box on the floor. I covered up or moved out all the important stuff. I'll touch up the tailgate and then move on to the bedsides. Got me a new DeWalt cordless DA sander to try out.

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Rot work is all done on the cab ,rocker is 80% original . Just a little left to do on the drivers door . Then it’s just finish bodywork

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Just a little more to remove and then the frame is off to power coat shop.

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Got some parts from Manes Truck Parts this week and from Specialtyretail. I tell you what, I like that Manes Truck Parts place! Twice they have called me. Once to say my Sports Mirrors would be shipped a little late, the other time likely to talk about a email but I couldn't take the call and I figured things out anyways shortly after their call.

From Specialtyretail, I got some of his wipers and some real nice used arms. Once of the first things I ever bought (from LMC) was arms and wipers. One of my arms spring thingy was busted from when I bought the truck. Fast forward less than a year I started to get rust around all the rivets :< Specialtyretail tells I'll get no rust on these :)

From Manes, I got Sport Mirrors and a new hi-beam foot switch. My foot switch was a little dodgy and sometimes I had to give it a extra tap when going to hi-beams. My Sport Mirrors, the mirror part looked darn brand new but the arms were badly pitted. No more pits! Also, now I can actually adjust them without thinking I'm going to break them off my door (they really didn't want to move).

Also, removed all the darn little foam Hood brace pads and replace them with 3M NVH Dampening Material and man what a difference, nearly all the hood jello jiggling is gone. Just please don't ask me what it cost me to get that applied LOL


PS: RustyPile commented on my pitted mirror arms (offered some similar ones that I could have) but after that replacing them instantly went near the top of my list LOL!

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My brother brought me a 72 C10 Cheyenne truck to go along with mine :-D

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Swapped over to 5 lug axles, and new wheels & tires.

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Finally got around to fabbing up some temporary linkage for the Saginaw swap.

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Getting the differential rebuilt tomorrow, and will hopefully have pics to post. Pinion bearing is definitely bad in it.

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Dropped in an LS...

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My fuel gauge wasn't reading correctly and using a decade box I isolated it to the dash side. Pulled the cluster and found a nut that wasn't quite tight on the sender side of the gauge. I removed the seat to do this and also fixed the seat adjuster wire that kept coming off.

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Finished up one side of the 68 Golden

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What are you using? I need to do my hood.

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After I peel off the crappy repaint started with 600 and water worked up to 1500 then buffed with ultra cut compound with a rotory buffer then went to a orbital with swirl remover . Polish then wax all with Maquiars .

As I said peel

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Had my drive shafts and rear end inspected. All in great shape, though they did say the oil in my rear end looked like swamp mud but otherwise no issues to be found. So just needed a new gasket (I did have a very small leak) and filled with new oil!

That was my last major section of my truck to have looked at / worked on since I got her a little over a year ago. Next week, my plan is to drive her to East Texas for the Model A 2021 Texas Tour - my brother wants me to be a chase vehicle.

Anyways, it should be a nice leisurely 300 mile drive going the back way to Kilgore via US Hwy 79.