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Blue 67
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Location: Western WA
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How do you spend...
Hello everybody;
If you had point type dis, external alt, old wiring with broken wires and flikering lights and so on, and if you had 800$ to spend, how would you do that? Thanks. |
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Got Light Emitting Diode?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Newberg, OR
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i'd buy an internal alt, new dizzy, and chase broken wires and fix them for two days and still have 400 left over
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1968 1/2 ton 2wd lwb 6 lug disc and bags up front. Next c notch and rear bags '02 Chevy Silverado LT ext cab short bed 2WD 5/7 drop on 22's ![]() 1993 Cherokee work ride/weekend wheeler |
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"72" Red CORVETTE 4-speed 350 "70" Chevy Short Bed early stages of resto. Edel 600 cfm carb Weiand Stealth Intake HEI shorty Headers 4/2 Drop 295 50R 15 TOYO on 10 inch wide corvette rally rims at all 4 corners. "CHEVY RULES" ![]() |
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A classic GM kinda guy
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Painless wiring harness, one wire alternator, HEI distributor. If any money left over, spend on beer and pizza to "help" the installation.
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Blue 67
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I liked the instalation section with beer and pizza, Thanks for all the opinion.
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Wetumpka, Al, U.S.
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I bought a chrome 1 wire alt for 100.00 on ebay and you should be able to get the dist for 150.00 or less! check all your grounds that is the root of most factory wiring problems!!!!!!!!!
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What was I thinking??
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Commerce City Co
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Well I get a OEM looking engne harness from Classic Heart Beat. That has the Internal Alt and HEI hook up's. Then I would get 140amp Powermaster Alt. and find a beefed up HEI.
New plug wires and holders. A Red Top Optima, And maybe some Billet Pulleys and Alt brackets..... Cethern
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What was I thinking??
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Nothing wrong with a yellow top the Red top is just a little cheeper is all. I have to save a little for the beer and Pizza lol ![]() Cethern
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72 K5 that needs lots of parts.. 71 GMC 3/4 4x4 That doesn't need much which is a good thing I don't think I could aford another money pit... |
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Got Light Emitting Diode?
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yeah i guess you can get alot of beer and pizza for 60 bucks
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1968 1/2 ton 2wd lwb 6 lug disc and bags up front. Next c notch and rear bags '02 Chevy Silverado LT ext cab short bed 2WD 5/7 drop on 22's ![]() 1993 Cherokee work ride/weekend wheeler |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: DFW TX
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it sounds like the OP and I were in the same boat. I had all of the above mentioned problems and after looking at the rats nest of wiring i decided it was best to rewire my truck so i ordered a painless harness but they were out of stock so i had to wait two weeks. In that two weeks i discovered that my dis was shot so i bought the mds super pack since the po had several different size wires and the coil looked pretty bad too.
The problem was that for every problem i fixed i discovered several more that were hidden and now my truck is just a rolling frame. My $800 turned into about $3g's and counting so unfortunately im not the right person to offer advice except that BEFORE your spend $1 make sure you are aware of ALL of the problems with your truck. |
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Blue 67
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Location: Western WA
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Hey guys, Do have any part numbers/brand name for dis and alternator that you prefer?
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