What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by SRU1436

Can you trick it with another good battery hooked up in parallel, hopefully to health battery can give the other enough juice to get the “smart” charger charging again.

If not, I got a dumb charger you can borrow. PM if you’re interested.

I bumped the battery up to 11V with a jump box but the Vector doesn't "see" it, so that thing has gone aureolas skyward. I ordered a Noco that will be here in the morning

I do appreciate the offer, neighbor

[brandnew72]

Ordered the Classic Update harness from AAW. All the wiring is a birdsnest even though it was redone at some point.

Rear wheel well gaps filled in and notch cover fitted as well. This was over the weekend.

Also tuned the carb with a vacuum guage.

[zicc1835]

had to.....one of my Ford friends asked why not a Ford busting me! I replied that I asked for a 69 c-10 and this is what the they sent LOL

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[SRU1436]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

I bumped the battery up to 11V with a jump box but the Vector doesn't "see" it, so that thing has gone aureolas skyward. I ordered a Noco that will be here in the morning

I do appreciate the offer, neighbor

No problem, anytime.

[a Good Man]

HI

Yesterday I changed the old tires to new ones B.F. Goodrich along with 18" Vision American Muscle 54 Cheyenne Silver Machined 18x9 Wheels 8x6

[D.B]

Originally Posted by a Good Man

HI

Yesterday I changed the old tires to new ones B.F. Goodrich along with 18" Vision American Muscle 54 Cheyenne Silver Machined 18x9 Wheels 8x6

Very nice looking GMC. Rims and wheels look great!!

[a Good Man]

Originally Posted by D.B

Very nice looking GMC. Rims and wheels look great!!

Thank you sir ..

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Noco charger desulfated my battery in about 4h, then charged it fully. Last night it cranked long enough for the bowl to fill and the engine to start and run briefly(and badly) ;-)

This morning I get to do points-->timing-->choke-->figure out how I screwed up the Quadrajunk

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by zicc1835

had to.....one of my Ford friends asked why not a Ford busting me! I replied that I asked for a 69 c-10 and this is what the they sent LOL

MERRY CHRISTMAS

LOve it. If I had a garage door, I could use one like that.

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by a Good Man

HI

Yesterday I changed the old tires to new ones B.F. Goodrich along with 18" Vision American Muscle 54 Cheyenne Silver Machined 18x9 Wheels 8x6

The ole GMC looks GREAT!

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by a Good Man

HI

Yesterday I changed the old tires to new ones B.F. Goodrich along with 18" Vision American Muscle 54 Cheyenne Silver Machined 18x9 Wheels 8x6

very nice .....

[a Good Man]

I appreciate that. Thank you guys

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

Noco charger desulfated my battery in about 4h, then charged it fully. Last night it cranked long enough for the bowl to fill and the engine to start and run briefly(and badly) ;-)

This morning I get to do points-->timing-->choke-->figure out how I screwed up the Quadrajunk

Old bad gas(how long has it been since I drove this thing?!?!) Backfiring through the carb and burning in the manifold, fast idle cam stuck on the top step, throttle spring was in the wrong hole, just a mess of half-assed work I left undone

Gonna go ahead and rebuild since I already had the supply line off to check the filter and I have a kit sitting around. Noticed one of the bowl drains is weeping, so going to redo that first

[NewBayColony]

Originally Posted by a Good Man

HI

Yesterday I changed the old tires to new ones B.F. Goodrich along with 18" Vision American Muscle 54 Cheyenne Silver Machined 18x9 Wheels 8x6

Looking good as always!

[a Good Man]

Originally Posted by NewBayColony

Looking good as always!

Thank you sir

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Rebuilt my carb this afternoon, then while making dinner, realized I never measured the float height :facepalm:

Since it's still on the bench, I'll just open it up again. IF it were on the truck, I'd roll the dice ;-)

[Steeveedee]

Drove it. It's been a couple of weeks, and it needed to be driven. I put an Edelbrock AVS2 on it awhile back, as the Q-Jet was just worn out. The E-brock needs calibration, and the kit is on the way. I really would've liked to use another Q-Jet, but where would one find another calibrated unit, or parts thereof?

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Drove it. It's been a couple of weeks, and it needed to be driven. I put an Edelbrock AVS2 on it awhile back, as the Q-Jet was just worn out. The E-brock needs calibration, and the kit is on the way. I really would've liked to use another Q-Jet, but where would one find another calibrated unit, or parts thereof?

Cliff's, Mike's, and a few others still sell parts and will rebuild a carb, but if your core is no good, I don't know where you'd buy a built unit

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

Cliff's, Mike's, and a few others still sell parts and will rebuild a carb, but if your core is no good, I don't know where you'd buy a built unit

Can't buy a new Q-Jet these days. I worked in a parts store back in the '70s, and they sold new carburetors. But they were just a generic replacement, and couldn't possibly have been calibrated for every vehicle. Anyway, neither is the Edelbrock, but I can do that with the kit. I'll play it by ear, but I could go with an O2 sensor to get it right.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Saw this one recently about an AVS2: https://youtu.be/gdvBgIt4LEg

(he really isn't hating on Holleys, btw, it's a joke)

[zicc1835]

more parts arrived today more motivation back in the box and on the shelf for now

[Steeveedee]

Nice looking grille! I bought a new one to get rid of the butchered '72(?) grille that was in my truck. Delivered to the wrong address (found it), and when I got it out of the box, it had a DENT in it. I didn't want to deal with all the return to vendor biz, because I'd possibly get something worse. I dinged it out with a metal working hammer and called it "good".

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Nice looking grille! I bought a new one to get rid of the butchered '72(?) grille that was in my truck. Delivered to the wrong address (found it), and when I got it out of the box, it had a DENT in it. I didn't want to deal with all the return to vendor biz, because I'd possibly get something worse. I dinged it out with a metal working hammer and called it "good".

irony is I have a pretty decent OEM with a little tiny stone ding ...worked the ding out and was going to have it chromed ....but they have all fled this over regulated state or gone out of business, so this was a easy decision , but made for me

[Steeveedee]

NJ and CA have a lot of regulations. Not many places here do hex chrome because of the trouble it caused, ala "Erin Brokovich". That was a bad case of chemical poisoning for those people, but was caused by uncaring people. Done right, hex chrome could still be used, it just needed engineering controls. I worked in aerospace, and hex chrome was all over the place with things like waveguides for communication systems. I worked in MILSATCOM for many years. The plated aluminum waveguides used later were orders of magnitude cheaper than the coin silver waveguides we used on the earlier systems.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Popped the lid off the carb and adjusted the float level I had forgotten to check

Put it back together without the block, so got to do that again, almost forgot the AP that time.
Looked for the filter housing for 5m before I found it screwed onto the front of the carb of all places

Wrote the steps on my carb stand in pink Sharpie

My Pertronix Ignitor II and coil arrived today, but for the safety of all concerned, I left them in the box ;-)