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68C30Flatbed · 09-03-2004, 12:34 PM

Hi everybody, I am a new member. I live in Newberg, Oregon on a small farm. I just bought a 1968 Chevy C30 1-ton dually flatbed with a 327 V-8 from a local farmer. I have already started browsing old threads to resolve my headlight switch problem and am sure I will be visiting every day to find old answers to my new questions. Thanks in advance for those! This is a great resource!

It's immediate needs are:
1) Fix rear brake leak. There's a leak just behind the master cylinder.
2) Fix headlight switch. Running lights work, new headlight doesn't, so problem likely is in the switch.
3) Rebuild carburetor. Is balky to start and idles rough until warm.
4) Remove old bed rusted hardware and install new bed wood.
5) Find a source for removable box enclosures for it. (12 foot long bed) Help?

I have edited in two pix to show the truck and engine.

-Paul

**CPNE** · 09-03-2004, 12:44 PM

Welcome. On the headlights, check your dimmer switch.

Is this a 133 inch wheelbase or 157 inch?

Duallies are cool, here's mine, a 67 (with 69 nose)

68C30Flatbed · 09-03-2004, 12:50 PM

Wheelbase? Uh ... 157, I think. I left the spec sheet at home, and haven't memorized every particular ... yet.

Putter · 09-03-2004, 12:51 PM

Welcome from CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. We need to see some pictures to give you the best answers....hehehe.

**Palf70Step** · 09-03-2004, 12:55 PM

Welcome from the south end of Mississippi. Looking forward to seeing your HD truck.

**Canadian694x4** · 09-03-2004, 01:02 PM

Welcome The Board From The Great White North! Post some Pics of your Rig!

stllookn · 09-03-2004, 01:19 PM

Welcome from Kent, WA! Keep that nice flatbed off the coast and out of the surf...LOL! Try Google on MAD Electronics for some really cool upgrades to your electrical system.

*dtlilly* · 09-03-2004, 01:37 PM

Welcome to the board from Americas Dairyland, gotta love 1 tons!

dubie · 09-03-2004, 02:48 PM

welcome fellow flatbedder. Mine isn't a 1 ton but I sure look forward to some pics of your rig!!

Blue Beard · 09-03-2004, 03:18 PM

Welcome from SW Washington State...

Castiron9 · 09-03-2004, 03:57 PM

Dually flat-beds Rock

toms68cst · 09-03-2004, 04:12 PM

Welcome, 68's Rock!

TEXAS 68 · 09-03-2004, 04:12 PM

Welcome from Texas

longnlow72 · 09-03-2004, 04:16 PM

welcome freom longview, wa some more NW'ers

68C30Flatbed · 09-03-2004, 04:19 PM

Thanks for the welcomes. I will take pix this weekend and post them. It is painted 'Dark Green', but now has faded and rusted. It has a rusted metal plate on the back third of the bed that has been tack welded on. I'll have to Dremel/chisel that loose so I can replace the wood. You'll see, it's not Ugly . . . I would call it beauty-challenged.

**68 Stepside** · 09-03-2004, 04:28 PM

Welcome, and on your headlight deal, have you tried messing with the dimmer switch on the floor yet? That's a common problem with these trucks, the switches get corroded and nasty on the floor. You can try moving the connector around on the switch, and if that doesn't work, you can run a jumper between the three wires (2 wires at a time, I'd tell you which ones to jump, but can't remember), and see if you get headlights.

Either way, welcome, and I'm looking forward to seeing pics!!

68C30Flatbed · 09-03-2004, 05:20 PM

No, I haven't messed with the dimmer switch on the floor yet. I have been searching for the message talking about that all morning. Thanks for the instructions!

krue · 09-03-2004, 06:00 PM

Another welcome from South Mississippi!

68w/sbc406 · 09-03-2004, 07:14 PM

welcome from a fellow oregonian, my inlaws live on 9th and blaine in newberg, we are always down at the river there, maybe i will see you driving it around

Longhorn Man · 09-03-2004, 09:34 PM

Welcome to the board from Central Ohio...one ton trucks are awsome...onless on a bumpy inner city street and have no load in the back.

Chances are, if you have a 12 foot long bed...you have a 157 in wheel base chassis.

drink2mny · 09-03-2004, 09:43 PM

Welcome from Southeast Washington.

Rusty Rider · 09-03-2004, 10:14 PM

welcome from W.V.

ZOOMY · 09-03-2004, 11:06 PM

keep the '68 front end on there. I can't believe CPNE hasn't converted his back to original yet. There doesn't seem to be many 67-68 dually's around.

FRENCHBLUE72 · 09-04-2004, 12:08 AM

Welcome from just down the road in southern oregon..

68C30Flatbed · 09-07-2004, 01:33 PM

I fixed the lights. Yep, it was the dimmer switch. I couldn't remove it, but detached the plug to it and hard wired together one of the leads to the ground to get low beams at least. (Edited to give proper credit) Thank you CPNE and 68 Stepside.

09-03-2004, 12:34 PM	#1
68C30Flatbed Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 23	New member with project truck Hi everybody, I am a new member. I live in Newberg, Oregon on a small farm. I just bought a 1968 Chevy C30 1-ton dually flatbed with a 327 V-8 from a local farmer. I have already started browsing old threads to resolve my headlight switch problem and am sure I will be visiting every day to find old answers to my new questions. Thanks in advance for those! This is a great resource! It's immediate needs are: 1) Fix rear brake leak. There's a leak just behind the master cylinder. 2) Fix headlight switch. Running lights work, new headlight doesn't, so problem likely is in the switch. 3) Rebuild carburetor. Is balky to start and idles rough until warm. 4) Remove old bed rusted hardware and install new bed wood. 5) Find a source for removable box enclosures for it. (12 foot long bed) Help? I have edited in two pix to show the truck and engine. -Paul Attached Images Last edited by 68C30Flatbed; 09-08-2004 at 07:02 PM.

09-03-2004, 12:44 PM	#2
CPNE Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NH Posts: 6,664	Welcome. On the headlights, check your dimmer switch. Is this a 133 inch wheelbase or 157 inch? Duallies are cool, here's mine, a 67 (with 69 nose) Attached Images __________________ Currently on or near the homestead: 67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's) 67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction) 67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler) 67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC) 68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC) 70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC) 71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor) 72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC) 81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler) 82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy) 93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car) 02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk) 2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter Maybe I need to sell some of this crap Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all

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09-03-2004, 12:50 PM	#3
68C30Flatbed Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 23	Wheelbase? Uh ... 157, I think. I left the spec sheet at home, and haven't memorized every particular ... yet.

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09-03-2004, 04:19 PM	#15
68C30Flatbed Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 23	Thanks for the welcomes. I will take pix this weekend and post them. It is painted 'Dark Green', but now has faded and rusted. It has a rusted metal plate on the back third of the bed that has been tack welded on. I'll have to Dremel/chisel that loose so I can replace the wood. You'll see, it's not Ugly . . . I would call it beauty-challenged.



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09-03-2004, 04:28 PM	#16
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,692	Welcome, and on your headlight deal, have you tried messing with the dimmer switch on the floor yet? That's a common problem with these trucks, the switches get corroded and nasty on the floor. You can try moving the connector around on the switch, and if that doesn't work, you can run a jumper between the three wires (2 wires at a time, I'd tell you which ones to jump, but can't remember), and see if you get headlights. Either way, welcome, and I'm looking forward to seeing pics!! __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

09-03-2004, 05:20 PM	#17
68C30Flatbed Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 23	No, I haven't messed with the dimmer switch on the floor yet. I have been searching for the message talking about that all morning. Thanks for the instructions!

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ZOOMY Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: WIS Posts: 1,752	68 front keep the '68 front end on there. I can't believe CPNE hasn't converted his back to original yet. There doesn't seem to be many 67-68 dually's around.

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09-07-2004, 01:33 PM	#25
68C30Flatbed Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 23	I fixed the lights. Yep, it was the dimmer switch. I couldn't remove it, but detached the plug to it and hard wired together one of the leads to the ground to get low beams at least. (Edited to give proper credit) Thank you CPNE and 68 Stepside. Last edited by 68C30Flatbed; 09-08-2004 at 07:06 PM.

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