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03-30-2020, 09:51 PM
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Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S.
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Wasted a whole day
Well seeing how most everyone is lock up on their home steads I wasted a whole day today on the speed warning speedometer that was give to me. I had taken it out of the 3 hole cluster and installed it in my 7 hole once I got the new tach.
Well I started installing it this morning at 9:30, I just finished and it's back on the work bench in the garage.  When I went to install it I stopped once I had the oil line hooked up and tach and the electrical stuff done to check it all before finishing. Glad I did I had no water temp reading... what the heck I didn't touch it. So I pulled it back out and looked it all over thinking I missed something. Spent 2 hrs and 2 gauges later and nothing. So I went a head and installed it all to go for a drive and check the speedometer. Guess what...it didn't work either it bounces all over the place, I guess the spring is gone I'm not sure. So I drove it back home took it out again and put the old speedometer back in it. I just have come inside form putting it back together. I decided to go a head and do a thermostat swap also. The water temperature gauge is working again. It's been a long day!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhfn4b0rWs0
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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03-31-2020, 12:10 AM
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Re: Wasted a whole day
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If you didn't have bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all....  LockDoc
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03-31-2020, 12:13 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: New Madison, Ohio
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Re: Wasted a whole day
This makes you appreciate your good days
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy.  67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk.  1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc   JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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03-31-2020, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S.
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Re: Wasted a whole day
Yea sometimes it just don't pay to try and make your truck better. It fault me the whole time. On top of all that the speed waring speedometer broke some how. When I took it out the adjuster that turns the needle fail out of it. The plastic had snapped into!
Life goes on.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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03-31-2020, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: TX
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Re: Wasted a whole day
I am glad to see that my truck isn't alone in fighting change. Seems like when i try to fix one thing, something else jumps in wanting attention.
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03-31-2020, 07:42 PM
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Old member
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S.
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Re: Wasted a whole day
I boxed up all the speed warning parts I had and shipped them to Tom in Junction City, OR this afternoon to fix the newer speed warning one and to give him the other parts.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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