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that includes nice looking guages In my experience, if the guages are free of rust, the circuit board is good too. As for the bezel, they can be gotten new/re-pop for quite cheap and, once your cluster is in your truck you'll be be glad you spent the $35-$40. The bezel makes the whole show as that's what you see every day when you drive it! Been there and no regrets! ET |
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What ET said ! .
My Son bought me the new face , it really does make the old guts look good as new again . My ' glass ' was in terrible shape so I decided to try the Meguiar's Plastic Polish (I keep it in stock , great for old lenses too) and yes , I suppose a new one might have been better but...... The facia , there's two stock ones and many aftermarket color options to choose from . I thought hard and chose the auto choke facia because I didn't want to have to modify the wiper switch harness , in retrospect I think having a manual choke would have been wiser . I eventually bought a whole spare gauge cluster as I want to install this nice 12 volt 6 cylinder Jaguar tachometer I bought , in it . When servicing the gauges , your most bang for buck , will be the facia . Remember : those long sheet metal screws , some are chrome headed , a couple are black , depends on where they go ~ this typ of detail is where the " YOU CARE " part comes in .
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So I took my truck to my " buddy " at the GM dealer to see what he can do for my truck and he tell me it's going to cost me 2500 bucks to fix everything ! .. Almost **** my pants ..
He told me that i will need a new Carb 850 .. Distributor for 650 I need wires new brake cylinders power stearing .. I thought this but was my buddy but with a price like that idk
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So if any of you or knows some one who can do the work on my truck please drop me a line .. i just had back surgery so i dont need it back soon so they can take there time and do it right . times like this i wish i could do the work my self , but i cant lol
Thank for the Help
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Dealer Mechanics ~ huh .
I was one and when the Service Writer said I had to do 1/2 @$$ed works , I bailed after fighting for a while . PM me and I'll see if I can find you an Honest mechanic . What part of L.A. ? .
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i live in El Monte its in the SGV but she runs and drive so i can drive it to where its needs to go . My Buddy is the writer , i used to do alot of machinist work for him . its funny how people seem to forget lol .
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What type of carb, distributor?
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He didn't say he just said it was adjustable and from the dealer
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O.K. your ' buddy ' is a typical jerkhoff , unlike the good folks here on this forum .
I'll take the liberty of assuming you've got a 350 V-8 and TH350 slushbox tranny , right ? . I already know a good place to do your carby , that's all they do is carbys . First however , it'll need a proper & comprehensive tune up and add a GM HEI dizzy , nothing fancy nor Chinese , just a nice rebuilt stock one and AC / DELCO Parts House can get you for about $125 . Just begin searching and asking for a 1975 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup 350 V-8 dizzy , ignire the chrome and " !! RACING !! TOTALLY KEWEL !!! crap , those are all tossers selling junk you don't need / want . Are you up to installing the spark plugs your ownself ? . if so we/I can walk you through the basics , then have a place do the dizzy install and carby rebuild . I know a good honest mechanic in Pasadena , on Colorado Blvd. if you just want to drive & drop it off . Being a Journeyman Mechanic this goes against my grain but I'll help you however you want to go here , shouldn't need mondo $ to get your rig running sweetly . Funny thing how when others need help you're a good buddy but if you need a ride to the parts store , suddenly they're too busy of forget your name . It's not like that here ~ you ask , we help , simple as that . If you want me to look up the dizzy , say so , I have (had anyway) the AC/DELCO parts catalogs in my links so I ko0w how to use it and what are the right parts to get . ![]()
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I took my truck when I got it .. To replace my carb at a place called CarbXchange in El Monte , they did a bad job from the start I fought with them and tried to get a refund and they told me No . I just bought MSD wires , about 3 months ago and he told me the timing on my truck was so messed up that it messed them up . I do what I can but I need my truck running right caz my GF drives my 08 malibu lol ( I'm a nice guy ) once I can get back on my feet I wouldn't really have time to do they work my self ( work issues ) so I was just looking to take it somewhere and have it fixed right for once ! I'm sick of all the people saying they can fix it and it's never fixed but they still take your money. I don't mind paying I just don't want to feel like I got ripped off , for crapy work . It's and 350 crate motor with a Th400
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O.K. , I'll get on it then ~ I had a Christmas card from him but SWMBO musta tossed it out .
I'm supposed to to to Pasadena to - morrow so I'll endevour to get the address and 'phone # then , O.K. ? . My buddy use The Carb King there , he's ecstatic about how his truck runs now , I went by to purchase some basic Rochester carby parts and got hosed $10 for a diaphragm .
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Thank you ! Once I get my truck running right and I can drive it I'll take you to lunch .. Really appreciate it
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Haha he just txt me and told me caz I'm picking it up he is going to change me 175 bucks for looking at it ..
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Which face ? Mine or the C/10's
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Wow nice friend. I just started reading this, what year truck is it? New Carb, 300+, New HEI Dizzy, bout 125+. Forgot the other things you mentioned but its a chevy so that quote he gave you was way overboard. |
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Thanx for the reminder ! .
I just wrote & asked my brother to take me , we'll see if he's not working .
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Andy said he wont be able to make it, he is taking his neice and nephews to Disneyland
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Have not seen any post, is the La Cresenta meet still on?
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I'm Glen, near Thousand Oaks. A newbie to this board, and 4x4's. Every day I learn something new from this site; it's amazing.
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Did it Happen ? .
My ride didn't get home until 01:00 this morning so I'm stuck here in L.A. whilst you alls are out there in the sun having fun , slurping coffee and looking at cool old trucks . Next time I hope ! .
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