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    1987 Chevy V10 steering wander

    And if the alignment tech is a good one he may just find some other problem(s). Mine was pretty bad until I replaced the stabilizer. Yes, I saw you already did that. I had also but using a "stock" replacement stabilizer did nothing. A heavy duty, Skyjacker stabilizer set up for larger tires...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    We like to call this Percussive Calibration. Operators in the plant love to use it on level switches, pressure switches and sometimes on transmitters. I&E Techs hate this.
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    Toe adjustment 1987 V10

    And if/when I do this again I am most likely going to use your method.
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    Toe adjustment 1987 V10

    All of that is good advice but if it is toed out so badly he can clearly see it and he is out of adjustment, something is WRONG. Getting a perfect measurement won't help him if he cannot adjust any further. I confess I didn't measure mine. When I replaced the tie rod ends I adjusted it by...
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    Toe adjustment 1987 V10

    My tie rods are both screwed in pretty far but there is some thread left on both. Unless you have some incorrectly matched components I don't see how you could run out of adjustment. Just crawled under the nose of it to check, I have about 3/4 inch of thread on the driver's side and about 1/2...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Those boards were milled on a circle saw mill. Extremely cool. And I Love that Truck.
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    @legopnuematic is 100% correct here. You need to do both sides. When you seal one side only you will have a moisture imbalance and the boards will curl. This will happen inside a house, it will happen outside in a truck bed. Our members who live in more arid climates may have a different...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Shou Sugi Ban/Yakisugi? I just bought a torch large enough to do this, about to try it on the lumber coming off my sawmill. Are you going to add any type of oil or sealer? And did you burn it on the other side and ends also? It looks really good by the way.
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Sorry, @JamesSam forgot to answer that part. I don't know about getting him on the phone. He and I communicated by email. He sure knows a lot and he helped me out big time...but he seems like he doesn't enjoy communication. I may be wrong on that but that was my impression. Again, my...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I have...thoughts. 1. If it started after the shop fixed your biggest problem (it didn't run!) then it is related to either the fix or some adjustment they made. That adjustment was either accidental or intentional. 2. You were just singing the praises for this shop (as well you should) so if I...
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    87 tbi zero power

    I would start at the battery and the battery terminals. That is the easiest spot to reach anyway. You said the battery is good...but how do you know? Put a meter on it and see if the voltage reading drops when someone else tries to start the truck.
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    Garage upgrade

    I wish I had a garage door...
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    is this a Frankentruck?

    Uhhh, no. No block off plate. There simply is no opening in the TBI block. Someone please chime in that knows more than I do here, there may have been more than one version. But this pic I just crawled under The Truck to get, this is looking straight up at the underside of where the...
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    is this a Frankentruck?

    I would have thought that any 350 "from the '90s" would not have the hole in the block to accommodate a mechanical fuel pump, those motors should have been either TBI or TPI, not carbureted.
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    Which dually - 8.1 vs pre-DEF 6.6?

    I had a 2007 "Classic" with the LBZ Duramax and it was wonderful. The new body style '07s had the first of the DPFs and all the problems that went with them. I never had any codes. My only complaint, ever was that the fuel mileage was not as good as what some folks were saying. I could get...
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