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  1. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Anti seize won’t hurt but wholly unnecessary in your scenario.
  2. Grit dog

    Seat Rebuild - To reuse or not reuse padding. And fixed to folding?

    I bet it stretches a little. Looks great from the pics.
  3. Grit dog

    Help with GVWR Label ?

    Ha so check this out. Some models basically had negative weight carrying capability! Your tax dollars at work!
  4. Grit dog

    Help with GVWR Label ?

    5200? Haha that’s crazy! I’ll never understand the excessively low gvwr on many trucks. So that truck, based on my 77c10 small block stock is 4500lbs wet weight with less than 10 gal fuel between the 2 tanks. 700lbs cargo capacity. Thats like 200lbs cargo capacity with a cab full of people...
  5. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    This must be for a different truck than the one you’re restoring?
  6. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Get some new valve covers that aren’t bent or straighten yours.
  7. Grit dog

    Newbie needs help, replace starter now some gauges don’t work

    Sounds like you forgot the alternator wire when you re hooked the battery cable on the starter.
  8. Grit dog

    never jerk a stuck truck with a chain

    6 as in 6” wide? Could pull a stuck D8 out with that! Holy crap. Old thread
  9. Grit dog

    More shop

    West Coast metal bldgs….rofl. With a name like that you’d think they could at least put pictures of roofs that aren’t totally counterintuitive and ummm wrong, on their website! I’ll give a hint. Look at @Craig Nedrow new Roof he just put on and look at the website….should go get the head bonk or...
  10. Grit dog

    Shop heater

    If well insulated and the ceiling isn’t 100’ tall, Infrared gas heater on the ceiling. Game set match done…
  11. Grit dog

    More shop

    No, I everyone from selah is just like minded! Either of you know Shawna Decoto?
  12. Grit dog

    Seat Rebuild - To reuse or not reuse padding. And fixed to folding?

    All wise words here…. I did none of that when I had the seat redone on the 86. Foam was not tore up or crunchy at all. But the drivers side bottom is notably softer a bit too soft and the drivers seat back has a bow in it, a bit compressed. As to the aforementioned sharts, I recovered with...
  13. Grit dog

    More shop

    Aside from too many people makin’ the Seattle area difficult, WA is a great state! Out in Selah where he lives is pretty much Gods Country. Foothills of the dry side of the Cascades.
  14. Grit dog

    What have you done to your square lately??

    That color is badass! It’ll look great w the covert tan.
  15. Grit dog

    Great to be a part of this group!

    Welcome Looks clean!
  16. Grit dog

    Thoughts on how to recover from a slightly cross threaded spark plug threads in head?

    That’s a good idea. I’m lazy so I’d clean it up then start the engine with an open hole and let it blow out any debris hopefully. That said shouldn’t be much debris and small in size as it should only be cleaning up a thread r 2. And my anecdotal evidence is tore down my old 400sb in high...
  17. Grit dog

    Advice on Transmission Fluid Change for 1980 C10

    Unless you’re lucky and there’s a drain plug in the tq converter but it’s not likely.
  18. Grit dog

    Advice on Transmission Fluid Change for 1980 C10

    If it’s operating fine then absolutely change it. Sounds like a good truck if it’s never been apart and still is truckin. If you don’t pump it out the cooler lines to get the majority of old out, I’d get a pan with a drain plug and change it about 4x depending how much comes out. That’ll...
  19. Grit dog

    This one needs to go, asking for opinions. Offering it up here first.

    But a bad head gasket is much nicer than rust holes imo. Regardless, sounds like this may be Vince’s new bogger here shortly!
  20. Grit dog

    Advice on Transmission Fluid Change for 1980 C10

    Have you even tried to run it yet? What the fluid look like now? No sense in changing fluid and filter on a bad transmission so verify it’s not inop first. Do NOT take it to be power flushed. You can research why. Once you e verified it’s a good transmission, IMO the best way to do a fluid...
  21. Grit dog

    Does anyone know if i have a 1 piece or two piece vent window?

    Maybe verify what @Leadfootc20 said. I think the glass is different between 1pc and 2pc. But I’m not totally clear on the 80s 1 vs 2 compared to older 70s doors. There was some confusion on my 86. Got 1pc seals and supplier claimed they were right when the truck has original 2 pc. Then there’s...
  22. Grit dog

    New to the forum, but not to Squarebodies...

    Was the old grille pretty secure and fit well with the brackets removed? Haven’t looked at my truck(s) and don’t have a 73-74 grille to test with but they are super cheap now on Holley i think, website. I’d buy one if I thought I could make it work easily. Anyway….nice truck. That thing...
  23. Grit dog

    New to the forum, but not to Squarebodies...

    Yeah, those Lund visors on this style truck look awesome imo. Although I’m less in favor of them on 2wd trucks. Idk why but I think they look much more at home on 4x4s.
  24. Grit dog

    New to the forum, but not to Squarebodies...

    Wow! Ida kept the 73/74 grille style. Love those. Someone must’ve put an older core support n stuff in it. As those grilles are not supposed to fit in 75 (I think ) and up trucks because they set deeper than the newer models. New one bolt right in? Regarding gears, even if it was special...
  25. Grit dog

    Column Gear Shift Detent

    And for the rest of the crowd, that principle applies to many things. If you halve the constraints, you halve the potential for error.

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