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  1. PhotonFanatic

    I guess I give up on the windows

    Yeah I'm thinking brute force is the way to go. If "adjusting" the tracks and regulators didn't help. If I knew how to do such an adjustment. Brute force with a better motor sounds good though. I might do it someday, but not anytime soon cause the ones they sell are expensive. I'm sure you could...
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    Interior Lights, Head lights, Radio are not working

    Hmm... Maybe not this forum. Of course they may have a thing about any political talk. Most forums do. Nothing good ever comes of it lol
  3. PhotonFanatic

    I guess I give up on the windows

    I've done everything you can do to fix the slow power windows in my 87. All of the door rubber has been replaced. All the rubber has been lubed with Syl Glide. There's new AcDeclo brand motors and regulators. New switches. The relay mod is installed so they draw directly from the battery. The...
  4. PhotonFanatic

    Forever Sharp steering wheel installed. Beautiful

    Looks real nice! Is the grip a form of rubber or is it hard plastic? I could do this one, but with my luck the metal wouldn't be that cool color. It would just be plain old silvery aluminum...
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    What's the good AC compressor these days?

    Decided to have a shop do it in May. After I added up all the costs, they aren't making that much. It looked like a $400 price difference. But you get a warranty, instead of me being the warranty. And getting to diagnose and look for leaks, refill it, etc. Still, I'd do it myself if I had an...
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    Busted ball joint boot

    One day around 3 years ago a buddy helped me redo everything. And I do mean everything, even all 4 control arms. The new front end has somewhere around 8k miles on it. It would be a disappointment if it's starting to go bad already. After this ball joint boot though, I won't be buying moog...
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    Interior Lights, Head lights, Radio are not working

    How did your avatar become donald trump age 4?
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    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    During all my hunting for electrical gremlins, I saw that the ground strap on the back of the passenger side head was broken. Ordered a new one and installed it yesterday. Now the headlights are working right and the radio no longer cuts out over bumps. Any other ground straps? Anyone got the...
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    Busted ball joint boot

    Well I jacked up the truck and rocked the wheel from left to right. Lots of play and a nice clunking sound. So I rocked it from top to bottom. Same result. Does this mean that I probably have a dead ball joint, and a dead tie rod end?
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    Busted ball joint boot

    About to do this job, so I wanted to ask - Does it matter the brand of the ball joint? Or is that just how the boots are made on these old trucks? To come off easily. I've been watching youtube vids and it looks like some ball joints are difficult to separate from their boots. And it makes...
  11. PhotonFanatic

    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    Anyone know the reason why those starter solenoid wires (there's 2 iirc) can affect the headlights? The would seem to be unrelated.
  12. PhotonFanatic

    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    Anyone know why the starter wires are 12 gauge, but the fusible link wires are 14 gauge? I'm an electrical newb, but it seems like the fusible link would need also need to be 12 gauge. But all my searching reveals they're 14 gauge. And they just connect the smaller diameter fusible link to the...
  13. PhotonFanatic

    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    Yeah that's gonna be fun. Looks like it's time to drop the starter again! lol Does anyone know what gauge the starter wires are? To me it looks like it might be 10 guage... maybe 14 gauge I'm not sure.
  14. PhotonFanatic

    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    Well I checked the passenger side head ground as scrap-metal suggested, and it's broke off. So I've definitely got to replace that.
  15. PhotonFanatic

    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    If only I knew where they all were. A huge help to this site, would be if someone had an info graphic that showed where all the ground wires are on these trucks. How many are there in total... who knows? Maybe there's 10 or 15. But I'll look for one going from the passenger side head to the...
  16. PhotonFanatic

    Headlights flicker and radio cuts out when driving over a bump

    Man, it's like you fix one electrical gremlin, and a new one rears it's ugly head. I recently replaced my starter and fixed some ground wire issues, and now the starter finally works good. But when when the road gets a little bumpy, my radio restarts (modern radio) and my headlights flicker. I...
  17. PhotonFanatic

    Interior Lights, Head lights, Radio are not working

    Do you happen to have a picture of this fusible link, or know where I might see one? I'm having a similar problem and I'd like to check out my fusible links. I recently replaced my starter, so I could be having the same issue as you did.
  18. PhotonFanatic

    Shift shaft seal leaking on 700r4?

    Anyone else have the 700R4? Maybe it's not all that difficult to pull and reinstall the transmission. If it's not really a big job, I might still be interested in fixing it myself. Since there's a few other minor odds and ends I'd take care of at the same time. Looks like there's only about 8...
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    Shift shaft seal leaking on 700r4?

    I would if I had the transmission out. But at this point I'm tired of grubbing around under there lol. Been working on the truck fairly regularly for about 6 months and I'm reaching that phase where the hobby is wearing thin and you take a 3 month break. I might try it (with trans in truck) if...
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    Shift shaft seal leaking on 700r4?

    I wonder if they'll charge a bunch of money to inspect these things. Trying to make sure it's not a common tactic to make more money. I'd be fine with it, if it's legitimate. But some mechanics have the same kinds of ideas that the stealerships have.
  21. PhotonFanatic

    Shift shaft seal leaking on 700r4?

    I've decided to let the transmission shop handle it, and they said something I wanted to ask about. Is there any other reason it could be leaking from that hole? Or could it only be the shift shaft seal? The transmission shop said they couldn't give a price unless they inspected it for other...
  22. PhotonFanatic

    Has anyone bought the LMC dash?

    Which vinyl did you use? I think that may be the most important part, because I've heard some vinyls do not stretch well even with a heat gun.
  23. PhotonFanatic

    Beauty rings questions

    Thanks for all the help figuring out which ones were which! I think I'd like some that don't have any creases or hard edges for my 87. Like the last pic of Bucket's 2nd to last post. Can anyone recommend somewhere that sells a quality set?
  24. PhotonFanatic

    Beauty rings and center caps

    Yeah best bet is to just buy them slowly over time, off ebay. Long as they're not scratched or scuffed up too badly, you could polish them out and restore them nicely. That's what I did. You can even buy new logo caps. Not really sure how much I trust the glue though, unless it's from a really...
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    Beauty rings questions

    I need to buy some beauty rings, but I'm trying to avoid cheap junk. Is there anywhere that makes some quality stainless steel beauty rings for the typical 15" rally wheels? Next question! Were there any differences in the beauty rings from year to year? Maybe I'm imagining things, but I'd...

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