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  1. Ellie Niner

    ESC need someone that knows more about ESC system than I do

    Okay. It's funny how "this weekend or next" somehow turns into 8 months... but on my first visit back to the site in almost that long, this thread was at the top of Latest Posts... My morked up ESC computer finally started screwing with the timing badly enough that we were going from engine...
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    89-91 LMC headlight upgrade

    @SirRobyn0 -- I've got the stacked square 6 1/2 x 4" headlights, and am currently running stock 4652 and 4651 non-halogen sealed beams (WTF is wrong with me, eh?). I did have Cibié lamps that used an H4 in the low beam and an H1 high some time ago, but some ****** stole them... not sh¡tting...
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    Fuel tank overfilled

    Yeah. Unfortunately, it's dead. Shiite... It might be worth it to drill a couple holes in it to retrieve the $15 worth of fuel that's trapped inside when you replace it?
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    got wood?

    Yep. Those two Ford Squires are examples of what looks a bit on the corny side. Full stop cheezy would be the K Cars that were festooned with plood and plasti-timber in the 1980's. That's where I like the Squarebody approach, as it uses the standard aluminum bodyside moldings instead of goofy...
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    got wood?

    I've always thought the 1973-80 trucks lent themselves very well to the woodgrain... It doesn't look like a cheap, tacky add on; but rather, an extra touch of class that just fits with the character of the trucks, the colors, and the general mood of the era they came out of. What was the last...
  6. Ellie Niner

    Just Joined! New Member from Kansas, USA 1976 Chevy C10 LB

    Welcome aboard! Looks like the cat approves, too...
  7. Ellie Niner

    ESC need someone that knows more about ESC system than I do

    @SirRobyn0 My brain is a little cooked right now from work, life, and the loss of a family pet, so I have a moderate case of Can't Remember Sh¡t, but I'm finally getting ready to dig into my ESC again, so should refresh my memory on the fuzzy details either this weekend or next. The tip-in...
  8. Ellie Niner

    ESC need someone that knows more about ESC system than I do

    You're close. The knock sensor is basically a piezoelectric microphone, which produces a small amount of voltage when it's vibrated... I'm guessing the sensor is probably "tuned" to pick up the range of frequencies and sounds that make up abnormal combustion (detonation). This can be likened to...
  9. Ellie Niner

    Has anyone superglued the copper contacts down on the circuit board ?

    I'm usually not a fan of those ScotchLok style connectors, though they should work adequately behind a dash. I'd think that your wiper switch illumination would be the closest thing to tap into, though if your cluster/ashtray fiber optic socket is hard wired (mine is powered of the printed...
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    High beams on 86 C10

    Tilt steering wheel. It was an option.
  11. Ellie Niner

    Has anyone superglued the copper contacts down on the circuit board ?

    Wow. I've never seen those PCxxx bulb sockets tear up a printed circuit like that before. One thing you could possibly do for that speedometer illumination bulb is get a wired socket (like many of the 4wd indicators use), and tap into the dash lighting harness somewhere convenient, bypassing the...
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    Really weird problem with '84-up tilt column... fuggin eh!

    @AuroraGirl Yep, it does have the air leveling rear suspension. It still does work, though the compressor occasionally decides to take a siesta, usually when there's a heavy load in back. The air shocks are in bad shape and leaking oil, and there are a few minor leaks in the air lines running to...
  13. Ellie Niner

    spark plugs.... Over thinking!

    I'm running NGK UR4's in mine right now, and they've been in there long enough now that I can't remember why I picked them over the ACDelco R45TS plugs I've always run before. The UR4 does seem to be on the hotter side, and the insulators are running pretty white on mine, but no issues with...
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    Really weird problem with '84-up tilt column... fuggin eh!

    Since you mentioned that, I did check everything out under the the car pretty closely. With the exception of one rubber subframe mount (left rear) that has a tiny bit of wear... has compressed about 1/4", everything else looks almost new. Everything in the steering column went together well once...
  15. Ellie Niner

    Troubleshooting OPS and gauge 82 K10

    I dropped my crystal ball in the toilet while taking a call on my 1-900 line last night, so I can't get a reading for you over here. Seems like sending units are usually the culprit, but I have had a bad connection between the gauge and the contact/clips in the back of the instrument cluster at...
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    Really weird problem with '84-up tilt column... fuggin eh!

    We finally got the issue sorted out yesterday. Not wanting to pull the column out of the car and completely disassemble it to see what exactly happened inside of it, and not being able to have it out of service for any length of time, we drilled and tapped a small hole in the center of the...
  17. Ellie Niner

    BFGoodrich or Cooper?

    Mmm... I'm going to pick the BF Goodrich. My very opinionated father always drilled it in to me that if you were going to run RWL tires, they just had to be Radial T/A's, and everything else looked stupid. Having had different performance tires in the past, I can't really say that Radial T/A's...
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    Lets see your cell phone mount

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    Really weird problem with '84-up tilt column... fuggin eh!

    Hmm... didn't think of that. We don't have rust here, but there could be some nasty rubber mounts on the subframe (haven't been under the car enough to remember how subframe is mounted). I'm going to tear into it again this weekend, and if we ain't got it figured out by then, mebbe I will hit...
  20. Ellie Niner

    Really weird problem with '84-up tilt column... fuggin eh!

    I know the feeling all too well. This car has 265,000 miles on it, and still runs and drives very well, but there's getting to be quite a few little niggles and (usually minor) stuff going wrong. 33 year old plastic bits getting brittle and crumbling when you touch them, dried out electrolytics...
  21. Ellie Niner

    Really weird problem with '84-up tilt column... fuggin eh!

    I just did the usual job of partially pulling down a tilt-multifucktion-automatic shift column to tighten loose screws, and managed to get just about everything back together... even got the dimmer actuator rod, ignition switch rack, and steering wheel lock pecker with its rube goldberg spring...
  22. Ellie Niner

    Automatic hub questions

    I'm guessing you've got the full time 4wd setup with NP203 transfer case. If so, and it hasn't been modified, you'll have flat-ish chrome caps on your front axle ends where you'd usually find the manual locking hubs of a standard part time setup. If so, you're in 4wd all the time, and there is...
  23. Ellie Niner

    Has anyone superglued the copper contacts down on the circuit board ?

    So, are the actual traces peeling up off of the printed circuit, or are you mainly having problems maintaining a connection at the bulb/socket/circuit board interface? While I haven't dealt with traces pulling up on these flexible circuit boards, I have repaired a broken trace to my right turn...
  24. Ellie Niner

    Anybody see one of these before? Little Max

    It took a minute for this to register in my brain, but what you have is actually a control panel/end point receptacles for use with a special alternator... Note that the label on the side says that it's for use only with MJC-6c (and a couple of other similar alternators only, and that its output...
  25. Ellie Niner

    Oil pressure question… or two questions

    No. But if you've still got the factory configuration, the amber "CHOKE" light in the lower part of the speedometer is actually an oil pressure warning light, and can grab your attention if oil pressure becomes critically low. It's connected to a second sending unit near the one for the oil...

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