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  1. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Mine were just double stick taped on so some gentle prying and alcohol got them
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    WTB '83/84 GMC dual headlight grille

    If I hadn't just got everything switched to GMC on my truck finally, I would sell you the one I just picked up.
  3. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Do the magnaflow straight through mufflers count as glasspacks? If so, I've had them on my truck for a decade and love them. The sound matches the era of these trucks so well.
  4. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    It's a new switch. Is there a way to test it? When filling it up, it does cycle until it has more freon. Then it freezes up at the expansion valve but remains cool (not remotely cold) on the drier. Pressures also tend to be high in high side relative to where it should be compared to low side
  5. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Finished installing fender badges and dash badge. Officially showing GMC rep now! Also bonus pic of engine. Still struggling with AC freon not flowing through orifice tube properly and freezing up. May just give up and take it to a shop at some point. Will be the first time this truck sees a...
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    Has anyone used an Edelbrock Rochester Quadrajet carburetor?

    I've been using an edlebrock quadrajet 1901 for nearly a decade. Runs fantastic. Like all quadrajets, you need to fine tune a little bit for your application but once you have it set up, you are golden.
  7. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    A new windshield always looks so good. Finding on marketplace is a crazy find. Congrats!
  8. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Got the grille, hood emblem, and tailgate panel on. Now on to the wheel caps and fender badges. Then interior badges
  9. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    That's cool! Whenever I swap to the 70s front end, guess this could help fund it. I'll post a pick this afternoon of it on the truck. Got it mounted yesterday but it's in the garage so I couldn't get a good picture
  10. carfanatic63

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

    Welcome!
  11. carfanatic63

    What have you done to your square lately??

    What year is it exactly? '84? I'm just curious since I've got a 76 with an 80s front clip. Figured this would hold me over until I do a front end swap in the future.
  12. carfanatic63

    1970s Rally wheel center cap insert decal

    I had no clue the 77's had brown decals. 77 parts seem to always be special. I do have a set of black oem ones I'll be selling here soon. Swapping mine to GMC as I finally got the parts to do so
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Been working on converting my GMC to actually have GMC badging. Picked up a grille and clean tailgate panel for $130 from a swap meet and restored the grille. Workong on restoring the tailgate panel right now too but no pictures of it
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    Muffler recommendations

    I've been running dual magnaflow 10416 mufflers behind my 454 for years and I'm happy with them. Small rumble at idle and cruising around town. Minimal drone, loud when you stand on it.
  15. carfanatic63

    1999 454 carb swap. best street carb, 600? 650? 750? CFM

    People might disagree but a good quadrajet is hard to beat. Flows 750-800 cfm, great street manners, plentiful, etc.. Been running one on my 454 for 10 years (intake, headers, exhaust) and it's been fantastic. Starts below freezing, hot, never bogs, great power and throttle response. It's got...
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    AC Troubleshooting 1976 GMC C15

    Thanks for your insight Hunter! Hoses are all routed correctly to the best of my knowledge. It's a brand new condenser off LMC so I believe it should be the newer style. I let it sit for a day and next day it blew COLDA for about 5 minutes then pressures got high again Correct. Compressor...
  17. carfanatic63

    AC Troubleshooting 1976 GMC C15

    Orifice tube was fine. No debris. Just oil blocking it. I had pag 46 in it. Maybe that caused it
  18. carfanatic63

    AC Troubleshooting 1976 GMC C15

    Well, I went ahead amd evacuated the system and pulled a vacuum. Going to flush the system and refill with oil again and freon at a later date. Maybe change the evap core as well even though it doesn't leak.
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    454 water pump replacement

    I live in houston and have am ac delco water pump on my 454. No issues on my end
  20. carfanatic63

    AC Troubleshooting 1976 GMC C15

    Maybe? I only put in 20oz though which is around half what the system should take and it was already at those pressures. Evaporator wasn't getting cold either other than right after the expansion valve. Rest of it and the drier were cool at best so I don't think the refridgerent is circulating...
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    AC Troubleshooting 1976 GMC C15

    I did have the large A6 on the drivers side. When I removed it, it was still perfectly functional. I replaced the low side switch as well on this change. For some reason, PAG oil seems to be blocking the orifice tube even after 3ish Oz was removed even though I didn't put more than 8 in. So...
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    AC Troubleshooting 1976 GMC C15

    So quick introduction, I'm pretty sure I've made an intro here before but if not, I have a 76 c10 SWB with a 454 and 85 exterior/interior swap. Been on the forum for years and use it regularly to see what is going on as these old trucks rock! (On my 3rd) Loop this back around to the problem I'm...
  23. carfanatic63

    Show your daily driver

    My focus st. I just need to have a stick even though I commute in Houston traffic 80 miles everyday. Fun, big enough for the kids, decent gas mileage. Has full leather recaros which makes it feel "special." Im hapoy with it. Had a Fiesta st before this which was more fun but my daughter said...
  24. carfanatic63

    Is this a good deal?

    If it rust free truly, I think that is fair if the interior is all there and nothing has been hacked up
  25. carfanatic63

    Howdy from Houston

    Hey! Another Austin in Houston with a square! Welcome! Signed - Austin from Houston with a square

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