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  1. Hunter79764

    Daughters ‘87 needs to ride smooth.

    A good resource for tire inflation is here. Good general info, possible you might find the chart specific for your tires but the general is close enough. Advice on control arm bushings is good too, and I'll add that some soft rear springs with some helper airbags might be a good combo. If...
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    PVC and PEX for Compressed Air

    Is it RapidAir stuff? I've looked into it before, and we used it for a small area of our plant construction a few years back. Material cost is higher, but I think I've seen where overall install costs (when done 3rd party by professional pipefitters) end up being similar since the labor is so...
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    PVC and PEX for Compressed Air

    Just a note that might be helpful info for folks wanting to run compressed air as cost-effective as they can... I've heard good advice about PVC pipe not for use in compressed air systems, being that if/when it fails, PVC shards can be sent at high velocity through the neck of whoever happens to...
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    Help finding a short, Who's good at ELECTRICAL???

    My thoughts went to the alternator as well, try disconnecting it and see if you have an issue that night. I also wonder if your multimeter fuse could be blown? With it connected on the 10A scale and connected the way you showed, open a door and see what you read. It should give a noticeable...
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    Scores from DIY Parts Yards, Pull A Part, U Pull It etc

    Couldn't find my old fan, but RockAuto to the rescue for info if anyone is interested. '93 Buick Park Avenue fan drawing here, I know it was on a lot of similar era stuff too. There was a secondary smaller fan on a spider style mount, usually installed with it that was a little harder to...
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    Scores from DIY Parts Yards, Pull A Part, U Pull It etc

    I want to get into the PWM stuff too, but so far I'm still using the older tech... Late 90's FWD Buicks and Caddy's had a fairly simple tall/skinny/large diameter fan that was set up as a 2 speed with a resistor to basically drop the voltage to the fan at low speed that might work with your '54...
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    700r4/NP208 wont shift into 4lo or out of neutral

    When you do it engine off, trans in neutral, I know mine will grind if I have trans in neutral, t case in neutral for a while, then try to shift to 4 lo. If I'm quick, there's no real movement, but if it idles a bit, some of the drag gets the trans output spinning, it seems like. I have a TH400...
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    Best way to run power from truck battery to trailer winch. Quick disconnect ends.

    https://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-solar-battery-maintainer-64251.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18341479574&campaignid=18341479574&utm_content=162040927123&adsetid=162040927123&product=64251&store=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxsm3BhDrARIsAMtVz6MeYidHwamCxZ7uviyG2xQ3JKHxUx_n...
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    Best way to transport 19 55 gallon barrels?

    I'd guess that the car trailer with them all standing up, staggered to nest if possible. Wrap a rope with a ratchet strap as a "belt" around them all (duplicate if you feel the need), then a couple tie downs across from side to side to keep the pack from taking flight should work, if your...
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    Vintage Air Gen V (5) or replace existing compressor, etc., for 1987 R20 Suburban?

    There's enough gunk, I'd probably recommend swapping the Condenser if you aren't in a particular financial bind. If you open the system up again and want to play with orifice tubes, I don't have any experience with the variable orifice, you can also go with a blue or red orifice to get the...
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    Vintage Air Gen V (5) or replace existing compressor, etc., for 1987 R20 Suburban?

    Another vote for stock. It looks like you already have some replaced components (i.e. hoses look newer, as does the filter/drier canister). Obviously you have found issues on the compressor, I'd check the lines going to the rear unit as well, and just generally do an assessment on what you have...
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    1992 RS Camaro. First car for Der Burger.

    Just read through this one, man, looks like a ton of fun with the kids getting it built up! We had a few F body's in the family for my sisters. My favorite was an 88 Formula 350 Firebird, with the 5.7 TBI. It was a great highway machine, could barely spin the tires but would absolutely rocket...
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    Aftermarket EFI and dual internal pump tanks

    Stole this from another post, but according to this, the 87+ selector controls the TBI in tank pumps, you could easily have it trigger a couple of relays to keep the current out of the factory selector but still maintain just the factory switch. 920 - Tan would give a 12v signal to your supplied...
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    Aftermarket EFI and dual internal pump tanks

    I'd think you would be in good shape using the factory switch to trigger a 30A relay for the pump, so that the switch is only handling the relay trigger current, which is what SquareRoot was showing on his diagram if I'm not mistaken.
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    Running Hot at Highway Speeds with A/C On

    I'm mostly on track with this, but I'll add that with AC on, it's more than just the HP load, as the heat from the system is all rejected in front of the radiator. Basically it's like driving on a 5° warmer day. That said, if the system is that borderline, something is wrong and the clutch is...
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    Aftermarket EFI and dual internal pump tanks

    I've got no input on the tank selector valve, but x2 on the info about regulators controlling the system pressure, not just what comes after, as long as we are talking about bypass regulators with a return line (which is about all you will find for this application). Technically speaking, the...
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    Fluid Changes

    Makes sense, come to think of it, we were challenged/instructed to switch to an oil that was less flammable after that incident. Pretty sure we switched everything over, and as soon as any machine needed service, they probably just went back to regular straight hydraulic fluid... But we weren't...
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    Fluid Changes

    If you get it hot enough, it will burn... We had a pretty big fire at one of our locations, a hydraulic press that was for hot forming steel burst a hose and caught fire when it hit the red hot steel. Brand new machine, I think it was a 2000 ton press? Some quick thinking shut it down, and the...
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    Ferd for my Granddaughter

    I saw a meme once, it said "My biggest fear is that when I die my wife will sell all my gun/car parts for what I TOLD her I paid for them". Right about the same time, I was helping a widow clear out her hoarder husband's tool collection. It made me think a bit, I talked to a gun buddy and told...
  20. Hunter79764

    Hello from SE Texas

    Welcome from DFW! If you make it up this way very often, I've seen a suburban parts truck recently on FB Marketplace with damaged barn doors for something cheap, $25 maybe. That should have all of your hardware needed?
  21. Hunter79764

    Hi, from west Texas.

    I can see you haven't met enough Texans. We're NEVER anonymous... Welcome from DFW, but originally from Odessa!
  22. Hunter79764

    86 Suburban 2nd row shouldber belts

    My 87 did not have shoulder belts on 2nd or 3rd rows either. It was a very base model setup, so I'm guessing it remained an option at least through 87. I got a set of belts from the wrecking yard but have not installed yet, too many other items on the list higher than that for now.
  23. Hunter79764

    question about gmc vs chevy

    Who wears a bowtie to do truck work??
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    question about gmc vs chevy

    Might be from too many "custom orders" of tequila the night before? I like GMC more most of the time, but some years, yeah, I think the Chevy grill looks better. I'd recommend not scrapping the old emblems, but I doubt anyone is going to bust you up too much for making it look better in your...
  25. Hunter79764

    Tires Plus says my Dually tires are too heavy to balance.

    There are some limitations for different equipment etc, but I'd probably go beads anyway.

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