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    Windshield Wiper Fuse Location

    Thanks. I know where the fuse panel is, but can't find a fuse for it. And I got tired of looking at it half upside-down. I am going for low hanging fruit first fuses, then grounds, then the multimeter comes out for chatting circuits
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    Windshield Wiper Fuse Location

    I quick google search turned up a lot of info on how to change the motor but nothing about a fuse location. Truck is an '84 K10 and the wipers just stopped mid-sweep the other day. Before I toss a new wiper motor at it, I would like to check the simple things but I can't find the fuse location...
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    I thought I had this with the Pereira relief valve. Disconnected the pipe from the head to the tank and the compressor ran for about ten minutes and it sounded faster, but then it tripped the overload switch. But this time the compressor motor got hot. Not too hot too touch, but not...
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    Interior Insulation

    I use a similar Noico product over a sound deadening mat. The cab is noticably cooler from exhaust and engine heat and I think much quieter (I haven't put the carpet back yet)
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    Now my line of thinking is that the centrifugal switch is stuck on so that the primary windings (starting windings?) are overheating. Now I just have to locate that switch and figure out how to test it.
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    Ls Swap Checklist

    I'm planning on a very similar swap, except I'll have a 4l60e instead of the 4l80. What are you planning for fuel? I would like to keep my dual tank set up, so I think i need to change the switch and the fuel selector valve from an '87. My tanks are brand new so I might go with the holley...
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    Sorry I'm slow in responding, although I would like this fixed, I have other things that are more urgent. I checked both power leads and get 125 and 122 on them. That is with a multimeter connecting the leads to the ground screw. The compressor worked last year although I only used it a...
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    The tests for the switches didn't make sense to me so I replaced the pressure switch and the results were the same.
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    @Vbb199 - thanks. I go slow with electricity but I'm mostly OK with simple checks and fixes.
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    How would I do that?
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    Compressor overload keeps tripping

    I have a Kobalt 60 gallon, 240v compressor with very little use (<10 hours even though it is 3 years old). Fitted it up the other day and it built pressure slowly and stopped before max pressure. Ran maybe 20 minutes. The next day I let it run venting so no pressure built up and it ran for 20...
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    Vintage Air: Weekend Install?

    Its really not that hard, but I did the whole Front Runner system which includes the brackets. (Fabrication is really my weakness - I can bolt things on and take them off all day long :) ). I did end up buying a few tools mostly for wire stripping and crimping and the AC line crimper. The...
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    Kicking around doing an LS swap

    Carb rebuild is in the near future before I drop money on a new engine. Plugs, wires, distributor and coil(? HEI distributor) are new. I haven't been able to identify any vacuum leaks but I haven't tried too hard either - spraying carb clean or starting fluid around the carb didn't cause any...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I've been trying to determine if my TCC is locking up. One of the issues I know I have is that the vacuum line is loose, so I went to two parts stores to find appropriate vacuum hose. Apparently, Advance is phasing out one supplier and not reordering stock. Got the hose hooked up but didn't...
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    700R4 Vacuum Switch

    @PrairieDrifter : Without a tach, I don't know if I'll be able to tell the change in RPM. I'll be doing a test run soon to see what I can tell
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    700R4 Vacuum Switch

    I shifted between D and OD a couple of times on the way to work yesterday. I don't know why, but the shift from D to OD is subtle but the shift from OD to D is very noticeable. So I am getting all four gears. I noticed that the vacuum line to the vacuum switch was loose so I'm going to...
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    700R4 Vacuum Switch

    Thanks for the diagram. I definitely do not have the EGR bleed solenoid. I'm not too bad with these diagrams, but this makes it seem like the TCC solenoid will be on if either the brake is not depressed or the vacuum switch is closed (high vacuum). Working that out, if the vacuum switch is...
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    700R4 Vacuum Switch

    I've readjusted the TV cable a couple of times, will probably do it again. But it seems like such a stupid adjustment: retract the cable and floor it? Really? For something that important? [I appreciate your help - its just GM's procedure seems stupid.]
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    700R4 Vacuum Switch

    @scrap--metal comment came at about the right time. I suspect that my transmission is still not locking up. Today I check the vacuum switch and it is working (closes contact at about 10 psi, maybe a little more.) I tried to trace this down to the transmission, but just got frustrated because...
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    700R4 Vacuum Switch

    I think that I have it hooked up right, but I am still getting pretty bad mileage - 8 - 9, still haven't broken 10 mpg yet. I don't feel the truck shifting into 4th or the lock up kicking in, but I don't have a tach to properly check, just seat of the pants.
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    Kicking around doing an LS swap

    I'm slightly confused - you have a Dakota Digital speedo - don't they take an electronic signal off the transfer case to keep the MPH correct? Or was that switch specifically to tell the computer you were in low gear?
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    Kicking around doing an LS swap

    My last tank got me 9.5 mpg. And I've been driving like a grandpa (sorry to all the grandpa's out there). I'm not looking to win any contests, but I'm hoping for 12 - 14 mpg. I knew mileage was going to be an issue when I bought the truck, but at one point it was down to under 6. I want...
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    Kicking around doing an LS swap

    Target engine is a 5.3, but when the time comes to pull the trigger, it will really depend on what I can source easily. I might even go for the 4.8l LR4, but the 5.3/4l60e combo seems so plentiful that I shouldn't have trouble getting one. The VSS issue is new to me, so I have to do some...
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    Kicking around doing an LS swap

    I'm still in the early planning stages for this, but I think the plan is to source a pull-out engine and trans from a 2004 or so truck/suv. This should give me an LQ4 or LQ9 with a 4l60e transmission which should connect relatively easily to my NP208 transfer case (confirmed 208 and not a 205)...
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    Kicking around doing an LS swap

    Just did a visual confirmation. That's correct and makes sense.

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