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    Tutorial on door disassembly?

    All: While I waiting on getting a big dent in my roof pulled out, I'm getting started on the doors in my 89 crew cab. It's got power windows. I've been looking around for some info on disassembling these doors, but all I can find is stuff with crank handle windows. I've got to paint all 4...
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    How To Build Custom Door Panels

    Where do you guys get your fiberglass resin, and can you help me out on how much? I'm going to take a shot at the 4 doors on my 89 crew cab. Never done this before, don't have a good sense of whether the resin I've been looking at is the right stuff, or how much I should have on hand. Aaron
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    replace heater core or flush?

    Not sure on the coolant, as I wasn't the one who pulled the engine, but it did heat the cab ok, before. Hard to tell on the bolts. Right now, I can't even get the darn thing apart. I figured I'd at least pull it apart and check on the condition of the gasket inside that separates the heat from...
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    cheap paint job options

    On a different note: I'm in the middle of painting my truck with Van Sickle Tractor and Auto paint. It wasn't prohibitively expensive. I can't say as of yet, how well it's going tio come out--and obviously operator error may be a factor, but it was under 200 bucks a gallon. They sell some...
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    replace heater core or flush?

    All: I've got my 89 3500 crew cab completely apart, and am about ready to start putting the whole thing back together. I was thinking that I'd go ahead and replace the heater core, as long as I had it apart. The heater worked ok before, but I have no idea how old the core is. (And if it matters...
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    Anyone bought this floor mat?

    Eric: How thick was the dynamat you put down, underneath the floormat and included insulation? I'm starting to maint the interior of my cab, and am about to start ordering this stuff. didn't want to go too think, and not have the trim on top of the rockers fit. Aaron
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    How to remove bulkhead wires

    That was it. Everything was so crudded up, I couldn't see immediately see that there was a bolt in there, and I got sidetracked by all the little clips that hold the various wires onto the main housing. I knew it was going to be something really obvious, so feel free to rub it in. :-) Aaron
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    How to remove bulkhead wires

    Will check this out, and get a picture or two posted, when I get home from work today. Aaron
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    How to remove bulkhead wires

    Hi all: I'm trying to get the bulkhead (if I've got the right word) in my engine compartment cleaned up, so I can prime and paint it. It's an 89 crew cab. I can't figure out how to remove the main bunch of wires, that go to the headlights and so on, which are in my way. It looks like I should...
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    Help me out on TBI to EFI

    I'm pretty sure the computer is shot in my old TBI system. My thought was, if I'm going to keep an electronic fuel system, then maybe I should upgrade, and if not, then maybe I should just get the benefit of going completely computer free. I guess while I'm at it, here was one of the fuel...
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    Help me out on TBI to EFI

    Hi all: So I've got an 89 454 crew cab, TBI. I'm doing the body work, and a machinist I know, has the engine. We've been discussing either going back to a quadrajet, or going to an EFI system. As I see it, the advantages of the 4 bbl carb are that the truck won't have any computer in it at all...
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    Anyone bought this floor mat?

    Thanks, Eric. So when you put in the trim down by the door sills, does that trim suck down into the mat ok, like it would into the carpet? I think I'll go this route. Probably be mid June before I get that far, but this looks like a nice compromise between rhino liner and carpet. Aaron
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    Anyone bought this floor mat?

    https://www.lmctruck.com/1973-87-chevy-gmc/floor-mats/cc-1973-87-mip-floor-mats I was going to rhino line my truck floor, but got to looking at these, which would allow me to insulate underneath, and still avoid carpet. The mud where I live, is pretty bad... If nobody has any experience with...
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    Educate me on sanders

    All: Thanks very much for the replies and various suggestions. As you can see, I'm a total newbie at this. Overall, the project is a little less huge, since I'm installing a flatbed, and just have the cab. I've got compressor issues with regard to sanding, but actually, I'm in pretty good shape...
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    Educate me on sanders

    My orbital sander has a hook and loop pad on it, I guessI'll have to see if you can get 400 wet dry paper for it. Aaron
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    Educate me on sanders

    All: I'm currently sanding the cab on my 89 crew cab. Been getting by so far with attachments for my angle grinder: standard sandpaper on a backer pad, wire wheel run at the...ahem...usual several thousand rpm over the stated maximum (which mystifies me, like why they sell hot dogs and buns in...
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    Has anybody removed ethanol from their gas ?

    I'm running nothing but no-ethanol premium, is running 5 bucks a gallon here in Montana right now. I don't know anything about the technicalities covered in this thread (or at least I didn't until I read it), but what I do know is that my 95 Suburban 454 went from 12 mpg to -7-8 mpg, when I...
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    Compressor Upgrade Thoughts

    Hmm, I suppose that patience is the cheapest option. I figure I was running my cutoff tool for maybe 30-45 seconds, before my compressor kicks on, which got annoying when I was cutting our my rocker panels. But maybe I should just work on being less easily annoyed. Reading I've done on...
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    Compressor Upgrade Thoughts

    Yeah, I could certainly come up with a cheaper solution, though renting one around here might be a challenge. I'm more just wondering in general, if now is a good time to upgrade, and if my idea is a good one in general. Aaron
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    Compressor Upgrade Thoughts

    All: Have my 3500 down to the frame, and have been thinking about sandblasting. I just kinda assumed (which was dumb) that a 60 gallon compressor would be sufficient, but have discovered just from running an air cutoff tool that the 50/50 duty cycle just isn't gonna cut it. As I've been...
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    How much paint do I need, and other questions

    Gary: Thanks for the link to the autobody forum--that's going to be really helpful. Aaron
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    How much paint do I need, and other questions

    Thanks for the replies, everyone. Just getting started on this, so any and all comments are helpful. I live at least two hours from the nearest actual paint store, but I'll probably be up that way in the next month or so. Aaron
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    How much paint do I need, and other questions

    All: I've working on my 89 crew cab, and am researching paint colors. How much paint should I get, for a repaint? I've never done this before, so I haven't got any real sense of wat I'm going to need. I'll be doing the whole outside of the cab and the front end, but not the bed, since I'm...
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    What is this?

    Well, I think i've at least ruled out that burnt wire as a cause of blowing my ecm fuse. I just went to switch fuel tanks yesterday, and blew that fuse. Ahh, problems... Aaron
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    What is this?

    Thanks everyone, I'll check into these suggestions. Apologies for not replying sooner. I told the site to notify me of replies to this thread, but that didn't happpen, wasn't trying to be rude. @ Raider: I can't tell what the heck that hose is supposed to be for. I sure can't see any use for...

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