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    GMT400 no defrost on drivers side

    The doors and motors for them are prone to wearing out. Also the gaskets/seals shrink and then you get air coming out different places than it's supposed to. Blower motor also could be weak; I replaced the one on my crew cab a couple years ago and it really made me realize how worn out the...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I've heard from many sources that Pennsylvania vehicle inspections are notoriously picky. Especially about frame and body rust.....
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    Yup, all a vehicle 25 years old or older needed to be inspected for, was the safety inspection. Emissions inspections are for 24 years old and newer vehicles, in certain counties. The urban and suburban counties, and Bexar County falls into that group in '26. And yup, I see hoopties every day...
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    Let’s see your memorabilia?!

    I had a few of those figurines, back in the day....they may still be in a box in the shop or in storage. We've moved so many times.....
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    Entering a show on Saturday.

    Maybe the judges have a Jones for AMC's..... Your truck is really nice, BTW!
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    Entering a show on Saturday.

    That T Bird is a '64 with the pretty rare Sports Roadster tonneau cover and wire wheels. That was a trim level on the '62 and '63, and the parts were available for the '64 but I don't think any were ever actually built that way. Even the '62-'63 are not that common anymore.... These are some of...
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    That is something I need to do in my shop building -- organize, clean up and get rid of stuff I don't need. I'm doing a little bit of the last one at every swap meet, and selling things on here and the OBS/400 forum. In my case, I have some of the homemade shelving (2x4s and plywood) from our...
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    Flat 10 hole wheel covers, 15" and 16"?

    Don't have these any more, they're in Illinois on a guy's truck. He bought them on the OBS/400 forum; these trucks also used these as a full wheel cover. 15" for 2wd half tons, 16" for 4x4 and 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. Technically the 4x4 ones for the squares have a hole in the front pair for the...
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    Dino's GM truck show Nov. 15 - 16

    I know some guys on the OBS/400 forum in Arizona and out that way, that always go. It's a great show I'm sure, but a bit of a hike for me.~ 1200 miles one way, to Phoenix from Houston, and half of that is between Austin and El Paso....
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    Several other retailers have that same style of bin in several sizes. Walmart has Hart brand with blue lids and another brand with red lids. Used to have one in the bed of the Crew Cab to store fluids and bottles. It was too big, but I got the smallest one I could stand a gallon of antifreeze up...
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    Icing on the cake !!!

    What I did, when I was changing the water pump and bypass hoses on my '99 OBS Burb with the 5.7,(350 Vortec) was go to the local parts store. There are two bypass hoses on the Vortecs and I got one correct the first time, but the other one was incorrect. I took the old one to the store and I had...
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    Bare Hands

    Probably depends on what you're doing. We used to have disposable gloves at work, that fit me well, and I had kept some back to use when doing messy jobs. Then the supply company changed vendors and we don't have that brand available anymore. And I had used my stash while awaiting the new...
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    Hej From a newbie :)

    Welcome, from Houston, Texas! My family's had 5 square body Burbs, the '79, '84 and '90 were the ones we used the most. All 3 had buckets, the '84 didn't come with em but we added them after we got it. Used to do a LOT of road trips to swap meets, in DFW area and other places in north and...
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    Color Search

    The darker brown looks like Mahogany Brown Metallic, not sure what the lighter color name is. Text under that one is harder to read.
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    Color Search

    Our '81 GMC Sierra shop truck was a dark brown metallic. Don't remember the color name, and that truck has been gone for many years. We bought it in the spring or early summer of ' 81, and it had a nasty scratch on the left rear fender that supposedly was from unloading it from the car carrier...
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    OBS Throttle Position Sensor

    I used Standard on my two Vortecs, and they were made properly and work fine. Delco has really changed and not for the better it sounds like.... Back in the day, AC Delco was what Dad used on all our GM vehicles, and what we sold and recommended at the parts store.
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    What year tailgate is this??

    My great grandmother had an '88 celebrity for her last new car. She got run into, in it, at least twice, and my grandmother (her daughter, they hated each other but lived together) wrecked it at least once. And one time she drove it off in the ditch in front of our house and shop building...
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    Picked these up at O'Reilly's this Saturday, needed to do some brake work on the DD. They're only $8 for a pair and work lots better than baling wire.
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    What year tailgate is this??

    It's not just the squares, I have friends with OBS trucks that are made up of parts of many different trucks. Even my stock Crew Cab has parts off like 5 different trucks from the wrecking yards. Be 6 or 7 after my next trip, I need a hood and a few other bits.
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    Engine oil capacity

    I think I read on here recently that there are 4 quart and 5 quart oil pans for small blocks in trucks? Every 350 I've ever changed the oil in, held 5 quarts. Sometimes when I put 5 in though, I've gotten the results you got(even on two trucks I know have factory oil coolers because they have...
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    What year tailgate is this??

    After 8 square body pickups and Burbs (5 Burbs, 3 pickup) and Dad and I having to go through each one, bumper to bumper, multiple times...some of those things are pretty stuck in my memories. More than once, we were under a truck late Sunday night because it had to be taking someone to work the...
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    Show your daily driver

    Same big a$$ truck, now with current and better plates.....
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    What year tailgate is this??

    The '79 and '84 were Silverado's, and the '90 was a GMC SLE . So, nicely equipped.... though the '79 had crank windows. Dad made a stick to get the lock buttons up or down, with a beveled slot cut in one end. It had power tailgate window though. We got doors to do power locks and windows but...
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    What year tailgate is this??

    Yup I remember that inside hood release, when that was a new thing. Got retro fitted to the '78, and I think the Burbs had them stock. The ones we used most were the '79, '84 and the '90.
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    Waffling

    See attached. Also available in a 5 lug version, our '78 GMC Sierra shop truck had a set on it. Dad had them painted colonial yellow to match the rest of the truck. These wheels are a little different than the aftermarket versions which were quite popular "back in the day". The triangular holes...

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