What have you done to your square lately??

[Ricko1966]

Well I haven't driven any of my trucks in quite a while I keep trucks around for when I need a truck,different trucks for different jobs. Anyway yesterday loaded up the 85 c to take a couple of loads to the dump.It ran horrible,but if a kept my foot in it I could keep it running and driving,figured the choke was staying closed I'd fix it when I got home. Oh no,the float was stuck had fuel pouring out everywhere,amazed I didnt burn it down. Anyway freed up my float,and today fabbed a steel fuel line to replace the tempt.in rubber hose I had on it. Runs like champ again. Yesterday or so we were talking about Parts guys just being warm bodies.I went to Napa said I need a steel line to fit this,as close to 30 inches as you have, and handed him a fuel pump. He said I don't think we have anything,he jacked around about 10 minutes,I almost walked out,then he says what car. 1985 C10 Chevrolet 305 4 bbl. A minute of playing in the computer,he says a 350? No,yes,305 it doesn't matter,I'm just looking for a plain old steel line to bend up a fuel line. We don't have anything.,That's when I noticed. They are right there,and pointed where the were behind the counter. He says those are brake lines they won't fit I walked back grabbed the one I could see screwed it into the pump,showed him. Do you have one close to 30 inches? Nope the shorter ones are smaller. I looked at a box with some lines in it pulled one out of the box,it was 30 inches. Funniest part is when I was waiting my turn the guy ahead of me on his way out said there's nothing wrong with that Chevy fuel pump.I hadn't said 1 word yet. The customer recognized a Chevy fuel pump in my hand,the parts guy couldn't find a steel line 6ft behind him.

 

[ChuckN]

Guess these pointers on the gear selectors break off easy . Used a pen top to replace an otherwise working part .

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I bought a NOS off EBay and upon taking it out of the package, the needle snapped off. Thankfully I didn’t spend much- but I was able to cobble one good one together with both parts. Man, they are delicate!

 

[Mr Clean]

Got the steering all back together. Power coated all the small parts for the steering stabilizers.

 

[OldBlueDually]

Got my new tires mounted to rims, with my NOS caps. Nicest looking damned items on the truck!

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Not a lot of room in the rear, my finger touches the tire and fender, somebody lowered it too far Looks cool though, I like the filled in look.

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[OldBlueDually]

Prior to above....these are the dually kit spacers.

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[OldBlueDually]

I coulda turned her back into a single rear and had some serious bad@$S spikes for my lugs!!! (These are the hexes the spacers go over in the kit)....if I just had me some bullet shaped ends to put on them

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[82sbshortbed]

Could've been like Spy Hunter. Loved that old game. Lol

 

[AyWoSch Motors]

I coulda turned her back into a single rear and had some serious bad@$S spikes for my lugs!!! (These are the hexes the spacers go over in the kit)....if I just had me some bullet shaped ends to put on them

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So thats how you rim dual standard rims if you don't have a dually axle, interesting. Never seen that before, was wondering how you had that style wheel on a dually. Cool.

Whats the load capacity with those? Increased or reduced?

 

[Camar068]

Guess these pointers on the gear selectors break off easy . Used a pen top to replace an otherwise working part .

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question is.....did you sniff it before you fixed it? lol

 

[OldBlueDually]

So thats how you rim dual standard rims if you don't have a dually axle, interesting. Never seen that before, was wondering how you had that style wheel on a dually. Cool.

Whats the load capacity with those? Increased or reduced?

To be honest I'm not sure if it increases the load capacity or not....in my humble opinion I don't think it would increase that, but could "maybe" help stability a little bit. I think it's more of a cool factor than an actual useful thing to have.

The guy built it back in '83 or '84 and this was a JC Whitney dually kit.

I would've never taken this on...he got it like this back then.

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He turned it into this, super nice job too! He said he couldn't find the correct grill (76 GMC) so he used a Chevy grill instead.

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[AyWoSch Motors]

To be honest I'm not sure if it increases the load capacity or not....in my humble opinion I don't think it would increase that, but could "maybe" help stability a little bit. I think it's more of a cool factor than an actual useful thing to have.

The guy built it back in '83 or '84 and this was a JC Whitney dually kit.

I would've never taken this on...he got it like this back then.

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He turned it into this, super nice job too! He said he couldn't find the correct grill (76 GMC) so he used a Chevy grill instead.

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Thats cool. Very unique

 

[BRetty]

sanded large areas on the door with DA and primed. Also created some wall art. I used magnets to hold it to the corner....and I though the can was aluminum lol. Also received shift indicator today from ebay.

When you install your shift indicator, please post some pictures and tips. I've tried twice, maybe I am missing some pin/bearing in my dash gauge plastic bezel, anyway #3 is in a little box under my bench seat, waiting to be a-born.

BR

 

[Shorty81]

New wires.

 

[78C10BigTen]

You don't cut the side connections off look close at pic

Thats how my 78 and my s10 are both setup.

 

[ChuckN]

When you install your shift indicator, please post some pictures and tips. I've tried twice, maybe I am missing some pin/bearing in my dash gauge plastic bezel, anyway #3 is in a little box under my bench seat, waiting to be a-born.

BR

This should point you in the right direction. You can see the cable with the mounting bracket/bolt hole that bolts to the steering column part that turns when you pull the shift handle, right? Ok, underneath the tachometer, you’ll see a piece moulded into the blue/green plastic. That is the part that the cable slides through and acts as a pulley/guide. Then there should be a fairly obvious place on the steering column where the clip bolts to, and at least on mine, I was able to adjust it back or forth to line up the shift indicator needle for where it needed to be relative to the gear it was in.

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