Recent content by Zinlu

19 with 20 years experience. 21 years experience in a couple months (40).

It's a wet bearing setup. No need to pack with grease. (Page 2-24 in the -20 TM) I dipped mine in gear oil when I reassembled after doing the brakes and changing the rearend fluid a couple weeks ago. Keep a sharp eye on the fluid level in the rear end. I checked/added fluid to mine every...

My truck is at my shop up the road. I'll check tomorrow and post back.

Have any plans for the lights themselves? If not I'd like to get them from you.

I did my 12v conversion according to the tech article here on the site. Have had no problems whatsoever, and when I eliminate the starter relay from under the dash, I'll be installing an anti-theft switch and going to fix up a remote starter switch that I can plug in. The starter relay (under...

Mine had the wiring and a socket tucked under the floormat. Put a bulb in it and it worked.

Nice trucks! I like the chevelle too

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Hopefully this diagram will help. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showpost.php?p=233428&postcount=15

I don't think they came equipped with one, yours may have been added by someone. I was never able to find a harness for one on my truck, although I did find some light sockets that just didn't have bulbs in them and were tucked away/hidden/taped up. Are there no wires at all to yours to trace...

I'm my own mechanic so take what I say with a grain of salt. Mine still shakes from time to time but nothing like it did when I got it. I'd give the front suspension a thorough going over. Leaf springs will sag over time, and the bushings at the ends can go south, but before I replaced them...

When it shifts is it a real hard, high-rpm shift? If so there may be more vacuum leaks, the vacuum pump is on the back of the 6.2, under the resistor block and behind the air cleaner housing where the distributor would be on a Chevy small-block engine. Lines run from it to the IP to your split...

Mine is usually in 3rd by 20-25 miles an hour, soft, but definite shifts. If that's what you're gettin I would assume it's good. Mine's been shifting like that for 2 1/2 years now. I had the high rpm hard shifting when I got it, same thing, rubber hoses missing/cracked. Was kinda cool...

I just pulled the one of my truck. It's simply a connector. The two ports do not interconnect, and they both go straight through. You could ostensibly eliminate it and plug the hoses directly into the regulator the rubber piece is plugged into, if they are long enough, and the port sizes match.

I'll get used to it, I like the new colors! Thanks for all your work, Mike.