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If I found that at a yard I'd snap those seats and console up and stash them in the attic for a future project.

Salt water dosn't just cause rust it also is conductive. I doubt thats all of your problem but could contrubute to it. I've worked on similier problems and most time found the offending wire in the back where someone else hooked up a trailer plug or probed the wire and broke the insulation.

Around here if you keep an eye out you buy a Western cable type for $500 or less, everybody wants a quick mount. The last truck I sold went with an 8.5' Western with extra pump, cylinders and some odd ball stuff and it had some rust but not bad. That would've been worth about $500 off the truck...

A used plow from Craigslist should be pretty cheap even this time of year, between my son and I we have atleast 4 good serviceable plows for Chevy square bodies. Now a days nobody wants them and their not worth much more than scrap price.

"I also wanted to do some design of a striker for the tailgate torsion rods to rest on. I came up with a grade 5 1/2" bolt a steel sleeve and a shock bushing". What an exelent idea! I hope you don't mind if I 'borrow' it.

Sure the 6.2 will drop right in and bolt right up useing stock mounts and no need to drill holes or fab mounts, cooling and exhaust would be problem as the CUCV rad probaly won't fit. Exhaust you may be able to use a modified small block Y pipe. Make sure you use a diesel tourqe converter and a...

A company called AUVECO has been around forever selling automotive hardware to body shops and auto parts suppliers, If you check around with your local automotive paint suppliers they may have a catalog. They sell weatherstriping by the roll in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and mountings. If you...

I've found air leaks by pressurizeing the fuel system. You will need a couple of shop rags, some clean card board, and an air compressor, regulator and hose and blow gun. Place the cardboard under the truck all the from fuel filler to core support, then set the air pressure regulator to about...

If none of the lights are working and you do have power at the bulbs then it has to be a bad ground, should be a black wire going to the core support with a star type washer on each side.

Studs do and will break, PIA but you do what you have to. I've used 3M spray galvanize made as a weld-thru primer, it's not cheap and has a LOT of zinc that means you have to shake and then shake it some more. I believe it helps it last but my exhaust seems to rust from the inside.

"orried that feeding 24V to a 12V solenoid might let the magic smoke out." that's for sure! 12v to a 24 starter will activate the solenoid but will not turn it over and will cause the starter to stick and 'lock up' the engine. I know this from a guy that gave me a "blown up 6.2 and it runs like...

I saw one kinda like that but the owner filled the holes and indents sanded it then sprayed some kind of texture coating on it, looked kind of like a pebble grain . Looked pretty good.

I had a similier thing happen and somehow lost the spring and considering the bulb was bad already I just replaced the whole thing with a side marker socket like on the front fender. Just used the bench grinder and carefully ground the plastic socket down to where it fit into the hole and used a...

Just an FYI, door bottom patch panals are made to fit OVER the existing door skin. I always cut the rust out when useing them but only used door bottoms as a last resort like on a 56 Buick. By the time you buy the panels and cut weld and do all the bondo work even to a semi exeptable state for...

The outside is an easy repair but the inside.. well, not so easy. To do it correctly you might have to get into the A pillers and that's where the real liability problems come in not to mention the "how the **** do I do this" ! Depending on how far left and right the rust is (hopefully it's...

Are the posts rotted? If its just the skin its a fairly easy repair, but if the posts need to be replaced then I think you'll find it hard to find a shop willing to do it and accept liability in case of a roll over.

I've always set the idle speed while the engines running, I guess you could turn the screw in and then start it but chances are your still not perfect. Any time your messing around the IP and then it won't start always ALWAYS check the electrical connection on the top of the pump! These trucks...

OH boy this brings back some memories! Do you have the front sheet metal on yet? I seem to remember that the core support mounts are at a different height. It's been so long I'm not sure I think we used to have to put a Ford Crown Vic or a hockey puck on top of the stock rubber bushing. The...

All Chevy trucks with 8' bed that I know of between 73-87 had 8 bed mounting bolts, I think the holes are there just hiding. Stupid question, are you sure you don't have a Blazer frame? If so not all is lost but your in for a lot of body work shortening the bed.

Just like an old fashioned carb!