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So I found all the missing parts ( shaft, pinion gear, seals and clip) and they arrived today. Will post results once I have them installed. Stock tire was about an inch taller than the 235/60/15's I'm running so I expect it will be a little off ( fast ) but close enough that I'm not going to sweat ...

Just noticed you're in Patchogue, my sister and her family lives there. I grew up on LI.

Those don't look like the correct arms. Those look straight and mine have like a dogleg shape to them, not just bent.

When I work under the dash I've found taking 15-20 minutes to remove the bench seat really helps open up space and you
make up that lost time while working under the dash.

Welcome back, look forward to seeing your project.

I don't know about your truck, but mine has two short hoses inside the heater box that almost never get replaced. Might I suggest silicone heater hose and all stainless clamps in that location? Yeah, pretty sure the hoses inside the box were original and they were hard as rocks. They actually crack...

There were leaves and trash in front of the core. Blowing it out yielded considerable dust. I'm wondering where the right place is to put a piece of 1/4" mesh stainless screen, both to preclude mice and to keep leaves from clogging drains. I'm thinking right under the grille on the cowling and behi...

When I first bought my truck it had a spring but didn't want to come up, had to put my foot under it to
pull it. I pulled the long bolt that holds the pedal in place. Cleaned all the parts up, lubed them and then
reinstalled. It now pops right back into position.

I'd suggest getting a replacement from NAPA. Sometimes, when you get the original valve freed up, that's all it takes for them to start dripping. I know that from experience. :banghead I can't recall the part number of the valve I bought from NAPA.... its been years since I've had to do anything wi...

my5thmopar wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 07, 2018 8:58 am

If NAPA doesn’t have one. Try https://www.bouchillonperformance.com/h ... ol_valves1

Craig

Thanks, If I can't get anything locally I'll give them a try.

Thank goodness for the FSM, those schematics helped me clean up a lot of questionable work. Agree, it's been invaluable in helping me track down what to clean up and get things in working order. It seems I'm always going back to cleaning up grounds and presto, things work again. I fixed my steering...

corroded inlet tube....

More pics.....

So I decided it was time to get the heater controls working. Heat is always on so why am I doing this in fall and not waiting for spring? yeah, I don't know either lol. Blower works fine so no issues there. I traced down the floor/defrost cable, simple enough, it was just disconnect and the PO had b...

stumblinhorse wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:41 pm

And your gauge is still wagging? if so, there is something wrong with the wiring to the gauge or the gauge itself.

yeah, still. it's not swinging as much as before now, more like a 3-5 difference. I'm going to clean all the contacts
from the fire wall in next.

stumblinhorse wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:37 pm

Put a multimeter on your battery and see what it does when you rev it up. I went through 3 different VRs and the 4th was a good one. Your battery shouldn’t see more than 14 or so volts.

Tried this and got the result you mention, goes between 13.5-14.3 when rev'd or held at 2500-3000 rpm.

Put a multimeter on your battery and see what it does when you rev it up. I went through 3 different VRs and the 4th was a good one. Your battery shouldn’t see more than 14 or so volts. I'll give that a try. This is the one I installed today.... Airtex 1V1067 https://www.ebay.com/p/Voltage-Regulato...

Pulsing between 15-25 while driving is not normal. I figured it wasn't normal from reading other threads about the amp gauge. I've never had a vehicle with an amp gauge before. I thought for sure it was the regulator but now that two mechanical and one electronic ( less so with the electronic but s...

Cleaned the connections at Alt and VR... no change. Battery is new and measures 12.8v on my meter. I took if for a drive and ran everything I have on, lights w/ high beams, blower on high. Meter dives to -25 at idle instead of just to the left of center. While driving about 35-40 meter goes up to ab...

Going to clean some ground connections first. In my service manual it list check/clean
all connections/grounds for both an over charging scenario and excessive ammeter fluctuation.
Retesting the alternator too while I'm at it.