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Title: Hello from Indiana
Post by: dirtysentra on August 12, 2011, 05:41:46 pm
Hey everyone...bought a truck a few weeks ago, 84 half-ton 4x4.  Needed it for the upcoming winter and as a spare set of wheels.  Not my first chevy truck, my first car back in the mid 90s was a 75 3/4 ton 4x2, and I kinda miss it so I couldnt pass up the chance to get something similar.  The truck I just bought here is solid in the cab and fenders, the quarters are pretty shot, but it runs great.  Only thing I hate is its a 3 speed and it gives you one heck of a leg workout.

I'm just fixing up a few things on it now so it will be ready to go into service this winter.  Needed a wheel cylinder replaced, have to do all the fluids, etc.  In the spring I may make a stakebed for it, or just pass it on to someone else. 

I found out real quick that working on a 30 year old truck is a pain in the neck, everything is seized up   >:(  Kind of funny, I have a pretty impressive tool collection in the garage because I work on cars all the time, I've been driving nissans for years(hence my screen name), but I had to go out and buy tools to work on this thing, everything I had was metric.

Anyhow I'm sure you guys will be answering stupid questions from me so thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: Irish_Alley on August 12, 2011, 06:23:22 pm
welcome from maryland
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: slammed79 on August 12, 2011, 07:25:25 pm
Welcome from Arizona. Look into a diaphragm type pressure plate, it'll make your left leg a little happier.
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: zieg85 on August 12, 2011, 07:48:58 pm
From one Hoosier to another, welcome from NW Indiana
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: big bear on August 13, 2011, 08:44:34 am
welcome from northeast ohio
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: paniolo on August 13, 2011, 09:02:28 am
Welcome from another newbie!  I was born and raised in the Indy area.

Even better than needing SAE, these trucks are a mix of SAE and metric.  So you get to guess and give your wrenches a chance to comingle!  :D
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: bake74 on August 13, 2011, 01:57:56 pm
     Welcome from California.
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: 69byrd on August 13, 2011, 03:02:48 pm
Welcome aboard
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: DustyRusty on August 15, 2011, 03:34:13 pm
Welcome from Alaska, land of the midnight sun.

Rusty
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: 1979C20 on August 15, 2011, 03:38:26 pm
Most main bolts on the engine are 9/16ths. There are some 7/16ths, 1/2, 5/8ths, and higher, like the body mount bolts or the lugs. So you can work on these trucks with 4 wrenches or sockets most of the time. I only have 2 metric bolts on my truck, a 8mm on the hose clamp that holds my tach to my collumn and a 14mm on my power steering bracket.
Title: Re: Hello from Indiana
Post by: 1982 Daily Driver on August 15, 2011, 06:49:53 pm
Welcome from South Carolina