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Title: New guy from KS
Post by: DozerMek on February 07, 2012, 09:49:52 am: Hi all,

Come across this forum while doing some research on my truck and thought I would join up.

I recently sold my Chevy LUV 4x4 and bought a 82 Chevy Silverado K30 with the gas sipping 454 and 4-speed a few months back for a good price and am in the process of fixing some flubs from the previous owner. I just love it when someone tries to fix the wiring with a pair of wire cutters and electrical tape >:(.

A little about myself, I retired from active duty U.S. Army back in 2007 after 24 years and now work at a local community college teaching military technologies. I was a construction machinery mechanic and worked on dozers, earth movers, and everything else that can flatten a mountain and make an airstrip out of it. The only wrench turning I do now is on my own junk.

Glad to be here and hope to learn a few things along the way.

Eric
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: winky on February 07, 2012, 10:18:23 am: welcome from alabama! and i know what you mean about the electrical tape.. even worse when they dont use tape... just twist the wires together.. ( someone did that on my truck)
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: Irish_Alley on February 07, 2012, 10:43:17 am: welcome from maryland
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: zieg85 on February 07, 2012, 04:14:12 pm: Thank you for your service, Welcome from NW Indiana
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: bake74 on February 07, 2012, 07:04:40 pm: x2 on your service, and welcome from California.
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: 1982 Daily Driver on February 07, 2012, 07:15:25 pm: Welcome from South Carolona
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: DustyRusty on February 10, 2012, 06:08:12 pm: Quote from: DozerMek on February 07, 2012, 09:49:52 am
...and bought a 82 Chevy Silverado K30 with the gas sipping 454...
LOL

Welcome from Alaska, Eric.

Rusty
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: cubicdollars on February 10, 2012, 08:14:35 pm: Welcome from Kansas !!!
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: DozerMek on February 13, 2012, 10:33:35 am: Thanks for the warm welcome.
I haven't been able to do much to the truck yet because of work and the weather so I guess I'll deal with the problems until the weather gets better. I'm doing alot of research now, so I'll be well informed when I'll be able to work on it.
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: slammed79 on February 13, 2012, 10:59:39 am: Welcome from Arizona!
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: Jason S on February 21, 2012, 07:22:16 am: Howdy from Oklahoma!

Thank you for your service.

Gas sipping 454? You obviously have the super rare 454 made of unobtanium... :P
Title: Re: New guy from KS
Post by: big bear on February 21, 2012, 04:46:10 pm: welcome aboard from northeast ohio