Author Topic: 1979 K10 starting issue  (Read 2593 times)

Offline k10Ryan79

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1979 K10 starting issue
« on: February 01, 2017, 11:00:08 pm »
To start off with I have a 1979 Chevy K10 Custom Deluxe with a 350 and manual trans.. Today I started up the truck and moved it into the garage to I could replace the speedo cable. Now that I'm all done I go to start the truck and nothing will happen... I'm getting power to the gauges and all the lights work... Could it have something to do with the clutch?? Kinda at a loss right now... I did see on the driver side on the trans a green and blue wire connector that looked unplugged so I made sure that was good but still nothing.. Please help!! >:( ???
« Last Edit: February 01, 2017, 11:04:48 pm by k10Ryan79 »

Offline 1967KaiserM715

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Re: 1979 K10 starting issue
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2017, 10:54:23 am »
The green and blue wire to the transmission is for the reverse light switch.

You can remove the connector on the clutch switch and jump it with a short piece of wire(the connector, not the switch itself) and see if you can start it.


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Offline k10Ryan79

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Re: 1979 K10 starting issue
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2017, 10:56:47 am »
Thanks! I'll try that today.