New member, new truck! Have a few questions! 11/22/10 wheels added.

[eventhorizon66]

Needs round headlights...

+1

[Swims350]

+2 and x 4 on the round lights, great looking truck but not a fan of square lights period much less the 80 model ones everything else I love.

[Captkaos]

Nice truck!
The t56 is going to be expensive to match up to an early SBC.

[oldwhity]

Welcome from Maryland. Great looking truck!

[xCaliC10x]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

Yeah, I'm not sold on the square lights either guys. I like it since you never see another one, but on the otherhand, that may be for a reason. I will likely back date it to the round ones. All it takes is the 79 trim pieces, round buckets and bulbs right?

I'm still waiting to get to check out a set of 15x10 and 15x8 rallys when the guy gets back in town, have to mount the rear bumper, and replace that leaking valve for switching tanks. Take it back to get headers, make the oil pressure and temp senders work. I will pull the cluster, clean up the lens, do the LED swap, and paint the whole bezel piece since a new one is so much.

Then i got to figure out how to set mixture and timing to take advantage of my new exhaust and headers after ditching the factory exhaust and manifolds........... F*&%! I'm a fuel injection guy and do my monkeying with a lap top. No such luck here. Much respect to you guys that know how to do it. The only carbs I messed with were Solex's and Webers on old VW's...

Any of you guys wanna take a stab at what gears this thing likely has?

[eventhorizon66]

Edelbrocks are as easy as pie to monkey around with.  Grab a calibration kit (which will come with an assortment of jets, needles, springs), a few airhorn gaskets, and get cracking.

[GUITAR1989]

Yeah man thats a killer truck...More Pix!!! More Pix!!!

[xCaliC10x]

Cool I will give the carb a good tinkering, for better or worse.

Here are some more pics my buddy shot last thursday. Sorry I can't post them up his stuff is protected from being reused but you can see on the links... I HATE those wheels with a passion. Not for me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26693334@N04/4861430923/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26693334@N04/4861430917/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26693334@N04/4861430907/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26693334@N04/4861430903/in/photostream/

[eventhorizon66]

Sweet pics.  That truck is primo!  And I agree with you on the wheels, a set of Coy's C-5 would be nice.

As far as the carb goes, if you don't already have the owners manual, it's a useful tuning guide:

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/mc/carbs_acc/pdf/carb_owners_manual.pdf

[1980c10]

you'll just need new bezels and lights for a non silverado for 1980; square headlights were an option for 1980. Also I had to replace my dash lens due to "yellowing" I couldn't clean or polish it off but the new lense made a world of difference. when you have the lense off-hold a white rag behind it-you'll be able to see if its clean a lot easier. Do you have interior pics?

[xCaliC10x]

That edelbrock manual is now bookmarked! thanks that will help for sure.

As far as the lights, who makes better repop pieces,   or Classic industries?

I have no interior pics since its kinda trashed. The seat is ok and so is the carpet, but the dash is done, instrument cluster bezel and vents the "chrome" is worn away, the headliner needs to be redone and the door panels are trash. They are white. the truck was originaly black with a whiteish interior im guessing. The guy I got it from, bought it from his dads friend who was the original owner. Bottom of the dash is still black. I did replace the tiny 13" GT wheel with a 4 spoke one off a 91 suburban though.

Who makes repop door panels that I can reuse the big metal insert and trim that goes on it? I will get some pics of the inside this weekend.

[1980c10]

this site has a lot of the interior pieces you are looking for or they can point you in the right direction for all parts (link at the top of the page.) Door panels are easily painted/dyed and will look good (if not cracked or broken). mine were pretty rough but I was able to save them.  What color are you going to make the interior?

[xCaliC10x]

I want to keep the gray interior, seat was redone in gray and is good, so is the carpet, Bottom of the dash is still black. If I had the cash to redo it all, I would do a dark saddle tan, or black. I will check the site for door panels. I like the metal inserts but it seems repops do not reuse this piece and I would have to do some creative painting. My door panels are DONE. All cracked and broken. What EVER possessed GM to install white seat belts and door panels in a truck (or anything) is beyond me!

[xCaliC10x]

Well, I figured out why I have no oil pressure on the gauge..................... Everyone said it was down by the dizzy, but I couldn't see it. Found the wire and followed it, behind the brake booster.......



I'm guessing it goes here where the plug on the block is. My question, and worry is, why the heck would someone NOT install it.........



I also noticed, the primaries open 3/4 of the way, and the choke plate is missing. There is a set of throttle plates with weights on them in the secondary bore, are these supposed to attatch to something that opens them? Or does the vacuum of having the secondaries open pull them open? I have no clue. How do you adjust the throttle cable? the cable doesn't look adjustable on the carb end, unless it is supposed to be in the hole closer to the front of the motor on the linkage?



and here are some interior pics. Door panels MUST go! Steering wheel is alot better though.

[ctl_dog]

Sweet pics.  That truck is primo!  And I agree with you on the wheels, a set of Coy's C-5 would be nice.

As far as the carb goes, if you don't already have the owners manual, it's a useful tuning guide:

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/mc/carbs_acc/pdf/carb_owners_manual.pdf

thanks for the link!