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Offline adam.stojentin

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New in Illinois
« on: March 15, 2014, 04:00:13 am »
Hello there. I'm Adam in Bloomington Il. I don't have a 73-87 pick up but what I do have is a 1977 GMC P-10 step van. It's a 1/2 ton truck with regular upper and lower control arms and springs and shocks, not a solid front axle like the bigger step vans.

My van, being from the midwest has a lot of rust on all the front suspension components. I have all new upper and lower control arms as well as new shocks and tie rod ends to replace the flaking away parts that are on there.

Here's where I'm stumped. I need to replace the engine cross member and I've had absolutely no luck finding anyone anywhere that knows a thing about my truck. The part numbers for the control arms I have (that are specified for my van) are the same as the part numbers for 73-87 1/2 ton pick ups.

I've measured the one in my van and one on a '76 1/2 ton rwd and the dimensions were the same.

Does anyone here have any insight to this?

Here's the van in question.
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Offline adam.stojentin

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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2014, 04:01:43 am »
Oh, and thanks in advance.  ;)

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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2014, 05:54:02 am »
cant help you with the van but welcome from maryland
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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2014, 08:16:18 am »
Welcome from NW Indiana.  There is a huge yard in E. Moline that has vans like your in it.  It is not to far off I-80 on IL-5
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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2014, 08:49:10 am »
     Welcome from California.  The actual service manuals in the tech section here list the P models also.  Have you tried any online van specific sites or suppliers ?
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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2014, 08:49:24 am »
Take a picture of the current crossmember...

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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2014, 10:52:55 pm »
welcome from the PNW.

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Re: New in Illinois
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2014, 07:58:03 pm »
Hey - we are practically neighbors - I'm in Peoria

Interesting - I did not know they made the P models in a half-ton.

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