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PO Suprizes!!! Good, bad, ugly...
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I found a nice atf/motor oil mix for the rear diff oil. that's was what prompted an entire truck inspection
Wire nuts from a house. That one always drives me nuts...
All of my trucks have had wire nuts on at least a few wires--my '82 has one BIG one twisted onto the 3 thick red wires that go from the starter and fuse links to the fuse box,hidden behind the engine--there was not enough slack to pull those wires up enough to solder them and splice them with copper tubing,so I resorted to using the largest wire nut I had instead..
There is likely a few in other places too,like under the dash..
I do not like using them though,when possible I use good old solder after twisting the wires together and heat shrink or tape them----but they do provide a quick easy way to join wires and keep them from shorting out against something..they seem more secure than some crimp solderless connectors are, and need no special pliers to install..
I pump some caulk or RTV in them so the wires wont get any water in them...I keep a few in the spare parts stash in the truck "just in case"..
There is likely a few in other places too,like under the dash..
I do not like using them though,when possible I use good old solder after twisting the wires together and heat shrink or tape them----but they do provide a quick easy way to join wires and keep them from shorting out against something..they seem more secure than some crimp solderless connectors are, and need no special pliers to install..
I pump some caulk or RTV in them so the wires wont get any water in them...I keep a few in the spare parts stash in the truck "just in case"..
Front lift springs were from a 72. Its a 73.
Best one on mine was that the stock Gov-Bomb was replaced with an Auburn at some point.
-Rob
-Rob
My '89 evidently was owned by a CB enthusiast. Had a Cobra CB in the center console not hooked up but all the mountings for it and an antenna.
I found the (still hot) direct wired 12v wire tucked under the driver's side carpet when I stripped the interior. A loose wire nut on each side...
@desertrat67 and I have been workkng on a Previous Owner seeking missile for the last decade or so. Going to be helo, vehicle, or stand alone launched and it's fire-and-forget. Homes in on their stupidity.
found a bag of what I believed to be meth in a car I traded for. The car inherited the name Tweek from that point forward. It later blew a head gasket and I found a random valve spring on one of the exhaust valves that was clearly from another car.
Don't knock it til you tried it. Mine are for a 67-72 on an 83, LOLFront lift springs were from a 72. Its a 73.
My ex brother in law had a 4cyl TJ that needed a new head and he needed my help swapping it over. In the process a head bolt snapped with little to no effort.....
apparently someone had drilled/tapped one of the intake (or maybe it was exhaust) manifold bolts fairly deep
apparently someone had drilled/tapped one of the intake (or maybe it was exhaust) manifold bolts fairly deep
My truck had a switch that I didn't know what it was for. going through all of the "figure out my new truck" checklists, my buddy flipped that switch to see if anything happened. A few hours later we tried starting it. and got nothing.
But it was just running this morning!!!! (I was screaming in my head)
Turns out that the switch was a kill switch, mounted in plain sight.
Who mounts a kill switch in plain sight?
Took me a good while of tracing electrical to figure it out.
But it was just running this morning!!!! (I was screaming in my head)
Turns out that the switch was a kill switch, mounted in plain sight.
Who mounts a kill switch in plain sight?
Took me a good while of tracing electrical to figure it out.
My ex brother in law had a 4cyl TJ that needed a new head and he needed my help swapping it over. In the process a head bolt snapped with little to no effort.....
apparently someone had drilled/tapped one of the intake (or maybe it was exhaust) manifold bolts fairly deep
Horry crap!
In one of my Honda's the AC switch was a kill switch (no AC obviously).
Front lift springs were from a 72. Its a 73.
My '77 K2500 had front springs from "some other truck" stuffed up front,I think either Ford or Dodge--they were too long,the shackle for the front spring was tilted way back,allowing the spring eyes to rub on the frame rails,and quite a bit of wear had taken place..
..they also may have been installed "upside down" too...they had severe negative arch!..I ditched those for stock 3 leaf springs before I even registered it..also took out the rear lift blocks and the 36" Dick Cepeck "Monster Mudders" that were 98% bald and thumped like they were square,and sounded like an airplane going over 30 mph..
I had one V8 that someone heli-coiled one of the starter bolts,and the heli-coil came out stuck to the bolt when I went to replace the starter one frigid day--the bolt refused to screw back in,the threads in the block got muffed up royally..
..I ended up drilling the starter nose out and tapping the block for a 7/16" bolt--then discovered none of the hardware stores in a 15 mile radius stocked that size,they all jumped from 3/8" to 1/2"..
...I finally found a bolt after pawing thru several 5 gallon pails of used bolts in my garage,I think the one I found that was the right length was a head bolt off a small block--it had a raised shoulder on the area just under the head...
I thought the block was going to crack when I put it in,it went in hard!..glad I never had to put another starter in it..if I did I think I'd have left the nose bolted to the engine and taken the thru bolts out instead..
The NP-205 in my 72 K5 had the rear yoke welded to the yoke nut,and the nut welded to the output shaft--evidently it was stripped at some point..the yoke wobbled on the splines,and would have eventually failed..when I swapped a SM465 in place of the original TH350,I got the 4 speed T-case to go with it...
Some people should be banned from owning welders..
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That is actually pretty sneaky.
This was just a regular toggle mounted close to the steering wheel, like one would use for fog lights or something
That is why he probably mounted it in plain site. It doesn't appear to do anything because it doesn't have any noticeable effect to a thief who might see it and hit it and nothing happens, they think it's for lights or just filling a hole. Like you said you would never think a kill switch would be in plain sight which is the beauty of it.
I forgot that my '77 GMC had a "custom dash cluster" made by the previous owner--kid did a pretty good job making a dash out of aluminum sheet stock,and he cut out holes for gauges and a tack in the factory locations--even installed a 60 watt equalizer/amp in the spot above the radio...
Only bummer was the wiring--the WORST hack job I'd ever seen..
He unplugged the oem printed circuit connector and shoved wires into the contacts to power the gauges and dash lighting,used carpet tacks jammed into the plastic connector to hold the wires in place--then wound half a roll of electrical tape around it..
Several other wires he found out were 2" too short,simply had 2 more inches spliced onto them--I also found a 6 prong metal trailer connector plug & socket under the dash he used to splice a bunch of wires together...
I had numerous incidents with that truck related to the wiring..
Go somewhere--now it wont crank..gawk under the dash for half an hour,find the wire that came loose--I ended up putting a push button to the starter solenoid and also had a wire in place under the hood I could jump to the battery to power the HEI,if it refused to fire up..
I think the ignition lock had been replaced and they didn't get the "rack gears" lined up quite right--I had to turn the key as far as it would go to get it to crank,and sometimes the switch just didn't get enough "throw" to make good contact..
That truck had several live wires dangling under the dash with no tape or anything to prevent them from shorting to ground too,probably left over from previous CB or stereo installs..
It was a miracle that thing didn't burn to the ground the 8 years I owned it..
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Only bummer was the wiring--the WORST hack job I'd ever seen..
He unplugged the oem printed circuit connector and shoved wires into the contacts to power the gauges and dash lighting,used carpet tacks jammed into the plastic connector to hold the wires in place--then wound half a roll of electrical tape around it..
Several other wires he found out were 2" too short,simply had 2 more inches spliced onto them--I also found a 6 prong metal trailer connector plug & socket under the dash he used to splice a bunch of wires together...
I had numerous incidents with that truck related to the wiring..
Go somewhere--now it wont crank..gawk under the dash for half an hour,find the wire that came loose--I ended up putting a push button to the starter solenoid and also had a wire in place under the hood I could jump to the battery to power the HEI,if it refused to fire up..
I think the ignition lock had been replaced and they didn't get the "rack gears" lined up quite right--I had to turn the key as far as it would go to get it to crank,and sometimes the switch just didn't get enough "throw" to make good contact..
That truck had several live wires dangling under the dash with no tape or anything to prevent them from shorting to ground too,probably left over from previous CB or stereo installs..
It was a miracle that thing didn't burn to the ground the 8 years I owned it..
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In 1979 bought a 1970 Buick Skylark GS in which I found a GM assembly line workers un-cashed pay check under the drivers seat dated for late 1969.
I'm often amazed at the atrocities people commit in attempts at "wiring", but this makes me think there's no limit.
burber1989
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Urethane foam in kicker panels and trunk body mounts of a -89 Suburban.
