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Old 08-06-2012, 10:33 PM   #1
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Papa Smurf

So after a while of creepin on here I bought myself a new toy a few weeks ago.... an 84 k10 with 70000 on the dash( okay okay 170000) 350 with a quadrajet a 4 speed gonna start tinkering with it more and more starting with a wiring harness from painless cause after 2 weeks and hids this one is toast and i look under the dash to see the worst wiring job ever.

Oh and i was pulling a trailer and the stupid f*** before me didnt put plates to sandwich the frame and the bolts ripped through the frame gotta love stupid people...

Now to see if i can figure out pictures
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Old 08-06-2012, 10:57 PM   #2
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Before i got it



Got a kobalt toolbox for it from lowes and got my new pup sittin on his throne
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Old 08-06-2012, 11:08 PM   #3
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Tonight i pulled up the carpet to find none other than my best friend and the nasty 84 original insulation stuck to everything so im spending quality time with my wire wheel and drill



Little more time



And the culprit



My harness should be here tomorrow and ill get yall some day time pics but now i gotta clean up my mess
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Old 08-06-2012, 11:44 PM   #4
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Any ideas on what to paint with to protect my floorboards from rust?
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Old 08-07-2012, 08:28 AM   #5
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Nice looking truck!

Maybe some spray on bed liner or some rattle can undercoating to protect the floor. It just looks like the floor has a little surface rust in the pics.
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Old 08-07-2012, 09:04 AM   #6
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What kind of hound is that? Nice Pick up and the painless is a good user friendly harness.
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Old 08-07-2012, 10:30 AM   #7
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Thanks for the compliments..... I thought about undercoating to protect it it is just surface rust and my dog is a bloodhound hes about 11 weeks in the picture and 14 weeks now i got him the same day i got my truck his name is tank..... Ill post up some more pics of the truck if it aint raining when i get home from work and ill definantly get some of the harness
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Old 08-08-2012, 02:49 AM   #8
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Welp had a crap day at work and didnt get home till midnight so no work on the truck today but...

Drum roll please




Got my painless chassis harness today and man shes a beauty




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Old 08-08-2012, 05:40 PM   #9
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Welp i got alittle more done today before it decided to start raining but its slacking off again might get some more done

Out with the old




In with the new just got the fuse block in right now it started me raining on me





And this is where she sits right now




Got my dual whips on and aluminumistinger 10 inch drop hitch
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Old 08-08-2012, 08:43 PM   #10
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Got another update i got my wires ran on the outside of the truck nothing wired up yet but so far it is so simple with all the wires labeled and numbered
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Old 08-09-2012, 08:55 PM   #11
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So how much does a painless kit for our trucks run these days? I've electrical gremlins in my 79 I'm going to avert someday with a replacement harness.
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Old 08-12-2012, 12:12 PM   #12
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Sorry i missed your post smoke i got mine off of streetside auto for 550 im taking lunch break right but im hoping to get the truck done today but here are some up date pics

Hids i gotta get my highs working i know whats wrong just gotta fix it lol 6000k


My huge mess






I'm gonna finish to day fingers crossed let me know what you guys think. I'm gonna go back and wrap it in painless braided wire loom when i get it ordered prolly order it this week some time
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Old 08-13-2012, 10:02 PM   #13
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Well guys i got everything back together on my tuck today and got it back n the road finally it took about 30 hours to put the harness in and now i think i need a better alternator i dont think it puts out enough power for my subs and hids. my radio will cut off when my subs hit???? ill try to get yall some pictures tomorrow
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Old 08-14-2012, 01:31 PM   #14
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I need some help when ever i cut my headlights on or my blinkers or my ac sometimes my radio cuts completely off and then back on idk why maybe a voltage drop?? I'm not completely sure i got my alternator wired right but i drove it for a long time yesterday and it never died but my gauge is below 13 volts????

And one pic from this morning

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Old 08-29-2012, 12:34 PM   #15
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Well papa smurf got sick again i did one bad burn out cause my buddy tried to show me up lol and broke a u-joint i laughed cause it was a simple fix so i went to oriely's and bought a new u joint went home pressed out the old one and tried to press in the new one stupid me didnt even think to check it next to the old one and it was to big and i cracked the yoke so then tried to find a new one and couldnt so i welded that one to last till i could get one and it last for a while till i had another stupid moment tried to roll start the truck and shattered it

Lol any body know where i can get one

Does this make i the Saginaw u joint? It has inside c clips to
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Old 09-05-2012, 10:00 PM   #16
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Welp looks like papas getting some locking hubs the crappy autos are slipping... Ask me how i know..... I have to drive it front wheel drive right now cause my 99 jeep tj decided to lose oil pressure small block in its future .... What hubs do you guys like warns, mile marker??? Not sure what to get o got my slip yoke ordered so ill have a rear drive shaft again
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Old 09-19-2012, 08:22 PM   #17
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Well now i gotta buy some new wheels the guy that had it before didnt even use real studs and this what happened to my truck when the grade 2 bolts broke off ughhh so i wanna get some ideas show me what you guys are running im thinking mt classic 3s

Laugh it up guys i did



My buddy did say drive it till the wheels fall off haha

Just before this happened




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Old 09-21-2012, 12:29 AM   #18
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So i officially say my dad is the man ive been trying to figure out where to scrounge up the money for a set of wheels cause i have zero vehicles running at this moment whrn he called me today and reminded me i have a set on my 66 c10 my uncle gave me 6 on 5.5 15x8 rallys ill get yall some pics of the 66 this weekendweekend its at my grand parents maybe i have a good reason to get that bad boy over at my house now
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:36 AM   #19
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Id love some pics of k10s with rallys if anybody has some
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:03 AM   #20
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Don't you just the best luck in the world? lol great looking truck, and should look great with the rallys
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Old 09-21-2012, 06:38 AM   #21
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Here's one. I believe it is a member's truck.
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:37 PM   #22
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Don't you just the best luck in the world? lol great looking truck, and should look great with the rallys
Yeah id rather have no luck then all this luck i have lol im hoping i can go get the
66 tonight we will see

And that is one gorgeous ride think i might like the wheels more than what i have now
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Old 09-21-2012, 08:20 PM   #23
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Papa smurfs big brother coming to the house future project and gonna steal the wheels for a while
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Old 09-29-2012, 07:03 PM   #24
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Stole my buddys old ballast and got my hi beams working again

Thank you mr alexander

Thats his z71 i love that truck hes got hids in every light including the spot lights

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Old 09-29-2012, 07:31 PM   #25
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Kool truck! One night comming home from work down the HWY I felt something funny in the front. Thought man that's weird. It was raining cats and fish and I didn't want to deal with it. So I drove on home in my '87 K10. Pouring down doin 40mph in a 65mph zone. Got home finally and parked. Got up the next morning to take a peak and man I have no idea how I made it home. Lost the front wheelbearings on the driver side. Took out the spindle, bearings, axleshaft, locking hubs and so on. Was a bear to fix because everything was welded together. Got it back on the road a few days later. What fun.
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