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My 57 , Dads 70 and Brothers 70 !

Chris,,,, You Rock ! Thats exactly what I needed to hook up my column wire to the harness I bought !! I pigtailed each wire to trial the lights and it worked perfectly ........ Thanks !! Should be on the road within the next week or so !! Shawn

Thanks Bill Any idea what the wires are that come out of my later model GM steering column ? It has an 8 wire plug......delco remy ...the plug is radius shaped , so I need to see if I can get the proper end from CPofA and do some splicing !! Took the truck on its maiden voyage on Sat...

I have a 8 prong plug on my tilt GM column (Delco Remy plug 08 67) and need to wire into the 1957 Wiring Harness ......anbody have a clue what goes where ? Or if I can find the diagram for the column plug I have now? Thanks Shawn

Hey Rick, I have 57 Chev,,if its the same type of seal,, You need to get the seal on the glass first. Take some twine or bailing rope and run it around the inside track of the rubber,,overlap the rope ends,,,,,,set the glass on the window frame bottom first,,, with one out to push on glass...

This topic sounds like a married guy joke !

Thanks Don, Thats what I thought....makes sense to me that they go that way to get the washer to the centre of the board. I did see other pics of trucks with the large offest towards the cab? I notice you have 10? bed to frame bolts ? Nice truck by the way !! Any advice on the...

http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/bedwood.htm Try here,, this might help a bit?

Anyone have any idea what the correct direction of the offset washers is for the bed mount washers? ie...the large offset must go towards cab for all? or towards the side of truck? Or ? Thanks Shawn

Thanks man,,,,That was the problem ,,I had that connection going to ground. All good now...... cheers Shawn

Since this harness has no provision for fuses, I installed a fuse for the headlamps and probably shoud put one from main power supply? Any suggestions ? I cannot yet figure out how to get this thing to charge...If anyone has used the standard harness w/alternator ....maybe you can help me out...

Is it standard? Might be stuck in forward and reverse gear... freee up the linkages from below to ensure it is in nuetral,, then go from there..... Or brakes are sized onto drums....??

Anybody know the procedure to change out the vent window weather strip on a 57 before I start drilling out rivets and breaking stuff ? LOL! Also, front window weatherstrip has an extra bit o' rubber on 1/2 or more of it....does this go on top or bottom of window? Any ideas are...