Back to tinkering on my '76 Jimmy C-2500 to-day , I decided to flush the cooling system and replace the heater hoses as I think they're the originals , I hand flushed the heater core forward & reverse a few times , got a lot of rusty silt out of it and the block too when I removed the block's drain plug .
I also looked closely at the temp. gauge sender as the gauge doesn't work and Lo ! the DPO / DPM had replaced it with a sender for an idiot light
no wonder it never worked , even after I replaced the wiring .
Sheesh .
Of course , they'd wound it so far into the cylinder head , I couldn't get it loose with an open end wrench and had to go buy a new 15/16" box wrench I'll prolly never use again
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I also discovered they'd managed to break the distributor hold down ~ that's a new one on me . I think some one rather enjoyed beating on this poor old truck just to see how much abuse it would take and still run .
Whilst I was working on it , the guy on the other side of the block came by with his trailer , he was going to fetch a $100 1976 Suburban , one owner with all the original seats etc. , he offered it to me , I didn't want it so he took it right from the original owner's house to Pick-A-Part , maybe I'll get lucky and find it in the yard before the boobs tear it to shreds for grins ~ I'd love to grab some '76 specific stuff , harness' and so on .
What a shame that no one wants these fine old trucks even when they're in good shape , no rust , one owner , low mileage etc. , etc.
I also looked closely at the temp. gauge sender as the gauge doesn't work and Lo ! the DPO / DPM had replaced it with a sender for an idiot light
no wonder it never worked , even after I replaced the wiring .Sheesh .
Of course , they'd wound it so far into the cylinder head , I couldn't get it loose with an open end wrench and had to go buy a new 15/16" box wrench I'll prolly never use again
.I also discovered they'd managed to break the distributor hold down ~ that's a new one on me . I think some one rather enjoyed beating on this poor old truck just to see how much abuse it would take and still run .
Whilst I was working on it , the guy on the other side of the block came by with his trailer , he was going to fetch a $100 1976 Suburban , one owner with all the original seats etc. , he offered it to me , I didn't want it so he took it right from the original owner's house to Pick-A-Part , maybe I'll get lucky and find it in the yard before the boobs tear it to shreds for grins ~ I'd love to grab some '76 specific stuff , harness' and so on .
What a shame that no one wants these fine old trucks even when they're in good shape , no rust , one owner , low mileage etc. , etc.