Author: volaredon

Just bought a ton at an auction, don’t yet know exactly how much. Won’t know my total haul til I go back with my trailer tomorrow. Got a mix of different oils, can’t tell what all is in there, just saw the boxes in the pix marked "+3".
I k…

I went to an auction yesterday and they had some oil on the sale bill. A mix of weights and brands, my question is on some of the oils in the pile.
As I go thru the stash I may have more questions.
It’s all old, in the types of cans that you poke one…

Ended up with this thing at an auction, looks very freshly rebuilt, and apparently shortened, bracketry and such definitely don’t look stock, axle tubes cut and smaller dia one’s welded in.
I have never worked on a splined 8-3/4 so I dunno if these …

Working on my 85 d150. Adding ac to a truck that came from the factory without.
I have 3 factory ac plenum boxes apart. All have bad foam on the recirc door. Other doors within are fine.
I found a PN for the original recirc door, but every place I loo…

Another non A body question that could apply to one…
My lockstrip for the windshield was brittle and came out in 100 PCs in my D150. I took the windshield out so I could get at the top row of screws to pull the dash out. I had to cut it, it was also…

Something I never heard of before about 15 years ago. Seems real common now a days.
I have been having trouble with my right shoulder, and in talking to my daughter in law nurse and my wife’s cousin (who is a PA) as soon as I described the issues tha…

I know where there’s a small block 727 out of a ~63 or 64 pick up. If this trans was original to the truck, what differences would there be in a 727 of that vintage compared to the later 70s and newer ones that I’m more familiar with?
What would be in…