Gary Lewis

Some people have MONEY! You should have held on a bit longer.

Bill - I may well send one off, but I'll wait a bit and see. Apparently there is something wrong with this speedo as it is only accurate at one point. Before my adjustment it was accurate below about 30 MPH, and now it is accurate at 65 MPH. So I'm thinking I'll put Dad's speedo in but set the odometer to Big Blue's reading. Then, if that speedo is off it may be time to send Big Blue's off for repair. But I'll lube the cable while I have the speedo out. As said, we have a doctor's appointment this morn, but may have time to do some of that this afternoon. We shall see.

That worked for me, but I also have a Facebook account. Don't know if it does for those that don't.

No problem, George. The way this forum works is sometimes obtuse. But, I don't think you need to subscribe to your own threads. I believe that is automatically done for you when you create a thread. In fact, I believe that when you post in a thread you are subscribed. But I've not tested that, come to think of it.

It is neat looking, for sure. But I'm afraid the conversation might go like "Can you believe what I paid for that?"

Steve - So sorry to see you have health issues. Especially of that magnitude. But I agree with Scott - do you mods to the old door. The mod will put the pivot point in a different location than the hinge if you use the new door. That's because the two hinges can't be in the same location. And that may cause the door to bind.

Yep.

You are now on the map. Flew into there and drove east to pick up the Dream 18 months ago. Seems like a looooong time ago.

Bought a dremel extension and went through 4 grinding wheels. 2 hours later... I think I got it cleaned up. AND, it FITS! That looks GREAT! Well done!

What about just going with a Bronco rear tank? They came in 28 - 33 gallon versions, but there are lots of 38 gallon tanks available. In fact, I have one that's new that I'm not going to use. I'd sell it for half price but the shipping might make the whole thing more expensive than buying one from a vendor that has good shipping rates. A Bronco tank will fit our trucks, but you lose your spare tire spot.

Those start adding up. $44 for a bit more than two sets of gaskets isn't too bad, though.

Correctly advertised as it is 1980 - 82 only/

Yep. And the eyebrow windows have very different warning labels than our trucks.

Wow! That's a whole lot of money for an intake manifold. And they don't tell you boo about it.

Welcome! Glad you joined! I hope you'll start a thread to show how you are doing that swap as I'm sure others will be interested. Where's home? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you if we had a city or zip.

John - Have you read through this thread: Saginaw Brackets Question. I think that might help. Also, the writeup about the bracket your link goes to says "This pump bracket is shorter than the 302 bracket in order to allow for the width of the 351w p/s pump adapter (sold separately)." So you also need the pump adapter.

We made it home, but I can hear the speedo cable rattling. So my lube job didn't take. When I can get back to the truck I'll have to pull the dash apart again, swap speedometers and lube the cable. But we have doctor's checkups for a few days so I'm not sure when I'll get to do that.

Well, I was wrong! The inner cable will not come out the bottom even though there's no plastic tip on the top. I went to AutoZone and they didn't have speedo cable lube. Bought synthetic wheel bearing lube and pulled the VSS and then the cable out of the VSS. Couldn't get the inner cable out so I pushed some grease in the end of the cable and slid the cable in/out as much as I could. Perhaps it'll ride up with wear. (Anyone get the reference? ) But the inner cable turned easily and didn't seem notchy. Dunno! And, I pulled the jet out of the vacuum line and the reservoir out of the supply. We shall see. About to head home.

Time for an update. Some good and some not so good. On the not-so, the speedometer was wavering from the get-go. And while the speed control initially seemed better with the t-case-mounted VSS, it then started oscillating far worse that ever before. So I'm wondering if in spite of what the advertisement said, the new speedo cable wasn't truly lubed. As I installed it I pulled it out part way and it was dry but appeared to be impregnated with graphite lube. We've now driven ~45 miles and it went from just bouncing on the speedo but steady on the speed control to bouncing on both the speedo awa the speed control. My fear is that if it is causing the VSS that is driving it to waver that it may strip the driven or, worse yet, the drive gear. So I'm considering pulling it apart here and using my Chap Stick to lube it to get us home. Fortunately the inner cable can come out at the bottom end so I don't have to take the dash apart. Also, I think the speedo itself is bad. My bump of 5 MPH when connected to the lathe got me spot-on at 65 MPH, but now everything below that is off. So it looks like I'll have to replace the speedo. As for the good, I think the black weave instrument bezel turned out good:

Another try: Nope, that's not it. Sorry, folks.

Ok, I think I made the text bright red. Let's see. I'll edit this post and put the email I see in here. Opps, got the wrong text.

That worked nicely, although we may want to make the "You have been tagged" bit more prominent. However, we can sort that out down the line a bit. For now it is enough that it works. Here's what the email looks like with the tag text highlighted:

Ok, that worked so I've now, hopefully, taken the priority bit out, as shown below:

Next test. Changed this macro as shown:

Nope, that didn't work. And for keeping track, here's what I did, although I'll put it back. Or, more accurately, take the override out.