Jim Bob a build thread

[motornut]

new inners and painted outers
shined up the wifes 05 malibu with F21 tried it on the Jimmys hood only half tho for testing

[motornut]

took out the cluster from the 79
wanting gauges for the 78
I'm gona use a 88 cluster in the 79 for now
seems the 79 cluster has issues...

[motornut]

Mickey was livin the fast life over the speedo

[motornut]

while the inners were out i got the fuel pump done
real ez sittin on the tire...
changed the wires and one of the cap plugs pulled out loose,
surprised at the amount of rusty gunk out the fuel line from the pump to the filter
prob worth anybody checkin that
can't wait to try it out now...

[motornut]

plugs,didn't think to get new ones but checked these2-4-6-8

[motornut]

and 1-3-5-7

[kikkegek]

he....those plugs look nasty? or is that OK?

[75ChevyGuy]

Wow, those have been in there for a while! Either that or the carb isn't tuned right.

[motornut]

might be tops 6-7000 kms on those

outa tune i suspect,with it being so screwed when I got it
vac advance was wrong spot,right since i got it
timing chain was done,fixed last winter
took out 305 plugs, last fall
dizzy weights were rusted tight,but loosened up better now

suspect the crud in the gas line ,
which i think is the oringinal 305 line and pump
has caused me some running probs ,and may have the PO setting it up too

i'd wana see the lighter colour brown on the tips ,more like the outside cyclinders
if you floored it 3 or 5 would miss fire sometimes, and blow back threw the valve cover
figured timing .....

lol but it did start faster this time

[motornut]

found a cracked tip
brought it back
cleaned up the vac part of the advance better

[motornut]

blue cap seems to be better fitting tips
i noticed my booster vac comes off the manifold not the back of the carb

[motornut]

thought i would use just the speedo from the 79, in to the 88 cluster, and use the 88
but the rear mount for the cable is different,so i just put the whole 88 in

with the inners out i wanted to get a few things done,
like the rag joint... toast quite an improvement

[motornut]

and got the inners in
we are getting frost in the morning...

[motornut]

found some rims to go see
any ideas what age or make?
and do they fit?

[motornut]

decided i'd stay with the stock rims
and picked up a stock tach/gauge cluster
being i have a idiot light setup it's all gotta change

[motornut]

at first i was gona use my cluster from the 79 Jimmy gauges only
it is wired different from the idiot, and the tach clusters too
NOT plug and play, closer to snap crackle pop
it's spare parts now...
put the 88 cluster in the 79 fit and worked,lack of rust might help

[motornut]

spent a fair bit of time trying to figure out if it was a simple wire switch
ad or subtract a few wires
when all i had to do was ask lol

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=493838

thanks again Vette Vet

[motornut]

So this is it
that seat belt buzzer is coming out
and thats the spot of peoples ground issues i bet ,they all go to one wire
pink seemed a little baked to the buzzer
those joints are within about 6-8 inches of the cluster plug

[motornut]

how it looks now .....double tach means double the rpms right lol

[kikkegek]

good job! look nice!

[motornut]

thanks
I'm glad it all worked ok
got this for the oil sender,used only one

[kikkegek]

Hi john,

what are those bent pieces for? are those adapters?

I recently replaced mine and you know how that ended...

[motornut]

Yes the sender" can " is to big to fit in straight down
I tried without the extra lenght, hit the intake
Bought an extra incase it was needed for an extra funky bend, .90 cents for the extension,$5.88 for the 45 bend.
There was another square block ish , and shorter,hit intake right away
But options were up male male1.5 inches then bend
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[motornut]

this is the wire spots for the clusters
let me know if it changes

[motornut]

and now for lighting or white lightening lol
and a chance to go over it all