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K means 4WD?

Brian dropped off his 84 K10 last night. K designates 4WD, 10 designates 1/2Ton Chassis. It's a diesel like Geneva's, but hers is a C10 (2WD 1/2ton).
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Anyway, he was having some electrical problems in the back, passenger door wouldn't open from the inside, he wanted the brakes, exhaust, and ft end checked.

I got the reverse lights working, the lisence plate light no longer blinks with the turn signals, and the left outer signal no longer blinks with the right. That's nice.

Both doors work properly now 8D

Steering has one loose link to the steering gear box. Not a problem, just needs a new part. The rest of the steering links look good except for the LF wheel bearing is loose, so the ft bearings will need repacked and set to specs. That will be a good time to replace the broken wheel stud.

OMG! The shock absorbers are original and leaking, including the steering stabilizer. We'll want to do something about that.

Brakes look good except for this:

Somebody got confused and installed this spring backwards, so it was interfering with the self adjusting mechanism. No prob:

I'll take care of the rest when we get some parts and muffler tape (swiss pipes).

During all this, i had a big surprise when the compressed air coupler busted while removing a wheel.
(that's all s'posed to be one piece)

I'm lucky the hose didn't whip around and bite me. Luckily I had a spare coupling from my shop days. I'll need to pick up another spare for the eventual failure of this new(ish) one.