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Well I ordered my new tires yesterday. I was expecting them to be here sometime next week. I had to leave for work a little bit today and when I got home they were setting in front of my overhead door.:metal: I called around to see if any tire shops were open to have them mounted but everyone is closed until monday.:whine:. My father in law has a tire machine but he didnt know it it will do 20 inch wheels or not. I guess im going to find out in the morning.

My neighbor needed to put new brakes on his truck today so I started up the 72 and drove it around the yard a bit. Man this is going to be sweet.

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exciting times! looking forward to more progress- keep up the good work

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Well truck went to the muffler shop yesterday and I got the new dual exhaust put on. I trailered it there, but I drove it home. Man did it run good, and it felt great to have it on the road. I also got the wheels and tires mated together but I havnt had a chance to see if they fit.....I sure hope they do. Im going today to pick up my new chrome tips for the exhaust.

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Looking really good and I'm sure it runs even better. What muffler and exhaust did you go with?

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Thank you. I did not go with any high end exhaust. My local muffler shop just made a custom dual set up with 30" glass packs at my request. I wanted it to be quieter but when I step on it I wanna hear it. And man does it sound great. And he really took care of me on the price as well 200 bucks installed .:metal:

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Wow that is a good deal. Did you end up deleting rear 02 sensors

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Yes sir I did.

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That's good don't have to worry about catalytic convertors!

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No sir! It's a 1972 Chevy truck we don't need no stinkin catalytic converters. Lol

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Haha true!

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Well the wheels fit without any rubbing. And I love the look.

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Looks really nice with the wheels. Did you use the Tahoe abs system with this build?

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Yes I did us the tahoe abs system.

Ok i need some help here. Im about ready to pull my hair out here and I dont have very much left. I cant get any of the steering wheel controls to work and I cant get the windshield wipers to work. The blinker, headlights, flashers, etc all work. My first thought was the clock spring was bad but I was really careful when I took it all apart to now mess that up. Im not getting any lights on the steering wheel at all. Anyone have any ideas? thanks.

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The wipers don't go through the clock spring if clock spring ribbon was damged you would also have an air bag light. Was new radio programmed yet ?

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I do have the airbag light on but I assumed it was because I don't have the seat airbags hooked up. I have not had the new radio reprogrammed yet. I'm planning on doing it and the air bag delete pretty soon. If the wipers don't go through the clock spring them I'm a a loss as to why they are not working. I've checked all the fuses and wiring. When the key is on I do have power to one of the terminals on the wipers motor plug, but nothing happens when I turn on the wipers.

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I'll look at a schematic at work today and try and help you

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Awesome thank you Jason.

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If you want personal message me an email address and I'll send you schematics this evening of wiper system and steering wheel controls.

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Just sent you an email with wiring schematics. Let me know if it comes through ok.

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I got it thanks. Ill check it out in a little bit.

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Any questions feel free to ask

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OK I have stared at these schematics for almost an hour now. I have traced all the wires down And I don't find any issues with the wiring. The wires from the switch which there are only 3 of them goes directly to the wiper motor. I am getting power on the yellow wire going into the motor when the key is on. But no matter what position I put my switch in nothing happens on my wipers. I guess I'm looking at either having a bad switch or a bad wiper motor. I don't understand this as everything was working fine when it was taken apart. What I can't figure out is does the wiper switch just ground relays inside the wiper motor or does it apply voltage somehow?

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Do you have ground on the black wire terminal A at the motor. There is also a connection c201 on the 2 of 2 picture I sent you. If this isn't connected nothing will work. C201 is the big connector block at base of column. Check all the terminals at that block make sure there are no bent terminals.

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Yes the black wire is grounded. Yes the plug is pluged in. I will take it apart today and check for bent terminals. thanks.

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Ok I went to the salvage yard today and picked up a wiper motor. I brought it back and plugged it in. When I turn on the key it just spins if the wiper switch is in the off position. If o turn on the wiper switch they turn and stop like it should. But why does it just spin when in the off position?

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Did you hook it up to the linkage and hook up the wiper arms? The wiper motors module may need to learn the stop position

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The motor itself just isn't a motor like the old one is it's also a module

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Ok that may be my problem. I don't have the arms hooked up yet. I bet it needs to feel the stop position. I'll work on that tomorrow. Thanks Jason

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Sure let me know how it works

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Ok I got the arm modified and put on with the salvage yard motor. When I turn on the key and the wiper switch in the off position the wipers just move back and forth like in high position. If I move it up one click they turn off. every click up from there works like they are suppose to including full speed. I still have no use of any of the steering wheel buttons. I wonder if i need to hook up the wiring harness that went to the rear of the tahoe. I noticed it has an yellow module hooked to that harness. It went to the seats and the passenger rear.

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Try unplugging the wiper swich up at the column and turn key on. If wipers still go with key on there is probably a short to power. If they don't come on in off position maybe a bad switch.

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OK I unplugged the switch and turn the key on and the wipers do not come on. As soon as I plugged the plug back in to the switch when it's in the off posiotion the wipers come on. So I assume I have a bad switch which is strange because it was working fine before.

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Sure sounds like a switch problem then.

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I will pick up a new switch. I still dont have any lights or working switches on the steering wheel. Also I noticed another thing. when I turn my steering wheel my horn dont work when the steering wheel is upside down. Im almost at the point where Im going to order an aftermarket steering wheel and forget all about those damn buttons...

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Clock spring under steering wheel is probably the culprit. If steering wheel wasn't taped straight ahead when column was taken out there easy to mess up.

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The steering wheel was not taped down and probably got turned too much an broke the ribbon. I just watched a video on how a clock spring works and im shocked at how its litterally just a long flat cable spooled up with enough slack to allow it to turn from stop to stop. So im pretty sure at this point thats the problem with it.

So now to decide.....replace the clock spring and keep the steering wheel controls and the factory stereo, or...... replace the steering wheel with an aftermarket and do away with the controls, and put in a large touch screen in my center console.

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Yeah I have damaged them before and same issue. No horn no steering wheel controls etc. Those steering wheel switches also have issue with back lighting going out on the switches.

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You could also ditch the factory steering wheel and just keep the factory radio

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my horn does work just not when the steering wheel is upside down.


That is true, but then again its a good excuse for the touchscreen stereo with navigation. lol

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Lol if I was closer I would come help you out where I could haha