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Old 03-03-2024, 05:46 PM   #16
MikeB
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Re: power steering box question

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Originally Posted by 1972CheyenneSuper View Post
Funnily enough I ran into that last month when I went to put new calipers on my '72.
Just noticed on my 69 that one of the rear bleeders screws is 3/8-24, but it has a 10mm hex head. On the other side the thread is unknown, but the hex head is 5/16".

About that unknown thread size, I have the most common SAE and metric thread size and pitch gauges, but none of them were a fit. Maybe it was a 7mm, a gauge size I don't have. I also didn't have a pitch gauge that fit. Go figure.

ChiCom parts are everywhere. Even AC Delco has sold out.
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1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes.
1982 C10 SWB -- sold
1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it!
1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming.
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