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    1994 Small v. Big Starter

    yeah i learned this the hard way when doing my engine swap. The guy at NAPA gave me the longer bolts for my smaller starter creating a nice grinding sound when started.
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    10 bolt to 12 bolt swap

    I'm staying tuned because i found a 12 bolt hogs head in a barn that would sure be neat on my 400.
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    polished wheel problem

    I've got those same wheels on my 2012 Toyota Tundra. They looked almost chrome when i got them and 6 months later were pitted from salt and snow.
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    Installing a front drive shaft

    Crazy, today a buddy of mine asked about how to put in a front drive shaft. lol.
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    Installing a front drive shaft

    I swapped out mine on my 97 when it went bad on me in just a few minutes. I didn't even replace the ujoints. It takes a little sweet talking but overall fairly easy installation.
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    1996 Suburban 454 Never Ending Issues

    I feel your pain man. I've probably spent over $3,000 in parts for mine only for the motor to give up.
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    Greetings from North Carolina.

    Welcome! Nice truck. I'm from VA less than 10 minutes from the NC line on Kerr Lake.
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    Blewnnn up!

    Alright guys. I bought the motor the other day and started tearing down everything off the old one to save my mechanic buddies some time. Waiting on them to finish tearing down everything off and put the new one in. It's supposed to snow here in southside VA soon.
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    Blewnnn up!

    Hey guys I meant to tell y'all earlier that I was offroading hard on my 97 K1500 4.3 over Thanksgiving and my truck let go on me. It knocked off and wouldn't start; I ran the battery dead cranking and had to haul it home later. When I finally started it up, it made the most awful squealing noise...
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    Save this truck!

    Timing chain being bad gives all the symptoms I've had including no start.
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    Save this truck!

    Drewcrew, thats what I was thinking because something has been knocking around that region the whole time I've owned it (17,000 miles). My mechanic hasn't checked it yet but I thought timing chain right off the bat when it started shacking at 2,000 RPMs after the truck was warm last time I drove it.
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    4.3??? Would like to know more about it.

    I've got a 97 4x4 5 speed single cab with one. I've pulled a 60" diesel 31 hp 997 john deere lawn mower along with another gas 60" on a 18' tandem axle trailer no brake controller in 5th gear. It towed fine (given it was 5 miles down an empty back road). I have also hauled over a half a ton of...
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    Save this truck!

    Update: My mechanic has a fancy scan tool and a love for spending other people's money and has put a coil, control module, new distributor cap, and who knows what else on my truck. I'm already in the hundreds on this problem lol. It still has the starting issue and the jumping/ missing problem...
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    Save this truck!

    Thanks RichLo. I'll make sure to check the other grounds. The one on the fender is clean, I don't know about the others I know they can get aggervating. I changed the crank sensor this morning. Once the truck got heated up good (5 miles) it started misfiring violently. It was so bad it shook the...
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    Save this truck!

    Thanks. That's what me and my mechanic buddy were thinking because the truck runs fine.
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