Search results

  1. HotWheelsBurban

    Camper Top Combatability between GMT 400 vs 800?

    And of course since y'all are in Houston, there's a 'Lac rollin' Swangers....gots a Conti kit too! Yes I worked in the 'hood for a few years, don't live too far from it now. Used to go through the edge of Third Ward and OST twice a week for work....
  2. HotWheelsBurban

    Mr. Jangles 99 K3500 CCLB

    It's probably one of the last codes on the sheet. It will have a U or L as the last digit, after two numbers. Example, 11U or 55U (the codes on my trucks). U is Upper color, or indicates solid color, as on mine, and L is the Lower color in a two tone.
  3. HotWheelsBurban

    Mr. Jangles 99 K3500 CCLB

    The pewter looks gray or silver on overcast days, depending on available light. And it will almost disappear in a dimly lit parking lot. I compare it to the color carburetors are anodized; not quite silver or gold but some of both. It's funny, our family car when I was younger was a gold '70...
  4. HotWheelsBurban

    Mr. Jangles 99 K3500 CCLB

    If you need lots of the same bulb, buy boxes from Rock Auto. They should be way cheaper. I've noticed that huge price for tiny bulbs at my parts stores and Walmart.
  5. HotWheelsBurban

    Mr. Jangles 99 K3500 CCLB

    Yup.... Pewter Metallic=Light Autumnwood Metallic= Silversand, all are code 11 paint. Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac, in that order, names. What makes it even more confusing is in '97 Chevy had two names for the code 55 that my crew cab is: Rawhide Metallic (where the truck's name comes from) and...
  6. HotWheelsBurban

    5.7 vs 6.0 swap towing

    All the trucks we've towed with, except for the '06 Denali (6.0 AWD) were 5.7 powered. Mostly stock engines too. The '81 GMC Sierra was a 305 and we hauled 17 cars on a borrowed car hauler trailer over 4 days. Those cars included a 66 Riviera other fullsize cars. The '90 R2500 Burb hauled Uhaul...
  7. HotWheelsBurban

    Obs parts n stuff

    The belt assembly I'm offering is out of a crew cab with the later style interior. I have done research and the 400 crew cabs use the same belt front and rear. The rear seat belts in Rawhide are bound up from not being used much, and I am going to replace them when I find some good ones in tan...
  8. HotWheelsBurban

    Anyone recognize this Chevy transmission adapter?

    Yup they came out for '58 with the 348, used up until the turbo hydro matic 350/400 in the later 60s.
  9. HotWheelsBurban

    Thinking GMT400 3500 Dually for Track Day Towing, Thoughts?

    Very interesting, I learned a bunch of stuff!
  10. HotWheelsBurban

    Thinking GMT400 3500 Dually for Track Day Towing, Thoughts?

    The last two yard trips I've made, IIRC there was a 7.4 equipped truck in each yard. I'll have to get some pictures if they are still there when I go again. The NE side yard has more space so they leave vehicles longer, but the one closest to me has 31 rows of trucks, all in one section. The NE...
  11. HotWheelsBurban

    Daily truck pics

    Or a crew cab 400....4 wheels in the back or just 2.
  12. HotWheelsBurban

    Anyone recognize this Chevy transmission adapter?

    GM used the HydraMatic trans and the Turboglide trans, both automatics, behind the 348/409 engines. These were stouter than the Powerglide they ran behind the small blocks and the straight sixes.
  13. HotWheelsBurban

    Thinking GMT400 3500 Dually for Track Day Towing, Thoughts?

    The older generation 454 had the stamped steel valve covers on it, like the engine you pictured from this truck. All the 454/7.4 engines I've seen in the 400 trucks from the factory, have the cast aluminum valve covers, usually painted black with the tops of the fins machined off so they're...
  14. HotWheelsBurban

    Bought 1997 Power Bucket Seats...

    U For the lumbar adjustment, firms up the sides of the seat backs.
  15. HotWheelsBurban

    One door closes another opens…

    It's a rabbit hole ain't it....
  16. HotWheelsBurban

    Daily truck pics

    And stuff like this, is why they're not going to the yards much.... everyone thinks they have $$$$$ trucks now. Just cause it's gold, or platinum, doesn't actually make it precious metals. I get that low mileage examples of 25-30 year old trucks are fairly scarce, but Dayum!
  17. HotWheelsBurban

    One door closes another opens…

    I hope you are getting to use the headlights you got from me, or did it get hit in the front??
  18. HotWheelsBurban

    Free to me GMC 2500

    That little detour is why I have Rawhide now. I learned my lesson about phords especially cheap ones. I bought it from my boss, it had been his old truck before he sent it to the family's country place when he got a newer one. He knew I was in a bind for wheels and we knew it had problems...but...
  19. HotWheelsBurban

    Free to me GMC 2500

    A mobile locksmith can make a key to the truck as long as they're at the truck. Since it's not an electronic key it'll be a lot cheaper (lost the keys to the stupid Phord a few years ago and had to pay $85 to get a new one for the ignition, cause it will not start without the electronic key).
  20. HotWheelsBurban

    Obs parts n stuff

    I actually have a passenger side one! I bought it for Rawhide, then got home and realized it's gray instead of tan/beige. The crew cab belts are the same front and back; the front belt bolts have adjustable top end(movable hole if that makes sense) but the actual belt assembly is the same front...
  21. HotWheelsBurban

    Laredo

    So this is kinda like the skeleton in science class and the doctor's office?
  22. HotWheelsBurban

    3/4 Ton of fun - ‘95 Sierra

    When I replaced the front calipers and brake hoses on my Burb in 2018, I used a power bleeder from hf, recommended by a mechanic friend who works solo. It got all the air out, but when Mom drove it out of the driveway,it took her a few stops before she liked the pedal feel. Since then it's been...
  23. HotWheelsBurban

    I’m a DA…what maintenance have you screwed up?

    I learned to be very careful when reconnecting the starter wiring.... because I replaced the starter on our '90 R2500 square body Burb and didn't realize the ignition and battery terminals were touching. Till I hooked up the battery and it just about jumped off the stands! Yup I disconnected...
  24. HotWheelsBurban

    1999 C3500 CC DRW Build

    No local truck stop or parts place in your area for big truck accessories? East Houston is full of em. Most in proximity to I-10; saw several on the trip to the LKQ yesterday.
Top