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    Losing my braking mind

    Now that you mention it...yes, on the front brakes the bleeders are accessible from the top rather than the bottom...what now?
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    Losing my braking mind

    It's 1 ton 2WD and it makes a whisshing noise even when the motor isn't running. Initial thought was that the cap was leaking but new gasket and cap and there is still a bit of a whish...zero pedal when the motor is running, more pedal when it's not. I will check vacuum lines...but I don't...
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    Losing my braking mind

    I've lost favor with the motorized vehicle gods, they officially hate me and want to see a 1-ton pinning me to the ground. Here's my story: Had some miscellaneous problems with a 1989 1-Ton (3500 / 454 TBI auto). Once those problems were resolved, the brakeline coming from the proportioning...
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    No start

    Where is the neutral safety switch located? how to "jump" the solenoid? I vaguely remember something about a screwdriver across terminals from autoshop class but that was a long time ago. I just checked online and I see the local parts shop has an ignition switch for my rig as well as the...
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    No start

    no juice to solenoid wire to ground with key in start position. didn't check the instrument cluster. what now cat?
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    No start

    checked solenoid wires for tighteness, even removed and retightened, tried starting in neutral and no buzz / no sign of life from the starter at all. Any other ideas? :(
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    No start

    If it's not one thing it's another. Finally got the brakes re-plumbed and when the disc brake conversion wouldn't work on my axle I rebuild the drums. I go to start the damn thing and, no buzz, no crank, cab lights work, headlights work. I finally had time to go out and take a look this...
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    Disc brake conversion: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    SERIOUS BUMMER I ended up clocking the brackets downward at a 45 degree angle after reading what JonZ71 had posted. Everything looked like it was finally going to come together. I put the hoses onto the calipers and sprayed the back of the pads with disc brake quiet and went to put everything...
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    Disc brake conversion: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    I'm sure this truck has seen its fair share of new England winters. Where there is unprotected steel there will be rust. It's superficial for the most part and as much as I'd love to have the resources to strip it down and clean it up, when you've got a wife, 3 kids, a mortgage, a full-time...
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    Disc brake conversion: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    It isn't/wasn't hard to unbolt the bracket and rotate it, which I did and it appears like it might work. The normal orientation for the bracket, to my understanding is with the mount at approximately 45 degrees pointing to the rear of the vehicle, I unbolted and rotated it counter-clockwise...
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    Disc brake conversion: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    My initial thought was that clearancing the pin would work, it didn't...I contacted Dan at Ruff Stuff and he recommended the same thing. It's now looking like the only way that I'm going to get this pin in is if I unbolt the U-bolt that it's interfering with, which is a super-pain in the ass...
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    Disc brake conversion: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    Here's what I'm thinking...again, if you think this is a horrible idea, please do chime in. Option 1 would involve clearancing one side of the guidepin enough to get it to slide past the bracket. Option 2 would involve clearancing the leaf bracket enough to slide the guidepin...option 3 would...
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    Disc brake conversion: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    14 bolt FF / 89 1 ton, stock suspension. Ruff Stuff conversion kit...assuming I've got everything bolted up correctly, which is 45 degree angle facing to the rear flange inboard to put the caliper over the disc...top guidepin is not clearing the leafspring. My first thought was...maybe I have...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    Do you think the differences in 4.6/5.7/7.4 as far as O2 sensors go are negligible? I'm guessing the O2 sensor is just a probe and the computer takes the reading and makes the adjustment, my only concern would be if the capacity to monitor O2 is different between the monitors the computer might...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    I did some legwork and I *think* this is what I want: 1995 Chevrolet Truck S10 P/U 2WD 4.3L TBI 6cyl
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    no start

    good chance that your ground strap is questionable. Had the same sort of ordeal on another vehicle. Sporadically wouldn't start, replaced the ground cable and that problem disappeared.
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    I tweaked the timing and I think I have it in the sweet spot. I want to say she was running best somewhere around 4 degrees BTDC but I'd have to double check it. @outalne94z71 thank you, I'll see what I can find...actually just looked, is there a compatible part #? it's not popping up in...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    It is indeed single wire. Is there anywhere you can point me for more information on this? If I'm swapping to 3 wire, where do the other 2 wires go? I just replaced the fuel pump and strainer / pump sock and the fuel filter is relatively new. Coil is new, grounds should be good to go...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    My O2 sensor is whatever the standard affair OEM equipment is for this thing, replaced it when I put headers on, drilled into the collector and installed it there. Fuel pressure looks decent, I'd actually have to fire her up and take a look at it and let you know. It definitely increases when...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    I'd just as soon have a carb to tell you the truth. Even after 2 new injectors and a new fuel pump, yes she's running and idling fine...under load, no clue - there are no lines to the back brakes at the moment and I'm going to do discs if I can source the rotors within the next few days. I'm...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    thanks for the information gentlemen. I had the drippy injector drivers side and I replaced that one and she was running better and I noticed that passenger side injector wasn't doing ANYTHING. Pulled it and it was really rusty/gunky as was the TBI bore. Just for laughs, I took the old drippy...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    other cylinders are firing, it just hesitates, lags, there's some backfiring happening etc and I have a engine code that I haven't pulled yet but I'm imagining that it would come back as lean condition now being as the other injector isn't firing. Can anyone else confirm that BOTH injectors...
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    Question #2 on Injectors

    Gentlemen, As you may recall, I replaced the fuel pump and vehicle still refused to really run. She sputtered, shot flames out at me, called me dirty names etc. By a stroke of luck, I noticed the drivers side injector was dripping raw fuel while the key was off. I just replaced this bad...
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    Injector has an STD?

    Thanks gentlemen. This is chapping my asscheeks a little because I have a fresh 476 CID (454 .100 over) in my garage waiting to get dropped in. Really just a matter of a few parts and the time to do it...and instead I'm putting money into a throttle body that I'm going to take a sledge hammer...
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    Injector has an STD?

    thanks for the insight, do you know if there are any special gaskets or O-rings or anything that I'll need to order/purchase seperately when swapping an injector? It's going to have to be a special order and I'd like to get everything in one shot if possible. Thanks.

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