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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

    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

    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

    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?

    Replaced fuel pump, truck starts, misses badly, backfires...feathering throttle does very little to keep her running, she bogs down and tries to die. I didn't pull codes yet, but I noticed that one of my TBI injectors is dripping like it has Gonorrhea. This begins as soon as I turn key on and...
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    Where was that thread on fuel pump replacement?

    Gentlemen, I hate to do this, I tried searching for it earlier today and went through pages and page of search results but I couldn't find it. I stumbed upon a thread the other day with measurements on cutting the bed to access the fuel sender without having to pull the bed off and without...
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    disc kit for 89 14 bolt FF

    It's slow going but I've been replacing all of the lines in the 1989 1 ton. I didn't have enough clearance between the leaf spring and the brake cylinder to get a new line in so I tore down the drivers side today. I was planning on replacing the cylinders and all of the brake components when I...
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    on quadrajets

    Hey folks. I was entertaining the idea of rebuilding a quadrajet for use on a 454. I know that this is a carb that is either loved or hated, and from what I understand they got a bad rap because they did have some leak issues that can be addressed with bushings. Since these things have been...
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    Is voodoo or black magic required? - brake line

    1989 3500 so, I stripped out my proportioning valve and upon ordering a new one, I decided maybe I was done tinkering with blown out brakelines and I invested in some of that non-rusting stuff. I've laid in all new lines except for the two that seperate off of the block on the rear-end. I...
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    Help identifying a brake-system part.

    Gentlemen, I did a dumb thing. I had a brake line go, and I mistakenly tried to thread a metric fitting into this unidentified part and completely stripped it out. I was so disgusted with my ineptitude and foolishness that I closed the hood and it's been sitting out there for months. On...
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    rough idle on 89 BBC

    ...I really dislike computers running the motor. 1989 C3500. Recently changed rotor, cap, wires, fuel filter. Gas tank was leaking, I wrecked the sending unit whilst dropping the tank and got rid of it for a holley blue (despite warnings about the failure rates on these pumps)...replaced...
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    Freebies on Cape Cod

    I get occasional access to a private scrap yard. The owner is only interested in the metal, so anything that is on the vehicles that are salvageable are up for grabs. If there's anyone in the immediate area that is looking for something, let me know and I'd be happy to check for you when I go...
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    New England 14 Bolt Full Floater for trade? 89 1-ton

    If anyone is interested, i've got a 14 bolt full floater in my 89 1-Ton...I want to get rid of this thing. I'd really love to get a 14 bolt semi-floater with 3.71. I'm sure there's someone who has a semi-floater that wants the full floater. Drop me a line if you are interested...I'm not in a...
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    89 1-ton Wannabe SS / Prostreet Build

    I've wanted a cool car for as long as I can remember. At one point I bought a 1957 Chevy Pickup truck and I had all sorts of grand dreams of how it would be when I finished and she's sitting out in the driveway in 40,000 pieces and worse off than when I started. My high school auto shop...
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    !! - 89 Fuel Tank / sender electrical question - !!

    if anyone has any insight here I would appreciate it. When I dropped my tank I couldn't really see to the top of the tank and I was doing my best to disconnect lines and everything blindly. electrical There was a dongle with what I think is a 3 pin connector on it coming from the harness...
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    Gas Tank Issues

    I hate to have two threads open at the same time but they are seperate questions. I had a gas leak somewhere, plus the fuel filter looked like it came off of the titanic...unfortunately all of the lines did too. I figured that I would try being proactive instead of reactive and I would just...
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    Ultimate TBI on 7.4?

    Hey folks... I'm waiting on getting things lined up for the 454 rebuild, in the meantime I'm driving the 89 1-ton around with the tired motor. Trying to keep myself occupied, I figured I might tinker with the TBI. I've been reading up on the various modifications, spacers, grinding off the...
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    89 3500 - header install from the top?

    The instructions say that the vehicle must be lifted at least 36" off of the ground...really I'm thinking that they can probably be installed from the top but I figured I'd just bounce this off everyone here to get any thoughts on it before I started the project. It shouldn't be a big deal. In...
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    Does a horn qualify as audio or electronics?

    more like electrical but I hope this is the right place. Are these trucks notorious for horn failure or what? I had another 89 silverado where the horn didn't work. I don't think I bothered trying to figure it out but I'm going to have to trace this problem to get this rig inspected. I don't...
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    New member from Massachusetts.

    As the saying goes..."Live free or in Massachusetts" I've been a fan of Chevy's since before I can remember. When I was a toddler (1979-1982ish) my Dad had a Chevelle with a big block, 396 that I used to call "the race car." Later in life he built a pretty mean 1979 Monza with a 350 that...
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    89 - 1 ton / 8-bolt conversion?

    Hello all. I recently snagged an 89 1 ton pickup (C3500 - 454 cid / TH400). I really wanted a Silverado SS but I managed to get basically the same driveline and body for about $9000 cheaper than what the SS's are going for. My ultimate goal is to have a cool street cruiser, which may have...

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