93 Chevy K1500

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Ordered new AC Delco plugs and a fuel filter from RockAuto.

Now the to do list includes.

Plugs

Fuel Filter

Pass. CV Axle

Tie Rods

T-Case Fluid

Diff. Fluid (front and rear)

2" Rear blocks

Headache Rack

Lighted Visor



I forsee a very busy weekend in my future.

 

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Changed out the plugs. They were nasty.

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Broke one plug wire in the process. I swear I do this everytime I do plugs on an older/high mileage vehicle.

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By far the nastiest fuel filter I have ever changed. Can't believe I got it off without kinking one of the fuel lines. A nice brown sludge came out of it when I took it off.

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Also replaced this.......

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With this.

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Plastidip covers over chrome quite nicely.

 

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Replaced the burnt out driver's reverse light, topped off the oil and coolant.

Also greased the tailgate latch and doors to get rid of those annoying squeaks.

 

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Blower motor is out......crap.......

1) I kinda need heat

2) I hate changing them. Such a pain to weasel outta there.

 

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Truck finally made it into the garage to get some love.


It had developed a bad misfire last weekend and had been sitting since until I had some time to work on it.

Found out the problem.

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They look a little fuzzy.


Replaced everything, cap, rotor, wires, ICM (tested bad), and coil.


Runs like a brand new truck now.


I'm gonna tear into this thing and start on the long to do list I have for it. Plan is to just chip away at it for a few weeks until it's done. Suburban is up and running so I have a good DD while this thing sits.

 

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Well crap, the dual 14" fan set up I had sitting around isn't gonna fit. I had forgotten how small the 4.3 radiator's are. I'm thinking I'll just cut the fans apart and run one of them. A single 14" fan should be plenty adequate for that small radiator.

 

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Made some more progress tonight.

Decided to go full Roadkill on it, since the dual 14" fans wouldn't fit I just cut them in half, now running a single 14". Wired them using a Jegs dual harness from my '96 that I modified to run just one fan. Works great. Much snappier throttle response.

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Also deleted the A/C. The compressor was toast and the seals leaked. I wasn't going to put the money into fixing it, not in this truck, three windows is plenty A/C enough. I was also worried about the compressor locking up on me. It had started making pulley noise. In goes the by-pass pulley.

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Un needed parts!!!!

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More progress.

Flushed the heater core, it was nasty.

Before

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After (yes this actually ran through the heater core and isn't a new jug of water lol.

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What was in my heater core when I flushed it

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Filled it full of CLR and let soak for about and hour while I worked on some other stuff. Then flushed it 3 or 4 times to get all the cleaner out of there. Worked like a charm.


Also replaced the Passenger side CV axle, tie rods, and adjuster sleeve.

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It's amazing that this small of a hole......

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Can make this much of a mess.....

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Took it out for it's first test drive. Ran great except for one thing, the thermostat seemed to not be working correctly. So I decided to change it at my parents house (test drive destination).

Snapped one of the bolts off almost flush with the intake.

Proceeded to weld a nut on the end of the 1/4" nub sticking up. This resulted in the nub breaking off, so now the broken bolt is flush with the top of the intake. Time to drill.

3 new drill bits later, I've managed to drill roughly a 1/2" of the 1 1/2" bolt out. And I'm out of drill bits, and a tad frustrated. So I decide to tap what was there and see if it worked. Those who have experience with taps (I'm assuming most people on here), will know that the first 1/4" of threads on a tap are just to center the tap, not really cut threads. So if I tap a 1/2" deep hole, I'm only going to end up with approximately 1/4" of usable threads.

So I install the new thermostat, RTV the crap out of the housing, thread the bolt into it's nice new 1/4" threaded hole, apply Blue Loctite as extra insurance, top of the coolant, and pray lol.

So far it seems to be holding. Was a 2 day long ordeal as I had to run and get a good tap and die set and a few other things like bolts and washers. Didn't was to use my super super cheap $10 set on something like this.

Didn't take any pictures of this either. It was about 5-10 degrees both days I was doing this. I was in a hurry to get-er-done.

 

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When it rains it pours.

Truck #2 is down for the day.

Turn the key and the starter does a whole lot of nothing. Not sure if it's the battery, starter, ignition switch, clutch safety switch or what.

Ughhhh I just needed to make a parts run for the '98. Pleaseeee just be something simple. I already have a truck that isn't gonna be a simple fix, I don't need another.