97 C1500 "Big White"

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A little update, Nothing spectacular but id like to document it

Trucks been hard starting what seems like forever, Change the Spider, starts up fine for a month.....kill the battery, replace it, starts fine for a week. Nuke the starter, upgrade starter, starts fine for a couple weeks..... wont start.... crank and crank and crank....nothing :flame::banghead::suicide:

kinda baffled, I hear the fuel pump engage, its 9 years old, but theres 65k on it, no way it went out again, maybe its the relay, what the hell if its not, I got an extra one for a rainy day.....thats not it, well I throw on the fuel pressure guage....

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50psi was the highest I could get it, I couldnt believe it, weak fuel pump......

I've done this before, and last time I dropped the tank, almost everyone says pulling the bed is way easier, so I got an engine hoist, why not try it.....

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I got tons of stuff in the bed I need for work in the morning, so I opted to take the majority of the heavy tools out and lift one side..... in my opininon, next time I have to do this, Im dropping the tank, I felt this was way more of a pain in the butt for 1 person...

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I made sure I got an OEM (Delphi) brand, because I dont think I did 10yrs ago.... lower everything down, starts right up........for 3 days!!!!!! crank and crank and crank rest, repeat.... no start :flame::banghead::suicide:


Im done, I dont know what it could be, got air, fuel and spark, pull the spark plug has 70k on em..... there wasted, I must of bought Bosch plugs 10 years ago, and never again, these things are wasted!


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I like the Autolite Double Platinums, Ac Delco has Double Platinums but they cost more, So Autolite's are all im running on both Trucks..

Truck started right up, its been a couple months and its been great. trucks running like a champ!
 

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after a year of searching, I finally Found a used set of headers for my truck, from dumb luck one of the websites I search often was selling a used set for super cheap. they had been used one time.... Im Assuming engine dyno. Came with New set of header gaskets, and header bolts and collector gaskets.... I got some maintenance items to handle first, but after that, im bolting these on hopefully this week



BBK 40070 Ceramic coated shorty "tuned" length headers....


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Those should make a nice difference along with the roller rockers. I know the long tubes I put on my truck made a big low end torque improvement, even on the bone stock engine.
 

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yea, I think its gonna be a very enjoyable upgrade throughout the power band.
 

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Sad Day, Last week I got slammed into by a Cadillac stopped at the light. frames bent. hoping for the best out come as I Dont wanna get rid of her

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Looks like its the end of the road for this old girl, Insurance said its a total loss. the parameters they use to fix frames in California basically dont allow for this to get fixed at a reasonable price.

Just working out how much Im gonna get payed out for her. Definately gonna keep her, but she'll be a parts truck. too much good stuff on her just to goto the boneyard.
 

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Looks like its the end of the road for this old girl, Insurance said its a total loss. the parameters they use to fix frames in California basically dont allow for this to get fixed at a reasonable price.

Just working out how much Im gonna get payed out for her. Definately gonna keep her, but she'll be a parts truck. too much good stuff on her just to goto the boneyard.

That's a bummer. :bawl:
I'd bawl my eyes out if something happened and my Suburban got totaled out.

Anything going to be moved to Black Mamba?
 

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Believe me, I was Livid when this happened, I knew it was gonna get totaled out, ive had her for 11 years.... the only thing thats keeping me sane is that im Gonna get the 2 door Tahoe ive always wanted. I want a 96-99 2 door Tahoe/Yukon 2wd, preferebly stock which seems to be really hard to find. Just about everything I want to transfer over to the 2 door will fit.

the only thing ive considered moving over to the Black Mamba is the Seats... thats a ways away, I got plenty goin on with her now.
 

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I Finally reached a settlement for this truck it took alot of time and effort on my part..... they do as little as possible to try and give you the lowest amount, Basically I had to do there job... its disgusting the games they play... but in the end I think I did the best one can do for what I have.
 
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