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    Dads truck

    Update on this. My dad chose to replace his distributor shaft. He had a shop do it. We asked for the old parts though. The nice thing is the shop said the one plug wire that was corroded was bad and just replaced all 8. So new distributor and new wires this time around. The old distributer...
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    New scanner

    so here’s the situation. My dad is getting a new distributor on his 97 Sierra with a 7.4. A local shop quoted him $160 in labor + parts and materials. The shop wants to take the upper intake off to do the job. Maybe I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure the upper intake is not required to replace the...
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    Dads truck

    I got my hands on my dads truck again for a short time. The truck does run even better than it did when we finished the job. I’m wondering if maybe it had a fouled plug or something that maybe is clearing up on its own? My dad had the oil changed and the shop scanned it for him and he had a...
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    Dads truck

    Thanks guys. I told him it might just be the radio crapping out…. It is from 1997. The plugs and wires don’t have very many miles on them I think maybe 30000 on the high side but I’m the one that put them in probably 5-6 years ago. Considering the way terminal 6 looked I wondered what the...
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    Dads truck

    Some may have read my post a few years ago about my dads truck it’s a 1997 k2500 with 454 vortec 167000 miles. In summery it would randomly get a lean bank 2 code. And run really rough it was not consistent enough to track down so we left it alone. Before we tore it apart my dad had a mechanic...
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    Fuel pump relay

    So just an update on this issue. Last week I drove about 2 blocks to my dads house and the truck wouldn’t run due to no fuel pump. I tried bypassing the relay like last time and it did not work. After about a week of messing with it in my spare time which wasn’t much I found that I had no power...
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    Grease zerks

    Similar to this one, and mine has a flexible hose on it maybe 8” long? Usually what happens for me by the time I get the gun to the zerk the front of the gun is partially off the ground so one hand has to hold the gun to the zerk and then I only have one hand to pump a grease gun that’s...
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    Grease zerks

    Well maybe I’m making it more of a problem than it needs to be but this is what I came up with. It cost me about $25 at the hardware store I was able to get to the idler and pitman arm super easy with it too. I think it will work on my 2011 Silverado also.
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    Grease zerks

    I’ll have to check it out from the top. I know I can see the pitman zerk on my 2011 Silverado but I can’t reach it. If it looks reasonable I might try making a extension to easily reach them from the top My idler arm has the extended grease zerk which has been handy
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    Grease zerks

    I have a 96 k1500 rcsb. All my steering and suspension components have grease zerks and are pretty new. It is time again to do my oil change and grease the fittings but I dread the pitman arm fitting. I have a very hard time sneaking it up to the zerk from the bottom that’s facing up. Some...
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    Heater hoses

    I got the heater hoses at napa it doesn’t look like there is a lot of options for them. The radiator hoses are not very old neither is the thermostat. Maybe 2 years? Hose clamps are something that I had forgotten about. When I did my hoses last I used those worm gear clamps and Iv had some...
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    Heater hoses

    Unfortunately my radiator has sprung some leaks and needs to be replaced. Since I’ll be in there I’m going to get new heater hoses because they are original from 1996. When I had the motor replaced I know the quick connect in the motor was replaced but the hose was not. I plan on staying with...
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    242 t case swap

    It’s a $100 and supposedly has 85000 miles on it but I can’t confirm that. I’ll ask about the truck it came out of. The thing is if Iv gotta tear it down to make it work in my truck then I feel like I may as well get a rebuild kit and just rebuild mine. If I can find one in decent shape that...
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    242 t case swap

    Iv been doing some research and found some things. Apparently a 241 t case of a 2500 will have a 32 spline input shaft while a 1500 truck will have a 27 splined shaft. Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case it will not work for me
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    242 t case swap

    I’m fairly positive my truck has a 241 t case. It is manual shift. Iv heard that as well. Iv also heard those pads get messed up if it’s gotten hot. I’m not saying mine is on its last leg but it certainly is not fresh and is declining
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