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    1990 GMC K1500 restoration

    Just the kind of job I hate the most; doing the same thing 16 times over :-D I have smoke at start up after sitting for a while but no noticeable oil consumption so I'll keep putting this one off.
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    Would you drive 2300 miles based on these conditions -

    I was lucky; I got the truck for free, I spent the money to do everything that could possibly be needed due to age or mileage (low miles but not sure what my dad had done other than change oil), and things that actually failed. It is better than new now.
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    Would you drive 2300 miles based on these conditions -

    Ha! My wife and I drove my late father's 1990 K1500 Ext. Cab with 40k miles from Pittsburgh to Phoenix via Williamsburg, VA with the stake sides on and fully loaded with memorabilia including the biggest console stereo ever made :-D Trip total is 2,700 miles crossing the Allegheny mountains...
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    88-94 Radio Issues

    No truer words have been written. People think solid state electronics need no maintenance but electrolytic capacitors definitely need to be replaced much sooner than 30 years especially if you want to maintain sound quality. They may work but the sound turns to crap. If you were to go to all...
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    1992 K1500 4x4 Build Thread

    I was wrong, I thought the grill and mirrors were changed in 1991.
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    1992 K1500 4x4 Build Thread

    Check the VIN, 10th character tells year. 1988 J 1992 N
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    1992 K1500 4x4 Build Thread

    I think your truck is a 1990 or older.
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    Misc. GMT400 parts

    Never mind, I thought you and parts were in Tuscon until I read your post again. All parts are on Long Island, NY?
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    Misc. GMT400 parts

    Can you post pictures of red front seat including underside for attachment points. Also, the red overhead console. I'm in Phoenix and am really interested after seeing a guys Blazrer with these in it.
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    Reman alternators are JUNK!

    My experience with parts store batteries: Autozone's are terrible but I've been lucky and they've died in warranty. I always keep receipt in glove box and with the replacements I've gotten 5-6 years of total life. Advance Auto's are great and I've gotten 7 years of life out of them. I don't...
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    Reman alternators are JUNK!

    My late father's 1990 K1500 had been sitting for four years without even being started so when I got it the alternator worked for a while but crapped out at only 45k miles. It was the smaller 80-100 amp CS130 alterntor and from what I read here and elsewhere I didn't seem to have a good option...
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    Fair price for truck

    I was in the retail car business for years and two things you learn fast; (1) something is only worth or is worth as much as someone is willing to pay, auctions work great for determining this, and (2) there is a butt for every seat :biggrin: I go to Barrett Jackson auto auction ever year in...
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    Almost thirty

    I got my Dad's 1990 GMC K1500 Extended Cab with a 350 and F44 option last year this time and drove it 3,000 miles from Pittsburgh to Phoenix with a mint 1970 Westinghouse console stereo (biggest damn one ever made) wrapped in a tarp in the back. It only had 39k miles on it when I headed back...
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    Miss fire at # 5 cylinder only under load

    What really threw me off was it only happened under load, I could rev the engine out of gear and not a blip.
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    Miss fire at # 5 cylinder only under load

    I had the same issue in a different car but did the same things you have done to track it down. I thought to myself no way could it be the spark plug, didn't look any different than the others and they are 100k mile iridium plugs with only 40k miles on them. Well, it was the plug.
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