Aussie GMC C3500

Moparmat2000 said:

Werent these RHD GMT400s offered with a standard shift? Or were they all automatics? To me shifting with my left hand is gotta feel wierd. If they were offered RHD, you may need to do a junkyard run to get the parts, and or figure out the firewall. Maybe take a pen and cardboard and trace out where you need to cut out on yours.

Didebar here, i once went to look at a new jeep wrangler at my local chrysler jeep dealer. Nice 5 speed 4x4 A/C copper color paint. Price was $8k cheaper than a jeep wrangler should be. Then i saw it was a special order RHD for rural route postal service use. Person who ordered it decided to refuse it. Dealer was stuck with it. I took it for a test drive, and just could not get used to the RHD and manual shift. If i coulda gotten used to that, it would have been an interesting vehicle to own. Also seen a few RHD jeep cherokees.

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Moparmat2000 said:

I believe diesels need 2 batteries. The amount of ooomph required to start one prob requires this. Not sure if they are wired in series or parallel. Not a diesel guy so i dunno. I bet the alternator is pretty big to get the batteries to recover from a start up. Not sure on the diesel manual trans shifter boot like that one. Mine is a manual, but theres no thick piece of rubber like that. Only a shift boot for the floor, and a boot underneath that that keeps dirt and water out of the shifter. The back of your crank, did you install a pilot bushing for the input shaft? My 94 had a needle bearing cup input shaft bearing pressed in the crank. Over time the grease dried out, and it locked down on the input shaft. Was a ***** getting the trans loose and out to change it out. You may be better off with a bronse bushing instead.

40° C.dang thats 104° F !! You must be in your summer months over there. Its currently 35°F here in Texas or 1.7°C if my conversion is correct. We had some snow about 2 weeks ago. The kids loved it. I know what 104°F feels like it sucks the life outta you. Last summer i went on a junkyard run, took a gallon of water with me, drank the whole gallon when i was there pissed none of it out, because i sweat it all out. My overhead console i installed years ago out of a FWD Chrysler turbo New Yorker read 110° F before the display went to reading OC (out of calibration) i am guessing it couldent read any higher than 110° F or 43.3° C lol. Had to keep the tools inside the cab and wear cotton gloves because the tools got hot enough to burn my hands from the sun heating them up.

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