1994 C1500 Fleet Truck

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HotWheelsBurban

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RockAuto. I think their nearest warehouse is Sugarland, TX, about 7 hours away. Amazon's warehouse is twelve miles away.


Yeah, I didn't troubleshoot that, but it doesn't work in fits and spurts. It runs great and slowly starts dying out as you drive. There's no "suddenly it's better moments", but rather a steady decline in the ability to handle throttle input until it finally dies. It's getting a Vortec fuel pump and a new sending unit for peace of mind.
Sugar Land is a SW suburb of Houston, and there's also a UPS regional depot in Stafford, which is the next closest suburb to Houston. Between the two, freight should be able to get anywhere in the country quickly....
 

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RockAuto. I think their nearest warehouse is Sugarland, TX, about 7 hours away. Amazon's warehouse is twelve miles away.

I think Sugarland is one of the clearance product warehouses. I Google the addresses where Rockauto ships from sometimes to see who is really shipping my stuff. There is a company down in TX that deals in closeouts. I think they sell overseas, but also through Rockauto.
 

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I've been down all week, and I need to get the truck running. This morning my wife's feeling bad as well and she took a covid test. Now I know why I've been down. My son's living with immune compromised relatives, so he's not coming over to work on the truck today. I'm feeling better so I did get out there this morning to work on the battery. It's upgraded to a Wally World 65 series battery, military-style terminals, and some better quality 4 gauge wire nabbed from a BMW X5. The fusible links are getting replaced with some PAL fuses, and the battery tray has been hammered to fit the battery.

Found this under the seat. Maybe I should be a little worried?

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I went to Pull-A-Part and scored hardware for holding down the air cleaner. Most importantly I found an intact y-pipe, tubing, and muffler. I had to cut it in two to get it out of the truck, but it looks like it will bolt in place in my son's truck. We'll see if I can weld it and throw it in or if I'll have to install it and then weld it. I'd much rather weld, then install.
 

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I got parts from RockAuto today. The injector connectors were broken and there was electrical tape all over the wires, so I ordered new pigtails. The factory original wiring was intact, but the electrical tape was covering where the wiring had rubbed through the insulation. I cut the wires back and installed the new connectors. The PCV hose was also a sticky mess of electrical tape, and I discovered RockAuto has a new hose for $5. With the new parts I fired it up, and it's not even idling.

I took another Covid test this morning, and I'm finally clear, so I'll get Cole over as soon as possible and we'll get the fuel pump swapped out.

I'm still trying to figure out why the parking lamps stay on all the time. I pulled the parking lamp fuse and disconnected the headlight and dimmer switches and the parking lamps still stay on all the time when the battery's connected. The wiring at the lamps looks pristine, and there's no evidence of hackery around the fuse box. Anybody got any leads on this?

The one wiring issue I do know I still need to fix are the two orange wires that got cut on the rust hole in the floorboard. Looking at the wiring diagram, there should be one orange wire going to the dome light. I cut the wires back to good copper, and one of them is hot all the time - that should be the dome light wire because the switching is on the ground side. I have no idea what the other wire is for, and I haven't figured out what sends it power yet.
 

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Why do people do that???
Because O'Reilly doesn't usually stock the PCV hose, and if they do they want $20 for it. It was working with the tape, but for $5 I'd rather fix it right.

I just ordered some headlight adjusters because the passenger headlight sags. I found the top adjuster's broken, but the headlight is burned out as well. I also ordered a couple of door switches, and testing headlight switches I discovered the headlight switch for Roscoe's bad, so I ordered one for it. I think that's my fourth RockAuto order this month.
 

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I noticed the Lucas bottle in the first pic of your interior. Hopefully that was an "ounce of prevention" :rolleyes:

The 305 will at least make V8 noises and last with regular OCIs.
 
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