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  1. JimFixes

    In desperate need of help

    Once had a Dodge minivan cruise control module decide to go haywire while my wife was pulling into the driveway with the house right in front of her. It went WOT and she stood on the brakes but it was not stopping, I hulked the shifter on the column into park, in the process that poor...
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    In desperate need of help

    Pretty sure an overtightened serpentine will just kill the idler/tensioner pulley bearing before anything else. The water pump may be in danger before anything else. But the tensioner is there for a reason, to keep the right tension, you would have to really **** it up to lose all travel in...
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    In desperate need of help

    I was expecting the next reply to be "truck burnt to the ground" when he said he removed the fuse.
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Good thing I intend to rebuild soon! current plans are a full tear down and rebuild outside the vehicle as part of a homeschool project showing the kids the operation and engineering of an ICE and how all of the many small parts work in tandem to move us down the road.
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    It's running like a dream now with zero issues.
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Final update on this. Sta-bill cleaned the crud off a valve (exhaust port valve, piston 7) and it was causing the rocker arm to rattle. Followed procedure to tighten, no more issue.
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    Learned something new...

    I replaced both of mine with leds and actually have some custom leds coming to do a different setup. The automatic one is going to be wired to some strips to light the whole engine bay up with less power draw than the 1156 that was there originally, and the reel is going to get a custom 3d...
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    No problem at all, I appreciate the back and forth, gave me a lot of info! I didn't stay off my feet, they got worse, now I am taking it easy, for real. Gonna scope it tomorrow to see what I am working with. Doc got me a couple of hard shell boots I can walk in, he said if he can't keep me from...
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    Raised floor i. Suburban

    Looking forward to seeing that, been a long time since my IASCA days and building rigs, but still love to see the new ones being built these days.
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    WHOAH! Great idea! I have one of those inspection cameras, how did I not think to use that! Thanks for the reminder, I will get right on that!
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    I say that all the time, it took me 20 years to get to this size, it is going to take time to lose it. As for the truck, finally got a chance to get out there, I had to repair a transmission line on my Mazda so it was the perfect time to check on the truck. Started it up, grabbed the...
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Now you're talking about my style!
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    The metal in my eye was from fixing the tip of a screwdriver with the belt sander, a spark made its way under my face shield and past my safety glasses and ended up melting to my contact. 1 in a million chance. The screwdriver looks nice though, went from broken and useless to a repaired handle...
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Quick update, I haven't had a chance to get out there, got some metal in my eye last week, planned to go out this weekend, and am now currently stuck on my butt in a boot with a lame foot. Little to no walking allowed. I will be taking everyone's advice and I will follow up when I have some more...
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Now that's a damned Shadetree trick if I ever saw one. Love it! I had a bunch of cleaning to do on the garage today, but I will be out there futzing with her tomorrow and figure out the issue.
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Great ideas, I will be heading out there this weekend to take a look. I did not rev it at all, I obviously should have to see if it was engine speed dependant. Chalk that one up to being freaking exhausted with work lately. Not thinking straight on the basics. I thought the same, but in...
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    Each bottle is for 20 gallons, and the tank is 42 and was completely full, I also did about 1.75 bottles cause I am a cautious idiot who has learned from his past mistakes. Oil was changed on the 1st of July, I am religious about changing the oil, cheap insurance. Plus each time I do it the...
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    I added Sta-Bil and the engine started knocking. Uh Oh...

    So last week I realized the truck is not going to get much movement for a while. So I cleaned it out, hooked up the battery float charger, tossed 2 bottles of Sta-Bil into the tank (full tank, figures, filled it up then didn't drive it), ran the engine for about 15 minutes to make sure the...
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    1996 K1500 For Sale

    She is a good-looking truck, wish I had the money, but I do not think this ad will last long.
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    Stock tweeter operation. Why won’t they work?

    If memory serves the tweeters are fed by the same line as the main speaker and simpy use an inline cap to limit the freq that is sent to them, very simple old school setup. Check to make sure that the wires to the tweeter are still there, if the previous elecchicken that cobbled that together...
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    Driver side mirror glass moves when the door is shut. 95.

    Lately, when my door is shut the driver side mirror glass moves inwards, it takes only a moment to reset it using the controls, but it is a pain in the butt to have to do it every single time. How do I pull the mirror out of the housing so I can take a look at the gearing and see if it is...
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    How did I break a spindle

    So, what amount of preload did you put on that castle nut? How tight did you crank it down?
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    95 5.7 Tbi Grinding Noise

    Upload the video to youtube, then link it here. Does it sound like marbles in a can?
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    LED Lights But...

    I found this deal and they are amazing. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K43XKDF/?tag=beslitstu-20 I finally got to do something I have always wanted to do, driving along the other night someone flashed me, and I got to show them that in fact, those were my low beams. The cut off line is great...
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    Oil cooler inlet/outlet

    If your truck didn't have an oil cooler originally then you got the wrong radiator and don't need to replumb it or add on anything unless you want to add in an oil cooler. There are many choices of radiator, some have both oil and trans coolers, some have only one or the other, and some have...
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