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  1. CRF450R

    Painted dashboard

    Dash I've been working on for my 98 fixing to redo the body again on the truck to freshen it up keep it fresh.
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    Polished the aluminum American racing rims

    Polished up my aluminum rims today probably last polish job till spring at that point I'll have the tires removed and do a wet sand and then buff job. But had to compliment the new tires waiting on a bunch of new parts when there all installed I'll detail the truck out post some nice pics. It's...
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    New tires on the Z71

    Got great deal on some new tires. They look great can't wait for all the new chrome front end piece to show up new chrome smoothie front bumper billet grille and new chrome side markers and chrome bowtie and when I fell like it chrome tow hooks. : No blacked out crap on my truck if it don't got...
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    Ditched the tow mirrors

    I haven't posted in long time but finally did the cab bushings so the cab and box finally line up. I also painted and installed the factory OEM mirrors. I'm getting sick of the tow mirror look plus the ones I had were from eBay and could never get the drivers side mirror to adjust enough to make...
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    4x4 not working 98 Z71

    So my 4x4 was working just fine and out of no were It just stopped my truck is a 98 Z71 1500 with pushbutton 4x4 ( don't even start with that I F#ckin hate manual shift 4x4s the auto 4x4 was one of the reasons I bought this Z71) Now it's from what I can tell not the pushbutton systems fault I...
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    Getting stuff ready for primer and paint

    Doing a painted air dam aswell and for now painted front bumper but I think I will swap it out to a smooth chrome front bumper with painted air dam.
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    5.7 vortec harmonic balancer size ?

    So I just installed my new rebuilt 5.7 vortec and soon realized when I went to bring the #1 cylinder up to tdc I noticed the balancer is massive compared to the balancer on my old 5.7 I just out. The guy was building the motor to swap into his 98 with a big ugly lift and big goofy tires. So the...
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    94 4l60e- 98 4l60e conversion

    So I have a 2wd 4l60e with bad 3/4 clutch pack's I've had some weird stuff going on with my 4l60e in my 98 Z71. I've wanted to rebuild a 4l60e for long time I've bin watching Transmission bench videos he's very detailed I 100% certain I can do this. Can I just swap out the in/out put shaft out...
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    4l60e 1st - 2nd wierd shift at little throttle

    So I have 350 900km on my original 4l60e and all of a sudden today it decided to act up for about a hour now shifts like new again. So on my way back from picking up my rebuilt motor about 5 hours I rolled into Saskatoon and my first set of lights I noticed a weird shift from 1-2nd gear it felt...
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    Bought a new motor with a cam can I run it on stock tune till I can get it dyno tuned

    So I purchased a completely rebuilt motor for my 98 the motor is from a 97 it's a 5.7. The guy had it gone through completely and did some upgrades and updates mainly stuff like high output oil pump a timing chain and gear upgrade molly rings upgraded main bearings. He had a hydraulic roller...
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    John Deere oil in 14 bolt SMF Z71 Silverado

    So I have a 98 Z71 Silverado 5.7 gutless high mileage gas pig vortec but it has a 14bolt locking 3:73 rear factory installed diff. At 330 000km in change roughly I changed the all the fluids on the truck engine coolant both diffs and transfercase Ive since switched all my fluids over to all John...
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    New bedsides

    Well bought a spare box while back and started working on the bedsides then I came across a really good deal on brand new ones so I decided to buy them and swap them onto this spare box I'm building for my 98. Once springtime hits I'll bring it back in dress the plug welds skim them with some...
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    5.7 vortec mpg

    So ever since owing this truck it's always bin hard on gas. My 1994 5.7 tbi 4l60 2wd extended cab would get 23.7 - 24.5 mpg at the cruise set at 110km/h ( live in Canada ). Note my mpg is in imperial mpg. My 1998 Z71 Silverado 5.7 4l60 gets 17mpg on the exact same highway trips once again cruise...
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    New full bedsides

    Got a really good deal on some new bedsides so decided to take a old spair beat up box and put the new besides on it. The box will be sandblasted inside aswell as the bottom side the bottom side will get POR15 and the inside of the box will get Raptor liner after all the dings are repaired...
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    1998 Silverado Z71

    1998 Z71 Silverado for sale 14 bolt with locker 3:73s 5.7 loaded. Lots of recent work (nearly $8000 wirth) have spair body panels to go with it lost interest in the truck want a newer one. Dodsland Saskatchewan Canada.
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    Defrost is on all the time not sure why.

    So I noticed that my defrost is on all the time in my truck and it's driving me nuts. On the hot days specially after after some hard Moto's in the Saskatchewan heat I'd like all the ice cold air coming out of my front vents. It'll blow air out of the vents I want but it always is also blowing...
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    Manual 4x4 to pushbutton 4x4 swap.

    I'm looking at buying a 94 GMC Sierra 1500 that's in decent shape for a work truck and a truck to drive while I paint my 98. If I can make a deal with the guy I'd like to switch it from manual shift 4x4 (I hate them) to a pushbutton. The pushbutton in my 98 Z71 has never ever let me down and I...
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    Best hand held programmer 5.7 vortec?

    I'm looking to get a hand held programmer for my 98 5.7 vortec. Im not interested in a Black Bear tune seams like to much of a pain specially being all the way in Saskatchewan. I'd also perfer a hand held programmer as I can check and clear engine codes as the shops around here charge one hour...
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    1994 Silverado for sale lots new parts $1000

    Selling my 1994 Silverado needs transmission work 3 and forth 4 don't work. Just had new 3" true duel with H pipe and 5" chrome tips installed brand new Handcook ATM tires new shocks new u joints new steady bearing new 850cc battery comes with lots of spair parts A/C works very good. Also comes...
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    3" true duals h pipe straight pipe 5" tips

    1994 Chevy Silverado 5.7 tbi 345 000 km 3" true duals straight pipe no cats only H pipe 5" chrome tips on 90s no blacked out crap on my truck. Can make a exhaust video if anyone is interested. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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    5.7 TBI runs like crap in the rain.

    Oka so my 1994 5.7 TBI runs like crap in the rain. I have replaced the cap plugs and wires 30 000km ago. Problem started last fall so I pulled the cap off put electric grease on the points and thought that would help it kinda did but still runs like crap so I then just put a new coil in in May...
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    OEM style pinstripes were to get them.

    I'm possibley going to purchase this truck next weekend and it's missing some pinstriping. I would like to replace the pinstripes that are missing . That's the only picture I have right at the moment I would like to replace the stripes with OEM looking pinstripes but I can't find any online...
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    Weird front end rattle.

    I having a weird rattle coming from my front end when I go over small bumps or wash boards so thinking it was ball joints I purchased all new one's had the shop put it up on the hoist and they said my ball joints are in really good shape aswell as the rest of the front end. I had them check all...
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    High mileage

    Almost to hit 320 000 in my old 5.7 TBI can't say I haven't had to twist a wrench on it or have the rusted cab corners replaced witch Iv had to do. Great truck dam good on fuel low cost of ownership this is one of the best vehicles Iv ever owned.ps lots of work has bin done to this truck over...
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