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    Starts ok - stumbles as soon as engine warms up

    Red Dust; my lately not so trusty '88 350 tbi; is now having the symptoms described in the heading. So, when cold starts on a button and runs smoothly untill warm. This is when the prob. starts. Rough running, rich I thinkm and hesitancy. Will stall or if shut down will not start again. I've...
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    What is this called and were to source?

    Howdy, Red Dust - my ’88 350 C-1500 - is suffering from some rust in tank straps. Now, I’ve got new straps but the ’leg’ that goes to strap on one end and to chassis rail in the other is toast. Replacement needed. My local parts store is closed for summer, search from Rockauto and lmc did not...
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    Tranny woe - '88 350 Sportside 2wd

    Red Dust, my trusty steed does move but not with gusto :( When trying to select third the transmission goes into neutral-like 1st, 2nd and reverse do work normally, but as soon as speed builds up to require upchange to 3rd this happens. Fluid level ok. Ideas on what is causing this? -J...
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    Front brake binding

    Strangest thing happened, I was heading for gym, the distance from home is appr. 4 K. I noticed Red Dust pulling slightly to right , upon arriving I was going to check the tire but hot rim and smell of burning brake pad spoke clearly of the prob. So what is strange with that? When I left some...
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    The truck got stuck :(

    The engine don't roar and the tires don't spin. Red Dust; my '89 350 TBI Sportside won't start :( I thought - since longer periods laying in bad weather have given some cranking issues in past - that problem is electrical, this dispite the fact that once earlier I got it running and starting ok...
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    Gauges gone mad

    Gauges on Red Dust will go mad when I turn on the lights :( Temp and oil pressure goes all white, fuel shows no white at all and both indicator greens stay on. This is accompanied by dim red check gauges light. Probably something that has happened to someone else with '88 before, ideas? -J...
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    Loosing some coolant, reason to worry?

    It seems that Red Dust ('89 350 TBI with almost 200 000 on the clock) is loosing some coolant, not much but still :( Only symptons noted so far are slightly lowering level in radiator and 'haps temp gauge movement between normal and below normal (moon gauges, city driving lately, still cold...
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    Help ideas required 89 TBI wont start

    (I've posted this same q to gmtruckclub forum as well. Apologies if seen as rude or unpolite behaviour) Pulled Red Dust - '89 350 TBI - to company car park this morning. I was running low on petrol, actually lower than ever before, the needle was close to empty. The plan was to to fill the...
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    new guy from Finland signing up

    Greetings all, Just signed up. Finn, born, raised and a happy owner of 'Red Dust', a '89 Sportside with appr. 190 K on the clock. A Chevy truck has been an long itch that I finally got to scratch around last June. Red Dust is not really a working vehicle, it is used for pottering about...
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